2006 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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2006 Kensington and Chelsea Council election
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All 54 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won459
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote18,7555,884
Percentage60.4%18.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.1%Decrease2.svg7.1%
Kensington and Chelsea London UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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

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Election result

Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 2006 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4530Increase2.svg383.360.418,755Increase2.svg3.1
  Labour 903Decrease2.svg316.718.95,884Decrease2.svg7.1
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg00.015.44,790Decrease2.svg 0.1
  Green 000Steady2.svg00.04.41,359Increase2.svg3.2
 Alliance for Green Socialism000Steady2.svg00.00.7232New
  CPA 000Steady2.svg00.00.132New

Ward results

Abingdon (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Borwick 1,249 65.6
Conservative James Husband 1,220
Conservative Joanna Gardner 1,204
Green George Hickman27014.2
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good22912.0
Liberal Democrats John Faulder211
Labour Margaret Delahey1568.2
Labour John Dumont126
Labour Christine Robson116
Turnout 4,78125.7-1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Brompton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margot James 1,136 77.3
Conservative Iain Hanham 1,121
Conservative Shireen Ritchie 1,116
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kingsley17712.0
Liberal Democrats Rosamund Pease170
Labour Caroline Tod15610.6
Labour Alexander Case132
Labour Mark Twigg121
Turnout 4,12923.8-3.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Campden (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Ahern 1,189 58.9
Conservative Christopher Buckmaster 1,155
Conservative Robert Freeman 1,113
Green Dylan Banks43621.6
Liberal Democrats James Crichton-Miller26313.0
Liberal Democrats John Florentin232
Liberal Democrats Brian Orrell145
Labour Robert Cook1326.5
Labour Michael O'Keefe115
Turnout 4,78031.4+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Colville (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dez O'Neill 703 41.4
Labour Marianne Alapini 663
Labour Keith Cunningham 625
Liberal Democrats Carol Caruana51130.1
Liberal Democrats Sarah Franks431
Liberal Democrats Panayiotis Vardakis373
Conservative Matthew Hancock 36121.3
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves352
Conservative Shai Hill324
Green Laura Clark1227.2
Green Michael Enright106
Green Hugo Charlton75
Turnout 4,64631.9+4.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Courtfield (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Holt 1,025 73.6
Conservative Edward Cox 1,024
Conservative Anthony Milnes 1,008
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers23616.9
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel206
Liberal Democrats William Somers190
Labour Alexandra Huggins1329.5
Labour Marian Kearney118
Labour Adolphe Bukasa116
Turnout 4,05523.7+0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cremorne (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cecil 1,167 59.9
Conservative Maighread Condon-Simmonds 1,138
Conservative Mark Daley 1,099
Labour Patricia Healy46523.9
Labour Lee Jameson429
Labour Robert Mingay391
Liberal Democrats Ann Lawrence31516.2
Liberal Democrats Julian England295
Liberal Democrats Susan Pritchard275
Turnout 5,57435.5+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Earl's Court (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Phelps 953 61.9
Conservative Terence Buxton 942
Conservative Thomas Fairhead 896
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade32020.8
Liberal Democrats Norma Peacock302
Liberal Democrats John Drake301
Labour Joel Bishop26617.3
Labour Andrew Howard232
Labour Ghulam Lasharie214
Turnout 4,42625.1-2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Golborne (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Mason 784 43.2
Labour Bridget Hoier 742
Labour Emma Dent Coad 737
Conservative Reginald Kerr-Bell58032.0
Conservative Mark Clarke486
Conservative Vaneeta Saroop425
Alliance for Green SocialismEdward Adams23212.8
Liberal Democrats Frances Owen21812.0
Liberal Democrats Timothy Jones190
Liberal Democrats Maria Kovatzis153
Turnout 4,54729.7+1.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hans Town (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Coleridge 1,352 87.6
Conservative Nicholas Paget-Brown 1,304
Conservative Mary Weale 1,285
Labour Michael Henry19212.4
Labour St John Adlard190
Labour David Redvaldsen167
Turnout 4,49027.0-2.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Holland (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Hanham 1,111 64.3
Conservative Bryan Levitt 1,099
Conservative Warwick Lightfoot 1,082
Liberal Democrats Lee Clements23913.8
Green Isaac Ferry23713.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Elston195
Liberal Democrats Benedict Knighton183
Labour Violet Jameson1428.2
Labour Jonathan Heawood128
Labour Margaret Pringle126
Turnout 4,54227.4-1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Norland (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Mills 1,203 63.0
Conservative David Lindsay 1,192
Conservative Andrew Lamont 1,183
Liberal Democrats Helen Banner35718.7
Labour David Perry35118.4
Labour Lesley-Anne Arnold344
Liberal Democrats Christopher Horner335
Labour Thomas Brown329
Liberal Democrats Francois Turmel302
Turnout 5,59632.8+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Notting Barns (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Blakeman 886 43.5
Labour Allah Lasharie 863
Labour Catherine Atkinson 857
Conservative Quentin Marshall78338.4
Conservative Marie-Therese Rossi761
Conservative Elizabeth Rutherford734
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Tatton-Brown37018.1
Liberal Democrats Robin Tuck352
Liberal Democrats Joe Tatton-Brown318
Turnout 5,97334.0+4.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Pembridge (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isobel Campbell 917 55.1
Conservative David Campion 893
Conservative Doreen Weatherhead 830
Green Richard Blackwell-Whitehead29417.7
Liberal Democrats John Campbell27416.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mayers208
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve200
Green Siân Berry 180
Labour Maria Arana1488.9
Labour Christabel Gurney148
Green Derek Wall 123
Labour Nigel Wilkins121
CPA Andrea Erdei32
Turnout 4,36824.6-2.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Queens Gate (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Buxton 1,112 78.0
Conservative Daniel Moylan 1,093
Conservative Andrew Dalton 1,075
Liberal Democrats Sheila McGuirk20014.0
Liberal Democrats Niklas Ekholm190
Liberal Democrats Ann Schneider-Cullen190
Labour Malcolm Grant1148.0
Labour Ben Braithwaite103
Labour Stephen Johnson90
Turnout 4,16724.6-1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Redcliffe (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Taylor 1,172 73.2
Conservative Elizabeth Campbell 1,127
Conservative Charles Williams 1,096
Liberal Democrats Katerina Porter24915.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe-Browne204
Liberal Democrats Juan-Pablo Raymond193
Labour John Atkinson18011.2
Labour Norma Morris178
Labour Anthony Price161
Turnout 4,56025.0+0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Royal Hospital (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Corbet-Singleton 1,326 78.6
Conservative Ian Donaldson 1,323
Conservative Jeremey Edge 1,289
Liberal Democrats Penelope Pocock24313.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Ford229
Liberal Democrats Nan Maitland217
Labour Christine Henry1317.8
Labour Richard Chute122
Labour David MacFarlane118
Turnout 4,99831.9+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Charles (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Palmer 942 44.8
Conservative Dominic Johnson 862
Conservative Rock Feilding-Mellen 842
Labour Stephen Hoier79137.6
Labour Rima Horton776
Labour John Atkinson758
Liberal Democrats Ellen Kelly37017.6
Liberal Democrats Jacob Thorne259
Liberal Democrats Owen Etoe254
Turnout 5,85434.6+6.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Stanley (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Merrick Cockell 1,177 75.2
Conservative Priscilla Frazer 1,175
Conservative Paul Warrick 1,137
Liberal Democrats Moya Denman23314.9
Liberal Democrats George Herford197
Labour Gina Coles1559.9
Labour Leslie Austin140
Labour Philip Jones123
Turnout 4,33730.2+2.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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