2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2011 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Labour in red and Conservative in blue.

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. ^[1]

Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority on the council and Conservative Jack Richardson was the leader of the council ^[2] with support from the independents. ^[3] The whole council was being elected for a four-year term for the first time, changing from the previous system of election by thirds. ^[2] Nine sitting councillors stood down at the election. ^[4]

Issues in the campaign included dog fouling, potholes, jobs and keeping the environment clean. ^[2]

Election result

The results saw Labour gain 13 seats to take control over the council ^[3] with 29 seats. ^[5] The Conservatives were reduced to 7 seats and only managed to hold all of the seats in the 2 wards of Hawcoat and Roosecote. ^[6] Overall turnout in the election was 36.28%. ^[5]

Both the Conservative leader of the council Jack Richardson and the Labour Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness John Woodcock put the results down to the cuts the national, Conservative led, government were making. ^[6]

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2011 ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	13	0	+13	80.6	55.7	25,839	+0.6%
	Conservative	7	1	7	-6	19.4	37.3	17,295	0.0%
	Socialist People's Party	0	0	2	-2	0	3.3	1,553	-0.9%
	Independent	0	0	5	-5	0	2.8	1,320	+1.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	369	+0.8%

Ward results

Barrow Island ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allison Johnston	380	56.4	+37.3
	Independent	Eric Wood	294	43.6	-37.3
Majority			86	12.8
Turnout			674	37.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Central (2) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Biggins	446
	Labour	Mary Irwin	403
	Conservative	Susan Reader	134
	Independent	Oliver Pearson	108
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemarie Hamezeian	102
	Socialist People's Party	Kristie Hall	62
Turnout			1,255	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalton North (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Bell	976
	Labour	Barry Doughty	943
	Labour	Ann Thurlow	866
	Conservative	Jill Heath	812
	Conservative	Katherine Unwin	734
	Conservative	Cheryl Wadeson	617
Turnout			4,948	38.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dalton South (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Maddox	921
	Labour	Frank Murray	879
	Labour	Ernest Wilson	748
	Conservative	John Millar	650
	Conservative	Bill Bleasdale	557
	Conservative	Martin McLeavy	532
	Independent	Timothy Bell	314
	UKIP	Ian Jackson	210
Turnout			4,811	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hawcoat (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Roberts	1,052
	Conservative	Jack Richardson	1,051
	Conservative	Alan Pemberton	1,000
	Labour	Rebecca Melling	611
Turnout			3,714	46.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hindpool (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Burns	824
	Labour	David Pidduck	823
	Labour	Ann Thomson	715
	Conservative	Mark Burley	276
	Socialist People's Party	Sarah Pllana	151
	Socialist People's Party	Lee Wicks	145
Turnout			2,934	28.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbarns (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Murphy	733
	Labour	Marie Derbyshire	719
	Conservative	Wendy McClure	715
	Labour	Lorraine Biggins	697
	Conservative	David Salt	690
	Conservative	Tina Macur	664
Turnout			4,218	37.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ormsgill (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee McKenna	707
	Labour	Robert Pointer	688
	Labour	Hayley Preston	612
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezeian	501
	Socialist People's Party	William McEwan	344
	Socialist People's Party	Helen Robinson	248
	Conservative	Terri-Ann Gibney	234
	Conservative	Cheryl Fisher	232
	Conservative	Rowen McClure	216
Turnout			3,782	32.9
	Labour gain from Socialist People's Party		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Socialist People's Party		Swing

Parkside (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Opie	863
	Labour	Debra Seward	857
	Labour	Brendan Sweeney	787
	Conservative	Linda Last	503
	Conservative	Shirley Richardson	444
	Conservative	Joshua White	414
	Independent	Lisa Hammond	235
Turnout			4,103	37.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Risedale (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Hamilton	827
	Labour	Lesley Graham	820
	Labour	Jeffrey Garnett	812
	Conservative	Elaine Burley	326
	Conservative	Ann English	269
	Conservative	Des English	263
	UKIP	Noel Matthews	159
Turnout			3,476	29.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Roosecote (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Guselli	942
	Conservative	Rory McClure	814
	Conservative	Ken Williams	776
	Labour	Kenneth Thomson	622
	Labour	Mark Semple	602
Turnout			3,756	43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walney North (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des Barlow	1,130
	Labour	Anita Husband	1,076
	Labour	Tony Callister	1,016
	Conservative	Craig Fisher	350
	Conservative	Cameron McClure	325
	Conservative	Jamie Wiggins	287
Turnout			4,184	37.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Walney South (3) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Thomson	966
	Labour	Frank Cassidy	914
	Labour	Helen Wall	856
	Conservative	David Marcus	583
	Conservative	Derek Gawne	422
	Conservative	Lorraine Cook	411
Turnout			4,152	38.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
2. "Results and reaction today". North-West Evening Mail . 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
3. "Labour gains control of Barrow Borough Council". BBC News Online. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
4. "Barrow ready for shake up, 23 places in parishes". North-West Evening Mail . 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
5. "Barrow". Coniston Local. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
6. "Election success as Labour take control". North-West Evening Mail . 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
7. "Declaration of Result Consolidated" (PDF). Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.