- Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2007
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Council were held on
3 May ,2007 . 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
*Conservative 19
*Labour 16
*Independent 2
*People's Party 1Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 53.8
votes % = 46.1
votes = 6,819
plus/minus = -6.1%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 38.5
votes % = 38.1
votes = 5,639
plus/minus = +4.3%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 9.9
votes = 1,457
plus/minus = +1.1%Election Summary
party = People's Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.2
votes = 774
plus/minus = +0.0%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 100
plus/minus = +0.7%Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eric Wood
votes = 391
percentage = 77.7
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Pointer
votes = 112
percentage = 22.3
change = -8.5Election box majority
votes = 279
percentage = 55.4
change = +17.0Election box turnout
votes = 503
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Thomson
votes = 402
percentage = 41.4
change = +2.4Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Rosemary Hamezeian
votes = 265
percentage = 27.3
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lucy Pearson
votes = 205
percentage = 21.1
change = -5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Ashburner
votes = 100
percentage = 10.3
change = +10.3Election box majority
votes = 137
percentage = 14.1
change = +10.0Election box turnout
votes = 972
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Heath
votes = 798
percentage = 58.9
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Major
votes = 556
percentage = 41.1
change = -6.6Election box majority
votes = 242
percentage = 17.8
change = +13.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,354
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy James
votes = 532
percentage = 39.0
change = -11.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Millar
votes = 455
percentage = 33.4
change = +33.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dermot O'Connor
votes = 377
percentage = 27.6
change = -22.1Election box majority
votes = 77
percentage = 5.6
change = +5.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,364
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Richardson
votes = 1,159
percentage = 77.4
change = -10.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Derbyshire
votes = 339
percentage = 22.6
change = +10.8Election box majority
votes = 820
percentage = 54.8
change = -21.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,498
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michelle Roberts
votes = 469
percentage = 54.9
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Murray
votes = 219
percentage = 25.6
change = -16.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gillian Nicholson
votes = 166
percentage = 19.4
change = +19.4Election box majority
votes = 250
percentage = 29.3
change = +13.5 Election box turnout
votes = 854
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Dawes
votes = 778
percentage = 66.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tricia Kegg
votes = 400
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 378
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,178
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Forbes
votes = 418
percentage = 38.7
change = +13.8Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Sheila Begley
votes = 302
percentage = 27.9
change = -11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Pearson
votes = 195
percentage = 18.0
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margie Arts
votes = 166
percentage = 15.4
change = +4.0Election box majority
votes = 116
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,081
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Macur
votes = 583
percentage = 52.1
change = -17.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Groundwater
votes = 536
percentage = 47.9
change = +17.2Election box majority
votes = 47
percentage = 4.2
change = -34.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,119
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Waiting
votes = 473
percentage = 45.2
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brenda Lauderdale
votes = 367
percentage = 35.1
change = -5.1Election box candidate
party = People's Party
candidate = Sarah Martinez
votes = 207
percentage = 19.8
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 106
percentage = 10.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,047
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rory McClure
votes = 987
percentage = 69.5
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Thomson
votes = 434
percentage = 30.5
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 553
percentage = 39.0
change = -2.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,421
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond Barlow
votes = 598
percentage = 46.9
change = +11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susannah Pearson
votes = 397
percentage = 31.2
change = -2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Smart
votes = 279
percentage = 21.9
change = -9.4Election box majority
votes = 201
percentage = 15.7
change = +14.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,274
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Oliver Pearson
votes = 599
percentage = 53.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Beeres
votes = 525
percentage = 46.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 74
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,124
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/16uc.stm 2007 Barrow-in-Furness election result]
* [http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/PDF/REV%20Full%20Results%20Borough%202007.pdf Ward results]sequence
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