2006 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2006 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2004 4 May 2006 2007  

22 of the 66 seats on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won148
Seats after4223
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote23,67819,925
Percentage44.6%37.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.4%Increase2.svg 4.8%

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Election Map.svg
A map of the 2006 Gateshead Council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 2006 Gateshead Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, in England. It was held on the same day as other English local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with the poll coming two years after boundary changes in the previous election which had necessitated the whole council facing voters at once. The Labour Party retained control, and a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in Winlaton and High Spen was the only change in the level of party representation on the council. Turnout was 37.0%, lower than the 47.7% achieved in 2004. In total, 79 candidates stood for election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also eight British National Party candidates, one UK Independence Party candidate and four independents. [1]

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Overall result

Gateshead Council election, 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1401163.644.623,678Decrease2.svg 0.4
  Liberal Democrats 810+134.837.519,925Increase2.svg 4.8
  Conservative 000Steady2.svg0.09.65,083Decrease2.svg 0.6
  Liberal 000Steady2.svg1.52.81,483Decrease2.svg 0.7
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.03.71,941Decrease2.svg 4.0
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.7885Increase2.svg 0.8
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.00.3143New

Ward results

Birtley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Foy (incumbent)1,16151.5
Liberal Betty Gallon91640.6
Conservative Andrea Gatiss1797.9
Majority24510.9%
Turnout 2,25635.8%
Labour hold
Blaydon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kathryn Ferdinand (incumbent)1,17556.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Gardner72634.7
Conservative Mark Anthony Watson1949.3
Majority44921.4%
Turnout 2,09531.4%
Labour hold
Bridges
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Angela Armstrong85854.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Stanley Allen32320.5
BNP Kevin Robert Bell21913.9
Conservative Adrian Anderson17911.3
Majority53533.9%
Turnout 1,57930.9%
Labour hold
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Maureen Chaplin (incumbent)1,73858.5
Liberal Democrats Raymond Callender99533.5
Conservative Allan Davidson2367.9
Majority74325.0%
Turnout 2,96941.8%
Labour hold
Chowdene
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Maureen Goldsworthy (incumbent)1,35751.0
Liberal Democrats Glenys Marie Goodwill72027.1
Conservative Michael Anthony Crossman57921.8
Majority63724.0%
Turnout 2,65637.5%
Labour hold
Crawcrook and Greenside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Sally Elizabeth Danys (incumbent)1,46353.8
Labour Helen Elizabeth Hughes1,04938.6
Conservative Leonard Davidson2077.6
Majority41415.2%
Turnout 2,71941.2%
Liberal Democrats hold
Deckham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Martin Gannon (incumbent)1,01449.9
Liberal Democrats Gareth Michael Mariner Johnson45322.3
BNP Kevin Scott33216.3
Conservative Trevor Charles Murray23211.4
Majority56127.6%
Turnout 2,03130.9%
Labour hold
Dunston and Teams
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patrick John Rice (incumbent)98454.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Robson32117.7
BNP Terrence Jopling24213.3
Conservative Ada Callanan1628.9
Independent Robert David Latham1045.7
Majority66336.6%
Turnout 1,81330.3%
Labour hold
Dunston Hill and Whickham East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Allison Elizabeth Ilderton Chatto (incumbent)1,53551.2
Labour Gary Robert Haley1,20340.1
Conservative John Callanan2628.7
Majority33211.1%
Turnout 3,00044.2%
Liberal Democrats hold
Felling
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour William Dick (incumbent)1,06761.6
Liberal Democrats David Paul Lucas31918.4
BNP Keith Edward McFarlane20311.7
Conservative John Steven Wraith1448.3
Majority74843.1%
Turnout 1,73330.4%
Labour hold
High Fell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian Richmond (incumbent)1,03156.3
Liberal Democrats Ann McCarthy30016.4
Conservative June Murray1829.9
BNP Ronald William Fairlamb1749.5
UKIP William James Edward Batty1437.8
Majority73139.9%
Turnout 1,83029.3%
Rejected ballots4
Labour hold
Lamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Foy (politician) 1,21750.0
Liberal Andrew Colin Dixon56723.3
Independent Brian Weatherburn45418.6
Conservative Sheila Everatt1978.1
Majority65026.7%
Turnout 2,43536.9%
Labour hold
Lobley Hill and Bensham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kevin Michael Dodds (incumbent)99639.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Craig90435.7
BNP George Bainbridge27210.8
Independent Margaret Duddin1817.2
Conservative Hazel Sarah Anderson1767.0
Majority923.6%
Turnout 2,52935.6%
Labour hold
Low Fell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Charles Jevon (incumbent)1,86761.7
Labour Joseph William Lisle73024.1
Conservative Paul Sterling43314.3
Majority1,13737.5%
Turnout 3,03043.5%
Liberal Democrats hold
Pelaw and Heworth
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway (incumbent)1,46759.4
Labour Jim McWilliams87035.2
Conservative Maureen Moor1335.4
Majority59724.2%
Turnout 2,47038.0%
Liberal Democrats hold
Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Christine Margaret McHatton (incumbent)1,71464.5
Labour Brenda Clelland76328.7
Conservative Antoinette Margaret Sterling1796.7
Majority95135.8%
Turnout 2,65642.6%
Liberal Democrats hold
Saltwell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Joseph Mitchinson (incumbent)1,08955.8
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours34217.5
Conservative Edward Bohill20710.6
BNP Kenneth Hutton1688.6
Independent Joanne McLeod Smailes1467.5
Majority74738.3%
Turnout 1,95231.5%
Labour hold
Wardley and Leam Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter James Mole (incumbent)1,24856.2
Liberal Democrats John Paul Diston71332.1
Conservative Karl Gatiss25811.6
Majority53524.1%
Turnout 2,21935.7%
Labour hold
Whickham North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter Thomas Craig (incumbent)1,64762.1
Labour Jennifer Anne Peace78829.7
Conservative Elaine Robertson2188.2
Majority85932.4%
Turnout 2,65340.6%
Liberal Democrats hold
Whickham South and Sunniside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Marilynn Ord (incumbent)1,92866.3
Labour Peter De-Vere61821.2
Conservative John Robertson36412.5
Majority1,31045.0%
Turnout 2,91042.4%
Liberal Democrats hold
Windy Nook and Whitehills
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Thomas Graham (incumbent)1,43058.7
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker50120.5
BNP Michael Cassidy33113.4
Conservative Eric Young1767.2
Majority92938.1%
Turnout 2,43832.0%
Labour hold
Winlaton and High Spen
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Graham1,68753.3
Labour Julie Simpson (incumbent)1,29240.8
Conservative Thomas Edward Button1865.9
Majority39512.5%
Turnout 3,16545.9%
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

References

  1. "Local Election Results 2006". Gateshead Council. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
Preceded by
2004 Gateshead Council election
Gateshead local elections Succeeded by
2007 Gateshead Council election