2003 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough 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

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8			+2	61.5	41.6	5,215	-5.3%
	Conservative	4			-1	30.8	42.1	5,278	+6.1%
	Independent	1			0	7.7	6.8	854	+0.8%
	Socialist People's Party	0			0	0	6.2	775	-4.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	2.6	330	+2.6%
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.6	71	-0.3%

Ward results

Barrow Island

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Wood	349	69.7	+24.2
	Labour	Stephen Smart	152	30.3	−11.4
Majority			197	39.4	+35.6
Turnout			501

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Flanagan	357	52.4	−12.3
	Socialist People's Party	Patricia Humes	138	20.3	+20.3
	Conservative	Kristina Bell	115	16.9	−1.4
	UKIP	John Smith	71	10.4	−6.6
Majority			219	32.1	−14.3
Turnout			681

Dalton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Major	431	35.5	−9.5
	Conservative	Lynn Murray	414	34.1	+5.3
	Independent	Thomas Weall	368	30.3	+4.2
Majority			17	1.4	−14.8
Turnout			1,213

Dalton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy James	427	44.3	+5.5
	Labour	Dennis Toye	341	35.4	+2.5
	Independent	Ian Singleton	137	14.2	+0.0
	Socialist People's Party	Dorothy Turner	58	6.0	−0.5
Majority			86	8.9	+3.0
Turnout			963

Hawcoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Richardson	1,124	78.9	+9.4
	Labour	Rebecca Melling	301	21.1	−1.0
Majority			823	57.8	+10.4
Turnout			1,425

Hindpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Burton	411	54.4	−6.0
	Conservative	John Murray	178	23.5	+7.1
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemarie Hamezeian	167	22.1	−1.1
Majority			233	30.9	−6.3
Turnout			756

Newbarns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Pears	777	65.4	+15.7
	Labour	Thomas Elliot	331	27.9	−10.9
	Socialist People's Party	William O'Brien	80	6.7	−4.8
Majority			446	37.5	+26.6
Turnout			1,188

Ormsgill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Forbes	451	49.2	+5.0
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezeian	282	30.8	−8.3
	Conservative	Tina Macur	183	20.0	+3.3
Majority			169	18.4	+13.3
Turnout			916

Parkside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Groundwater	377	34.4	−22.0
	Conservative	Shirley Richardson	339	30.9	−12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Rabone	330	30.1	+30.1
	Socialist People's Party	Barbara Eager	50	4.6	+4.6
Majority			38	3.5	−9.3
Turnout			1,096

Risedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	432	55.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Desmond English	204	26.3	+8.1
	Socialist People's Party	Alexandre Dacre	139	17.9	−9.9
Majority			228	29.4	+3.2
Turnout			775

Roosecote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory McClure	712	61.5	+2.3
	Labour	Maire Read	446	38.5	−2.3
Majority			266	23.0	+4.6
Turnout			1,158

Walney North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Barlow	662	66.9	+2.2
	Conservative	Ronald Hiseman	327	33.1	+9.6
Majority			335	33.8	−7.4
Turnout			989

Walney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jackson	523	52.2	−9.4
	Conservative	Graham Pritchard	478	47.8	+9.4
Majority			45	4.4	−18.8
Turnout			1,001

References

• 2003 Barrow-in-Furness election result
• Ward results