681:
76:
91:
64:
1413:
49:
785:
570:
Following boundary changes in 2008, the council was composed of 36 seats, elected across 13 wards. From 2011 the council switched from the previous system of elections occurring over a four-year cycle, with a third of seats elected each year and one
976:
455:. It was the smallest district in Cumbria, but the most densely populated, with 924 people per square kilometre. The population was 71,980 in 2001, reducing to 69,087 at the 2011 Census.
266:
1295:
525:. Despite being one of England's smallest local authorities it had a coastline of 63 km and has equally diverse built and natural environments. This included 274
551:
in Barrow. It was led by a mayor, who was elected by council members. In 2006, the
Council was fined £125,000 for violation of health and safety laws that led to the
552:
107:
1366:
1745:
984:
459:
1194:
1222:
1265:
918:
897:
1383:
946:
1356:
75:
1474:
1395:
1312:
1139:"Communist Party of Britain now has elected representation - a Cllr Iain Mooney on Barrow Borough Council. A defection from Lab to Comm"
1735:
560:
514:
1730:
1329:
1324:
583:
63:
254:
1258:
1061:
1351:
1290:
1334:
436:
35:
792:
1740:
1402:
530:
507:
518:
1169:
1119:
466:. On 1 April 2023, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authority
1302:
1251:
542:
68:
1755:
1616:
690:
686:
1467:
1452:
149:
90:
864:
463:
171:
1345:
889:
856:
1587:
832:
183:
533:, ranking as the seventh highest concentration of 325 districts on the English Heritage Index as of 2015.
1656:
1426:
1378:
734:
672:
548:
228:
1091:
1725:
1460:
885:
852:
655:
796:
48:
432:
39:
954:
556:
351:
139:
1285:
1006:
633:
587:
467:
272:
1592:
1373:
1341:
1034:
680:
1390:
1142:
332:
8:
774:
343:
322:
1699:
1436:
1039:
591:
164:
159:
1552:
1542:
1537:
1519:
1503:
1498:
1274:
1138:
621:
579:
511:
448:
444:
361:
233:
1069:
1750:
452:
1482:
1547:
1524:
1011:
526:
578:
From its inception in 1973 until abolition in 2023, the council was often under
1704:
1621:
1567:
1529:
1441:
1361:
695:
503:
499:
475:
919:"Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset"
1719:
495:
471:
122:
109:
1676:
1671:
1631:
1626:
762:
758:
753:
749:
709:
705:
700:
981:
The Royal
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
1597:
1562:
1557:
559:. The council also became the UK's first public body to be charged with
1577:
1199:
522:
188:
1319:
564:
502:. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former
491:
313:
1243:
575:' year, to one where full council elections occur every four years.
462:
announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two
1661:
1651:
1646:
1641:
1582:
1572:
1096:
890:"Local Area Report – Barrow-in-Furness Local Authority (E07000027)"
857:"Local Area Report – Barrow-in-Furness Local Authority (E07000027)"
739:
729:
724:
719:
1694:
1636:
1431:
1154:
1035:"The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness (Electoral Changes) Order 2008"
714:
487:
440:
176:
96:
923:
572:
413:
339:
318:
1666:
744:
1223:"Submariners exercise the Freedom of the Borough of Barrow"
773:
The following people and military units had received the
486:
The area covered by the district was at the edge of the
460:
Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local Government
671:
The
Borough of Barrow-in-Furness comprised thirteen
1170:"Margaret Burrow MBE awarded the Freedom of Barrow"
104:Coordinates (Barrow-In-Furness Town Centre):
1717:
884:
851:
21:Borough and non-metropolitan district in England
1468:
1259:
675:, all of which can be seen on the map below.
547:Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council sat at the
443:, England. It was named after its main town,
1746:Former non-metropolitan districts of Cumbria
969:
470:, which also covers the former districts of
1195:"Submariners to exercise Freedom of Barrow"
16:Former local government district in England
1475:
1461:
1266:
1252:
555:in the United Kingdom's worst outbreak of
89:
768:
536:
977:"Explore the Heritage Index for England"
1718:
1136:
1456:
1273:
1247:
1167:
610:
590:control (1976–1979) and ten years of
287:30.08 sq mi (77.90 km)
1168:Young, Ambrose (25 September 2022).
1054:
779:
1084:
821:Margaret Burrow: 25 September 2022.
594:(most recently from 2006 to 2011).
13:
1483:Districts and wards of the former
1411:
939:
14:
1767:
1736:2023 disestablishments in England
1007:"How Legionnaires' struck Barrow"
825:
543:Barrow-in-Furness local elections
248:Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council
783:
679:
666:
645:Furness Independent Councillors
582:control, most recently from the
74:
62:
47:
1215:
1187:
1161:
1130:
1112:
951:Local Government Reorganisation
1731:1974 establishments in England
1137:Walker, Ben (28 March 2023).
1027:
999:
947:"Future for Cumbrian councils"
911:
898:Office for National Statistics
878:
865:Office for National Statistics
845:
815:
490:peninsula. It jolted into the
1:
839:
481:
447:. Other settlements included
1690:Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
1485:Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
1427:Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
833:Royal Navy Submarine Service
53:Skyline of Barrow-in-Furness
28:Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
7:
1379:Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness
1174:The North-West Evening Mail
1092:"England council elections"
10:
1772:
1741:Former boroughs in England
656:Communist Party of Britain
586:, but with three years of
540:
1685:
1609:
1512:
1491:
1422:
1409:
1281:
1062:"Whole Council Elections"
613:
433:local government district
408:
372:
360:
350:
329:
312:
308:2,200/sq mi (860/km)
304:
296:
291:
283:
278:
264:
252:
244:
239:
224:
209:
194:
182:
170:
158:
148:
138:
103:
88:
58:
46:
40:non-metropolitan district
33:
26:
598:Composition at abolition
1756:Westmorland and Furness
468:Westmorland and Furness
213:31 March 2023
1416:
1124:Barrow Borough Council
1066:Barrow Borough Council
777:of Barrow-in-Furness.
775:Freedom of the Borough
769:Freedom of the Borough
561:corporate manslaughter
553:deaths of seven people
537:Barrow Borough Council
198:1 April 1974
1415:
557:Legionnaires' disease
519:administrative county
331: • Summer (
1367:Barrow-built Vessels
1072:on 27 September 2011
987:on 25 September 2015
797:adding missing items
305: • Density
260:Alternative – Sec.31
123:54.11155°N 3.22614°W
603:As of 31 March 2023
464:unitary authorities
344:British Summer Time
323:Greenwich Mean Time
150:Constituent country
119: /
1700:North West England
1437:North West England
1417:
1120:"Your Councillors"
1040:legislation.gov.uk
795:; you can help by
634:Conservative Party
592:no overall control
297: • Total
284: • Total
165:North West England
128:54.11155; -3.22614
1726:Barrow-in-Furness
1713:
1712:
1504:Dalton-in-Furness
1499:Barrow-in-Furness
1450:
1449:
1357:Port and Shipyard
1296:Tallest buildings
1275:Barrow-in-Furness
813:
812:
664:
663:
605:
512:Dalton-in-Furness
508:Barrow-in-Furness
498:and south of the
494:, being north of
458:In July 2021 the
449:Dalton-in-Furness
445:Barrow-in-Furness
429:Barrow-in-Furness
426:
425:
245: • Type
234:Barrow-in-Furness
172:Ceremonial county
1763:
1492:Main settlements
1477:
1470:
1463:
1454:
1453:
1414:
1384:Place of Worship
1291:Listed buildings
1268:
1261:
1254:
1245:
1244:
1239:
1238:
1236:
1234:
1219:
1213:
1212:
1210:
1208:
1191:
1185:
1184:
1182:
1180:
1165:
1159:
1158:
1152:
1150:
1134:
1128:
1127:
1126:. 28 March 2023.
1116:
1110:
1109:
1107:
1105:
1088:
1082:
1081:
1079:
1077:
1068:. Archived from
1058:
1052:
1051:
1049:
1047:
1031:
1025:
1024:
1022:
1020:
1003:
997:
996:
994:
992:
983:. Archived from
973:
967:
966:
964:
962:
953:. Archived from
943:
937:
936:
934:
932:
915:
909:
908:
906:
904:
882:
876:
875:
873:
871:
849:
808:
805:
787:
786:
780:
683:
608:
607:
601:
563:, but was found
527:Listed buildings
453:Askam-in-Furness
422:
419:
417:
415:
373:Ethnicity (2021)
336:
229:Barrow Town Hall
220:
218:
205:
203:
134:
133:
131:
130:
129:
124:
120:
117:
116:
115:
112:
93:
78:
66:
51:
24:
23:
1771:
1770:
1766:
1765:
1764:
1762:
1761:
1760:
1716:
1715:
1714:
1709:
1681:
1605:
1508:
1487:
1481:
1451:
1446:
1418:
1412:
1407:
1277:
1272:
1242:
1232:
1230:
1221:
1220:
1216:
1206:
1204:
1193:
1192:
1188:
1178:
1176:
1166:
1162:
1148:
1146:
1135:
1131:
1118:
1117:
1113:
1103:
1101:
1090:
1089:
1085:
1075:
1073:
1060:
1059:
1055:
1045:
1043:
1033:
1032:
1028:
1018:
1016:
1012:BBC News Online
1005:
1004:
1000:
990:
988:
975:
974:
970:
960:
958:
957:on 2 April 2023
945:
944:
940:
930:
928:
917:
916:
912:
902:
900:
883:
879:
869:
867:
850:
846:
842:
835:: 11 June 2001.
828:
818:
809:
803:
800:
784:
771:
766:
765:
761:
756:
752:
747:
742:
737:
732:
727:
722:
717:
712:
708:
703:
698:
693:
689:
673:electoral wards
669:
600:
545:
539:
484:
412:
400:
395:
390:
385:
380:
368:E07000027 (GSS)
367:
330:
232:
216:
214:
201:
199:
184:Historic county
140:Sovereign state
127:
125:
121:
118:
113:
110:
108:
106:
105:
99:
84:
83:
82:
81:
72:
71:
54:
42:
29:
22:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1769:
1759:
1758:
1753:
1748:
1743:
1738:
1733:
1728:
1711:
1710:
1708:
1707:
1705:United Kingdom
1702:
1697:
1692:
1686:
1683:
1682:
1680:
1679:
1674:
1669:
1664:
1659:
1654:
1649:
1644:
1639:
1634:
1629:
1624:
1622:Central Barrow
1619:
1613:
1611:
1607:
1606:
1604:
1603:
1600:
1595:
1590:
1585:
1580:
1575:
1570:
1565:
1560:
1555:
1550:
1545:
1540:
1535:
1532:
1530:Foulney Island
1527:
1522:
1516:
1514:
1510:
1509:
1507:
1506:
1501:
1495:
1493:
1489:
1488:
1480:
1479:
1472:
1465:
1457:
1448:
1447:
1445:
1444:
1442:United Kingdom
1439:
1434:
1429:
1423:
1420:
1419:
1410:
1408:
1406:
1405:
1400:
1399:
1398:
1388:
1387:
1386:
1381:
1371:
1370:
1369:
1364:
1362:Port of Barrow
1354:
1349:
1339:
1338:
1337:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1316:
1315:
1305:
1300:
1299:
1298:
1293:
1282:
1279:
1278:
1271:
1270:
1263:
1256:
1248:
1241:
1240:
1229:. 13 June 2016
1214:
1186:
1160:
1129:
1111:
1083:
1053:
1026:
1015:. 31 July 2006
998:
968:
938:
927:. 21 July 2021
910:
877:
843:
841:
838:
837:
836:
827:
826:Military Units
824:
823:
822:
817:
814:
811:
810:
790:
788:
770:
767:
757:
748:
743:
738:
733:
728:
723:
718:
713:
704:
699:
694:
685:
677:
668:
665:
662:
661:
658:
653:
650:
649:
646:
643:
640:
639:
636:
631:
628:
627:
624:
619:
616:
615:
612:
538:
535:
515:urban district
504:county borough
500:Duddon Estuary
483:
480:
476:South Lakeland
437:borough status
424:
423:
410:
406:
405:
374:
370:
369:
364:
358:
357:
354:
348:
347:
337:
327:
326:
316:
310:
309:
306:
302:
301:
298:
294:
293:
289:
288:
285:
281:
280:
276:
275:
270:
262:
261:
258:
250:
249:
246:
242:
241:
237:
236:
226:
225:Admin. HQ
222:
221:
211:
207:
206:
196:
192:
191:
186:
180:
179:
174:
168:
167:
162:
156:
155:
152:
146:
145:
144:United Kingdom
142:
136:
135:
101:
100:
94:
86:
85:
79:
73:
67:
61:
60:
59:
56:
55:
52:
44:
43:
34:
31:
30:
27:
20:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1768:
1757:
1754:
1752:
1749:
1747:
1744:
1742:
1739:
1737:
1734:
1732:
1729:
1727:
1724:
1723:
1721:
1706:
1703:
1701:
1698:
1696:
1693:
1691:
1688:
1687:
1684:
1678:
1675:
1673:
1670:
1668:
1665:
1663:
1660:
1658:
1655:
1653:
1650:
1648:
1645:
1643:
1640:
1638:
1635:
1633:
1630:
1628:
1625:
1623:
1620:
1618:
1617:Barrow Island
1615:
1614:
1612:
1608:
1601:
1599:
1596:
1594:
1591:
1589:
1586:
1584:
1581:
1579:
1576:
1574:
1571:
1569:
1566:
1564:
1561:
1559:
1556:
1554:
1551:
1549:
1546:
1544:
1541:
1539:
1536:
1533:
1531:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1521:
1518:
1517:
1515:
1511:
1505:
1502:
1500:
1497:
1496:
1494:
1490:
1486:
1478:
1473:
1471:
1466:
1464:
1459:
1458:
1455:
1443:
1440:
1438:
1435:
1433:
1430:
1428:
1425:
1424:
1421:
1404:
1401:
1397:
1394:
1393:
1392:
1389:
1385:
1382:
1380:
1377:
1376:
1375:
1372:
1368:
1365:
1363:
1360:
1359:
1358:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1347:
1343:
1340:
1336:
1333:
1332:
1331:
1328:
1326:
1323:
1321:
1318:
1314:
1311:
1310:
1309:
1306:
1304:
1301:
1297:
1294:
1292:
1289:
1288:
1287:
1284:
1283:
1280:
1276:
1269:
1264:
1262:
1257:
1255:
1250:
1249:
1246:
1228:
1224:
1218:
1203:. 8 June 2016
1202:
1201:
1196:
1190:
1175:
1171:
1164:
1156:
1144:
1140:
1133:
1125:
1121:
1115:
1100:. 10 May 2011
1099:
1098:
1093:
1087:
1071:
1067:
1063:
1057:
1042:
1041:
1036:
1030:
1014:
1013:
1008:
1002:
986:
982:
978:
972:
956:
952:
948:
942:
926:
925:
920:
914:
899:
895:
891:
887:
881:
866:
862:
858:
854:
848:
844:
834:
830:
829:
820:
819:
807:
798:
794:
791:This list is
789:
782:
781:
778:
776:
764:
760:
755:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
711:
707:
702:
697:
692:
688:
684:
682:
676:
674:
667:Council wards
659:
657:
654:
652:
651:
647:
644:
642:
641:
637:
635:
632:
630:
629:
625:
623:
620:
618:
617:
609:
606:
604:
599:
595:
593:
589:
585:
584:2011 election
581:
576:
574:
568:
566:
562:
558:
554:
550:
544:
534:
532:
528:
524:
520:
516:
513:
509:
505:
501:
497:
496:Morecambe Bay
493:
489:
479:
477:
473:
469:
465:
461:
456:
454:
450:
446:
442:
438:
434:
430:
421:
411:
407:
404:
399:
394:
389:
384:
379:
378:White British
375:
371:
365:
363:
359:
355:
353:
349:
345:
341:
338:
334:
328:
324:
320:
317:
315:
311:
307:
303:
299:
295:
290:
286:
282:
277:
274:
271:
268:
265: •
263:
259:
256:
253: •
251:
247:
243:
238:
235:
230:
227:
223:
212:
208:
197:
193:
190:
187:
185:
181:
178:
175:
173:
169:
166:
163:
161:
157:
153:
151:
147:
143:
141:
137:
132:
102:
98:
95:Shown within
92:
87:
77:
70:
65:
57:
50:
45:
41:
37:
32:
25:
19:
1689:
1677:Walney South
1672:Walney North
1632:Dalton South
1627:Dalton North
1593:Sheep Island
1484:
1307:
1303:Coat of arms
1286:Architecture
1231:. Retrieved
1226:
1217:
1205:. Retrieved
1198:
1189:
1177:. Retrieved
1173:
1163:
1153:– via
1147:. Retrieved
1132:
1123:
1114:
1102:. Retrieved
1095:
1086:
1074:. Retrieved
1070:the original
1065:
1056:
1044:. Retrieved
1038:
1029:
1017:. Retrieved
1010:
1001:
991:24 September
989:. Retrieved
985:the original
980:
971:
959:. Retrieved
955:the original
950:
941:
929:. Retrieved
922:
913:
901:. Retrieved
893:
880:
868:. Retrieved
860:
847:
804:October 2022
801:
772:
701:Dalton North
678:
670:
622:Labour Party
611:Affiliation
602:
597:
596:
588:Conservative
577:
569:
546:
485:
457:
428:
427:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
377:
69:Coat of arms
18:
1598:Vickerstown
1563:Piel Island
1558:North Scale
816:Individuals
383:White Other
126: /
1720:Categories
1578:Roa Island
1227:Royal Navy
1200:Royal Navy
840:References
793:incomplete
565:not guilty
541:See also:
523:Lancashire
482:Background
393:Mixed Race
366:16UC (ONS)
292:Population
273:Simon Fell
255:Leadership
240:Government
217:2023-03-31
202:1974-04-01
189:Lancashire
111:54°06′42″N
1588:Salthouse
1513:Districts
1330:Education
1325:Districts
1313:Elections
1233:2 October
1207:2 October
1179:2 October
886:UK Census
853:UK Census
549:Town Hall
529:and four
517:from the
492:Irish Sea
416:.barrowbc
352:Area code
314:Time zone
210:Abolished
114:3°13′34″W
1662:Risedale
1657:Parkside
1652:Ormsgill
1647:Newbarns
1642:Hindpool
1602:Yarlside
1583:Roanhead
1573:Rampside
1374:Religion
1346:Timeline
1149:16 March
1097:BBC News
961:16 March
931:16 March
903:27 March
888:(2011).
870:27 March
855:(2001).
740:Risedale
735:Parkside
730:Ormsgill
725:Newbarns
720:Hindpool
614:Members
510:and the
362:ONS code
1751:Furness
1695:Cumbria
1637:Hawcoat
1538:Ireleth
1534:Holbeck
1432:Cumbria
1342:History
1335:Schools
1320:Dialect
1308:Council
1155:Twitter
1104:25 June
1076:25 June
1046:22 July
1019:22 July
715:Hawcoat
696:Central
488:Furness
441:Cumbria
409:Website
215: (
200: (
195:Founded
177:Cumbria
154:England
97:Cumbria
36:Borough
1553:Newton
1548:Marton
1543:Lindal
1525:Biggar
1396:Venues
1352:People
924:GOV.UK
759:Walney
750:Walney
706:Dalton
691:Island
687:Barrow
580:Labour
573:fallow
431:was a
376:95.7%
300:67,375
160:Region
1667:Roose
1610:Wards
1520:Askam
1403:Wards
1391:Sport
1143:Tweet
894:Nomis
861:Nomis
763:South
754:North
745:Roose
710:South
531:SSSIs
435:with
403:Other
398:Black
396:0.4%
391:0.8%
388:Asian
386:1.4%
381:1.4%
356:01229
340:UTC+1
319:UTC+0
1568:Port
1235:2022
1209:2022
1181:2022
1151:2024
1106:2011
1078:2011
1048:2022
1021:2022
993:2015
963:2024
933:2024
905:2021
872:2021
831:The
474:and
472:Eden
451:and
418:.gov
401:0.4
279:Area
80:Logo
38:and
799:.
626:22
521:of
506:of
439:in
420:.uk
414:www
333:DST
267:MPs
1722::
1225:.
1197:.
1172:.
1122:.
1094:.
1064:.
1037:.
1009:.
979:.
949:.
921:.
896:.
892:.
863:.
859:.
660:1
648:3
638:8
567:.
478:.
1476:e
1469:t
1462:v
1348:)
1344:(
1267:e
1260:t
1253:v
1237:.
1211:.
1183:.
1157:.
1145:)
1141:(
1108:.
1080:.
1050:.
1023:.
995:.
965:.
935:.
907:.
874:.
806:)
802:(
571:'
346:)
342:(
335:)
325:)
321:(
269::
257::
231:,
219:)
204:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
