2006 Fareham Borough Council election

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2006 Fareham Borough Council election
  2004 4 May 2006 2008  

16 of 31 seats to Fareham Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before229
Seats won106
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote19,73514,074
Percentage51.8%37.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.6%Increase2.svg4.2%

Fareham UK local election 2006 map.svg

Council control before election

Conservatives

Council control after election

Conservatives

The 2006 Fareham Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives keep control of the council, after the party defended all the seats they had been holding. [3] The Liberal Democrats held the 6 seats they had been defending, while Labour failed to win any seats with their vote share dropping to 8%. [3] This meant the Conservatives had 22 seats, compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats. [4] The first British National Party candidate standing in Fareham [5] finished with more votes than either of the Labour candidates in Portchester East and said the party would contest more seats at the next election. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 40.86%, [6] similar to the turnout in 2004. [3]

Fareham Local Election Result 2006 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1000062.551.819,735-3.6%
  Liberal Democrats 600037.537.014,074+4.2%
  Labour 000008.13,096-3.0%
  Green 000001.7633+1.1%
  BNP 000001.0389+1.0%
  UKIP 000000.4148+0.4%

Ward results

Fareham East

Fareham East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Donald Murray1,17350.4+1.6
Conservative Raymond Ellis99842.9+0.9
Labour Edgar Webb1586.8−2.4
Majority1757.5+0.7
Turnout 2,32942.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham North

Fareham North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Bryant1,54466.6+8.3
Liberal Democrats Doreen Baker37116.0−6.1
Green David Harrison2269.8+1.2
Labour Alan Mayes1767.6−3.4
Majority1,17350.6+14.4
Turnout 2,31742.0
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham North West

Fareham North West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Davies1,23364.0+17.4
Conservative Timothy Geoghegan54528.3−12.4
Labour Angela Carr1497.7−5.1
Majority68835.7+29.8
Turnout 1,92736.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham South

Fareham South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Steadman88651.0+1.2
Liberal Democrats Rowena Leonard51229.5+5.4
Labour James Carr33819.5−6.6
Majority37421.5−2.1
Turnout 1,73633.8
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham West

Fareham West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Keeble1,76371.3+4.3
Liberal Democrats David Savage49520.0−2.5
Labour Cameron Crouchman2158.7−1.8
Majority1,26851.3+6.8
Turnout 2,47345.9
Conservative hold Swing

Hill Head

Hill Head [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Mandry1,71262.9−5.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Cannon67524.8+0.9
Green Joseph D'Souza1816.6+6.6
Labour Janet Gay1555.7−2.4
Majority1,03738.1−6.0
Turnout 2,72345.9
Conservative hold Swing

Locks Heath

Locks Heath [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Godrich1,37165.3+2.4
Liberal Democrats Sharon Englefield54525.9−0.7
Labour Nicholas Knight1858.8−1.7
Majority82639.3+3.0
Turnout 2,10138.3
Conservative hold Swing

Park Gate

Park Gate [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Bayford1,34371.6+3.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Haysom34318.3−1.3
Labour Brenda Caines18910.1−2.4
Majority1,00053.3+5.0
Turnout 1,87534.4
Conservative hold Swing

Portchester East

Portchester East (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Price2,394
Liberal Democrats Diana East2,105
Conservative Bernard Munden939
Conservative Charles Livingstone820
BNP Roger Knight389
Labour Stuart Rose345
Labour Richard Ryan320
Turnout 7,31244.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Portchester West

Portchester West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Crouch1,19647.1−3.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Barton1,01139.8−1.1
Labour Leslie Ricketts1857.3−1.6
UKIP Peter White1485.8+5.8
Majority1857.3−2.0
Turnout 2,54044.6
Conservative hold Swing

Sarisbury

Sarisbury [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sean Woodward1,48380.3+8.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Savage19510.6−8.3
Green Nicola Graham935.0+5.0
Labour Clive Coldwell764.1−5.0
Majority1,28869.7+13.7
Turnout 1,84738.3
Conservative hold Swing

Stubbington

Stubbington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Forrest1,24048.7+2.1
Conservative Christopher Thomas1,17446.1−0.9
Labour Ian Christie1305.1−1.3
Majority662.6
Turnout 2,54445.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Titchfield

Titchfield [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Constance Hockley1,50870.1+5.2
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Chaloner39318.3−4.7
Labour Michael Prior24911.6−0.5
Majority1,11551.9+10.0
Turnout 2,15038.9
Conservative hold Swing

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Englefield1,13454.0+14.0
Conservative Stephen Mcsevich85640.8−10.3
Labour Andrew Mooney1095.2−3.7
Majority27813.2
Turnout 2,09940.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Warsash

Warsash [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Cartwright1,59776.0+4.9
Liberal Democrats Alice Herron25512.1−6.7
Green Lois Tarbet1336.3+6.3
Labour June Stevenson1175.6−4.5
Majority1,34263.8+11.4
Turnout 2,10240.2
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Local elections: Fareham". BBC News. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  2. Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Fareham Borough Council Results 2006". The News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  4. "Status quo maintained as leaders take delight". Southern Daily Echo . 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  5. "Who's your candidate in local elections?". The Portsmouth Evening News. 5 April 2006.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Election of borough councillors : 4 May 2006" (PDF). Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  7. "Local elections". The Times. London. 5 May 2006. p. 9.
Preceded by
2004 Fareham Council election
Fareham local elections Succeeded by
2008 Fareham Council election