2004 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 24
• Conservative 12
• Independent 2

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8			+3	66.7	38.8	7,832	-2.8%
	Conservative	4			-2	33.3	40.0	8,077	-2.1%
	Independent	0			-1	0	9.1	1,843	+2.3%
	Socialist People's Party	0			0	0	8.4	1,701	+2.2%
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	2.8	559	+0.2%
	UKIP	0			0	0	1.0	196	+0.4%

Ward results

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Garside	538	47.5	−4.9
	Socialist People's Party	Patricia Humes	207	18.3	−2.0
	UKIP	John Smith	196	17.3	+6.9
	Conservative	Shirley Richardson	191	16.9	+0.0
Majority			331	29.2	−2.9
Turnout			1,132

Dalton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Crosthwaite	759	38.9	+4.8
	Labour	Dennis Toye	600	30.8	−4.7
	Independent	Thomas Weall	348	17.8	−12.5
	Socialist People's Party	Elizabeth Gibbons	244	12.5	+12.5
Majority			159	8.1
Turnout			1,951

Dalton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Maddox	741	39.8	+4.4
	Conservative	Lynn Murray	727	39.1	−5.2
	Independent	James Young	392	21.1	+6.9
Majority			14	0.7
Turnout			1,860

Hawcoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Roberts	1,838	81.8	+2.9
	Labour	Rebecca Melling	409	18.2	−2.9
Majority			1,429	63.6	+5.8
Turnout			2,247

Hindpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Charlton	645	51.1	−3.3
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemarie Hamezeian	287	22.7	+0.6
	Conservative	John Murray	258	20.4	−3.1
	Independent	Leonard Atkinson	72	5.7	+5.7
Majority			358	28.4	−2.5
Turnout			1,262

Newbarns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Maltman	912	50.2	−15.2
	Labour	Marie Derbyshire	685	37.7	+9.8
	Socialist People's Party	William O'Brien	220	12.1	+5.4
Majority			227	12.5	−25.0
Turnout			1,817

Ormsgill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dale Morgan	537	36.1	−13.1
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezeian	499	33.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Tina Macur	265	17.8	−2.2
	Independent	Margaret Arts	188	12.6	+12.6
Majority			38	2.6	−15.8
Turnout			1,489

Parkside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Opie	632	36.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Rabone	559	32.1	+2.0
	Conservative	Pamela Smith	548	31.5	+0.6
Majority			73	4.2	+0.7
Turnout			1,739

Risedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Waiting	699	51.2	−4.5
	Conservative	Desmond English	277	20.3	−6.0
	Socialist People's Party	Alexandre Dacre	244	17.9	+0.0
	Independent	Helene Young	146	10.7	+10.7
Majority			422	30.9	+1.5
Turnout			1,366

Roosecote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ramon Guselli	1,177	61.7	+0.2
	Labour	Stephen Smart	731	38.3	−0.2
Majority			446	23.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,908

Walney North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Callister	805	48.1	−18.8
	Conservative	Ronald Hiseman	467	27.9	−5.2
	Independent	Kenneth Arts	402	24.0	+24.0
Majority			338	20.2	−13.6
Turnout			1,674

Walney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Murphy	810	45.9	−6.3
	Conservative	Graham Pritchard	658	37.3	−10.5
	Independent	Margaret Taylor	295	16.7	+16.7
Majority			152	8.6	+4.2
Turnout			1,763

References

• 2004 Barrow-in-Furness election result
• Ward results