Elections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Barrow-in-Furness Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8			+2	61.5	41.6	5,215	-5.3%
	Conservative	4			-1	30.8	42.1	5,278	+6.1%
	Independent	1			0	7.7	6.8	854	+0.8%
	Socialist People's Party	0			0	0	6.2	775	-4.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	2.6	330	+2.6%
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.6	71	-0.3%

Ward results

Barrow Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Wood	349	69.7	+24.2
	Labour	Stephen Smart	152	30.3	-11.4
Majority			197	39.4	+35.6
Turnout			501

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Flanagan	357	52.4	-12.3
	Socialist People's Party	Patricia Humes	138	20.3	+20.3
	Conservative	Kristina Bell	115	16.9	-1.4
	UKIP	John Smith	71	10.4	-6.6
Majority			219	32.1	-14.3
Turnout			681

Dalton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Major	431	35.5	-9.5
	Conservative	Lynn Murray	414	34.1	+5.3
	Independent	Thomas Weall	368	30.3	+4.2
Majority			17	1.4	-14.8
Turnout			1,213

Dalton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy James	427	44.3	+5.5
	Labour	Dennis Toye	341	35.4	+2.5
	Independent	Ian Singleton	137	14.2	+0.0
	Socialist People's Party	Dorothy Turner	58	6.0	-0.5
Majority			86	8.9	+3.0
Turnout			963

Hawcoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Richardson	1,124	78.9	+9.4
	Labour	Rebecca Melling	301	21.1	-1.0
Majority			823	57.8	+10.4
Turnout			1,425

Hindpool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Burton	411	54.4	-6.0
	Conservative	John Murray	178	23.5	+7.1
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemarie Hamezeian	167	22.1	-1.1
Majority			233	30.9	-6.3
Turnout			756

Newbarns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Pears	777	65.4	+15.7
	Labour	Thomas Elliot	331	27.9	-10.9
	Socialist People's Party	William O'Brien	80	6.7	-4.8
Majority			446	37.5	+26.6
Turnout			1,188

Ormsgill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Forbes	451	49.2	+5.0
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezeian	282	30.8	-8.3
	Conservative	Tina Macur	183	20.0	+3.3
Majority			169	18.4	+13.3
Turnout			916

Parkside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Groundwater	377	34.4	-22.0
	Conservative	Shirley Richardson	339	30.9	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Rabone	330	30.1	+30.1
	Socialist People's Party	Barbara Eager	50	4.6	+4.6
Majority			38	3.5	-9.3
Turnout			1,096

Risedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	432	55.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Desmond English	204	26.3	+8.1
	Socialist People's Party	Alexandre Dacre	139	17.9	-9.9
Majority			228	29.4	+3.2
Turnout			775

Roosecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory McClure	712	61.5	+2.3
	Labour	Maire Read	446	38.5	-2.3
Majority			266	23.0	+4.6
Turnout			1,158

Walney North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Barlow	662	66.9	+2.2
	Conservative	Ronald Hiseman	327	33.1	+9.6
Majority			335	33.8	-7.4
Turnout			989

Walney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jackson	523	52.2	-9.4
	Conservative	Graham Pritchard	478	47.8	+9.4
Majority			45	4.4	-18.8
Turnout			1,001

References

v t e Council elections in Cumbria
Cumberland Council	2022
Westmorland and Furness Council	2022
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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