2006 Carlisle City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006. Carlisle UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Carlisle City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 20 seats and the backing of the 7 Liberal Democrats. [3] Labour was in opposition despite being the largest group on the council with 24 seats [4] and needed 3 gains to take control. [3]

19 of the 52 seats on the council were being elected, [4] with extra seats contested in Stanwix Rural and Upperby wards after the sitting councillors, Conservative Edward Firth and Labour's Caroline Watson, stood down. [5] Labour were defending 9 seats, compared to 8 for the Conservatives and 2 Liberal Democrats. [3] Candidates at the election included 11 independents standing to protest against the demolition of the Warwick Road cinema and the first candidate from the English Democrats Party in Belah ward. [5]

Before the election top Labour targets were reported as being Morton and Castle from the Liberal Democrats and Belah from the Conservatives. [3] The Conservatives were targeting Yewdale from Labour, while the Liberal Democrats aimed to take Dalston from the Conservatives. [3]

Election result

Labour remained the largest party on the council with 24 councillors after only one seat changed hands. [6] [7] The Liberal Democrats gained Dalston from the Conservatives, [6] to go up to 8 seats, while the Conservatives dropped to 19 and there remained 1 independent. [7] Overall turnout at the election was 34.6%, down from 42.6% at the 2004 election. [8]

Following the election Michael Boaden became the new leader of the Labour group, after challenging the previous leader Heather Bradley. [9] However Conservative Mike Mitchelson remained as council leader after being re-elected by 26 votes to 25 at the annual council meeting on 22 May. [10] This came after the Liberal Democrats backed the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat Peter Farmer was elected mayor by the same margin. [10]

Carlisle local election result 2006 [2] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 900047.435.69,629-2.4%
  Conservative 701-136.840.711,009-0.4%
  Liberal Democrats 310+115.813.73,694-2.0%
  Independent 000008.32,237+3.8%
  English Democrat 000000.9247+0.9%
  Green 000000.82220.0%

Ward results

Belah [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra Fisher97654.3−16.3
Labour Grant Warwick43524.2−5.2
English Democrat Stephen Gash24713.8+13.8
Independent Charmain Hunt1387.7+7.7
Majority54130.1−11.0
Turnout 1,79637.9−9.0
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Riddle60143.4+0.9
Conservative John Mallinson58242.0+1.2
Independent Linda Hargreaves20214.6+14.6
Majority191.4−0.3
Turnout 1,38532.6−9.5
Labour hold Swing
Botcherby [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Glendinning60255.5−2.0
Conservative Theresa Cartner31429.0−13.5
Independent Edna Croft16815.5+15.5
Majority28826.6+11.7
Turnout 1,08424.3−8.4
Labour hold Swing
Brampton [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Mitchelson99077.8+15.5
Labour Alex Faulds28222.2+0.8
Majority70855.7+14.8
Turnout 1,27236.7−6.5
Conservative hold Swing
Castle [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Olwyn Luckley63254.0−8.9
Labour Ann Warwick32127.4−9.7
Conservative George Bain14912.7+12.7
Independent Donald Patterson695.9+5.9
Majority31126.6+0.8
Turnout 1,17128.3−7.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Currock [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Bradley66356.2−1.3
Conservative Shaidat Danmole-Ellis22118.7−7.9
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Richardson15112.8−3.1
Independent Fiona Robson14412.2+12.2
Majority44237.5+6.6
Turnout 1,17927.5−7.1
Labour hold Swing
Dalston [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Tweedie89144.3+0.7
Conservative Lucy Crookdale87443.5+0.0
Labour Ross Warwick24612.2−0.7
Majority170.8+0.8
Turnout 2,01143.3−10.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Denton Holme [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Atkinson78060.2−5.0
Conservative Patricia Vasey32925.4−9.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Tootle16612.8+12.8
Independent Lynn Barlow211.6+1.6
Majority45134.8+4.5
Turnout 1,29628.4−7.1
Labour hold Swing
Harraby [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Weedall80255.5+7.9
Conservative Nicola Clarke64344.5+9.0
Majority15911.0−1.1
Turnout 1,44531.2−6.4
Labour hold Swing
Longtown and Rockliffe [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raynor Bloxham63560.7−1.5
Labour Robert Dodds35734.1−3.7
Independent Andrew Blythe545.2+5.2
Majority27826.6+2.2
Turnout 1,04632.1+3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Morton [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Farmer96149.0−6.6
Labour John Bell83742.6−1.8
Independent Philip Weir1658.4+8.4
Majority1246.3−4.9
Turnout 1,96341.2−5.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Aidans [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Quilter66949.1+0.2
Conservative Lawrence Fisher42130.9−7.4
Liberal Democrats Olive Hall19314.2+14.2
Independent Colin Paisley805.9+5.9
Majority24818.2+7.6
Turnout 1,36331.1−7.6
Labour hold Swing
Stanwix Rural (2 seats) [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marilyn Bowman908
Conservative James Bainbridge747
Independent Craig Nicholson475
Labour John Hale203
Independent Kathryn Bowstead176
Turnout 2,50939.4+9.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Stanwix Urban [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Mallinson1,11658.4−4.3
Labour Steven Bowditch51026.7−10.6
Independent Richard Hunt28615.0+15.0
Majority60631.7+6.2
Turnout 1,91240.7−10.2
Conservative hold Swing
Upperby (2 seats) [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wilson665
Labour John Reardon634
Liberal Democrats James Osler373
Conservative Michael Clarke322
Independent Haydn Charlesworth165
Turnout 2,15931.9−6.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wetheral [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville Lishman1,03265.6−8.1
Labour Roger Horne22514.3−12.0
Green Lynn Bates22214.1+14.1
Independent Iain Wilson946.0+6.0
Majority80751.3+4.0
Turnout 1,57343.2−6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Yewdale [8] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Stothard79742.5−8.4
Conservative Gareth Ellis75040.0−9.1
Liberal Democrats Eileen Aldersey32717.4+17.4
Majority472.5+0.8
Turnout 1,87438.2−4.4
Labour hold Swing

References

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