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{{Short description|Former local government district in England}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name              = Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
|type              = [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|Borough]] and [[non-metropolitan district]]
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|map_caption       = Shown within [[Cumbria]]
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|subdivision_name  = United Kingdom
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|subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of England|Region]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North West England]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial county]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Cumbria]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[Historic counties of England|Historic county]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Lancashire]]
|seat_type         = Admin.&nbsp;HQ
|seat              = [[Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall|Barrow Town Hall]],<br /> [[Barrow-in-Furness]]
|government_type   = Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council
|leader_title      = [[Local government in England#Councillors and mayors|Leadership]]:
|leader_name       = Alternative – Sec.31
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|established_title = Founded
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|area_code         = 01229
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|blank4_info       = 95.7% '''White British'''<br />1.4% '''White Other'''<br />1.4% '''Asian'''<br />0.8% '''Mixed Race'''<br />0.4% '''Black'''<br />0.4 '''Other'''
|website           = {{URL|https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/}}
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'''Barrow-in-Furness''' was a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in [[Cumbria]], England. It was named after its main town, [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. Other settlements included [[Dalton-in-Furness]] and [[Askam-in-Furness]]. 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,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=E07000027|title=Barrow-in-Furness Local Authority|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> reducing to 69,087 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E07000027|title=Barrow-in-Furness Local Authority|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>

In July 2021 the [[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government]] announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authorities]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-steps-for-new-unitary-councils-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset |date=21 July 2021 |website=[[GOV.UK]] |access-date=16 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> On 1 April 2023, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authority [[Westmorland and Furness]], which also covers the former districts of [[Eden District|Eden]] and [[South Lakeland]].<ref name="LGR">{{Cite web |url=https://newcouncilsforcumbria.info/FutureforCumbriancouncils.asp |title=Future for Cumbrian councils |website=Local Government Reorganisation |access-date=16 March 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402085751/https://newcouncilsforcumbria.info/FutureforCumbriancouncils.asp |archive-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>

== Background ==
The area covered by the district was at the edge of the [[Furness]] peninsula. It jolted into the [[Irish Sea]], being north of [[Morecambe Bay]] and south of the [[Duddon Estuary]]. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former [[county borough]] of [[County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]] and the [[Dalton-in-Furness]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] from the [[administrative counties of England|administrative county]] of [[Lancashire]]. Despite being one of England's smallest local authorities it had a coastline of 63&nbsp;km and has equally diverse built and natural environments. This included 274 [[Listed building]]s and four [[Site of Special Scientific Interest|SSSIs]], ranking as the seventh highest concentration of 325 districts on the English Heritage Index as of 2015.<ref name="HeritageIndex">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/public-services-and-communities-folder/heritage-and-place/England/ |title=Explore the Heritage Index for England |website=The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce |access-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925091312/https://www.thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/public-services-and-communities-folder/heritage-and-place/England/ |archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>

== Barrow Borough Council ==
{{see also|Barrow-in-Furness local elections}}
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council sat at the [[Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall|Town Hall]] 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 [[2002 Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaires' disease outbreak|deaths of seven people]] in the United Kingdom's worst outbreak of [[Legionnaires' disease]]. {{clarify|date=January 2014}} The council also became the UK's first public body to be charged with [[corporate manslaughter (England and Wales)|corporate manslaughter]], but was found [[Acquittal|not guilty]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 July 2006 |title=How Legionnaires' struck Barrow |language=en-GB |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/4250401.stm |work=[[BBC News Online]] |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>

Following boundary changes in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness (Electoral Changes) Order 2008 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/427/contents/made |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=[[legislation.gov.uk]]}}</ref> 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 '[[fallow]]' year, to one where full council elections occur every four years.<ref name="whole">{{Cite web |url=http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=3851 |title=Whole Council Elections |website=Barrow Borough Council |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927093234/http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=3851 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>

From its inception in 1973 until abolition in 2023, the council was often under [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] control, most recently from the [[2011 Barrow-in-Furness Council election|2011 election]], but with three years of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] control (1976–1979) and ten years of [[no overall control]] (most recently from 2006 to 2011).<ref name="gain">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/16uc.stm |title=England council elections |date=10 May 2011 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref>

'''Composition at abolition'''
<br /><small>''As of 31 March 2023''</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://democracy.barrowbc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title=Your Councillors |date=28 March 2023 |website=Barrow Borough Council}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Affiliation
! scope="col" | Members
|-
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| 22
|-
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
| 8
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Furness Independent Councillors
| 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of Britain}}
| [[Communist Party of Britain]]
| 1<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1640765564514697223 |user=BNHWalker |title=Communist Party of Britain now has elected representation - a Cllr Iain Mooney on Barrow Borough Council. A defection from Lab to Comm. |first=Ben |last=Walker |date=28 March 2023 |access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
|}

== Council wards ==
The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness comprised thirteen [[Wards of the United Kingdom|electoral wards]], all of which can be seen on the map below.
<div style="position: relative;">
[[File:Barrow-in-Furness UK ward map 2010 (blank).svg|400px]]
{{Image label|x=0.47 |y=1.07 |scale=400|text=[[Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]]<br />[[Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness|Island]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.52 |y=1.02 |scale=400|text=[[Central Barrow|Central]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.65 |y=0.40 |scale=400|text=[[Dalton North]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.73 |y=0.67 |scale=400|text=[[Dalton South|Dalton]]<br />[[Dalton South|South]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.56 |y=0.73 |scale=400|text=[[Hawcoat]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.42 |y=0.95 |scale=400|text=[[Hindpool]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.63 |y=0.87 |scale=400|text=[[Newbarns]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.43 |y=0.80 |scale=400|text=[[Ormsgill]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.52 |y=0.91 |scale=400|text=[[Parkside, Barrow-in-Furness|Parkside]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.60 |y=0.98 |scale=400|text=[[Risedale]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.75 |y=1.10 |scale=400|text=[[Roose]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.30 |y=0.90 |scale=400|text=[[Walney North|Walney]]<br />[[Walney North|North]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.43 |y=1.28 |scale=400|text=[[Walney South|Walney]]<br />[[Walney South|South]]}}
</div>

== Freedom of the Borough ==
The following people and military units had received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] of Barrow-in-Furness.

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=== Individuals ===
* Margaret Burrow: 25 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/22571302.margaret-burrow-mbe-awarded-freedom-barrow/ |title=Margaret Burrow MBE awarded the Freedom of Barrow |last=Young |first=Ambrose |date=25 September 2022 |website=The North-West Evening Mail |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>

=== Military Units ===
* The [[Royal Navy Submarine Service]]: 11 June 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Submariners to exercise Freedom of Barrow |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/june/08/160608-submariners-to-exercise-freedom-of-barrow |website=[[Royal Navy]] |date=8 June 2016 |access-date=2 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Submariners exercise the Freedom of the Borough of Barrow |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/june/13/160613-submariners-exercise-freedom-of-barrow |website=Royal Navy |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=2 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

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