2008 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Barrow-in-Furness council election.

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. [1] 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. [1]

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The election results were both tight and dramatic, with well-known local councillors failing to be re-elected and recounts in certain wards delaying the announcement of votes. [2] No party gained control of the council, and local news sources claimed that the biggest winners from the election were the local People's Party, who quadrupled their number of councillors, [3] and independent candidates campaigning against plans to open an Academy school in the town. [4] Mirroring the results in other local elections across England and Wales held on the same day, the Conservative Party ended as the largest group on the council with the Labour Party's representation dropping heavily. [4]

Pre-Election Council

Following the 2007 election and the defection of two Conservative Party councillors to the Liberal Democrats in October 2007, [5] the composition of the council entering the election was:

AffiliationMembers
Conservative Party 17
Labour Party 16
Liberal Democrats 2
Independent 2
People's Party 1

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1733047.242.615 756-3.5%
  Labour 808-822.034.412 724-3.7%
  Independent 651416.714.15 211+5.0%
  Socialist People's Party 430311.04.91 828-0.3%
  Liberal Democrats 112-12.83.21 173+3.2%
  BNP 00000.00.9321+0.2%

The breakdown of councillor terms as a result of the election is shown below. The seats of the ten councillors with two year terms were contested in the 2010 council election.

AffiliationTerm Length
2 Years3 Years4 Years
Conservative Party 466
Labour Party 233
Independent 213
People's Party 121
Liberal Democrats 100

Ward results

Barrow Island
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Eric Wood38180.9
Labour Trevor Biggins9019.1
Majority29161.8
Turnout 47125.2
Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Irwin232
Socialist People's Party Rosmerie Hamezeian224
Independent Norman Hill176
Labour Margaret Thomson174
Socialist People's Party Sarah Martinez158
Turnout 96420.3
Dalton North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Heath870
Conservative Kath Unwin812
Conservative Bill Bleasdale730
Labour Dennis Bell502
Labour Jayne Phizacklea432
Labour Dermot O'Connor386
Liberal Democrats Lynn Murray376
Turnout 4,10832.0
Dalton South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Bell689
Conservative Dorothy James623
Independent John Millar577
Conservative David Gill576
Liberal Democrats Frank Murray377
Labour Wendy Maddox369
Labour Barry Doughty347
Labour Graham Chester329
Turnout 3,88731.1
Hawcoat (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Stephenson922
Conservative Dave Roberts779
Conservative Jack Richardson720
Independent Chloe Lancaster719
Conservative Bill Joughin705
Labour Rebbecca Melling290
Turnout 4,13542.2
Hindpool (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Pidduck445
Labour Michelle Roberts441
Conservative Phil Murray359
Labour Kenneth Beeres335
Turnout 1,58020.4
Newbarns (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Dawes609
Conservative Colin Liversedge516
Independent Philip Solloway511
Conservative Bob Maltman486
Labour Charles Elliot299
Labour Lorraine Biggins243
Labour Allison Johnston216
Turnout 2,88029.9
Ormsgill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist People's Party Jim Hamezeian632
Socialist People's Party Sheila Begley407
Socialist People's Party William McEwan407
Labour Stephen Forbes360
Conservative Alison Giles341
Labour Stephen Groundwater295
Labour Ernest Wilson280
Independent Margie Arts235
Independent James Tongue226
BNP Mike Ashburner185
BNP Eion McPoland136
Turnout 3,50431.4
Parkside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jim Jefferson495
Independent Lisa Hammond476
Liberal Democrats Dominic McCavish420
Labour David McCormack403
Labour Marie Derbyshire390
Labour Tricia Kegg375
Conservative Linda Last371
Conservative Tina Macur300
Conservative Shirley Richardson299
Turnout 3,52932.0
Risedale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Des English461
Labour Jean Waiting427
Labour Jeffery Garnett395
Labour Debra Seward387
Turnout 1,67021.6
Roosecote (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Guselli805
Conservative Ken Williams761
Conservative Rory McClure743
Independent Wayne Butler493
Labour Kenneth Thomson290
Labour Lovinia Williams241
Turnout 3,33336.4
Walney North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Des Barlow746
Labour Anita Husband680
Labour Anthony Callister614
Conservative Steve Smart518
Conservative Shahnaz Asghar436
Conservative Mike Macur424
Turnout 3,41830.1
Walney South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Marcus637
Conservative Ollie Flitcroft594
Conservative Alan Pemberton592
Labour Colin Thomson528
Labour John Murphy525
Labour Robert Pointer506
Turnout 3,38229.8

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References

  1. 1 2 BARROW BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS - 1 MAY 2008 Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine Barrow Borough Council; Accessed 11-04-08
  2. ↑ Late Results to Decide Council Power [ permanent dead link ] North West Evening Mail; 02-05-08; Accessed 02-05-08
  3. ↑ Peoples Party takes Ormsgill [ permanent dead link ] North West Evening Mail; 02-05-08; Accessed 02-05-08
  4. 1 2 INDEPENDENTS’ DAY [ permanent dead link ] North West Evening Mail; 02-05-8; Accessed 02-05-08
  5. ↑ Two Tory councillors switch to Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Voice; Accessed 11-04-08
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