2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

The 2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 32
• Labour 12
• Liberal Democrat 3
• Green 1 ^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council to 16 seats after gaining 2 seats from Labour. ^[3] The Conservative gains came in Haldens and Howlands wards, but they did lose one seat to the Liberal Democrats. ^[3] The Liberal Democrats won Handside and came within 6 votes of taking Peartree from Labour after 4 recounts. ^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 38.11%. ^[4]

Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2006 ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	2	1	+1	76.5	55.8	15,617	+8.4%
	Labour	3	0	2	-2	17.6	22.5	6,309	-4.0%
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	5.9	21.1	5,898	-2.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	174	+0.1%

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dean	1,630	80.4	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blumsom	286	14.1	−3.1
	Labour	Margaret White	111	5.5	−3.4
Majority			1,344	66.3	+9.6
Turnout			2,027	45.5	−2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haldens ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Levitt	641	41.7	+6.9
	Labour	Bhavna Joshi	520	33.8	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Win Smith	377	24.5	−2.3
Majority			121	7.9
Turnout			1,538	35.5	−1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Handside ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Quinton	1,127	45.0	−0.5
	Conservative	Sue Collins	1,103	44.1	+0.5
	Labour	Sarah Carthew	273	10.9	0.0
Majority			24	0.9	−1.0
Turnout			2,503	50.0	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hatfield Central ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Croft	521	41.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Douglas Berry	425	33.5	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lis Meyland-Smith	322	25.4	−11.9
Majority			96	7.6
Turnout			1,268	31.4	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hatfield East ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Dorrington	826	56.1	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Cashmore	324	22.0	+2.9
	Labour	Constance Elliott	322	21.9	+0.1
Majority			502	34.1	+4.7
Turnout			1,472	37.1	−3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield North ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Berry	1,081	55.1	+11.4
	Labour	Anthony Wilder	535	27.3	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Griffiths	345	17.6	−1.4
Majority			546	27.8	+21.4
Turnout			1,961	32.4	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield West ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Atkinson	757	49.7	+4.5
	Labour	Dean Archer	531	34.9	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Archer	235	15.4	−7.4
Majority			226	14.8	+1.7
Turnout			1,523	37.7	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hollybush ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margarita Birleson	617	44.8	−1.5
	Conservative	Stephen Battaglia	521	37.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Jacquemain	239	17.4	−2.4
Majority			96	7.0	−5.3
Turnout			1,377	30.7	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Howlands ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Warren Davies	821	45.7	+6.9
	Labour	Alan Chesterman	634	35.3	−2.8
	Green	Mark Knight	174	9.7	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Arch	167	9.3	−13.7
Majority			187	10.4	+9.7
Turnout			1,796	41.1	+0.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Northaw ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nicholls	1,455	82.2	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bain	203	11.5	+2.7
	Labour	Alex Breed	111	6.3	+0.6
Majority			1,252	70.7	+33.4
Turnout			1,769	42.4	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Panshanger ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Johnston	904	56.8	+10.2
	Labour	William Longbottom	409	25.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marcel Naseby	279	17.5	−9.2
Majority			495	31.1	+11.3
Turnout			1,592	33.5	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peartree ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Russell	453	36.5	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Marsh	447	36.0	+5.8
	Conservative	Bernard Rosewall	341	27.5	+3.0
Majority			6	0.5	−14.6
Turnout			1,241	27.3	−3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherrards ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Wheeler	1,100	54.5	+10.2
	Labour	Margaret Hurst	571	28.3	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Lotz	346	17.2	−1.4
Majority			529	26.2	−25.4
Turnout			2,017	47.3	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welham Green ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter O'Brien	707	66.6	0.0
	Labour	Bridgit Croft	198	18.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Archer	156	14.7	−1.3
Majority			509	47.9	−1.3
Turnout			1,061	38.1	−3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welwyn North ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Markiewicz	987	72.3	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Bassett	241	17.6	−4.1
	Labour	Anthony Crump	138	10.1	−3.5
Majority			746	54.7	+11.7
Turnout			1,366	39.5	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welwyn South (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mandy Perkins	1,183
	Conservative	Carl Storer	1,135
	Liberal Democrats	John Blackburn	408
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Skidmore	396
	Labour	Sheila Jones	191
	Labour	Sheila Wilder	174
Turnout			3,487	42.0	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections: Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
2. "Local elections". The Times. London. 5 May 2006. p. 9.
3. "Welwyn Hatfield: Tories tighten grip". This is Local London. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
4. "Election Results - 4 May 2006". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.