2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, 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:

Election result

The Liberal Democrat gain in Huntingdon East by David Priestman was the first time the party had won a seat in the town of Huntingdon on the council. [3]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2006 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1322076.555.515,962+2.3%
  Liberal Democrats 322017.632.69,382-0.7%
  Independent 10005.93.4978+0.2%
  Labour 000008.52,450-0.4%

Ward results

Alconbury and The Stukeleys [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Baker82068.3+4.3
Liberal Democrats Ann Monk31526.3+8.4
Labour David Brown655.4−0.2
Majority 50542.1−4.0
Turnout 1,20048.5−2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Buckden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bailey74556.8+11.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Rainer51639.3−12.3
Labour Deidre Lee513.9+0.6
Majority 22917.5
Turnout 1,31251.8−6.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Earith [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Rogers1,08268.6
Liberal Democrats Leona Graham-Elen38924.7
Labour Susan Coomey1076.8
Majority 69343.9
Turnout 1,57834.4−4.6
Conservative hold Swing
Elton and Folksworth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Guyatt64072.8+6.1
Liberal Democrats John Davidson16919.2+1.0
Labour Margaret Cochrane708.0−7.0
Majority 47153.6+5.1
Turnout 87942.0−4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Godmanchester [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hyams98450.5
Liberal Democrats Graham Wilson83442.8
Labour William Hennessy1296.6
Majority 1507.7
Turnout 1,94743.1−0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Gransden and The Offords [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard West1,04872.2
Liberal Democrats Julia Hayward31021.4
Labour David Nicholls936.4
Majority 73850.8
Turnout 1,45141.6−7.6
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Priestman1,32650.1
Conservative Susan Mulcahy1,07340.6
Labour David King2479.3
Majority 2539.5
Turnout 2,64639.8−0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Huntingdon West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sadler87263.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell36526.5
Labour Ann Beevor13910.1
Majority 50736.9
Turnout 1,37632.1−6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Powell1,04250.4
Conservative David Wallwork1,02649.6
Majority 160.8
Turnout 2,06832.9−4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sawtry [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Garner97851.5
Conservative Iris Weatherley66434.9
Liberal Democrats John Souter1869.8
Labour Marie Baker723.8
Majority 31416.6
Turnout 1,90037.9−5.1
Independent hold Swing
St Ives East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Reynolds72258.2
Liberal Democrats Robin Waters37430.2
Labour Angela Richards14411.6
Majority 34828.0
Turnout 1,24024.9−10.0
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Dew93455.5
Liberal Democrats David Hodge60636.0
Labour Richard Allen1428.4
Majority 32819.5
Turnout 1,68235.4−4.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eynesbury [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Gilbert1,01248.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Taylor84040.6
Labour William O'Connor21710.5
Majority 1728.3
Turnout 2,06928.6−1.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Neots Priory Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Eaton87053.9
Conservative Paul Ursell61938.4
Labour Patricia Nicholls1247.7
Majority 25115.5
Turnout 1,61335.6−1.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
The Hemingfords [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Stephens1,35665.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Sefton59729.0
Labour John Watson1095.3
Majority 75936.8
Turnout 2,06245.3−10.1
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys and Bury [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bucknell1,01258.0
Liberal Democrats Terry Palmer64336.8
Labour Mary Howell905.2
Majority 36921.2
Turnout 1,74538.0−9.3
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Madhabi Banerjee1,35367.5
Labour Graeme Watkins65132.5
Majority 70235.0
Turnout 2,00427.3−5.2
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Earith

Earith by-election 12 October 2006 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 70367.4−1.2
Liberal Democrats 29528.3+3.6
Labour 454.3−2.5
Majority 40839.1−4.8
Turnout 1,04322.6−11.8
Conservative hold Swing

St Neots Eaton Ford

St Neots Eaton Ford by-election 23 November 2006 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 65853.3+0.9
Liberal Democrats 57746.7+6.5
Majority 816.6
Turnout 1,23523.4−18.4
Conservative hold Swing

Warboys and Bury

Warboys and Bury by-election 15 February 2007 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,12264.7+27.9
Conservative 49528.5−29.5
UKIP 975.6+5.6
Labour 201.2−4.0
Majority 62736.2
Turnout 1,73437.0−1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections: Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Councillors". Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Election history is made". Peterborough Evening Telegraph . NewsBank. 5 May 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mixed fortunes for Tories and Lib Dems". Press Association . The Guardian. 13 October 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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