2006 Bexley London Borough Council election

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2006 Bexley Council election
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All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won549
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 24Decrease2.svg 23
Popular vote37,56418,539
Percentage50.0%24.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.4%Decrease2.svg 8.3%
Bexley London UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Bexley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2006 Bexley Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England. [1] [2] The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.

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Election result

Bexley Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 54230Increase2.svg 2485.750.037,564Increase2.svg 8.4
  Labour 9023Decrease2.svg 2314.324.718,539Decrease2.svg 8.3
  Liberal Democrats 001Decrease2.svg 10.011.68,732Decrease2.svg 3.4
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.05.13,864Increase2.svg 2.8
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.03.82,869Increase2.svg 1.8
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.02.72,027Decrease2.svg 2.7
 Thamesmead Community Party000Steady2.svg0.00.8628New
 Orange Squash000Steady2.svg0.00.8583New
  English Democrat 000Steady2.svg0.00.5392New

Ward results

Barnehurst

Barnehurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William McEwen 2,333 58.4
Conservative Richard Gillespie 2,223
Conservative Simon Windle 2,188
Labour Charan Gill73518.4
Labour John Husband685
Labour Derek Steedman653
UKIP Barrie Thomas51312.9
Liberal Democrats Maurice Morpurgo41110.3
Turnout 45.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belvedere

Belvedere (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Leaf 1,287 43.0
Labour Daniel Francis 1,268 42.4
Conservative John Fuller 1,256
Labour Janet White1,168
Conservative Gooroodev Nangon1,050
Labour John Pegg1,041
Liberal Democrats Lesley Morpurgo43914.7
Turnout 35.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Blackfen and Lamorbey

Blackfen and Lamorbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Beckwith 1,830 51.8
Conservative Peter Craske 1,804
Conservative Katherine Perrior 1,777
UKIP Michael Barnbrook82123.2
UKIP John Dunford669
UKIP George Wright664
Labour Carole Borella49414.0
Labour Bernard Justham440
Labour Josephine Chodha437
Liberal Democrats Doreen La Roche39111.1
Liberal Democrats John La Roche363
Liberal Democrats Peter Scopes355
Turnout 44.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Blendon and Penhill

Blendon and Penhill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Cammish 2,445 73.3
Conservative Graham D'Amiral 2,364
Conservative Nicholas O'Hare 2,287
Liberal Democrats Michael Jaques45013.5
Labour David Prior44113.2
Liberal Democrats Kaye Cudmore430
Liberal Democrats John Cudmore415
Labour Gerda Slater400
Labour Stuart Slater387
Turnout 42.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brampton

Brampton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald French 2,596 59.9
Conservative Teresa O'Neill 2,537
Conservative John Wilkinson 2,406
Labour Joanne Browning80218.5
Labour Christopher Kirby734
Labour John Perry710
Liberal Democrats Barry Standen53112.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Hall515
Liberal Democrats Peggy Wagstaff431
UKIP William Jenner4049.3
Turnout 50.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Ashmole 2,205 63.9
Conservative Ian Clement 2,188
Conservative Leonard Newton 2,098
Labour Stephanie David73321.2
Labour Floyd Millen633
Labour Peter West621
Liberal Democrats Maureen Hall51314.9
Liberal Democrats David Hall501
Liberal Democrats Betty Lockington443
Turnout 42.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Colyers

Colyers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Brockwell 1,506 44.7
Conservative David Cammish 1,415
Conservative David Hurt 1,349
Labour Ronald Browning1,17534.9
Labour Patricia Ball1,165
Labour Peter Kilner1,163
Independent Sally Briant39711.8
Independent Dianne Joyce387
Independent Joanne Wilfort321
Liberal Democrats Angela Thick2938.7
Turnout 40.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cray Meadows

Cray Meadows (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cheryl Bacon 1,947 53.3
Conservative Rosaline Downing 1,903
Conservative Donald Massey 1,865
Labour Helen Cash1,06529.2
Labour Stefano Borella1,019
Labour Michael O'Neill995
Independent Barry Parfett64017.5
Independent Elaine Cheeseman631
Independent Laurence Williams611
Turnout 46.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Crayford

Crayford (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraldene Lucia-Hennis 1,378 36.5
Conservative Howard Marriner 1,345
Conservative Melvin Seymour 1,286
Labour John Shepheard1,18031.3
Labour Tonya Kelsey1,147
Labour Trevor Perrin1,058
BNP Stephen James78620.8
Liberal Democrats Amanda Buckley43011.4
Turnout 42.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Danson Park

Danson Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Bailey 2,011 59.3
Conservative Sharon Massey 2,002
Conservative John Waters 1,985
Liberal Democrats James McVeigh91527.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Hurren875
Liberal Democrats Tejinder Singh Aulakh815
Labour Alan Scutt46613.7
Labour Linda Husband453
Labour Peter Hollamby453
Turnout 44.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Wickham

East Wickham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Catterall 1,362 32.0
Conservative Michael Tarrant 1,340
Conservative James Hunt 1,234
Labour John Lawrenson93722.0
Labour Richard Everitt860
Labour Sylvia Malt833
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pickett68116.0
Liberal Democrats David Sexton604
BNP Sheila Clark60114.1
Liberal Democrats Surinder Singh Manak564
English Democrat John-Anthony Fitzpatrick3929.2
UKIP Malcolm Clarke2896.8
UKIP Pamela Perrin211
UKIP Christopher Marshall209
Turnout 45.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Erith

Erith (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Ball 1,066 36.0
Labour Margaret O'Neill 939
Conservative Bernard Clewes 884 29.9
Conservative James Douglas850
Labour Munir Malik833
Conservative Priti Patel 653
Independent Stephen West57419.4
Independent Rita Grootendorst506
Liberal Democrats Florence Jamieson43414.7
Turnout 32.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Falconwood and Welling

Falconwood and Welling (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Betts 2,074 48.1
Conservative Peter Catterall 1,854
Conservative Valerie Clark 1,721
BNP James Seadon1,00123.2
Labour Stephen Perfect64014.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew O'Gorman59313.8
Liberal Democrats Edward Shrimpton588
Labour Mavis Persaud540
Liberal Democrats Gurdeepak Singh Chaggar540
Labour Carol Pieri517
Turnout 48.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lesnes Abbey

Lesnes Abbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Davey 1,860 42.5
Conservative Margaret Hurt 1,710
Conservative Kirsty Duncombe 1,707
Labour Ronald Brown1,45033.1
Labour Samuel Blake1,422
Labour Corinna Huxley1,253
Orange SquashGary Cripps58313.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Hofford48211.0
Turnout 45.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Longlands

Longlands (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Bacon 1,966 55.0
Conservative Kenneth McAndrew 1,956
Conservative Michael Slaughter 1,921
Independent Michael Lowe63317.7
Labour Clifford Judge51714.5
Liberal Democrats Zoe Brooks45612.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Shrimpton449
Labour Garth Pilling-Lindsell446
Labour Philip Scrivener434
Liberal Democrats John Brooks431
Turnout 43.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North End

North End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Eastaugh 1,093 36.0
Labour Brenda Langstead 1,070
Labour Alan Deadman 962
Conservative Sylvia Cassells63721.0
Conservative Bernard Gillespie601
Independent Simon Goding55318.2
Conservative Edgar Silvester498
BNP John Bowles48115.9
Liberal Democrats William Shrimpton2698.9
Turnout 31.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Northumberland Heath

Northumberland Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Fuller 1,975 52.7
Conservative Peter Reader 1,913
Conservative Alex Sawyer 1,806
Labour Geoffrey Hacker1,28034.1
Labour Kathryn Smith1,236
Labour Edward Akuamoah-Boateng1,202
Liberal Democrats Paul Bargery49613.2
Turnout 46.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Campbell 2,596 72.5
Conservative Alan Downing 2,546
Conservative Colin Tandy 2,472
Labour Joseph Riches49313.8
Liberal Democrats Angela Nurse49113.7
Labour Broderick Bassett487
Labour Teresa Pearce481
Liberal Democrats David Nicolle454
Liberal Democrats Shule Basaran413
Turnout 45.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Michael's

St Michael's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Pollard 2,062 57.0
Conservative Raymond Sams 1,907
Conservative Matthew Scott 1,890
Labour Wendy Perfect1,10130.4
Labour Grant Blowers1,090
Labour Matthew Murphy1,023
Liberal Democrats Janette Codd45712.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Wright450
Liberal Democrats Philip Codd413
Turnout 46.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Sidcup

Sidcup (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aileen Beckwith 2,127 57.1
Conservative Jacqueline Evans 2,099
Conservative June Slaughter 2,090
Independent Graham Holland1,06728.6
Independent Robert Griffiths966
Independent David Gorton850
Labour Colin Dawes53214.3
Labour Robert Bedwell523
Labour Doreen Ives470
Turnout 44.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Thamesmead East

Thamesmead East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Bauer 1,071 49.1
Labour Harbans Singh Buttar 983
Labour Harry Persaud 956
Thamesmead Community PartyJenny Bellinger62828.8
Thamesmead Community PartyJeremy Cotton573
Thamesmead Community PartyAnthony Cusack544
Conservative Irene Reader48322.1
Conservative Irma Nangon438
Conservative Philip Read228
Turnout 26.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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