2006 Hertsmere Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. The ward in grey was not contested in 2006. Hertsmere UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. The ward in grey was not contested in 2006.

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

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 26 seats, compared to 7 for Labour and 6 Liberal Democrats. [3] As well as the normal 13 seats being contested, an extra seat was up for election in Aldenham East after the councillor Nigel Gilmore stepped down. [3] Other councillors standing down included 2 from Labour, Joe Goldberg and Len Silverstone, and Conservatives Ron Gealy and Zita Hobbs. [3] [4] 9 of the 14 seats were being defended by the Conservatives, 3 by Labour and 2 by the Liberal Democrats. [3]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority to 17 after gaining 2 seats from Labour. [5] [6] This reduced Labour to 5 councillors, behind the Liberal Democrats who stayed on 6 after retaining their 2 seats in Bushey. [6] [7] The Conservatives gains came in Borehamwood Brookmeadow, which they took by 103 votes, and Borehamwood Kenilworth, where Labour lost by 12 votes after several recounts. [6] This meant Labour only won 1 seat in Borehamwood Cowley Hill, where they held on by an 86-vote majority. [6]

The Labour group leader Leon Reefe said the reason for the defeats for the party was that "Labour voters are still disenchanted with what's going on nationally", while the Conservative council leader said "obviously national events had a bearing but I still feel that locally we are providing good services". [6]

Hertsmere Local Election Result 2006 [2] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1120+278.657.613,511+1.1%
  Liberal Democrats 200014.321.34,985-1.5%
  Labour 102-27.118.14,243-1.8%
  Green 000001.2289+1.2%
 Victory United000001.0234+1.0%
  Socialist Labour 000000.8187+0.0%

Ward results

Aldenham East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Goldstein1,19180.3+2.8
Liberal Democrats David Bird17211.6−0.1
Labour Peter Halsley1218.2−2.7
Majority1,01968.7+2.9
Turnout 1,48448.7+4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Brookmeadow [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harvey Cohen73045.9−1.6
Labour Ian Freeney62739.4+5.0
Victory UnitedElsie Alokwe23414.7+14.7
Majority1036.5−6.7
Turnout 1,59136.5+3.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Borehamwood Cowley Hill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dinah Hoeksma64240.9+2.1
Conservative Darren Solomons55635.4+1.8
Socialist Labour James Dry18711.9+1.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Ownsworth18611.8−5.0
Majority865.5+0.3
Turnout 1,57131.1+0.6
Labour hold Swing
Borehamwood Hillside [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra Parnell1,24562.7+14.5
Labour Jennifer Reefe74137.3−0.1
Majority50425.4+14.7
Turnout 1,98634.5−3.6
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Kenilworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Strack51143.4+5.4
Labour Ernest Butler49942.4+1.1
Liberal Democrats Zissis Kakoulakis16714.2−6.5
Majority121.0
Turnout 1,17731.6+11.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bushey Heath [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Batten1,51873.5+4.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Kutchinsky37518.2−2.2
Labour David Bearfield1718.3−2.4
Majority1,14355.4+6.0
Turnout 2,06441.7+1.7
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Colne94158.7+1.9
Conservative John Slade43727.3−5.4
Labour George Bath1187.4−3.1
Green Arjuna Krishna-Das1066.6+6.6
Majority50431.5+7.3
Turnout 1,60242.0+6.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bushey Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Hodgson74151.5+14.9
Conservative Abul Choudhury69848.5−7.5
Majority433.0
Turnout 1,43948.0+2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bushey St James [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Conway91443.80.0
Liberal Democrats Vincent Turner84640.5−5.9
Green Edward Canfor-Dumas1838.8+8.8
Labour Yue Cheng1467.0−2.8
Majority683.3
Turnout 2,08941.1−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Elstree [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Gunasekera93275.3+3.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Silverman15912.8+12.8
Labour Anthony Scott-Norman14711.9−16.5
Majority77362.4+19.1
Turnout 1,23834.6+8.5
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Furzefield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Calcutt1,06659.3+1.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Dean44324.6+0.9
Labour James Fisher28916.1−2.3
Majority62334.6+0.5
Turnout 1,79842.4+4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Barr Oakmere [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Legate1,24266.2−2.3
Liberal Democrats James Hurd32017.0+17.0
Labour Russell Ramshaw31516.8−14.7
Majority92249.1+12.0
Turnout 1,87736.2+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Parkfield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin Roach1,64970.3+2.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Bonner47820.4+2.1
Labour Perry Ellis2209.4−4.2
Majority1,17149.90.0
Turnout 2,34741.0+0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Shenley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Gilligan82269.3+4.5
Labour Richard Kirk20717.5−1.1
Liberal Democrats Anita Ownsworth15713.2−4.5
Majority61551.9+5.7
Turnout 1,18631.9−4.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections: Hertsmere". BBC News. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Norton, Tommy (6 April 2006). "Election campaigns start". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Norton, Tommy (28 April 2006). "Election fever grips council chamber". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Liberal Democrats maintain majority". Watford Observer . 5 May 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Out for the count". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Norton, Tommy (5 May 2006). "Hertsmere: Tories make gains on bad night for Labour". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Election results - 2006". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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