Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2003

Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Council were held on 1 May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 21
*Conservative 14
*Independent 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 61.5
votes % = 41.6
votes = 5,215
plus/minus = -5.3%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 30.8
votes % = 42.1
votes = 5,278
plus/minus = +6.1%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 6.8
votes = 854
plus/minus = +0.8%Election Summary
party = People's Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 6.2
votes = 775
plus/minus = -4.0%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.6
votes = 330
plus/minus = +2.6%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.6
votes = 71
plus/minus = -0.3%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eric Wood
votes = 349
percentage = 69.7
change = +24.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Smart
votes = 152
percentage = 30.3
change = -11.4Election box majority
votes = 197
percentage = 39.4
change = +35.6Election box turnout
votes = 501
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Flanagan
votes = 357
percentage = 52.4
change = -12.3Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Patricia Humes
votes = 138
percentage = 20.3
change = +20.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kristina Bell
votes = 115
percentage = 16.9
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Smith
votes = 71
percentage = 10.4
change = -6.6Election box majority
votes = 219
percentage = 32.1
change = -14.3Election box turnout
votes = 681
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Major
votes = 431
percentage = 35.5
change = -9.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lynn Murray
votes = 414
percentage = 34.1
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Weall
votes = 368
percentage = 30.3
change = +4.2Election box majority
votes = 17
percentage = 1.4
change = -14.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,213
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy James
votes = 427
percentage = 44.3
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Toye
votes = 341
percentage = 35.4
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian Singleton
votes = 137
percentage = 14.2
change = +0.0Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Dorothy Turner
votes = 58
percentage = 6.0
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 86
percentage = 8.9
change = +3.0Election box turnout
votes = 963
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Richardson
votes = 1,124
percentage = 78.9
change = +9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rebecca Melling
votes = 301
percentage = 21.1
change = -1.0Election box majority
votes = 823
percentage = 57.8
change = +10.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,425
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Burton
votes = 411
percentage = 54.4
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Murray
votes = 178
percentage = 23.5
change = +7.1Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Rosemarie Hamezeian
votes = 167
percentage = 22.1
change = -1.1Election box majority
votes = 233
percentage = 30.9
change = -6.3Election box turnout
votes = 756
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Pears
votes = 777
percentage = 65.4
change = +15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Elliot
votes = 331
percentage = 27.9
change = -10.9Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = William O'Brien
votes = 80
percentage = 6.7
change = -4.8Election box majority
votes = 446
percentage = 37.5
change = +26.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,188
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Forbes
votes = 451
percentage = 49.2
change = +5.0Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Jim Hamezeian
votes = 282
percentage = 30.8
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Macur
votes = 183
percentage = 20.0
change = +3.3Election box majority
votes = 169
percentage = 18.4
change = +13.3Election box turnout
votes = 916
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Groundwater
votes = 377
percentage = 34.4
change = -22.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shirley Richardson
votes = 339
percentage = 30.9
change = -12.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barry Rabone
votes = 330
percentage = 30.1
change = +30.1Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Barbara Eager
votes = 50
percentage = 4.6
change = +4.6Election box majority
votes = 38
percentage = 3.5
change = -9.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,096
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Thomson
votes = 432
percentage = 55.7
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond English
votes = 204
percentage = 26.3
change = +8.1Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Alexandre Dacre
votes = 139
percentage = 17.9
change = -9.9Election box majority
votes = 228
percentage = 29.4
change = +3.2Election box turnout
votes = 775
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rory McClure
votes = 712
percentage = 61.5
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maire Read
votes = 446
percentage = 38.5
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 266
percentage = 23.0
change = +4.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,158
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond Barlow
votes = 662
percentage = 66.9
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Hiseman
votes = 327
percentage = 33.1
change = +9.6Election box majority
votes = 335
percentage = 33.8
change = -7.4Election box turnout
votes = 989
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Jackson
votes = 523
percentage = 52.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Pritchard
votes = 478
percentage = 47.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 45
percentage = 4.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,001
percentage =
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/15.stm 2003 Barrow-in-Furness election result]
* [http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2003/document022.html#toc101 Ward results]

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