2003 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

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Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council from no overall control.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 8+261.541.65,215-5.3%
  Conservative 4-130.842.15,278+6.1%
  Independent 107.76.8854+0.8%
  Socialist People's Party 0006.2775-4.0%
  Liberal Democrats 0002.6330+2.6%
  UKIP 0000.671-0.3%

Ward results

Barrow Island
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Eric Wood34969.7+24.2
Labour Stephen Smart15230.3-11.4
Majority19739.4+35.6
Turnout 501
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Flanagan35752.4-12.3
Socialist People's Party Patricia Humes13820.3+20.3
Conservative Kristina Bell11516.9-1.4
UKIP John Smith7110.4-6.6
Majority21932.1-14.3
Turnout 681
Dalton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Major43135.5-9.5
Conservative Lynn Murray41434.1+5.3
Independent Thomas Weall36830.3+4.2
Majority171.4-14.8
Turnout 1,213
Dalton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy James42744.3+5.5
Labour Dennis Toye34135.4+2.5
Independent Ian Singleton13714.2+0.0
Socialist People's Party Dorothy Turner586.0-0.5
Majority868.9+3.0
Turnout 963
Hawcoat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Richardson1,12478.9+9.4
Labour Rebecca Melling30121.1-1.0
Majority82357.8+10.4
Turnout 1,425
Hindpool
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Burton41154.4-6.0
Conservative John Murray17823.5+7.1
Socialist People's Party Rosemarie Hamezeian16722.1-1.1
Majority23330.9-6.3
Turnout 756
Newbarns
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Pears77765.4+15.7
Labour Thomas Elliot33127.9-10.9
Socialist People's Party William O'Brien806.7-4.8
Majority44637.5+26.6
Turnout 1,188
Ormsgill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Forbes45149.2+5.0
Socialist People's Party Jim Hamezeian28230.8-8.3
Conservative Tina Macur18320.0+3.3
Majority16918.4+13.3
Turnout 916
Parkside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Groundwater37734.4-22.0
Conservative Shirley Richardson33930.9-12.7
Liberal Democrats Barry Rabone33030.1+30.1
Socialist People's Party Barbara Eager504.6+4.6
Majority383.5-9.3
Turnout 1,096
Risedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Thomson43255.7+1.7
Conservative Desmond English20426.3+8.1
Socialist People's Party Alexandre Dacre13917.9-9.9
Majority22829.4+3.2
Turnout 775
Roosecote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rory McClure71261.5+2.3
Labour Maire Read44638.5-2.3
Majority26623.0+4.6
Turnout 1,158
Walney North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Desmond Barlow66266.9+2.2
Conservative Ronald Hiseman32733.1+9.6
Majority33533.8-7.4
Turnout 989
Walney South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jackson52352.2-9.4
Conservative Graham Pritchard47847.8+9.4
Majority454.4-18.8
Turnout 1,001

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