2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Labour in red and Conservative in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010. Barrow-in-Furness UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Labour in red and Conservative in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

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. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

The 2010 election was the last where only a third of the council was contested. [3] This meant 12 seats were up for election, with only Barrow Island ward not having an election. [3] From the 2011 election Barrow-in-Furness moved to having full council elections every 4 years. [3]

Before the election the Conservative party had 16 councillors, compared to 8 for Labour, 7 independents, 4 Socialist People's Party and 1 Liberal Democrat. [3] However, in the lead up to election independent councillor John Millar joined the Conservatives and defended Dalton South as a Conservative in the election. [3]

The Conservatives hoped to win a majority on the council, defending their record as the council administration by pointing to a list of achievements and saying they had kept council tax levels low. [3] However Labour were only defending 2 seats and attacked the Conservative record, while calling for more council apprenticeships and the return of a scheme of lower bus fares for pensioners. [3]

Election result

The results saw Labour gain 8 seats to double the number of councillors the party held on the council to 16. [4] The gains came at the expense of all the other groups on the council, with only the Conservatives holding 2 seats in Hawcoat and Roosecote. [4]

Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Jack Richardson, was re-elected and Conservative Rory McClure became mayor. [2] This came after all 5 independents backed the Conservatives in the vote and the 2 Socialist Peoples Party councillors abstained. [2]

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2010 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1080+883.355.117,250+20.7%
  Conservative 204-416.737.311,686-5.3%
  Socialist People's Party 002-204.21,304-0.7%
  Independent 001-101.6490-12.5%
  Liberal Democrats 001-101.5472-1.7%
  BNP 000000.4113-0.5%

Ward results

Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Biggins83662.2
Socialist People's Party Rosemarie Hamezeian25819.2
Conservative Elaine Burley25118.7
Majority57843.0
Turnout 1,345
Labour gain from Socialist People's Party Swing
Dalton North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Doughty1,69954.1
Conservative Bill Bleasdale1,44145.9
Majority2588.2
Turnout 3,140
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Dalton South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Maddox1,61353.0
Conservative John Millar1,43047.0
Majority1836.0
Turnout 3,043
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Hawcoat [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Richardson1,84761.9
Labour Rebecca Melling1,13838.1
Majority70923.8
Turnout 2,985
Conservative hold Swing
Hindpool [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Thomson1,36861.9
Conservative Mark Burley51423.3
Socialist People's Party Helen Robinson32814.8
Majority85438.6
Turnout 2,210
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Newbarns [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Murphy1,21844.8
Conservative Wendy McClure1,01137.2
Independent Phil Solloway49018.0
Majority2077.6
Turnout 2,719
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Ormsgill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Pointer1,38457.0
Conservative Teri-Ann Gibney58023.9
Socialist People's Party Sheila Begley46619.2
Majority80433.1
Turnout 2,430
Labour gain from Socialist People's Party Swing
Parkside [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Sweeney1,41151.5
Conservative Linda Last74627.2
Liberal Democrats Dominic McCavish47217.2
BNP Mike Ashburner1134.1
Majority66524.3
Turnout 2,742
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Risedale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeffrey Garnett1,64765.9
Conservative Levi Gill59924.0
Socialist People's Party Daniel Tyson25210.1
Majority1,04842.0
Turnout 2,498
Labour hold Swing
Roosecote [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rory McClure1,48353.5
Labour Kenneth Beeres1,28946.5
Majority1947.0
Turnout 2,772
Conservative hold Swing
Walney North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Callister1,82868.9
Conservative Stephen Smart82531.1
Majority1,00337.8
Turnout 2,653
Labour hold Swing
Walney South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Thomson1,81965.5
Conservative Alan Pemberton95934.5
Majority86031.0
Turnout 2,778
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Barrow-In-Furness". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Independents swing mayor vote to Tories". North-West Evening Mail . 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dixon, Graham (12 April 2010). "Dawn of a new era for Barrow Borough Council". North-West Evening Mail. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Labour gain eight Barrow Borough Council seats". North-West Evening Mail. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Borough Council Election 6th May, 2010" (PDF). Barrow Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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