Barrow-in-Furness UK local election 2011 map

The 2011 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...

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Council in

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. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority on the council and

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Jack Richardson was the leader of the council with support from the independents. The whole council was being elected for a four-year term for the first time, changing from the previous system of election by thirds. Nine sitting

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s stood down at the election. Issues in the campaign included dog fouling, potholes, jobs and keeping the environment clean.

Election result

The results saw Labour gain 13 seats to take control over the council with 29 seats. The Conservatives were reduced to 7 seats and only managed to hold all of the seats in the 2 wards of

Hawcoat Hawcoat is an area and electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is one of Barrow's most northerly wards and is bordered by Roose, Newbarns, Parkside, Ormsgill and the town of Dalton-in-Furness ...

and

Roosecote Roose or Roosecote is a suburb and ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The word 'roose' is Celtic for "moor" or "heath" and the suffix 'cote' of Roosecote means "hut" or "huts" (the word 'cottage' is derived from 'cote'). Before the buil ...

. Overall turnout in the election was 36.28%. Both the Conservative leader of the council Jack Richardson and the Labour

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for

Barrow and Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...

John Woodcock put the results down to the cuts the national, Conservative led, government were making.

Ward results

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011 2011 English local elections Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council elections 2010s in Cumbria