2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

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2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
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All 60 seats to Wandsworth London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won519
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote41,61719,734
Percentage51.0%24.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.4%Decrease2.svg7.1%
Wandsworth London UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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

Contents

The Conservatives were always expected to hold control [2] and the low rates of council tax in Wandsworth were used as an example by the Conservatives in neighbouring councils such as Hammersmith and Fulham. [3] During the campaign one Labour candidate, Nick Bowes, had said that the party was being well beaten and described the campaign as being "miserable, exhausting and lonely". [4]

Election result

Wandsworth Local Election Result 2006 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 5121+185.051.041,617Increase2.svg2.4
  Labour 912-115.024.219,734Decrease2.svg7.1
  Green 00000.013.110,722Increase2.svg6.2
  Liberal Democrats 00000.010.78,747Decrease2.svg0.7
  Independent 00000.00.9719Decrease2.svg0.7
  Communist 00000.00.2136New

Ward results

Balham

Balham (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Forbes 2,284 55.8
Conservative Caroline Usher 2,171
Conservative Russell King 2,090
Labour Jennifer Hill69517.0
Labour Martin Tupper668
Green Siobhan Vitelli63715.6
Labour Kiran O'Keeffe616
Liberal Democrats Matthew Green47411.6
Liberal Democrats Joan Gibbs465
Turnout 32.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bedford

Bedford (3) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antonia Dunn 1,960 44.4
Conservative Stewart Finn 1,929
Conservative Sheldon Wilkie 1,836
Labour Peter Carpenter1,09324.7
Labour James Heath1,093
Labour Wendy Speck1,062
Green John Rattray75017.0
Liberal Democrats Henrietta Norman52111.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Williams464
Independent Simon Phillips952.1
Turnout 34.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Earlsfield

Earlsfield (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Graham 2,306 61.7
Conservative Marc Hope 2,206
Conservative Charles McNaught-Davis 2,006
Labour Nicola Brown85322.8
Labour Benjamin Evetts799
Labour James Sachon589
Green Graham Humphreys57715.4
Turnout 30.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Putney

East Putney (3) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie McDonnell 2,450 60.4
Conservative Jeremy Larsson 2,387
Conservative Brian Prichard 2,241
Green Felicity Dwyer58214.3
Labour Eileen Flanagan53613.2
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Underwood48912.1
Labour Victoria Anifowoshe482
Labour Eayad El-Miqdadi467
Liberal Democrats Gerard Walter352
Liberal Democrats Cyril Richert322
Turnout 32.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vanessa Graham 2,085 55.5
Conservative Piers McCausland 1,941
Conservative James Thom 1,891
Labour Beverley Saunders66817.8
Labour Brendan McMullan664
Green Martin Williams59015.7
Labour Brian Tomlinson575
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Lowe41311.0
Liberal Democrats Patrick Warren404
Turnout 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Furzedown

Furzedown (3) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Clay 2,033 41.1
Labour John Farebrother 2,012 40.7
Labour Judith Gasser 2,010
Labour Mark Thomas1,869
Conservative Sean Worth1,856
Conservative William Morgan1,837
Green Michael Day58411.8
Liberal Democrats Ashley Jones3166.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Giles298
Liberal Democrats Michael Rodgers274
Turnout 44.0
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Graveney

Graveney (3) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Gibbons 1,547 34.2
Labour Rex Osborn 1,464
Labour Belinda Randall 1,422
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Dearden1,24427.5
Liberal Democrats Norsheen Bhatti1,213
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Ambache1,111
Conservative Melanie Kelly1,00622.3
Conservative John Locker952
Conservative Jhansi Ridgeon848
Green Timothy Turner48910.8
Independent Vallipuram Kulendran2315.1
Turnout 38.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Latchmere

Latchmere (3) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Belton 1,778 44.5
Labour Leonie Cooper 1,772
Labour Maurice Johnson 1,687
Conservative Philippa Hill1,67141.8
Conservative Matthew Desborough-Hurst1,668
Conservative Terence Walsh1,482
Green Marian Hoffman54513.6
Turnout 38.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Nightingale

Nightingale (3) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah McDermott 2,102 49.4
Conservative Ian Hart 2,021
Conservative Ravindra Govindia 2,019
Green Bruce Mackenzie80218.8
Labour Kathleen Anderson77318.2
Labour Rhian Williams616
Labour Alexander Lisinge614
Liberal Democrats Simon Shields57913.6
Liberal Democrats Anthony Fennelly536
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Northcote

Northcote (3) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Beddows 2,339 56.3
Conservative Peter Dawson 2,293
Conservative Martin Johnson 2,221
Green Guy Evans68616.5
Labour Karen Byrne64915.6
Labour Shalu Kanal555
Labour Paul Nolan482
Liberal Democrats Christine Green47711.5
Liberal Democrats Charles Cronin456
Turnout 32.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Queenstown

Queenstown (3) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derdre Church 1,793 44.2
Conservative Michael Todd 1,769
Conservative David Walden 1,666
Labour Bindu Joshi1,36233.5
Labour Olugbeminiyi Ijaola1,346
Labour Daniel Lodge1,336
Green Caroline Austin58614.4
Independent Brian Barnes3207.9
Turnout 34.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Roehampton and Putney Heath

Roehampton and Putney Heath (3) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Scott Caisley 1,872 49.8
Conservative Penelope Bradford 1,811
Conservative Adrian Knowles 1,737
Labour Donald Roy1,27533.9
Labour Amanda Webster1,196
Labour John Russell1,186
Liberal Democrats Valerie Shelmerdine3228.6
Green Michael Turner2907.7
Liberal Democrats Hugh Brown245
Liberal Democrats Godfrey Shocket232
Turnout 32.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (3) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cousins 2,036 54.3
Conservative John Ellis 2,024
Conservative John Senior 1,883
Labour Essie Linton81121.6
Labour Geoffrey Boyd742
Labour Aaron Quinn672
Green Vincent Pollard51713.8
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Porter38810.3
Liberal Democrats Alef Rosenbaum327
Turnout 30.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Southfields

Southfields (3) [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Nickels 2,285 52.3
Conservative Lucy E. Allan 2,232
Conservative Paul Reeve 2,207
Liberal Democrats Anna Ahmed86719.9
Liberal Democrats Adam Towner761
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burrett690
Labour Josephine Simpson68015.6
Labour Trevor Smith654
Labour Raskai Amole617
Green Dorothy Horsler46010.5
Independent Edward Larkin731.7
Turnout 35.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mary's Park

St Mary's Park (3) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Davies 2,048 56.5
Conservative Tessa Strickland 2,003
Conservative John Hallmark 2,000
Labour Edward Ainsworth70519.4
Labour Sally Gear697
Labour Peter Taylor696
Green Hugo Charlton51714.3
Liberal Democrats David McCullough3559.8
Liberal Democrats David Owen-Jones353
Turnout 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Thamesfield

Thamesfield (3) [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Lister 2,470 60.0
Conservative Rosemary Torrington 2,446
Conservative James Maddan 2,423
Labour Emily Robinson59514.5
Labour Christopher Locke581
Green Monica Vickery55313.4
Labour Ewen Mitchell546
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jefferey49812.1
Liberal Democrats Moira Sanders447
Liberal Democrats Martha Zantides391
Turnout 34.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tooting

Tooting (3) [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan John-Richards 1,707 38.9
Conservative Alexander Jacob 1,682
Labour Nicholas Bowes 1,643 37.4
Labour Elisabeth Davies1,616
Conservative Matthew Maxwell Scott1,596
Labour Stuart King1,560
Green Sarah Henderson50711.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Clifton3999.1
Liberal Democrats Jaya Patel393
Liberal Democrats Christian Moon368
Communist Philip Brand1363.1
Turnout 37.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wandsworth Common

Wandsworth Common (3) [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katharine Tracey 2,657 59.9
Conservative Maurice Heaster 2,628
Conservative Henry Pugh 2,623
Green Albert Vickery62914.2
Labour Michael Dolan62514.1
Labour Anna Turley 553
Liberal Democrats David Patterson 52411.8
Labour Mark Panto496
Turnout 37.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Hill

West Hill (3) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett 2,149 58.3
Conservative Nicholas Cuff 1,992
Conservative Malcolm Grimston 1,964
Labour Carol Anderton67718.4
Labour John Slater568
Labour Alexander Guite561
Liberal Democrats Catherine Devons43811.9
Green Tomasz Sokolowski42111.4
Liberal Democrats Laurence Spicer319
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward285
Turnout 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Putney

West Putney (3) [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Stokes 2,364 66.3
Conservative Jane Cooper 2,361
Conservative Andrew Penfold 2,317
Labour Maureen Booker75721.2
Labour Pauline Brueseke650
Labour John Slinger587
Liberal Democrats Susan Shocket44312.4
Liberal Democrats John Ryan422
Liberal Democrats Robert Williams373
Turnout 34.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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