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:
| 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% | |
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the borough will merge with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary authority; Westmorland and Furness. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011, Barrow's population was 56,745, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian.
Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness and Askam-in-Furness. It is the smallest district in the county, but is the most densely populated, with 924 people per square kilometre. The population was 71,980 in 2001, reducing to 69,087 at the 2011 Census.
Walney Island, also known as the Isle of Walney, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea. It is part of Barrow-in-Furness, separated from the mainland by Walney Channel, which is spanned by the Jubilee Bridge. Walney is the largest island of the Furness Islands group, both in population and size, as well as the largest English island in the Irish Sea. Its population at the 2011 UK Census was 10,651, distributed evenly across the island's two Wards of Walney North and Walney South.
Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a constituency in Cumbria which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Simon Fell of the Conservative Party since 2019.
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England is elected every 4 years. This was changed in 2011 from the previous situation where one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year where there was an election to Cumbria County Council instead.
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Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2000 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
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.
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. The whole of the council was up for election, with the number of councillors falling from 38 to 36, as a result of ward boundary changes enacted in February 2008. Councillors were elected for terms ranging between two and four years; where more than one councillor was elected in a ward, the councillor with the highest number of votes was granted the longer term.
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The 2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The 2015 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2019 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Westmorland and Furness Council in England. The council area will consist of the area covered by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland.
Westmorland and Furness Council is the future local authority for Westmorland and Furness in the north-west of England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. Westmorland and Furness Council will replace Cumbria County Council, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council, Eden District Council and South Lakeland District Council.
