2000 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election

The 2000 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2000
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	6	0	1	-1	50.0	43.7	5,398
Labour	5	1	1	0	41.7	37.4	4,614
Socialist People's Party	1	1	0	+1	8.3	17.0	2,093
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	238

Ward results

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edith Garside	328	44.4
	Socialist People's Party	Joan Grainger	260	35.2
	Conservative	William Palmer	150	20.3
Majority			68	9.2
Turnout			738

Dalton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Wilkinson	465	42.7
	Labour	Leslie Sherman	334	30.7
	Socialist People's Party	Thomas Weall	200	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Young	90	8.3
Majority			131	12.0
Turnout			1,089

Dalton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jack Dent	439	42.7
	Labour	Robert Wyborn	290	28.2
	Socialist People's Party	Maureen Rothery	150	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Helene Young	148	14.4
Majority			149	14.5
Turnout			1,027

Hawcoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Clafton	1,084	80.4
	Labour	Stephen Groundwater	264	19.6
Majority			820	60.8
Turnout			1,348

Hindpool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Charlton	430	48.2
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemarie Hamezeian	314	35.2
	Conservative	Desmond English	149	16.7
Majority			116	13.0
Turnout			893

Newbarns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Maltman	717	60.6
	Labour	Marie Derbyshire	306	25.9
	Socialist People's Party	David Davies	160	13.5
Majority			411	34.7
Turnout			1,183

Ormsgill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist People's Party	Maurice Edmonds	343	38.8
	Labour	Peter Todd	333	37.7
	Conservative	Daniel Bell	208	23.5
Majority			10	1.1
Turnout			884
	Socialist People's Party gain from Labour		Swing

Parkside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Smith	529	56.1
	Labour	Melvyn Worth	414	43.9
Majority			115	12.2
Turnout			943

Risedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence Waiting	396	43.8
	Socialist People's Party	Alexander Dacre	271	29.9
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Sheppard	238	26.3
Majority			125	13.8
Turnout			905

Roosecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ramon Guselli	729	64.9
	Labour	Wilfred Heywood	395	35.1
Majority			334	29.7
Turnout			1,124

Walney North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Callister	536	52.5
	Conservative	Alan Rothery	284	27.8
	Socialist People's Party	William Tucker	200	19.6
Majority			252	24.7
Turnout			1,020

Walney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Murphy	588	49.5
	Conservative	David Roberts	406	34.1
	Socialist People's Party	Peter Rigg	195	16.4
Majority			182	15.3
Turnout			1,189

References

"Barrow-in-Furness". BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
^ "Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Elections 4th May, 2000". Borough of Barrow in Furness. Archived from the original on 4 October 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
"Election results: local councils". The Times. 5 May 2000. p. 4.

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Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
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
Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
South Lakeland District 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 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Cumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Westmorland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
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