The 2000 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 50.0 | 43.7 | 5,398 | ||
Labour | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 | 37.4 | 4,614 | ||
Socialist People's Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8.3 | 17.0 | 2,093 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 238 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edith Garside | 328 | 44.4 | ||
Socialist People's Party | Joan Grainger | 260 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | William Palmer | 150 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 68 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 738 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Wilkinson | 465 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | Leslie Sherman | 334 | 30.7 | ||
Socialist People's Party | Thomas Weall | 200 | 18.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Young | 90 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 131 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,089 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Dent | 439 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | Robert Wyborn | 290 | 28.2 | ||
Socialist People's Party | Maureen Rothery | 150 | 14.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helene Young | 148 | 14.4 | ||
Majority | 149 | 14.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,027 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Clafton | 1,084 | 80.4 | ||
Labour | Stephen Groundwater | 264 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 820 | 60.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,348 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diane Charlton | 430 | 48.2 | ||
Socialist People's Party | Rosemarie Hamezeian | 314 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Desmond English | 149 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 116 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 893 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Maltman | 717 | 60.6 | ||
Labour | Marie Derbyshire | 306 | 25.9 | ||
Socialist People's Party | David Davies | 160 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 411 | 34.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,183 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist People's Party | Maurice Edmonds | 343 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | Peter Todd | 333 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Bell | 208 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | 10 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 884 | ||||
Socialist People's Party gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pamela Smith | 529 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | Melvyn Worth | 414 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 115 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 943 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence Waiting | 396 | 43.8 | ||
Socialist People's Party | Alexander Dacre | 271 | 29.9 | ||
Conservative | Anne-Marie Sheppard | 238 | 26.3 | ||
Majority | 125 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 905 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ramon Guselli | 729 | 64.9 | ||
Labour | Wilfred Heywood | 395 | 35.1 | ||
Majority | 334 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,124 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Callister | 536 | 52.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Rothery | 284 | 27.8 | ||
Socialist People's Party | William Tucker | 200 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 252 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,020 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Murphy | 588 | 49.5 | ||
Conservative | David Roberts | 406 | 34.1 | ||
Socialist People's Party | Peter Rigg | 195 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 182 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,189 |
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