2006_Barrow-in-Furness_Borough_Council_election
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.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 18
- Conservative 17
- Independent 2
- People's Party 1
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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% | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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