2006 Hull City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independent in grey, Hull Independents in white, Uncontested in cream. Kingston upon Hull UK 2006 Local Election map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independent in grey, Hull Independents in white, Uncontested in cream.

The 2006 Hull City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1] Overall turnout was 27.3%. [2]

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Before the election in April 2006 the national Labour government removed their "statutory direction" of the council which had been put in place in 2003 after inspectors criticised the performance of the council. [3] The council was now described as having made adequate progress, but the opposition Liberal Democrats criticised the timing of the announcement during the campaign for the local elections. [3]

The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council after gaining 4 seats including defeating the Labour Lord Mayor, Bryan Bradley. [4] However immediately after the election they were not confident they would be able to get enough support from other parties to take control from Labour. [5] Following the election the 2 Liberal and 3 of the various independent councillors met with the Labour leader of the council to discuss supporting them as they preferred Labour to the Liberal Democrats. [6] However it was reported that regional Labour party officials told the party to go into opposition raising the possibility that neither party would form the administration. [7]

At the council meeting on 18 May the Liberal Democrats managed to get elected into power by one vote after receiving the support of 4 councillors from other groups, including the former Labour leader of the council Colin Inglis. [8] He had promised to oppose Labour forming the administration if 2 of the councillors who had been involved in removing him as leader were part of any Labour cabinet. [8]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Hull local election result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1040+450.043.619,076+6.2%
  Labour 702-235.033.314,585-1.0%
  Conservative 10005.011.45,011+0.2%
 Hull Independents101-15.04.41,908+4.4%
  Independent 10005.03.01,327-3.9%
  BNP 000002.51,108+0.5%
  Liberal 001-100.8353+0.8%
  UKIP 000000.3143-6.8%
  Legalise Cannabis 000000.2103+0.0%
  Veritas 000000.2102+0.2%
  Mums' Army 000000.269+0.2%

Ward results

Avenue [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simone Butterworth 1,441 50.5 +3.9
Labour Graham Petrini69024.2+0.8
Conservative Basil Bulmer2298.0−2.5
Hull IndependentsGinette Andrew2107.4+2.2
Independent Haris Livas-Dawes1796.3+6.3
Legalise Cannabis Carl Wagner1033.6+3.6
Majority 75126.3+3.1
Turnout 2,85231.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Boothferry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ellis 1,626 57.6 +16.2
Labour Freda Longbottom71625.4−1.4
Conservative Karen Woods48217.1+2.7
Majority 91032.2+17.6
Turnout 2,82429.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bransholme East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Hull IndependentsAnita Harrison 867 64.2 +23.9
Labour Daniel McIntyre29121.5−11.8
Liberal Democrats Maureen Bristow1158.5−12.0
Veritas Harold Nielson785.8+5.8
Majority 57642.7+35.7
Turnout 1,35122.4
Independent hold Swing
Bransholme West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Bird 625 61.3 −7.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Welton39438.7+25.1
Majority 23122.6−33.0
Turnout 1,01917.7
Labour hold Swing
Bricknell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fareham 1,607 65.7 +5.0
Labour Kay Vandebriele43417.7−3.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bell40616.6−1.4
Majority 1,17348.0+8.6
Turnout 2,44738.7
Conservative hold Swing
Derringham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hull 1,110 42.3 +33.3
Hull IndependentsChris Jarvis83131.7+3.5
Labour Simon Kelsey43616.6−9.2
Conservative Peter Abraham1535.8−2.7
Liberal David Harris933.5+3.5
Majority 27910.6
Turnout 2,62329.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Drypool [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sloan 1,595 55.6 +15.6
Labour Jill Wareing1,05036.6+5.0
Conservative James Parker2237.8+2.0
Majority 54519.0+10.6
Turnout 2,86830.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal Swing
Holderness [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Baker 1,967 64.9 +9.8
Labour Martin Mancey76825.3−7.1
Conservative Albert Greendale2959.7−2.7
Majority 1,19939.6+16.9
Turnout 3,03030.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ings [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mervyn Taylor 2,017 61.0 +9.9
Labour Peter Clark99730.1−5.4
Conservative Andrew Clark2246.8−0.9
Independent John Reeve712.1−3.7
Majority 1,02030.9+15.3
Turnout 3,30934.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Longhill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Hewitt 1,033 52.2 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Ann Godden61431.0+14.3
Conservative Robert Brown33216.8+6.5
Majority 41921.2−6.8
Turnout 1,97923.1
Labour hold Swing
Marfleet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Chaytor 1,023 60.5 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Joseph Matthews45226.7+1.1
Conservative John Abbott21712.8+12.8
Majority 57133.8−0.3
Turnout 1,69219.4
Labour hold Swing
Myton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Branson 1,103 52.3 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Woodward41319.6+2.2
BNP Terry Symons34216.2+16.2
Conservative Colin Baxter25211.9+2.1
Majority 69032.7−1.5
Turnout 2,11022.3
Labour hold Swing
Newington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Damian Walker 974 52.3 +35.3
Labour Bryan Bradley58231.2−5.3
BNP Jonathan Mainprize21111.3+11.3
Conservative David Thompson733.9−6.2
Veritas Peter Mawer241.3+1.3
Majority 39221.1
Turnout 1,86421.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Orchard Park and Greenwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terence Geraghty 1,077 52.6 +22.4
Labour Kathryn Nicholson71635.0−18.5
Liberal Democrats Angela Simpson1577.7−8.6
Conservative Ian Brown984.8+4.8
Majority 36117.6
Turnout 2,04822.5
Independent hold Swing
Pickering [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Abigail Walker 1,436 47.3 +16.5
Labour Alan Gardiner85928.3−5.5
BNP Edward Scott45114.9+2.2
Conservative Reginald Britton1816.0−3.6
Liberal Alan Monkman1083.6+3.6
Majority 57719.0
Turnout 3,03533.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Andrews [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nadine Fudge 467 37.0 +12.4
Liberal Democrats Amanda Blexill41933.2−18.5
Liberal Patricia Penna15212.0+12.0
BNP Alan Siddle1048.2+8.2
Mums' Army Karen Rouse-Deane695.5+5.5
Conservative Robert Cook514.0−2.2
Majority 483.8
Turnout 1,26223.8
Labour hold Swing
Southcoates East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Gemmel 573 55.4 −4.8
Liberal Democrats James Morrell21320.6+0.7
UKIP Christopher Goss14313.8+13.8
Conservative Douglas Percy10610.2+10.2
Majority 36034.8−5.5
Turnout 1,03518.3
Labour hold Swing
Southcoates West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Brady 824 49.8 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Uzzell75145.4+2.3
Conservative Leslie Fisher794.8−6.8
Majority 734.4+2.2
Turnout 1,65427.5
Labour hold Swing
Sutton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hepton 1,827 63.3 +5.8
Labour Elizabeth Noble80727.9+1.4
Conservative Sheila Airey2548.8+3.5
Majority 1,02035.4+4.4
Turnout 2,88830.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
University [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Randall 1,149 60.6 +12.9
Labour Robert Silby59131.2−11.2
Conservative Gordon Dear1558.2+1.0
Majority 55829.4+24.1
Turnout 1,89532.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

No elections were held in Beverley, Kings Park and Newland wards.

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections: Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News Online . Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Local elections". Hull City Council. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Council once labelled 'one of UK's worst' gets Government all-clear". Yorkshire Post . 14 April 2006. p. 1. ISSN   0963-1496.
  4. ↑ Norfolk, Andrew (5 May 2006). "Hull held despite the Prescott factor". The Times . London. Retrieved 7 November 2009.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: Going against the grain". BBC News Online . 7 May 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Minnows can decide Labour's fate in city". Yorkshire Post . 8 May 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "City council still leaderless as 'shambles' continues". Yorkshire Post . 10 May 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  8. 1 2 "Ousted Labour chief helps Lib Dems to power". Yorkshire Post . 19 May 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
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