2006 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election
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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.
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After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 18
- Conservative 17
- Independent 2
- People's Party 1
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |