Borough of Barrow-in-Furness

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Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Borough and non-metropolitan district
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Skyline of Barrow-in-Furness
Arms of Barrow in Furness.svg
Coat of arms
Borough of Barrow-in-Furness logo.svg
Logo
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Shown within Cumbria
Coordinates(Barrow-In-Furness Town Centre): 54°06′42″N3°13′34″W / 54.11155°N 3.22614°W / 54.11155; -3.22614
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
Ceremonial county Cumbria
Historic county Lancashire
Founded1 April 1974 (1974-04-01)
Abolished31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
Admin. HQ Barrow Town Hall,
Barrow-in-Furness
Government
 • TypeBarrow-in-Furness Borough Council
 •  Leadership:Alternative – Sec.31
 •  MPs: Simon Fell
Area
 • Total30.08 sq mi (77.90 km2)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total67,375
 • Density2,200/sq mi (860/km2)
Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Area code 01229
ONS code 16UC (ONS)
E07000027 (GSS)
Ethnicity (2011)97.1% White British
0.9% White Other
0.9% Asian
0.5% Mixed Race
0.1% Black
0.1% Other
Website www.barrowbc.gov.uk

Barrow-in-Furness was a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It was named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements included Dalton-in-Furness and Askam-in-Furness. It was the smallest district in Cumbria, but the most densely populated, with 924 people per square kilometre. The population was 71,980 in 2001, [1] reducing to 69,087 at the 2011 Census. [2]

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In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two unitary authorities. [3] On 1 April 2023, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authority Westmorland and Furness, which also covers the former districts of Eden and South Lakeland. [4]

Background

The area covered by the district was at the edge of the Furness peninsula. It jolted into the Irish Sea, being north of Morecambe Bay and south of the Duddon Estuary. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Barrow-in-Furness and the Dalton-in-Furness urban district from the administrative county of Lancashire. Despite being one of England's smallest local authorities it had a coastline of 63 km and has equally diverse built and natural environments. This included 274 Listed buildings and four SSSIs, ranking as the seventh highest concentration of 325 districts on the English Heritage Index as of 2015. [5]

Barrow Borough Council

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council sat at the Town Hall in Barrow. It was led by a mayor, who was elected by council members. In 2006, the Council was fined £125,000 for violation of health and safety laws that led to the deaths of seven people in the United Kingdom's worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. [ clarification needed ] The council also became the UK's first public body to be charged with corporate manslaughter, but was found not guilty. [6]

Following boundary changes in 2008, [7] the council was composed of 36 seats, elected across 13 wards. From 2011 the council switched from the previous system of elections occurring over a four-year cycle, with a third of seats elected each year and one 'fallow' year, to one where full council elections occur every four years. [8]

From its inception in 1973 until abolition in 2023, the council was often under Labour control, most recently from the 2011 election, but with three years of Conservative control (1976–1979) and ten years of no overall control (most recently from 2006 to 2011). [9]

Composition at abolition
As of 31 March 2023 [10]

AffiliationMembers
Labour Party 22
Conservative Party 8
Furness Independent Councillors3
Communist Party of Britain 1 [11]

Council wards

The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness comprised thirteen electoral wards, all of which can be seen on the map below.

Barrow-in-Furness UK ward map 2010 (blank).svg

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units had received the Freedom of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.

Individuals

Military Units

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References

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  2. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barrow-in-Furness Local Authority (E07000027)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". GOV.UK . 21 July 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Future for Cumbrian councils". Local Government Reorganisation. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Explore the Heritage Index for England". The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "How Legionnaires' struck Barrow". BBC News Online . 31 July 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness (Electoral Changes) Order 2008". legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Whole Council Elections". Barrow Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News . 10 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Your Councillors". Barrow Borough Council. 28 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Walker, Ben [@BNHWalker] (28 March 2023). "Communist Party of Britain now has elected representation - a Cllr Iain Mooney on Barrow Borough Council. A defection from Lab to Comm" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 March 2024– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Young, Ambrose (25 September 2022). "Margaret Burrow MBE awarded the Freedom of Barrow". The North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Submariners to exercise Freedom of Barrow". Royal Navy . 8 June 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Submariners exercise the Freedom of the Borough of Barrow". Royal Navy. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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