2006 Halton Borough Council election

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The 2006 Halton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Halton Unitary Council in Cheshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

18 seats were contested in the election with only Beechwood, Daresbury and Windmill Hill wards not having elections. [3] Labour were defending 12 of the seats, including the seat of the current mayor Peter Lloyd-Jones, and needed to keep 7 to retain control of the council. [3] In total there were 56 candidates, 18 each from Labour and the Conservatives, 11 Liberal Democrats, 4 Green Party, 2 Citizens Party of Halton, 2 independents and 1 from the British National Party. [4]

Labour defended their record in control of the council saying that they had the third lowest council tax rate in North West England and were regenerating the area. [5]

Results

The results saw Labour retain control of the council after holding 11 of the 12 seats they had been defending and gaining one from the Liberal Democrats. [6] However the Labour mayor, Peter Lloyd-Jones, lost his seat to the Conservatives in Ditton ward by 29 votes. [7] Lloyd-Jones considered making a legal challenge to the results as exactly 29 ballots had been spoiled and he said there were "irregularities at the opening of the Hale Bank polling station". [6] [7] [8] Overall turnout in the election was 26.02%. [9]

Halton Local Election Result 2006 [2] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1211066.746.19,914-9.2
  Conservative 310+116.726.85,753+7.4
  Liberal Democrats 301-116.720.74,448+1.4
  Green 00000.03.6778+1.1
  Independent 00000.01.3278+0.7
 Citizens Party of Halton00000.00.8173-1.2
  BNP 00000.00.71600.0

Ward results

Appleton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Edge68867.5
Conservative Duncan Harper33132.5
Majority35735.0
Turnout 1,01921.8
Labour hold Swing
Birchfield [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Swift72155.3
Labour John Fahey42232.4
BNP Andrew Taylor16012.3
Majority29922.9
Turnout 1,30329.3
Conservative hold Swing
Broadheath [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Morley75864.9
Conservative Richard Murray41035.1
Majority34829.8
Turnout 1,16824.3
Labour hold Swing
Castlefields [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellen Cargill44838.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Blackmore33228.5
Independent Jimmy Tang15613.4
Independent George Grimes12210.5
Conservative Terence McDermott1059.0
Majority11610.0
Turnout 1,16325.3
Labour hold Swing
Ditton [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Rowan72251.0
Labour Peter Jones69349.0
Majority292.0
Turnout 1,41527.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Farnworth [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Drakeley91954.7
Labour Margaret Fahey45827.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Curzon18711.1
Green Teresa Miller1166.9
Majority46127.4
Turnout 1,68032.7
Conservative hold Swing
Grange [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Dennett56348.9
Liberal Democrats Shahram Mesdaghi33529.1
Conservative William Dowdle25422.0
Majority22819.8
Turnout 1,15223.3
Labour hold Swing
Hale [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Wharton58778.2+4.5
Conservative Suzannah Swift16421.8−4.5
Majority42356.4+9.0
Turnout 75148.1
Labour hold Swing
Halton Brook [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Stockton53850.1
Liberal Democrats Dianne Higginson40137.3
Conservative Patricia Parkinson13512.6
Majority13712.8
Turnout 1,07422.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Halton Lea [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Lowe52453.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Clein29329.7
Conservative Phillip Harper979.8
Citizens Party of HaltonDamian Matthews717.2
Majority23123.5
Turnout 98521.1
Labour hold Swing
Halton View [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas McInerney71442.1
Green Derek Mellor42825.3
Liberal Democrats Damian Curzon29717.5
Conservative Denis Thomas25615.1
Majority28616.8
Turnout 1,69532.1
Labour hold Swing
Heath [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Rowe90155.0
Conservative Marjorie Bradshaw48329.5
Labour Christopher Loftus25515.6
Majority41825.5
Turnout 1,63935.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hough Green [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Harris76064.3
Conservative Peter Browne42235.7
Majority33828.6
Turnout 1,18222.4
Labour hold Swing
Kingsway [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Fraser63665.7
Conservative Frank Lloyd20821.5
Green Dashmesh Shergill12412.8
Majority42844.2
Turnout 96820.0
Labour hold Swing
Mersey [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Higginson59046.6
Labour Nortman Plumpton48638.4
Conservative Maureen Forsyth19015.0
Majority1048.2
Turnout 1,26626.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norton North [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phillip Worrall70651.6
Labour Joan Lowe39028.5
Conservative Mary Taylor16311.9
Green Michael Davies1108.0
Majority31623.1
Turnout 1,36928.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norton South [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martha Jones53557.0
Liberal Democrats Jaynes Worrall20822.2
Citizens Party of HaltonJoseph Glover10210.9
Conservative Phillip Balmer9410.0
Majority32734.8
Turnout 93919.5
Labour hold Swing
Riverside [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pamela Wallace45962.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Meara19826.9
Conservative Margaret Hill7910.7
Majority26135.5
Turnout 73621.2
Labour hold Swing

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