Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, 2010
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Map of the results of the 2010 Barrow-in-Furness council election.
Labour in red and
Conservative in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.
The 2010 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Background
The 2010 election was the last where only a third of the council was contested.[3] This meant 12 seats were up for election, with only Barrow Island ward not having an election.[3] From the 2011 election Barrow-in-Furness moved to having full council elections every 4 years.[3]
Before the election the Conservative party had 16 councillors, compared to 8 for Labour, 7 independents, 4 Socialist People's Party and 1 Liberal Democrat.[3] However in the lead up to election independent councillor John Millar joined the Conservatives and defended Dalton South as a Conservative in the election.[3]
The Conservatives hoped to win a majority on the council, defending their record as the council administration by pointing to a list of achievements and saying they had kept council tax levels low.[3] However Labour were only defending 2 seats and attacked the Conservative record, while calling for more council apprenticeships and the return of a scheme of lower bus fares for pensioners.[3]
Election result
The results saw Labour gain 8 seats to double the number of councillors the party held on the council to 16.[4] The gains came at the expense of all the other groups on the council, with only the Conservatives holding 2 seats in Hawcoat and Roosecote.[4]
Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Jack Richardson, was re-elected and Conservative Rory McClure became mayor.[2] This came after all 5 independents backed the Conservatives in the vote and the 2 Socialist Peoples Party councillors abstained.[2]
Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2010[5] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
10 |
8 |
0 |
+8 |
83.3 |
55.1 |
17,250 |
+20.7% |
|
Conservative |
2 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
16.7 |
37.3 |
11,686 |
-5.3% |
|
Socialist People's Party |
0 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
4.2 |
1,304 |
-0.7% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
1.6 |
490 |
-12.5% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
1.5 |
472 |
-1.7% |
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
113 |
-0.5% |
Ward results
Newbarns[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Murphy |
1,218 |
44.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Wendy McClure |
1,011 |
37.2 |
|
|
Independent |
Phil Solloway |
490 |
18.0 |
|
Majority |
207 |
7.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,719 |
|
|
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Parkside[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Michael Sweeney |
1,411 |
51.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Linda Last |
746 |
27.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dominic McCavish |
472 |
17.2 |
|
|
BNP |
Mike Ashburner |
113 |
4.1 |
|
Majority |
665 |
24.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,742 |
|
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
References