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:
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]
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]
| 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 Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.5 | 472 | -1.7% | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 113 | -0.5% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Trevor Biggins | 836 | 62.2 | ||
| Socialist People's Party | Rosemarie Hamezeian | 258 | 19.2 | ||
| Conservative | Elaine Burley | 251 | 18.7 | ||
| Majority | 578 | 43.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,345 | ||||
| Labour gain from Socialist People's Party | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barry Doughty | 1,699 | 54.1 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Bleasdale | 1,441 | 45.9 | ||
| Majority | 258 | 8.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,140 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wendy Maddox | 1,613 | 53.0 | ||
| Conservative | John Millar | 1,430 | 47.0 | ||
| Majority | 183 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,043 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Richardson | 1,847 | 61.9 | ||
| Labour | Rebecca Melling | 1,138 | 38.1 | ||
| Majority | 709 | 23.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,985 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret Thomson | 1,368 | 61.9 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Burley | 514 | 23.3 | ||
| Socialist People's Party | Helen Robinson | 328 | 14.8 | ||
| Majority | 854 | 38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,210 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Pointer | 1,384 | 57.0 | ||
| Conservative | Teri-Ann Gibney | 580 | 23.9 | ||
| Socialist People's Party | Sheila Begley | 466 | 19.2 | ||
| Majority | 804 | 33.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,430 | ||||
| Labour gain from Socialist People's Party | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Sweeney | 1,411 | 51.5 | ||
| Conservative | Linda Last | 746 | 27.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic McCavish | 472 | 17.2 | ||
| BNP | Mike Ashburner | 113 | 4.1 | ||
| Majority | 665 | 24.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,742 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeffrey Garnett | 1,647 | 65.9 | ||
| Conservative | Levi Gill | 599 | 24.0 | ||
| Socialist People's Party | Daniel Tyson | 252 | 10.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,048 | 42.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,498 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rory McClure | 1,483 | 53.5 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Beeres | 1,289 | 46.5 | ||
| Majority | 194 | 7.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,772 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony Callister | 1,828 | 68.9 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Smart | 825 | 31.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,003 | 37.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,653 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Colin Thomson | 1,819 | 65.5 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Pemberton | 959 | 34.5 | ||
| Majority | 860 | 31.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,778 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
