- Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2002
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Council were held on
2 May ,2002 . One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed underno overall control .After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 19
*Conservative 15
*Independent 3
*Others 1Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 61.5
votes % = 46.9
votes = 6,768
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 30.8
votes % = 36.0
votes = 5,198
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 6.0
votes = 865
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = People's Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 10.2
votes = 1,468
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 130
plus/minus =Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Tongue
votes = 262
percentage = 45.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Smart
votes = 240
percentage = 41.7
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Margaret Dacre
votes = 74
percentage = 12.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 22
percentage = 3.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 576
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Irwin
votes = 494
percentage = 64.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Palmer
votes = 140
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Smith
votes = 130
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 354
percentage = 46.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 764
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis Bell
votes = 579
percentage = 45.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Rothery
votes = 371
percentage = 28.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Weall
votes = 336
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 208
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,286
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Murray
votes = 474
percentage = 38.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Knibbs
votes = 402
percentage = 32.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian Singleton
votes = 173
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Helene Young
votes = 94
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Dorothy Turner
votes = 79
percentage = 6.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 72
percentage = 5.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,222
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Joughin
votes = 1,069
percentage = 69.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Derbyshire
votes = 340
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Joseph Quinn
votes = 130
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 729
percentage = 47.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,539
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Pidduck
votes = 547
percentage = 60.4
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Barbara Eager
votes = 210
percentage = 23.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Murray
votes = 148
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 337
percentage = 37.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 905
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Dawes
votes = 657
percentage = 49.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Todd
votes = 512
percentage = 38.8
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Norman Graham
votes = 152
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 145
percentage = 10.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,321
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ernest Wilson
votes = 468
percentage = 44.2
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Rosemarie Hamezeian
votes = 414
percentage = 39.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kristina Bell
votes = 177
percentage = 16.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 54
percentage = 5.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,059
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michelle Roberts
votes = 625
percentage = 56.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Macur
votes = 483
percentage = 43.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 142
percentage = 12.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,108
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Waiting
votes = 519
percentage = 54.0
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Alexandre Dacre
votes = 267
percentage = 27.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond English
votes = 175
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 252
percentage = 26.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 961
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Williams
votes = 757
percentage = 59.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maire Read
votes = 522
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 235
percentage = 18.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,279
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Messingham
votes = 774
percentage = 64.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Hiseman
votes = 281
percentage = 23.5
change = Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Kelly White
votes = 142
percentage = 11.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 493
percentage = 41.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,197
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeffrey Garnett
votes = 746
percentage = 61.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rory McClure
votes = 466
percentage = 38.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 280
percentage = 23.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,212
percentage =
change =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/6.stm 2002 Barrow-in-Furness election result]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/b.txt Ward results]sequence
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