Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 1999
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Elections to Barrow-in-Furness
Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election
in 1998. The Labour
party lost overall control of the council to no overall control
.
Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness, Roose and Askam-in-Furness. It is the smallest borough in the county, but is the most densely populated, with...
Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election
Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 1998
Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Labour 23*Conservative 11*Others 4...
in 1998. The Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
party lost overall control of the council to no overall control
No overall control
Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...
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