2006 Coventry City Council election

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2006 Coventry City Council election
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18 of the 54 seats on Coventry City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Socialist Alternative
Seats won1071
Seats after29193
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote26,45125,0122,750
Percentage37.4%35.4%3.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.5%Increase2.svg 2.6%Decrease2.svg 2.8%
Coventry UK local election 2006 map.svg
Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Socialist Alternative in burgundy.
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


Conservative

Elections to Coventry City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party took overall control of the council.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

On 25 October 2006 Kate Hunter, a Councillor for Radford Ward, moved from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party.

On 17 January 2007 Val Stone, a former Councillor for Longford Ward, moved from being an Independent to the Conservative Party.

In April 2007 Mick Noonan, a Councillor for Wyken Ward, and Heather Rutter, a Councillor for Sherbourne Ward, moved from the Conservative Party to being Independents.

Election result

Coventry local election result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1020+253.7037.4126,451
  Labour 723-135.1935.3825,012
  Socialist Alternative 110+15.563.892,750
  Liberal Democrats 001-13.7014.6410,348
  Independent 00001.850.93659
 Other001-10.007.755,476

Ward results

Bablake ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew John Williams2,36854.54
Labour Christopher Nicholas Youett1,21327.93
Liberal Democrats Peter Simpson76117.53
Majority 1,15526.60
Turnout 4,342
Conservative hold Swing
Binley and Willenhall ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Roderick Mutton1,55339.63
Conservative Allan Robert Andrews1,21130.90
BNP Peter Hanbury72718.55
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Brian Sewards42810.92
Majority 3428.73
Turnout 3,919
Labour hold Swing
Cheylesmore ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Ann Reece1,89043.12
Labour Jean Jackson1,39231.76
Liberal Democrats Terence Kenny60113.71
BNP Jeanette Boyce50011.41
Majority 49811.36
Turnout 4,383
Conservative hold Swing
Earlsdon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Macdonald Matchet2,52049.73
Labour Bilal Akhtar1,07321.17
Green Scott Gordon Redding80515.88
Liberal Democrats Vincent John McKee67013.22
Majority 1,44728.55
Turnout 5,068
Conservative hold Swing
Foleshill ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Altaf Hussain Adalat1,84744.86
Labour Malkiat Singh Auluck1,84144.72
Liberal Democrats Susan Jane Johnston-Wilder2666.46
BNP Thomas Paul Jones1633.96
Majority 60.15
Turnout 4,117
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Henley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Barry Maton1,47543.73
Conservative Kenneth George Armstrong1,32639.31
Socialist Alternative Esther Josephine Kenny57216.96
Majority 1494.42
Turnout 3,373
Labour hold Swing
Holbrook ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Evelyn Ann Lucas1,65846.81
Conservative Brinder Seni87124.59
Liberal Democrats Dennis Herbert Jeffery54415.36
BNP Simon Daniel Bien46913.24
Majority 78722.22
Turnout 3,542
Labour hold Swing
Longford ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lindsley Harvard1,48743.52
Independent Voice of LongfordVal Stone1,09131.93
Conservative Harry Maeers55416.21
Liberal Democrats Derek Arthur Franklin2858.34
Majority 39611.59
Turnout 3,417
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Lower Stoke ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip David Townshend1,48338.55
Conservative Michael Antony Hammon1,07627.97
Independent Christine Margaret Oddy53914.01
Liberal Democrats Richard Ian Kay45711.88
Socialist Alternative David Bryan Runnalls2927.59
Majority 89323.21
Turnout 3,847
Labour hold Swing
Radford ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keiran Pascal Mulhall1,56447.62
Conservative David Vincent Smith69221.07
Liberal Democrats Peter Jonathan Johnston-Wilder43313.19
BNP Tracey Katie Whitehouse41512.64
Independent David Anderson1805.48
Majority 87226.55
Turnout 3,284
Labour hold Swing
Sherbourne ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Arrowsmith1,45740.70
Labour Howard Peter Lacy1,16932.65
Liberal Democrats Arthur Hugh Thomas59716.68
Socialist Alternative Jason Arnold Toynbee3579.97
Majority 2888.04
Turnout 3,580
Conservative hold Swing
St Michael's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist Alternative Robert Piers Windsor1,19140.06
Labour Suleman Ismail Bhyat1,10637.20
Conservative Jane Marie Williams42814.40
Liberal Democrats Daniel Robert Searles2488.34
Majority 852.86
Turnout 2,973
Socialist Alternative gain from Labour Swing
Upper Stoke ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sucha Singh Bains1,79244.70
Liberal Democrats Susan Jane Johnston-Wilder1,76243.95
Conservative Harbans Singh Gumman45511.35
Majority 300.75
Turnout 4,009
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Wainbody ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Edward Crookes2,61259.69
Labour Joseph Akpati Ijoma1,01323.15
Liberal Democrats Gilbert Napier Penlington75117.16
Majority 1,59936.54
Turnout 4,376
Conservative hold Swing
Westwood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Skinner1,56639.99
Labour Sheila Lacy1,37435.09
BNP Mark Badrick47312.08
Liberal Democrats Edward Rhys Williams3839.78
Independent Henderson Easton Brooks1203.06
Majority 1924.90
Turnout 3,916
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Whoberley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Leonard Ridge1,70141.90
Labour David Stuart Welsh1,28531.65
Liberal Democrats Brian Rees Lewis73618.13
Socialist Alternative Ross Saunders3388.32
Majority 41610.25
Turnout 4,060
Conservative hold Swing
Woodlands ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony John O'Neill2,20548.95
Labour Abdul Salam Khan92220.47
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth72516.09
BNP Julie Margaret Allen65314.49
Majority 1,28328.48
Turnout 4,505
Conservative hold Swing
Wyken ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Marie Waters1,67241.96
Labour Hazel Jean Sweet1,61240.45
Liberal Democrats Adrian Edward Dyke70117.59
Majority 601.51
Turnout 3,985
Conservative hold Swing

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