2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Labour in red and Conservative in blue. Barrow-in-Furness UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Labour in red and Conservative in blue.

The 2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

Contents

Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority on the council and Conservative Jack Richardson was the leader of the council [2] with support from the independents. [3] The whole council was being elected for a four-year term for the first time, changing from the previous system of election by thirds. [2] Nine sitting councillors stood down at the election. [4]

Issues in the campaign included dog fouling, potholes, jobs and keeping the environment clean. [2]

Election result

The results saw Labour gain 13 seats to take control over the council [3] with 29 seats. [5] The Conservatives were reduced to 7 seats and only managed to hold all of the seats in the 2 wards of Hawcoat and Roosecote. [6] Overall turnout in the election was 36.28%. [5]

Both the Conservative leader of the council Jack Richardson and the Labour Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness John Woodcock put the results down to the cuts the national, Conservative led, government were making. [6]

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2011 [5] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 29130+1380.655.725,839+0.6%
  Conservative 717-619.437.317,2950.0%
  Socialist People's Party 002-203.31,553-0.9%
  Independent 005-502.81,320+1.2%
  UKIP 000000.8369+0.8%

Ward results

Barrow Island [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allison Johnston38056.4+37.3
Independent Eric Wood29443.6-37.3
Majority8612.8
Turnout 67437.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Central (2) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Biggins446
Labour Mary Irwin403
Conservative Susan Reader134
Independent Oliver Pearson108
Socialist People's Party Rosemarie Hamezeian102
Socialist People's Party Kristie Hall62
Turnout 1,25525.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Dalton North (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denis Bell976
Labour Barry Doughty943
Labour Ann Thurlow866
Conservative Jill Heath812
Conservative Katherine Unwin734
Conservative Cheryl Wadeson617
Turnout 4,94838.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Dalton South (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Maddox921
Labour Frank Murray879
Labour Ernest Wilson748
Conservative John Millar650
Conservative Bill Bleasdale557
Conservative Martin McLeavy532
Independent Timothy Bell314
UKIP Ian Jackson210
Turnout 4,81138.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Hawcoat (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Roberts1,052
Conservative Jack Richardson1,051
Conservative Alan Pemberton1,000
Labour Rebecca Melling611
Turnout 3,71446.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Hindpool (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Burns824
Labour David Pidduck823
Labour Ann Thomson715
Conservative Mark Burley276
Socialist People's Party Sarah Pllana151
Socialist People's Party Lee Wicks145
Turnout 2,93428.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Newbarns (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Murphy733
Labour Marie Derbyshire719
Conservative Wendy McClure715
Labour Lorraine Biggins697
Conservative David Salt690
Conservative Tina Macur664
Turnout 4,21837.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ormsgill (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee McKenna707
Labour Robert Pointer688
Labour Hayley Preston612
Socialist People's Party Jim Hamezeian501
Socialist People's Party William McEwan344
Socialist People's Party Helen Robinson248
Conservative Terri-Ann Gibney234
Conservative Cheryl Fisher232
Conservative Rowen McClure216
Turnout 3,78232.9
Labour gain from Socialist People's Party Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Socialist People's Party Swing
Parkside (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Opie863
Labour Debra Seward857
Labour Brendan Sweeney787
Conservative Linda Last503
Conservative Shirley Richardson444
Conservative Joshua White414
Independent Lisa Hammond235
Turnout 4,10337.1
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Risedale (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Hamilton827
Labour Lesley Graham820
Labour Jeffrey Garnett812
Conservative Elaine Burley326
Conservative Ann English269
Conservative Des English263
UKIP Noel Matthews159
Turnout 3,47629.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Roosecote (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Guselli942
Conservative Rory McClure814
Conservative Ken Williams776
Labour Kenneth Thomson622
Labour Mark Semple602
Turnout 3,75643.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Walney North (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Des Barlow1,130
Labour Anita Husband1,076
Labour Tony Callister1,016
Conservative Craig Fisher350
Conservative Cameron McClure325
Conservative Jamie Wiggins287
Turnout 4,18437.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Walney South (3) [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Thomson966
Labour Frank Cassidy914
Labour Helen Wall856
Conservative David Marcus583
Conservative Derek Gawne422
Conservative Lorraine Cook411
Turnout 4,15238.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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