Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Conservative in blue, Labour in red, independent in white and People's Party in pink.

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

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2006
Party		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

Barrow Island
Party		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

Central
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

Dalton North
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

Dalton South
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

Hawcoat
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

Hindpool
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

Newbarns (2)
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

Ormsgill
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

Parkside
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

Risedale
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

Roosecote
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

Walney North
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

Walney South (2)
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

References

Council elections in Cumbria

Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Allerdale Borough Council	Allerdale District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Allerdale Borough Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015

Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Lakeland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2005 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2006 (→ 2007)

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