Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2006

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Elections to Barrow-in-Furness 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

[edit] 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%
  People's Party 1 1 0 +1 6.7 5.2 876 -3.2%

[edit] 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
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 % ±%
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
Independent 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
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

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Preceded by
Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2004		 Barrow-in-Furness local elections Succeeded by
Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2007