2007 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

Results of the 2007 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 19
• Labour 16
• Independent 2
• People's Party 1

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	0	+2	53.8	46.1	6,819	-6.1%
	Labour	5	0	2	-2	38.5	38.1	5,639	+4.3%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	7.7	9.9	1,457	+1.1%
	Socialist People's Party	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	774	+0.0%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	100	+0.7%

Ward results

Barrow Island

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Wood	391	77.7	+8.5
	Labour	Robert Pointer	112	22.3	−8.5
Majority			279	55.4	+17.0
Turnout			503
	Independent hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	402	41.4	+2.4
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemary Hamezeian	265	27.3	−7.6
	Conservative	Lucy Pearson	205	21.1	−5.0
	BNP	Michael Ashburner	100	10.3	+10.3
Majority			137	14.1	+10.0
Turnout			972
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Heath	798	58.9	+6.6
	Labour	John Major	556	41.1	−6.6
Majority			242	17.8	+13.2
Turnout			1,354
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dalton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy James	532	39.0	−11.3
	Independent	John Millar	455	33.4	+33.4
	Labour	Dermot O'Connor	377	27.6	−22.1
Majority			77	5.6	+5.0
Turnout			1,364
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawcoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Richardson	1,159	77.4	−10.8
	Labour	Marie Derbyshire	339	22.6	+10.8
Majority			820	54.8	−21.6
Turnout			1,498
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hindpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Roberts	469	54.9	−3.0
	Conservative	John Murray	219	25.6	−16.5
	Independent	Gillian Nicholson	166	19.4	+19.4
Majority			250	29.3	+13.5
Turnout			854
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbarns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Dawes	778	66.0
	Labour	Tricia Kegg	400	34.0
Majority			378	32.0
Turnout			1,178
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ormsgill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Forbes	418	38.7	+13.8
	Socialist People's Party	Sheila Begley	302	27.9	−11.9
	Conservative	Samuel Pearson	195	18.0	−6.0
	Independent	Margie Arts	166	15.4	+4.0
Majority			116	10.8
Turnout			1,081
	Labour hold		Swing

Parkside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Macur	583	52.1	−17.2
	Labour	Stephen Groundwater	536	47.9	+17.2
Majority			47	4.2	−34.4
Turnout			1,119
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Risedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Waiting	473	45.2	+6.0
	Conservative	Brenda Lauderdale	367	35.1	−5.1
	Socialist People's Party	Sarah Martinez	207	19.8	−0.8
Majority			106	10.1
Turnout			1,047
	Labour hold		Swing

Roosecote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory McClure	987	69.5	−1.2
	Labour	Colin Thomson	434	30.5	+1.2
Majority			553	39.0	−2.4
Turnout			1,421
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walney North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Barlow	598	46.9	+11.7
	Conservative	Susannah Pearson	397	31.2	−2.3
	Independent	Stephen Smart	279	21.9	−9.4
Majority			201	15.7	+14.0
Turnout			1,274
	Labour hold		Swing

Walney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Pearson	599	53.3
	Labour	Kenneth Beeres	525	46.7
Majority			74	6.6
Turnout			1,124
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Barrow-in-Furness election result
• Ward results