2006 Hastings Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Hastings council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Hastings UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Hastings council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Hastings Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%. After the election, the composition of the council was:

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Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 940+452.939.28,967+2.2%
  Labour 604-435.333.67,673+0.6%
  Liberal Democrats 211011.822.45,128-1.2%
  Green 000002.7606-1.6%
  BNP 000002.1485+2.1%

Ward results

Ashdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Wilson86961.0+5.0
Labour Ronald Rushbrook34624.3+3.1
Liberal Democrats Wilfrid Pickard20914.7−8.1
Majority52336.7+3.5
Turnout 1,42434.5−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Baird
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terrence Fawthrop58346.6+0.8
Labour Bob Hart47738.1+3.2
Liberal Democrats Oliver Maloney19215.3−4.0
Majority1068.5−2.4
Turnout 1,25237.1+3.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Braybrooke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Godfrey Daniel74752.3+2.8
Conservative Dennis Williams44030.8+1.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Booth24016.8+4.6
Majority30721.5+0.9
Turnout 1,42740.5−0.1
Labour hold Swing
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edward Armstrong54538.8−1.8
Labour Melanie Rycroft45032.1+1.7
Conservative Theresa Lock23616.8+1.1
Green Mary Robertson17312.3−0.9
Majority956.7−3.5
Turnout 1,40436.2+3.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Central St Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Birch54344.5+4.8
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Modlinger33927.8−8.0
Conservative Paul Egmond33727.6+3.2
Majority20416.7+12.8
Turnout 1,21933.1+5.8
Labour hold Swing
Conquest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gladys Martin91360.8+7.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Roscoe30220.1−4.2
Labour Emily Westley28719.1+1.2
Majority61140.7+12.1
Turnout 1,50240.2−0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Gensing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dan Poulter 75047.2+22.8
Labour Andrew Cartwright41726.2−5.8
Liberal Democrats Nathan Lauder31519.8−13.2
Green David Carey-Stuart1086.8−3.9
Majority33321.0
Turnout 1,59042.2+12.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hollington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Silverson49745.0+0.7
Conservative Dorothy Lyons22019.9−7.6
BNP David Lovett19918.0+18.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Kennelly13011.8−5.9
Green Kevin Young585.3−5.1
Majority27725.1+8.3
Turnout 1,10429.4+4.5
Labour hold Swing
Maze Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joy Waite84361.1+13.0
Labour Georgiana De Lussy26919.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Antony Davis26819.4+1.1
Majority57441.6+11.8
Turnout 1,38036.6+0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Old Hastings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Palmer62536.6+0.3
Labour Arthur Kitson56433.0+2.9
Conservative Paul Willard51930.4+5.4
Majority613.6−2.6
Turnout 1,70842.6−0.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Ore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Tucker48238.7−7.6
Labour Richard Street38330.8−2.5
Liberal Democrats David Hancock37930.5+10.1
Majority997.9−5.0
Turnout 1,24436.3+3.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Silverhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Springthorpe55343.2+2.6
Labour Annette Barton44434.7+2.6
Liberal Democrats William Third28322.1+3.9
Majority1098.50.0
Turnout 1,28039.3+0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St Helens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Bing90952.2+1.5
Labour David Waller47527.3−7.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Terry35720.5+6.1
Majority43424.9+9.1
Turnout 1,74144.2−1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Tressell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jay Kramer393
Labour Peter Chowney340
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Ayres308
Green Sally Phillips267
Conservative Terence Keen187
Conservative Matthew Lock187
BNP Fay Hughes155
BNP Nicholas Prince131
Turnout 1,96834.6+9.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
West St. Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Finch60243.0+4.8
Labour Michael Turner47834.2+13.3
Liberal Democrats Brett McLean31922.8+0.8
Majority1248.8−7.4
Turnout 1,39939.2+8.0
Conservative hold Swing
Wishing Tree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Roberts56346.3−9.2
Conservative Gladys Fawthrop33727.7−1.7
Liberal Democrats Andrea Bain31726.0+10.9
Majority22618.6−7.5
Turnout 1,21735.5−0.1
Labour hold Swing

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