2006 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2006 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Sefton local election result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1011043.535.724,029+1.4%
  Labour 711030.424.916,775-3.5%
  Conservative 611026.131.020,860+2.8%
 Southport Party000004.83,222-2.4%
  UKIP 000001.4945+0.8%
  Independent 000000.9572+0.9%
  Socialist Alternative 000000.5338-0.3%
  BNP 000000.4300-0.1%
  Green 000000.4242+0.4%

Ward results

Ainsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Bigley2,30657.5
Liberal Democrats Bernard Blaney98424.6
Southport PartyStuart Elliott2897.2
Labour Frank Warner2365.9
UKIP John Leech1924.8
Majority 1,32232.9
Turnout 4,00740.8−12.9
Conservative hold Swing
Birkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Brodie-Brownie1,68149.0
Conservative Richard Beechey99429.0
Southport PartyTerry Durrance51415.0
Labour Frank Robinson2397.0
Majority 68720.0
Turnout 3,42834.8−10.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Blundellsands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Roberts1,85257.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Maxwell72622.4
Labour Constance McCarthy65620.3
Majority 1,12634.9
Turnout 3,23436.7−13.4
Conservative hold Swing
Cambridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan McGuire1,69242.4
Conservative Robert Price1,47036.8
Southport PartyJames Ford63015.8
Labour Muriel Langley1985.0
Majority 2225.6
Turnout 3,99041.9−11.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daren Veidman1,02841.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Tonkiss61224.5
Independent Philip Coppell57222.9
Conservative Antonio Spatuzzi28611.4
Majority 41616.7
Turnout 2,49827.8−14.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James McGinnity1,19762.2
UKIP Paul Nuttall40321.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Harrison20510.7
Conservative Kenneth Parry1186.1
Majority 79441.2
Turnout 1,92320.9−12.5
Labour hold Swing
Dukes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Watson1,62049.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Hamilton88526.8
Southport PartyHarry Forster53116.1
Labour Catherine Cookson2638.0
Majority 73522.3
Turnout 3,29933.2−13.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Moncur1,44968.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola Smith38318.1
Conservative Jessamine Hounslea28613.5
Majority 1,06650.3
Turnout 2,11822.5−14.1
Labour hold Swing
Harington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Storey2,22361.4
Liberal Democrats Druscilla Haydon80422.2
Labour Maurice Newton59416.4
Majority 1,41939.2
Turnout 3,62137.1−15.8
Conservative hold Swing
Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Frederick Weavers1,34647.3
Conservative Terence Jones64922.8
Southport PartyJohn Lee47516.7
Labour Stephen Jowett2278.0
UKIP Valerie Pollard1495.2
Majority 69724.5
Turnout 2,84630.3−12.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Linacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Friel1,13071.4
Liberal Democrats John Gibson45328.6
Majority 67742.8
Turnout 1,58318.6−9.5
Labour hold Swing
Litherland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Hardy1,11065.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Milne32119.0
Conservative Douglas Ward26015.4
Majority 78946.6
Turnout 1,69119.3−12.8
Labour hold Swing
Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debi Jones1,79549.8
Labour Caroline Hayes1,26635.1
Liberal Democrats David Nolan54715.2
Majority 52914.7
Turnout 3,60836.2−10.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Meols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Rimmer1,77150.0
Conservative Michael Swift1,10331.1
Southport PartyMargaret Brown47313.4
Labour Mary Stoker1945.5
Majority 66818.9
Turnout 3,54136.0−15.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Molyneux
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Colbert1,66556.3
Labour Susan Hanley74725.3
Conservative Peter Papworth54518.4
Majority 91831.0
Turnout 2,95729.2−13.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Netherton and Orrell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Maher1,14954.9
Socialist Alternative Peter Glover33816.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Crossey25312.1
UKIP Patricia Gaskell2019.6
Conservative Hilary Bowden1517.2
Majority 81138.7
Turnout 2,09223.0−14.3
Labour hold Swing
Norwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Sumner1,53345.7
Conservative Phillip Rodwell85225.4
Labour Michael Nolan35810.7
Southport PartyRichard Chapman3109.2
BNP Michael McDermott3008.9
Majority 68120.3
Turnout 3,35332.8−10.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Blackburn1,70553.2
Conservative William McIvor72922.8
Labour Gwendolyn Kermode52616.4
Green Martin Owen2427.6
Majority 97630.4
Turnout 3,20232.5−13.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ravenmeols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vincent Platt1,82254.1
Labour Paul Flodman90726.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Trollope63919.0
Majority 91527.2
Turnout 3,36835.5−13.1
Conservative hold Swing
St Oswald
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Dowd1,37672.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Hough51827.3
Majority 85845.4
Turnout 1,89421.1−13.3
Labour hold Swing
Sudell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roy Connell1,53949.0
Conservative Josephine Healy86227.4
Labour Stephen Kermode74323.6
Majority 67711.6
Turnout 3,14431.0−15.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Victoria (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tonkiss2,049
Liberal Democrats Peter Hough1,718
Labour Giles Blundell1,182
Conservative Simon Jamieson543
Conservative Anthony West394
Turnout 5,886
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. "Local elections: Sefton". BBC News Online . Retrieved 17 December 2009.