2007 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	7	2	0	+2	53.8	46.1	6,819	-6.1%
Labour	5	0	2	-2	38.5	38.1	5,639	+4.3%
Independent	1	0	0	0	7.7	9.9	1,457	+1.1%
Socialist People's Party	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	774	+0.0%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	100	+0.7%

Ward results

Barrow Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Wood	391	77.7	+8.5
	Labour	Robert Pointer	112	22.3	−8.5
Majority			279	55.4	+17.0
Turnout			503
	Independent hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	402	41.4	+2.4
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemary Hamezeian	265	27.3	−7.6
	Conservative	Lucy Pearson	205	21.1	−5.0
	BNP	Michael Ashburner	100	10.3	+10.3
Majority			137	14.1	+10.0
Turnout			972
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Heath	798	58.9	+6.6
	Labour	John Major	556	41.1	−6.6
Majority			242	17.8	+13.2
Turnout			1,354
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dalton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy James	532	39.0	−11.3
	Independent	John Millar	455	33.4	+33.4
	Labour	Dermot O'Connor	377	27.6	−22.1
Majority			77	5.6	+5.0
Turnout			1,364
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawcoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Richardson	1,159	77.4	−10.8
	Labour	Marie Derbyshire	339	22.6	+10.8
Majority			820	54.8	−21.6
Turnout			1,498
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hindpool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Roberts	469	54.9	−3.0
	Conservative	John Murray	219	25.6	−16.5
	Independent	Gillian Nicholson	166	19.4	+19.4
Majority			250	29.3	+13.5
Turnout			854
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbarns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorothy Dawes	778	66.0
	Labour	Tricia Kegg	400	34.0
Majority			378	32.0
Turnout			1,178
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ormsgill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Forbes	418	38.7	+13.8
	Socialist People's Party	Sheila Begley	302	27.9	−11.9
	Conservative	Samuel Pearson	195	18.0	−6.0
	Independent	Margie Arts	166	15.4	+4.0
Majority			116	10.8
Turnout			1,081
	Labour hold		Swing

Parkside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Macur	583	52.1	−17.2
	Labour	Stephen Groundwater	536	47.9	+17.2
Majority			47	4.2	−34.4
Turnout			1,119
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Risedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Waiting	473	45.2	+6.0
	Conservative	Brenda Lauderdale	367	35.1	−5.1
	Socialist People's Party	Sarah Martinez	207	19.8	−0.8
Majority			106	10.1
Turnout			1,047
	Labour hold		Swing

Roosecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory McClure	987	69.5	−1.2
	Labour	Colin Thomson	434	30.5	+1.2
Majority			553	39.0	−2.4
Turnout			1,421
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walney North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Barlow	598	46.9	+11.7
	Conservative	Susannah Pearson	397	31.2	−2.3
	Independent	Stephen Smart	279	21.9	−9.4
Majority			201	15.7	+14.0
Turnout			1,274
	Labour hold		Swing

Walney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Pearson	599	53.3
	Labour	Kenneth Beeres	525	46.7
Majority			74	6.6
Turnout			1,124
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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Allerdale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
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