Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2008

Map of the results of the 2008 Barrow-in-Furness council election.

Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. The whole of the council was up for election, with the number of councillors falling from 38 to 36, as a result of ward boundary changes enacted in February 2008.^[1] Councillors were elected for terms ranging between two and four years; where more than one councillor was elected in a ward, the councillor with the highest number of votes was granted the longer term.^[1]

The election results were both tight and dramatic, with well-known local councillors failing to be re-elected and recounts in certain wards delaying the announcement of votes.^[2] No party gained control of the council, and local news sources claimed that the biggest winners from the election were the local People's Party, who quadrupled their number of councillors,^[3] and independent candidates campaigning against plans to open an Academy school in the town.^[4] Mirroring the results in other local elections across England and Wales held on the same day, the Conservative Party ended as the largest group on the council with the Labour Party party's representation dropping heavily.^[4]

Pre-Election Council

Following the 2007 election and the defection of two Conservative Party councillors to the Liberal Democrats in October 2007, ^[5] the composition of the council entering the election was:

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative Party	17
	Labour Party	16
	Liberal Democrats	2
	Independent	2
	People's Party	1

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17	3	3	0	47.2	42.6	15 756	-3.5%
	Labour	8	0	8	-8	22.0	34.4	12 724	-3.7%
	Independent	6	5	1	4	16.7	14.1	5 211	+5.0%
	Socialist People's Party	4	3	0	3	11.0	4.9	1 828	-0.3%
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	2	-1	2.8	3.2	1 173	+3.2%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	321	+0.2%

The breakdown of councillor terms as a result of the election is shown below. The seats of the ten councillors with two year terms were contested in the 2010 council election.

Affiliation		Term Length
Affiliation		2 Years	3 Years	4 Years
	Conservative Party	4	6	6
	Labour Party	2	3	3
	Independent	2	1	3
	People's Party	1	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0

Ward results

Barrow Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Wood	381	80.9
	Labour	Trevor Biggins	90	19.1
Majority			291	61.8
Turnout			471	25.2

Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Irwin	232
	Socialist People's Party	Rosmerie Hamezeian	224
	Independent	Norman Hill	176
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	174
	Socialist People's Party	Sarah Martinez	158
Turnout			964	20.3

Dalton North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Heath	870
	Conservative	Kath Unwin	812
	Conservative	Bill Bleasdale	730
	Labour	Dennis Bell	502
	Labour	Jayne Phizacklea	432
	Labour	Dermot O'Connor	386
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Murray	376
Turnout			4,108	32.0

Dalton South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Bell	689
	Conservative	Dorothy James	623
	Independent	John Millar	577
	Conservative	David Gill	576
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Murray	377
	Labour	Wendy Maddox	369
	Labour	Barry Doughty	347
	Labour	Graham Chester	329
Turnout			3,887	31.1

Hawcoat (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Stephenson	922
	Conservative	Dave Roberts	779
	Conservative	Jack Richardson	720
	Independent	Chloe Lancaster	719
	Conservative	Bill Joughin	705
	Labour	Rebbecca Melling	290
Turnout			4,135	42.2

Hindpool (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Pidduck	445
	Labour	Michelle Roberts	441
	Conservative	Phil Murray	359
	Labour	Kenneth Beeres	335
Turnout			1,580	20.4

Newbarns (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Dawes	609
	Conservative	Colin Liversedge	516
	Independent	Philip Solloway	511
	Conservative	Bob Maltman	486
	Labour	Charles Elliot	299
	Labour	Lorraine Biggins	243
	Labour	Allison Johnston	216
Turnout			2,880	29.9

Ormsgill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezeian	632
	Socialist People's Party	Sheila Begley	407
	Socialist People's Party	William McEwan	407
	Labour	Stephen Forbes	360
	Conservative	Alison Giles	341
	Labour	Stephen Groundwater	295
	Labour	Ernest Wilson	280
	Independent	Margie Arts	235
	Independent	James Tongue	226
	BNP	Mike Ashburner	185
	BNP	Eion McPoland	136
Turnout			3,504	31.4

Parkside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Jefferson	495
	Independent	Lisa Hammond	476
	Liberal Democrat	Dominic McCavish	420
	Labour	David McCormack	403
	Labour	Marie Derbyshire	390
	Labour	Tricia Kegg	375
	Conservative	Linda Last	371
	Conservative	Tina Macur	300
	Conservative	Shirley Richardson	299
Turnout			3,529	32.0

Risedale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Des English	461
	Labour	Jean Waiting	427
	Labour	Jeffery Garnett	395
	Labour	Debra Seward	387
Turnout			1,670	21.6

Roosecote (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Guselli	805
	Conservative	Ken Williams	761
	Conservative	Rory McClure	743
	Independent	Wayne Butler	493
	Labour	Kenneth Thomson	290
	Labour	Lovinia Williams	241
Turnout			3,333	36.4

Walney North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des Barlow	746
	Labour	Anita Husband	680
	Labour	Anthony Callister	614
	Conservative	Steve Smart	518
	Conservative	Shahnaz Asghar	436
	Conservative	Mike Macur	424
Turnout			3,418	30.1

Walney South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Marcus	637
	Conservative	Ollie Flitcroft	594
	Conservative	Alan Pemberton	592
	Labour	Colin Thomson	528
	Labour	John Murphy	525
	Labour	Robert Pointer	506
Turnout			3,382	29.8

References

1 2 BARROW BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS - 1 MAY 2008 Barrow Borough Council; Accessed 11-04-08
↑ Late Results to Decide Council Power North West Evening Mail; 02-05-08; Accessed 02-05-08
↑ Peoples Party takes Ormsgill North West Evening Mail; 02-05-08; Accessed 02-05-08
1 2 INDEPENDENTS’ DAY North West Evening Mail; 02-05-8; Accessed 02-05-08
↑ Two Tory councillors switch to Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Voice; Accessed 11-04-08

External links

Initial Results List, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Homepage

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