# 2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

The 2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority on the council and Conservative Jack Richardson was the leader of the council with support from the independents. The whole council was being elected for a four-year term for the first time, changing from the previous system of election by thirds. Nine sitting councillors stood down at the election.
Issues in the campaign included dog fouling, potholes, jobs and keeping the environment clean.

## Election result

The results saw Labour gain 13 seats to take control over the council with 29 seats. The Conservatives were reduced to 7 seats and only managed to hold all of the seats in the 2 wards of Hawcoat and Roosecote. Overall turnout in the election was 36.28%.
Both the Conservative leader of the council Jack Richardson and the Labour Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness John Woodcock put the results down to the cuts the national, Conservative led, government were making.
Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 29 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 80.6 | 55.7 | 25,839 | +0.6% |
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 19.4 | 37.3 | 17,295 | 0.0% |
| Socialist People's Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3.3 | 1,553 | -0.9% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 2.8 | 1,320 | +1.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 369 | +0.8% |

## Ward results

Barrow Island :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Allison Johnston | 380 | 56.4 | +37.3 |
| | Independent | Eric Wood | 294 | 43.6 | −37.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 674 | 37.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Trevor Biggins | 446 | |
| | Labour | Mary Irwin | 403 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Reader | 134 | |
| | Independent | Oliver Pearson | 108 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | Rosemarie Hamezeian | 102 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | Kristie Hall | 62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,255 | 25.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Dalton North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Denis Bell | 976 | |
| | Labour | Barry Doughty | 943 | |
| | Labour | Ann Thurlow | 866 | |
| | Conservative | Jill Heath | 812 | |
| | Conservative | Katherine Unwin | 734 | |
| | Conservative | Cheryl Wadeson | 617 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,948 | 38.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Dalton South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Wendy Maddox | 921 | |
| | Labour | Frank Murray | 879 | |
| | Labour | Ernest Wilson | 748 | |
| | Conservative | John Millar | 650 | |
| | Conservative | Bill Bleasdale | 557 | |
| | Conservative | Martin McLeavy | 532 | |
| | Independent | Timothy Bell | 314 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Jackson | 210 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,811 | 38.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Hawcoat (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Roberts | 1,052 | |
| | Conservative | Jack Richardson | 1,051 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Pemberton | 1,000 | |
| | Labour | Rebecca Melling | 611 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,714 | 46.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Hindpool (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne Burns | 824 | |
| | Labour | David Pidduck | 823 | |
| | Labour | Ann Thomson | 715 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Burley | 276 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | Sarah Pllana | 151 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | Lee Wicks | 145 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,934 | 28.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Newbarns (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Murphy | 733 | |
| | Labour | Marie Derbyshire | 719 | |
| | Conservative | Wendy McClure | 715 | |
| | Labour | Lorraine Biggins | 697 | |
| | Conservative | David Salt | 690 | |
| | Conservative | Tina Macur | 664 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,218 | 37.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ormsgill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lee McKenna | 707 | |
| | Labour | Robert Pointer | 688 | |
| | Labour | Hayley Preston | 612 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | Jim Hamezeian | 501 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | William McEwan | 344 | |
| | Socialist People's Party | Helen Robinson | 248 | |
| | Conservative | Terri-Ann Gibney | 234 | |
| | Conservative | Cheryl Fisher | 232 | |
| | Conservative | Rowen McClure | 216 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,782 | 32.9 |
| | Labour gain from Socialist People's Party | Labour gain from Socialist People's Party | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Socialist People's Party | Labour gain from Socialist People's Party | Swing | |
Parkside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Susan Opie | 863 | |
| | Labour | Debra Seward | 857 | |
| | Labour | Brendan Sweeney | 787 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Last | 503 | |
| | Conservative | Shirley Richardson | 444 | |
| | Conservative | Joshua White | 414 | |
| | Independent | Lisa Hammond | 235 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,103 | 37.1 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Risedale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin Hamilton | 827 | |
| | Labour | Lesley Graham | 820 | |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Garnett | 812 | |
| | Conservative | Elaine Burley | 326 | |
| | Conservative | Ann English | 269 | |
| | Conservative | Des English | 263 | |
| | UKIP | Noel Matthews | 159 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,476 | 29.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Roosecote (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ray Guselli | 942 | |
| | Conservative | Rory McClure | 814 | |
| | Conservative | Ken Williams | 776 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Thomson | 622 | |
| | Labour | Mark Semple | 602 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,756 | 43.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Walney North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Des Barlow | 1,130 | |
| | Labour | Anita Husband | 1,076 | |
| | Labour | Tony Callister | 1,016 | |
| | Conservative | Craig Fisher | 350 | |
| | Conservative | Cameron McClure | 325 | |
| | Conservative | Jamie Wiggins | 287 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,184 | 37.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Walney South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin Thomson | 966 | |
| | Labour | Frank Cassidy | 914 | |
| | Labour | Helen Wall | 856 | |
| | Conservative | David Marcus | 583 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Gawne | 422 | |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Cook | 411 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,152 | 38.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |