2006 Hart District Council election

2006 Hart District Council election

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13 of 35 seats to Hart District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 18 12 Seats won 6 3 Seats after 16 12 Popular vote 7,535 5,025 Percentage 41.0 27.3   Third party Fourth party   Party CCH Independent Seats before 2 2 Seats won 3 2 Seats after 5 2 Popular vote 2,967 1,788 Percentage 16.1 9.7
Results by Ward
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

The 2006 Hart Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 16
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Community Campaign (Hart) 5
• Independent 2 ^[2]

Election result

The results saw 2 seats change hands with the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH) group winning them both. ^[3] One gain saw the Conservatives lose the seat of Church Crookham East, which Peter Hutcheson had held for the Conservatives for over 20 years, to the CCH. ^[3] The other gain saw the CCH win Crondall by 2 votes over the Conservatives, gaining the seat which had formerly been held by Independent Norman Lambert. ^[3] Lambert had resigned from the Conservative group in 2005 after admitting making false claims for council tax and housing benefit. ^[4] The changes meant that the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council with 16 seats but were vulnerable to a coalition among the other groups. ^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 39.35%. ^[5]

Following the election the Conservative administration of the council, which had run the council for the previous 8 years, was voted out. ^[6] They were replaced by a new Coalition Political Group, which was formed by the 12 Liberal Democrats, 5 Community Campaign (Hart) councillors and 1 of the 2 Independents, Denis Gotel. ^[6] The leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, David Neighbour, became leader of the new group and the new leader of the council. ^[6]

Hart Local Election Result 2006 ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	0	1	-1	46.2	42.9	8,158	-2.6%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	15.4	26.5	5,025	-4.8%
	CCH	3	2	0	+2	23.1	15.6	2,967	+0.6%
	Independent	2	0	1	-1	15.4	9.4	1,788	+4.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	418	+0.7%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	323	+1.7%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	318	+0.6%

Ward results

Church Crookham East

Church Crookham East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Gillian Butler	887	54.8	-0.4
	Conservative	Christopher Butler	643	39.7	-5.1
	Labour	Sarah Snape	88	5.4	+5.4
Majority			244	15.1	+4.6
Turnout			1,618	43.4	-0.3
	CCH gain from Conservative		Swing

Church Crookham West

Church Crookham West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Simon Ambler	1,001	69.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Michael Hall	396	27.4	-9.0
	Labour	Mitchell Wensley	50	3.5	+3.5
Majority			605	41.8	+14.7
Turnout			1,447	38.8	+2.8
	CCH hold		Swing

Crondall

Crondall ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	John Bennison	590	50.1	+19.9
	Conservative	David Evans	588	49.9	-0.1
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,178	40.3	-4.5
	CCH gain from Conservative		Swing

Fleet Central

Fleet Central ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Denis Gotel	726	47.6	-0.3
	Conservative	Virginia Heffernan	702	46.0	-6.1
	Labour	John Davies	97	6.4	+6.4
Majority			24	1.6
Turnout			1,525	37.7	-1.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Fleet North

Fleet North ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	850	55.8	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Van Dolen	672	44.2	-4.4
Majority			178	11.7	+9.0
Turnout			1,522	34.2	+10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet Pondtail

Fleet Pondtail ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sharyn Wheale	912	46.9	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Fisher	836	43.0	-25.5
	Independent	David Green	160	8.2	+8.2
	Labour	Sheila Stone	37	1.9	+1.9
Majority			76	3.9
Turnout			1,945	54.1	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet West

Fleet West (2) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Appleton	782
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	623
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Griffin	525
	CCH	Peter Keep	489
	Green	Maria Keith	232
Turnout			2,651	39.1	-2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green

Frogmore and Darby Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Harward	992	70.7	+8.6
	Conservative	Nigel Milton-Tomkins	326	23.2	-3.2
	Labour	Joyce Still	85	6.1	-5.4
Majority			666	47.5	+11.9
Turnout			1,403	35.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Band	902	54.4	+54.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Dommett	438	26.4	+2.1
	BNP	Roger Robertson	318	19.2	+19.2
Majority			464	28.0
Turnout			1,658	44.2	+13.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Hook

Hook ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Glen	1,448	73.4	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robinson	526	26.6	-7.6
Majority			922	46.7	+24.4
Turnout			1,974	34.2	-3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Sutton

Long Sutton ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Wallis	452	71.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Carter	92	14.5
	Green	Lars Mosesson	91	14.3
Majority			360	56.7
Turnout			635	36.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yateley North

Yateley North ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ive	944	65.5	+4.4
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	436	30.3	-3.6
	Labour	Mary Jenkins	61	4.2	-0.8
Majority			508	35.3	+8.1
Turnout			1,441	38.1	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections: Hart". BBC News Online . Retrieved 22 April 2010.
2. Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
3. "Community charge as toppled Tories lose Hart". gethampshire. 9 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
4. "Disgraced councillor loses key power post". gethampshire. 28 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
5. "Election Results for 4 May 2006". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
6. "Coalition takes over at Hart council". gethampshire. 16 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
7. "Local elections". The Times . 5 May 2006. p. 9.

Preceded by 2004 Hart Council election

Hart local elections

Succeeded by 2007 Hart Council election