2006 Castle Point Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2006 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey.

The 2006 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative: 29
• Canvey Island Independent Party: 11
• Labour: 1 ^[2]

Election result

The Conservative Party stayed in control of the council but lost 5 seats on Canvey Island to the Canvey Island Independent Party. ^[3] The Conservatives won all 8 mainland seats that were contested, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won 5 of the 6 seats on the island. ^[4]

Castle Point local election result 2006 ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	5	-5	64.3	50.1	12,121	+1.3
	CIIP	5	5	0	+5	35.7	19.3	4,678	+2.6
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	21.9	5,300	-5.2
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.7	1,634	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	459	+1.9
	PFRC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	25	+0.1

Ward results

Appleton ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Diedre Freeman	1,179	65.3	+0.7
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	627	34.7	−0.7
Majority			552	30.6	+1.5
Turnout			1,806
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman George Smith	1,202	63.4	−0.5
	Labour	Anthony Nicholas Wright	381	20.1	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Alvin Newman	314	16.6	+16.6
Majority			821	43.3	+1.8
Turnout			1,897
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Peter May	907	52.0	+7.8
	Conservative	Jane Elizabeth King	514	29.5	+2.9
	Labour	Margaret Curtis-McArther	267	15.3	−11.5
	Green	Clifford Hughes	55	3.2	+0.8
Majority			393	22.5	+5.1
Turnout			1,743
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Philip George Davies	772	44.1	−1.6
	Conservative	Shirley Grace Coates	537	30.7	+3.2
	Labour	Jacqueline Constance Reilly	373	21.3	− −2.9
	Green	Irene Lilian Willis	67	3.8	+3.8
Majority			235	13.4	−4.8
Turnout			1,749
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Nigel Harvey	911	50.1	+2.5
	Conservative	Patricia Haunts	458	25.2	+2.4
	Labour	Derek Stephen Kennedy	388	21.4	−4.3
	Green	Christopher Richard Keene	60	3.3	−0.6
Majority			453	24.9	+3.0
Turnout			1,817
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Joan Liddiard	855	44.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Sylvia Ann Waymark	624	32.6	+0.1
	Labour	Daniel Alan Curtis	378	19.7	+5.8
	Green	Miles Gordon Willis	59	3.1	+0.4
Majority			231	12.1	+2.7
Turnout			1,916
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony William Belford	574	43.5
	CIIP	Christine Kathleen Andrews	545	41.3
	Labour	William Albert Deal	161	12.2
	Green	Korinna Jayne Willis	41	3.1
Majority			29	2.2
Turnout			1,321
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Peter Charles Greig	688	48.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Florence Alice Best	431	30.6	−2.9
	Labour	John Payne	193	13.7	−4.1
	Green	Grant Fryatt	96	6.8	+6.8
Majority			257	18.3	+6.2
Turnout			1,408
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Cedar Hall ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexis Maryse Iles	1,070	66.2	−1.6
	Labour	Kevin Blanking	547	33.8	+1.6
Majority			523	32.3	−3.3
Turnout			1,617
	Conservative hold		Swing

St George's ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Robin Cole	859	54.0	−6.5
	Labour	Joseph Patrick Cooke	535	33.6	−5.9
	Green	Peggy Jane Smith	196	12.3	+12.3
Majority			324	20.4	−0.6
Turnout			1,590
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James' ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Ian Isaacs	1,327	69.5	+11.6
	Green	Nanine Pachy	383	20.1	−1.7
	Labour	Frederick Jones	200	10.5	−9.8
Majority			944	49.4	+13.3
Turnout			1,910
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan John Meager	1,014	54.4	+1.7
	Labour	Brian Wilson	590	31.6	−15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Edward Newman	145	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Lesley Morgan	116	6.2	+6.2
Majority			424	22.7	+17.2
Turnout			1,865
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Anne Challis	1,171	65.2	+4.8
	Labour	John Gyffard Trollope	345	19.2	−4.4
	Green	Eileen Elizabeth Peck	254	14.2	−1.8
	PFRC	Anton Hoenderkamp	25	1.4	+1.4
Majority			826	46.0	+9.2
Turnout			1,795
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Nigel Brunt	1,161	65.1	+6.1
	Labour	Harry Anthony Brett	315	17.7	−4.9
	Green	Douglas John Copping	307	17.2	−1.3
Majority			846	47.4	+11.0
Turnout			1,783
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections: Castle Point". BBC News Online . 4 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
2. Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph . NewsBank. p. 5.
3. "Tories retain control of Castle Point". The Echo . 5 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
4. McGrath, Kate (5 May 2006). "Tories maintain grip on south Essex councils". The Echo . Retrieved 29 July 2014.
5. "Local elections". The Times . NewsBank. 6 May 2006. p. 64.
6. "Election results". Castle Point Borough Council. Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2014.