2006 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election

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Elections to Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.3%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Ellesmere Port and Neston Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 730+346.746.68,100
  Labour 703-346.736.56,348
  Liberal Democrats 10006.711.62,012
  BNP 00000.02.3397
  Independent 00000.02.2388
  Green 00000.00.7127

Ward results

Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Roberts60360.5
Conservative Anne Hughes22822.9
BNP Paul Molyneux16616.6
Majority37537.6
Turnout 997
Labour hold Swing
Ledsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Anderson86553.3
Labour George Foster47429.2
Liberal Democrats Graham Handley28417.5
Majority39124.1
Turnout 1,623
Conservative hold Swing
Neston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Pugh50449.5
Conservative William Mealor38838.1
Green Nigel O'Brien12712.5
Majority11611.4
Turnout 1,019
Labour hold Swing
Parkgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nils Anderson1,10677.9
Labour Louise Gittins31322.1
Majority79355.8
Turnout 1,419
Conservative hold Swing
Pooltown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Robson34645.5
Conservative Nicholas Hebson23931.4
Liberal Democrats Marianne Wylie17623.1
Majority10714.1
Turnout 761
Labour hold Swing
Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Marlow63050.0
Conservative Doreen Grey38430.5
Labour Robert McGuigan24519.5
Majority24619.5
Turnout 1,259
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Rossmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Butcher70250.5
Conservative Michael English68749.5
Majority151.0
Turnout 1,389
Labour hold Swing
Stanlow and Wolverham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wilson46449.5
Independent David Garroch30732.7
Conservative Karl Hardwick16717.8
Majority15716.8
Turnout 938
Labour hold Swing
Strawberry Fields
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Ormerod40836.9
Labour Abdul Jilani38034.3
Liberal Democrats Hilary Chrusciezl31928.8
Majority282.6
Turnout 1,107
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kimberley Anderson61356.5
Labour Tamara Hill47243.5
Majority14113.0
Turnout 1,085
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sutton Green and Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Kettle71171.4
Labour Colin Cooper28528.6
Majority42642.8
Turnout 996
Conservative hold Swing
Westminster (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Spain435
Labour James Murphy396
Liberal Democrats Sally Martin123
Liberal Democrats Maurice Brookes120
BNP David Joines118
BNP David Southgate113
Conservative Thomas Hughes101
Conservative Terence Harvey99
Independent Peter Dovaston81
Turnout 1,586
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Whitby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeanette Starkey80847.1
Labour Thomas Callaghan54932.0
Liberal Democrats Eric Robinson36021.0
Majority25915.1
Turnout 1,717
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Willaston and Thornton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hogg1,29687.8
Labour Ian Roscoe18012.2
Majority1,11675.6
Turnout 1,476
Conservative hold Swing

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