2003 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 thumb|Results of the 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 Labour Party (UK) 8 +2 61.5 41.6 5,215 -5.3% Conservative Party (UK) 4 -1 30.8 42.1 5,278 +6.1% Independent (politician) 1 0 7.7 6.8 854 +0.8% Socialist People's Party (Furness) 0 0 0 6.2 775 -4.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 2.6 330 +2.6% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0.6 71 -0.3% Ward results Barrow Island Independent (politician) Eric Wood 349 69.7 +24.2 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Smart 152 30.3 -11.4 197 39.4 +35.6 501 Central Labour Party (UK) Bernard Flanagan 357 52.4 -12.3 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Patricia Humes 138 20.3 +20.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kristina Bell 115 16.9 -1.4 United Kingdom Independence Party John Smith 71 10.4 -6.6 219 32.1 -14.3 681 Dalton North Labour Party (UK) John Major 431 35.5 -9.5 Conservative Party (UK) Lynn Murray 414 34.1 +5.3 Independent (politician) Thomas Weall 368 30.3 +4.2 17 1.4 -14.8 1,213 Dalton South Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy James 427 44.3 +5.5 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Toye 341 35.4 +2.5 Independent (politician) Ian Singleton 137 14.2 +0.0 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Dorothy Turner 58 6.0 -0.5 86 8.9 +3.0 963 Hawcoat Conservative Party (UK) Jack Richardson 1,124 78.9 +9.4 Labour Party (UK) Rebecca Melling 301 21.1 -1.0 823 57.8 +10.4 1,425 Hindpool Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Burton 411 54.4 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Murray 178 23.5 +7.1 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Rosemarie Hamezeian 167 22.1 -1.1 233 30.9 -6.3 756 Newbarns Conservative Party (UK) William Pears 777 65.4 +15.7 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Elliot 331 27.9 -10.9 Socialist People's Party (Furness) William O'Brien 80 6.7 -4.8 446 37.5 +26.6 1,188 Ormsgill Labour Party (UK) Stephen Forbes 451 49.2 +5.0 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Jim Hamezeian 282 30.8 -8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Tina Macur 183 20.0 +3.3 169 18.4 +13.3 916 Parkside Labour Party (UK) Stephen Groundwater 377 34.4 -22.0 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Richardson 339 30.9 -12.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry Rabone 330 30.1 +30.1 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Barbara Eager 50 4.6 +4.6 38 3.5 -9.3 1,096 Risedale Labour Party (UK) Margaret Thomson 432 55.7 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Desmond English 204 26.3 +8.1 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Alexandre Dacre 139 17.9 -9.9 228 29.4 +3.2 775 Roosecote Conservative Party (UK) Rory McClure 712 61.5 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) Maire Read 446 38.5 -2.3 266 23.0 +4.6 1,158 Walney North Labour Party (UK) Desmond Barlow 662 66.9 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Hiseman 327 33.1 +9.6 335 33.8 -7.4 989 Walney South Labour Party (UK) David Jackson 523 52.2 -9.4 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Pritchard 478 47.8 +9.4 45 4.4 -18.8 1,001 References 2003 Barrow-in-Furness election result Ward results Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Cumbria