2008 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election December 2023 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2008 Barrow-in-Furness council election. Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were 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.BARROW BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS - 1 MAY 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080430081537/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080427_en_1 30 April 2008 Barrow Borough Council; Accessed 11-04-08 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. 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.Late Results to Decide Council PowerOctober 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes North West Evening Mail; 02-05-08; Accessed 02-05-08 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,Peoples Party takes OrmsgillOctober 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes North West Evening Mail; 02-05-08; Accessed 02-05-08 and independent candidates campaigning against plans to open an Academy school in the town.INDEPENDENTS’ DAYOctober 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes North West Evening Mail; 02-05-8; Accessed 02-05-08 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's representation dropping heavily. Pre-Election Council Following the 2007 election and the defection of two Conservative Party councillors to the Liberal Democrats in October 2007,Two Tory councillors switch to Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Voice; Accessed 11-04-08 the composition of the council entering the election was: Affiliation Members Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party 17 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party 16 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats 2 Independent Independent 2 Socialist People's Party (Furness) People's Party 1 Election result Barrow-in-Furness local election result 2008 Conservative Party (UK) 17 3 3 0 47.2 42.6 15 756 -3.5% Labour Party (UK) 8 0 8 -8 22.0 34.4 12 724 -3.7% Independent (politician) 6 5 1 4 16.7 14.1 5 211 +5.0% Socialist People's Party (Furness) 4 3 0 3 11.0 4.9 1 828 -0.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 2 -1 2.8 3.2 1 173 +3.2% British National Party 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 2 Years 3 Years 4 Years Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party 4 6 6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party 2 3 3 Independent Independent 2 1 3 Socialist People's Party (Furness) People's Party 1 2 1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 Ward results Barrow Island Independent (politician) Eric Wood 381 80.9 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Biggins 90 19.1 291 61.8 471 25.2 Central (2) Labour Party (UK) Mary Irwin 232 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Rosmerie Hamezeian 224 Independent (politician) Norman Hill 176 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Thomson 174 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Sarah Martinez 158 964 20.3 Dalton North (3) Conservative Party (UK) Jill Heath 870 Conservative Party (UK) Kath Unwin 812 Conservative Party (UK) Bill Bleasdale 730 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Bell 502 Labour Party (UK) Jayne Phizacklea 432 Labour Party (UK) Dermot O'Connor 386 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynn Murray 376 4,108 32.0 Dalton South (3) Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Bell 689 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy James 623 Independent (politician) John Millar 577 Conservative Party (UK) David Gill 576 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frank Murray 377 Labour Party (UK) Wendy Maddox 369 Labour Party (UK) Barry Doughty 347 Labour Party (UK) Graham Chester 329 3,887 31.1 Hawcoat (3) Independent (politician) Michael Stephenson 922 Conservative Party (UK) Dave Roberts 779 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Richardson 720 Independent (politician) Chloe Lancaster 719 Conservative Party (UK) Bill Joughin 705 Labour Party (UK) Rebbecca Melling 290 4,135 42.2 Hindpool (3) Labour Party (UK) David Pidduck 445 Labour Party (UK) Michelle Roberts 441 Conservative Party (UK) Phil Murray 359 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Beeres 335 1,580 20.4 Newbarns (3) Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Dawes 609 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Liversedge 516 Independent (politician) Philip Solloway 511 Conservative Party (UK) Bob Maltman 486 Labour Party (UK) Charles Elliot 299 Labour Party (UK) Lorraine Biggins 243 Labour Party (UK) Allison Johnston 216 2,880 29.9 Ormsgill (3) Socialist People's Party (Furness) Jim Hamezeian 632 Socialist People's Party (Furness) Sheila Begley 407 Socialist People's Party (Furness) William McEwan 407 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Forbes 360 Conservative Party (UK) Alison Giles 341 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Groundwater 295 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Wilson 280 Independent (politician) Margie Arts 235 Independent (politician) James Tongue 226 British National Party Mike Ashburner 185 British National Party Eion McPoland 136 3,504 31.4 Parkside (3) Independent (politician) Jim Jefferson 495 Independent (politician) Lisa Hammond 476 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dominic McCavish 420 Labour Party (UK) David McCormack 403 Labour Party (UK) Marie Derbyshire 390 Labour Party (UK) Tricia Kegg 375 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Last 371 Conservative Party (UK) Tina Macur 300 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Richardson 299 3,529 32.0 Risedale (3) Conservative Party (UK) Des English 461 Labour Party (UK) Jean Waiting 427 Labour Party (UK) Jeffery Garnett 395 Labour Party (UK) Debra Seward 387 1,670 21.6 Roosecote (3) Conservative Party (UK) Ray Guselli 805 Conservative Party (UK) Ken Williams 761 Conservative Party (UK) Rory McClure 743 Independent (politician) Wayne Butler 493 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Thomson 290 Labour Party (UK) Lovinia Williams 241 3,333 36.4 Walney North (3) Labour Party (UK) Des Barlow 746 Labour Party (UK) Anita Husband 680 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Callister 614 Conservative Party (UK) Steve Smart 518 Conservative Party (UK) Shahnaz Asghar 436 Conservative Party (UK) Mike Macur 424 3,418 30.1 Walney South (3) Conservative Party (UK) David Marcus 637 Conservative Party (UK) Ollie Flitcroft 594 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pemberton 592 Labour Party (UK) Colin Thomson 528 Labour Party (UK) John Murphy 525 Labour Party (UK) Robert Pointer 506 3,382 29.8 References External links Initial Results List, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Homepage Category:2008 English local elections 2008 Category:2000s in Cumbria