Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2004

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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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 8 +3 66.7 38.8 7,832 -2.8%
  Conservative 4 -2 33.3 40.0 8,077 -2.1%
  Independent 0 -1 0 9.1 1,843 +2.3%
  Socialist People's Party 0 0 0 8.4 1,701 +2.2%
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 2.8 559 +0.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 1.0 196 +0.4%

Ward results

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Edith Garside 538 47.5 -4.9
Socialist People's Party Patricia Humes 207 18.3 -2.0
UKIP John Smith 196 17.3 +6.9
Conservative Shirley Richardson 191 16.9 +0.0
Majority 331 29.2 -2.9
Turnout 1,132
Dalton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Crosthwaite 759 38.9 +4.8
Labour Dennis Toye 600 30.8 -4.7
Independent Thomas Weall 348 17.8 -12.5
Socialist People's Party Elizabeth Gibbons 244 12.5 +12.5
Majority 159 8.1
Turnout 1,951
Dalton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Wendy Maddox 741 39.8 +4.4
Conservative Lynn Murray 727 39.1 -5.2
Independent James Young 392 21.1 +6.9
Majority 14 0.7
Turnout 1,860
Hawcoat
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Roberts 1,838 81.8 +2.9
Labour Rebecca Melling 409 18.2 -2.9
Majority 1,429 63.6 +5.8
Turnout 2,247
Hindpool
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Diane Charlton 645 51.1 -3.3
Socialist People's Party Rosemarie Hamezeian 287 22.7 +0.6
Conservative John Murray 258 20.4 -3.1
Independent Leonard Atkinson 72 5.7 +5.7
Majority 358 28.4 -2.5
Turnout 1,262
Newbarns
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Maltman 912 50.2 -15.2
Labour Marie Derbyshire 685 37.7 +9.8
Socialist People's Party William O'Brien 220 12.1 +5.4
Majority 227 12.5 -25.0
Turnout 1,817
Ormsgill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Dale Morgan 537 36.1 -13.1
Socialist People's Party Jim Hamezeian 499 33.5 +2.7
Conservative Tina Macur 265 17.8 -2.2
Independent Margaret Arts 188 12.6 +12.6
Majority 38 2.6 -15.8
Turnout 1,489
Parkside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Susan Opie 632 36.3 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Barry Rabone 559 32.1 +2.0
Conservative Pamela Smith 548 31.5 +0.6
Majority 73 4.2 +0.7
Turnout 1,739
Risedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terence Waiting 699 51.2 -4.5
Conservative Desmond English 277 20.3 -6.0
Socialist People's Party Alexandre Dacre 244 17.9 +0.0
Independent Helene Young 146 10.7 +10.7
Majority 422 30.9 +1.5
Turnout 1,366
Roosecote
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ramon Guselli 1,177 61.7 +0.2
Labour Stephen Smart 731 38.3 -0.2
Majority 446 23.4 +0.4
Turnout 1,908
Walney North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anthony Callister 805 48.1 -18.8
Conservative Ronald Hiseman 467 27.9 -5.2
Independent Kenneth Arts 402 24.0 +24.0
Majority 338 20.2 -13.6
Turnout 1,674
Walney South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Murphy 810 45.9 -6.3
Conservative Graham Pritchard 658 37.3 -10.5
Independent Margaret Taylor 295 16.7 +16.7
Majority 152 8.6 +4.2
Turnout 1,763

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