Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2006

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Map of the results of the 2006 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Conservative in blue, Labour in red, independent in white and People's Party in pink. Barrow 2006 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2006 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Conservative in blue, Labour in red, independent in white and People's Party in pink.

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.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

The People's Party or Socialist People's Party was a minor political party in the Furness region of England.

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 10 5 0 +5 66.7 52.2 8,850 +12.2%
  Labour 3 0 6 -6 20.0 33.8 5,730 -5.0%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 6.7 8.8 1,483 -0.3%
  Socialist People's Party 1 1 0 +1 6.7 5.2 876 -3.2%

Ward results

Barrow Island
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent James Tongue 375 69.2 -0.5
Labour Colin Thomson 167 30.8 +0.5
Majority 208 38.4 -1.0
Turnout 542
Independent hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Irwin 314 39.0 -8.5
Socialist People's Party Rosemary Hamezeian 281 34.9 +16.6
Conservative Desmond English 210 26.1 +9.2
Majority 33 4.1 -25.1
Turnout 805
Labour hold Swing
Dalton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lynn Murray 725 52.3 +13.4
Labour Dennis Bell 661 47.7 +16.9
Majority 64 4.6 -3.5
Turnout 1,386
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Dalton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Frank Murray 666 50.3 +11.2
Labour Charles Bell 657 49.7 +9.9
Majority 9 0.6
Turnout 1,323
Conservative hold Swing
Hawcoat
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Joughin 1,416 88.2 +6.4
Labour Rebecca Melling 190 11.8 -6.4
Majority 1,226 76.4 +12.8
Turnout 1,606
Conservative hold Swing
Hindpool
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Pidduck 471 57.9 +6.8
Conservative John Murray 343 42.1 +21.7
Majority 128 15.8 -12.6
Turnout 814
Labour hold Swing
Newbarns (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sheila Pears 735
Conservative Dorothy Dawes 640
Independent Nicholas Roberts 365
Labour Marie Derbyshire 309
Labour Malcolm Lawson 306
Turnout 2,355
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ormsgill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Socialist People's Party Jim Hamezeian 395 39.8 +6.3
Labour Tricia Kegg 247 24.9 -11.2
Conservative Tina Macur 238 24.0 +6.2
Independent Margaret Arts 113 11.4 -1.2
Majority 148 14.9
Turnout 993
Socialist People's Party gain from Labour Swing
Parkside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Shirley Richardson 780 69.3 +37.8
Labour Michelle Roberts 345 30.7 -5.6
Majority 435 38.6
Turnout 1,125
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Risedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Oliver Flitcroft 390 40.2 +19.9
Labour Jean Waiting 380 39.2 -12.0
Socialist People's Party Sarah Martinez 200 20.6 +2.7
Majority 10 1.0
Turnout 970
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Roosecote
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kenneth Williams 1,065 70.7 +9.0
Labour David McCormick 442 29.3 -9.0
Majority 623 41.4 +18.0
Turnout 1,507
Conservative hold Swing
Walney North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anita Husband 458 35.2 -12.9
Conservative Susannah Pearson 436 33.5 +5.6
Independent Stephen Smart 407 31.3 +7.3
Majority 22 1.7 -18.5
Turnout 1,301
Labour hold Swing
Walney South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Jones 641
Conservative Oliver Pearson 565
Labour Kenneth Beeres 394
Labour Robert Pointer 389
Independent Kenneth Arts 223
Turnout 2,212
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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