Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council elections
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Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England is elected every 4 years. This was changed in 2011 from the previous situation where one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year where there was an election to Cumbria County Council instead.[1]
Since the last boundary changes in 2008, 36 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.[1]
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Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973 - 1976 |
Conservative | 1976 - 1979 |
Labour | 1979 - 1991 |
No overall control | 1991 - 1994 |
Labour | 1994 - 1999 |
No overall control | 1999 - 2003 |
Labour | 2003 - 2006 |
No overall control | 2006 - 2011 |
Labour | 2011 - present |
Council elections
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 1998
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 1999 (whole council elected after boundary changes took place)[3]
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2000
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2002
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2003
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2004
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2006
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2007
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2008 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)[4]
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2010
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2011
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2015
Borough result maps
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Barrow 2007 election map.png
2007 results map
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Barrow-in-Furness UK local election 2011 map.svg
2011 results map
By-election results
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,592 | 65.0 | -15.8 | ||
Conservative | 500 | 20.4 | +1.2 | ||
Independent | 357 | 14.6 | +14.6 | ||
Majority | 1,092 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,449 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 2,145 | 71.3 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative | 864 | 28.7 | +1.4 | ||
Majority | 1,281 | 42.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,009 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 587 | 65.1 | -15.3 | ||
Labour | 315 | 34.9 | +15.3 | ||
Majority | 272 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 902 | 20.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Katherine Unwin | 400 | 44.3 | -8.0 | |
Labour | Denis Bell | 355 | 39.4 | -8.3 | |
People's Party | June Gibbons | 147 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Majority | 45 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 902 | 18.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Maltman | 478 | 52.3 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Lorraine Biggins | 177 | 19.4 | -1.7 | |
People's Party | Sarah Martinez | 155 | 17.0 | +17.0 | |
BNP | Mike Ashburner | 104 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 301 | 32.93 | |||
Turnout | 914 | 21.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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