2006 Harrogate Borough Council election

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The 2006 Harrogate Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 29 of the 54 seats. [3] 19 seats were contested in the election, [3] with the Conservatives defending 8, the Liberal Democrats 9 and independents 2. [4] The Conservatives stood in every ward, while the Liberal Democrats contested 18 of the 19 wards. [4] A Conservative cabinet member Alan Skidmore stepped down as a councillor at the election after previously representing Ripon Spa ward. [3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives lose their majority on the council after losing 3 seats. [5] They finished with 27 seats, half of the 54 seats, after Bilton and Knaresborough King James were gained by the Liberal Democrats. [5] The Conservatives also lost another seat in Ripon to an independent, but did gain High Harrogate from the Liberal Democrats. [5] This meant the Liberal Democrats ended with 22 seats and there were 5 independents, [5] after the independents won all 3 seats in Ripon. [6] Overall turnout was nearly 40%, a little above the national average. [7]

Harrogate local election result 2006 [8] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1021+152.645.814,065+11.6
  Conservative 613-231.640.412,420-22.1
  Independent 310+115.89.72,996+7.2
  Labour 00000.03.61,092+3.6
  BNP 00000.00.5162-0.2

Ward results

Bilton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Morris Lightfoot90652.4+7.1
Conservative Heather Adderley77044.5−6.3
Labour Harinder Mann533.1−0.8
Majority1367.9
Turnout 1,72941.1+0.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Granby [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Fox1,00874.8+8.6
Conservative David Pearson27620.5−4.8
Labour David King634.7−3.7
Majority73254.3+13.4
Turnout 1,34731.9+8.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Harlow Moor [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald MacKenzie1,04961.8−2.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Webber64838.2+7.0
Majority40123.6−9.6
Turnout 1,69740.9+2.3
Conservative hold Swing
High Harrogate [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jayne Brotherton80851.9+3.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Macare67443.2−2.0
Labour Deborah Havercroft764.9−1.3
Majority1368.7+5.3
Turnout 1,55637.8+5.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Hookstone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Marsh1,13761.6+5.2
Conservative Richard Cain65235.3−4.7
Labour Patricia Foxall573.1−0.5
Majority48526.3+10.0
Turnout 1,84642.4+3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaresborough East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Willoughby79559.4−2.5
Conservative Timothy Hunter40930.6−7.5
Labour David Crosthwaite13410.0+10.0
Majority38628.8+4.9
Turnout 1,33835.2+6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaresborough King James [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Hoult92749.9+4.0
Conservative Michael Gallico85746.2−1.7
Labour Simon Hutchings723.9−2.3
Majority703.8
Turnout 1,85648.0+7.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Knaresborough Scriven Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Jones76853.0+15.6
Conservative Robert Aspin55638.3+1.9
Labour Alan Beatham1268.7+8.7
Majority21214.6+13.6
Turnout 1,45038.7+1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Low Harrogate [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Cooper78155.0−10.5
Liberal Democrats Carol Brooks63945.0+15.9
Majority14210.0−26.4
Turnout 1,42036.4+5.5
Conservative hold Swing
New Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Lockhart95471.6+5.9
Conservative Geoffrey Tweedy37828.4+1.5
Majority57643.2+4.4
Turnout 1,33234.4+7.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pannal [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Willis1,59373.7+9.7
Liberal Democrats Neil Gledhill51824.0−8.3
Labour Cynthia Coltman502.3−1.5
Majority1,07549.7+18.0
Turnout 2,16150.2+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ripon Minster [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pauline McHardy60547.2+47.2
Independent Stuart Martin36628.5+28.5
Conservative John Topping16012.5−19.5
Liberal Democrats Phillip Barlow876.8−61.2
Labour Elizabeth Barclay655.1+5.1
Majority23918.6
Turnout 1,28333.7+4.6
Independent hold Swing
Ripon Moorside [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Williams1,26688.5+37.0
Conservative Francis Woodward16411.5−14.9
Majority1,10277.1+52.0
Turnout 1,43037.6+1.8
Independent hold Swing
Ripon Spa [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Parnaby66245.2+45.2
Conservative Anthony Simpson44330.3−16.5
Liberal Democrats John Stockdale35824.5−28.7
Majority21915.0
Turnout 1,46338.1+3.3
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Rossett [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Nash1,35256.7−0.8
Liberal Democrats David Jacobs1,03143.3+4.0
Majority32113.5−4.7
Turnout 2,38350.8+5.0
Conservative hold Swing
Saltergate [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Newby83252.8−0.4
Conservative Raymond Forward66942.4−4.4
Labour Janet Morrow754.8+4.8
Majority16310.3+3.8
Turnout 1,57638.6+12.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Starbeck [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Broadbank97864.5−3.6
Conservative Phillip Dixon21013.8−8.1
BNP Colin Banner16210.7+10.7
Independent David Rimington976.4+6.4
Labour Geoffrey Foxall704.6−5.4
Majority76850.6+4.4
Turnout 1,51736.0+9.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stray [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Trotter1,02955.8+3.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Parkes81644.2−0.2
Majority21311.5+3.3
Turnout 1,84544.9−1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Woodfield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Goss98965.8+13.9
Conservative Mary Dilworth26417.6+0.3
Labour Daniel Maguire25116.7−14.1
Majority72548.2+27.1
Turnout 1,50437.3+6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. "Local elections: Harrogate". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. "Local elections 2006: Results in full". The Guardian . 6 May 2006. p. 20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Councillor to step down". Harrogate Advertiser. 7 April 2006.
  4. 1 2 "District council seats at stake". Harrogate Advertiser. 28 April 2006.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Shock losses for Tories". Harrogate Advertiser. 5 May 2006.
  6. "Election triumph for independents". Harrogate Advertiser. 12 May 2006.
  7. "Tories lose control as local voters buck trend". Harrogate Advertiser. 12 May 2006.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "District Council election" (PDF). Harrogate Borough Council. Retrieved 16 January 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. "Local elections". The Times . 6 May 2006. p. 64.