Local Election Results 2008
Barrow-in-Furness
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
PPF = People's Party (Furness)
Other results for Barrow-in-Furness:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2010
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Barrow-in-Furness (may be incomplete): 18th January 2007 (Dalton N.)
— 4th September 2008 (Newbarns)
— 29th October 2015 (Risedale)
— 5th May 2016 (Dalton S.)
— 8th September 2016 (Parkside)
— 6th May 2021 (Hindpool; Roosecote)
Results for Cumbria county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
6439 |
37.0% |
17 |
| Labour |
4981 |
28.6% |
8 |
| Independent |
3790 |
21.8% |
6 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1173 |
6.7% |
1 |
| People's Party (Furness) |
856 |
4.9% |
4 |
| British National Party |
185 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Eric Wood |
Ind |
381 |
80.9% |
| Trevor Biggins |
Lab |
90 |
19.1% |
| Mary Irwin |
Lab |
232 |
36.7% |
| Rosemarie Hamezeian |
PPF |
224 |
35.4% |
| Norman Hill |
Ind |
176 |
27.8% |
| Margaret Thomson |
Lab |
174 |
|
| Sarah Martinez |
PPF |
158 |
|
| Jill Heath |
C |
870 |
49.8% |
| Kath Unwin |
C |
812 |
|
| Bill Bleasdale |
C |
730 |
|
| Denis Bell |
Lab |
502 |
28.7% |
| Jayne Phizacklea |
Lab |
432 |
|
| Dermot O'Connor |
Lab |
386 |
|
| Lynn Murray |
LD |
376 |
21.5% |
| Timothy Bell |
C |
689 |
34.2% |
| Dorothy James |
C |
623 |
|
| John Millar |
Ind |
577 |
28.7% |
| David Gill |
C |
576 |
|
| Frank Murray |
LD |
377 |
18.7% |
| Wendy Maddox |
Lab |
369 |
18.3% |
| Barry Doughty |
Lab |
347 |
|
| Graham Chester |
Lab |
329 |
|
| Michael Stephenson |
Ind |
922 |
46.3% |
| Dave Roberts |
C |
779 |
39.1% |
| Jack Richardson |
C |
720 |
|
| Chloe Lancaster |
Ind |
719 |
|
| Bill Joughin |
C |
705 |
|
| Rebecca Melling |
Lab |
290 |
14.6% |
| David Pidduck |
Lab |
445 |
55.3% |
| Michelle Roberts |
Lab |
441 |
|
| Phil Murray |
C |
359 |
44.7% |
| Kenneth Beeres |
Lab |
335 |
|
| Dorothy Dawes |
C |
609 |
42.9% |
| Colin Liversedge |
C |
516 |
|
| Philip Solloway |
Ind |
511 |
36.0% |
| Bob Maltman |
C |
486 |
|
| Charles Elliott |
Lab |
299 |
21.1% |
| Lorraine Biggins |
Lab |
243 |
|
| Allison Johnston |
Lab |
216 |
|
| Jim Hamezeian |
PPF |
632 |
36.1% |
| Sheila Begley |
PPF |
407 |
|
| William McEwan |
PPF |
407 |
|
| Stephen Forbes |
Lab |
360 |
20.5% |
| Alison Giles |
C |
341 |
19.5% |
| Stephen Groundwater |
Lab |
295 |
|
| Ernest Wilson |
Lab |
280 |
|
| Margie Arts |
Ind |
235 |
13.4% |
| James Tongue |
Ind |
226 |
|
| Mike Ashburner |
BNP |
185 |
10.6% |
| Eion McPoland |
BNP |
136 |
|
| Jim Jefferson |
Ind |
495 |
29.3% |
| Lisa Hammond |
Ind |
476 |
|
| Dominic McCavish |
LD |
420 |
24.9% |
| David McCormick |
Lab |
403 |
23.9% |
| Marie Derbyshire |
Lab |
390 |
|
| Tricia Kegg |
Lab |
375 |
|
| Linda Last |
C |
371 |
22.0% |
| Tina Macur |
C |
300 |
|
| Shirley Richardson |
C |
299 |
|
| Des English |
C |
461 |
51.9% |
| Jean Waiting |
Lab |
427 |
48.1% |
| Jeffrey Garnett |
Lab |
395 |
|
| Debra Seward |
Lab |
387 |
|
| Ray Guselli |
C |
805 |
50.7% |
| Ken Williams |
C |
761 |
|
| Rory McClure |
C |
743 |
|
| Wayne Butler |
Ind |
493 |
31.0% |
| Kenneth Thomson |
Lab |
290 |
18.3% |
| Lovinia Williams |
Lab |
241 |
|
| Des Barlow |
Lab |
746 |
59.0% |
| Anita Husband |
Lab |
680 |
|
| Anthony Callister |
Lab |
614 |
|
| Steve Smart |
C |
518 |
41.0% |
| Shahnaz Asghar |
C |
436 |
|
| Mike Macur |
C |
424 |
|
| David Marcus |
C |
637 |
54.7% |
| Ollie Flitcroft |
C |
594 |
|
| Alan Pemberton |
C |
592 |
|
| Colin Thomson |
Lab |
528 |
45.3% |
| John Murphy |
Lab |
525 |
|
| Robert Pointer |
Lab |
506 |
|
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