2006 West Lancashire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 West Lancashire council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006. West Lancashire 2006 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2006 West Lancashire council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

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

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative 33+3
Labour 22-3

[2]

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with a 4-seat majority over the Labour party. [3] Most seats only had Conservative and Labour party candidates, with no Liberal Democrats standing in the election. [3]

The Conservatives focused their campaign on crime and the environment, while targeting the Labour held wards of Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott. [3] However Labour targeted the Conservative wards of Derby, Newburgh and Parbold, while criticising the Conservatives for holding a failed vote on transferring council housing. [3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives increase their control of the council, which they had held since 2002. [4] They gained 3 seats from Labour in Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott wards, [5] with the Labour leader on the council, Alan Bullen, saying that it had "not been a good night". [4]

Overall turnout in the election was 32.2%, which was up on 2003 but down from 2004. [4]

West Lancashire Local Election Result 2006 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1330+372.259.613,649+12.2%
  Labour 503-327.834.47,869-2.5%
  Green 000004.51,021+1.2%
  Independent 000001.5344-10.2%
  Clause 28 000000.116+0.1%

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Duffy77468.3+10.9
Conservative Richard Shepherd36031.7+10.9
Majority41436.6+1.1
Turnout 1,13423.1-10.3
Labour hold Swing

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David O'Toole1,27175.2-2.2
Labour Gordon Rankin41924.8+2.2
Majority85250.4-4.4
Turnout 1,69036.8-12.6
Conservative hold Swing

Aughton Park

Aughton Park [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Grant91279.9+1.9
Labour Derek Latham23020.1-1.9
Majority68259.8+3.8
Turnout 1,14236.3+8.0
Conservative hold Swing

Burscough East

Burscough East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Melling83366.2+5.6
Labour Mary Whitby42633.8-5.6
Majority40732.4+11.2
Turnout 1,25938.0-11.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Burscough West

Burscough West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Griffiths82155.9+3.7
Labour Kathryn Anderson64944.1-3.7
Majority17214.8+10.4
Turnout 1,47037.0-4.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Derby

Derby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Greenall86757.9+12.4
Labour Jonathan Sockett39426.3+1.0
Green Anne Doyle23715.8+9.1
Majority47331.6+11.4
Turnout 1,49832.2-14.8
Conservative hold Swing

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Ashcroft84485.0+21.2
Labour Christopher Mawdsley14915.0+15.0
Majority69570.0+42.4
Turnout 99331.4-11.4
Conservative hold Swing

Knowsley

Knowsley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Hopley1,06262.6+1.2
Labour Charles Cavaghan40924.1-5.3
Green John Watt22513.3+4.1
Majority65338.5+6.5
Turnout 1,69636.9-12.3
Conservative hold Swing

Moorside

Moorside [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Carson50579.7-2.6
Conservative Carolyn Evans12920.3+2.6
Majority37659.4-5.2
Turnout 63421.8-7.4
Labour hold Swing

Newburgh

Newburgh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Pope62079.2+7.0
Labour Jacqueline Citarella16320.8-7.0
Majority45758.4+14.0
Turnout 78345.1
Conservative hold Swing

North Meols

North Meols [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Baldock62056.5+7.6
Independent Joan Draper24322.2-14.0
Labour Sarah Keegan12611.5-3.3
Green Nicholas Kemp1089.8+9.8
Majority37734.3+21.6
Turnout 1,09722.0-2.7
Conservative hold Swing

Parbold

Parbold [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Collinson98074.5+15.7
Labour Clare Gillard33525.5+11.1
Majority64549.0+17.0
Turnout 1,31541.2+0.9
Conservative hold Swing

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cropper85369.5-2.5
Labour Shan Annis20917.0-11.0
Green Geoffery Barnes16613.5+13.5
Majority64452.5+8.5
Turnout 1,22839.7+13.1
Conservative hold Swing

Scott

Scott [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Meadows86347.2-0.9
Labour Noel Delaney65035.6-2.2
Green Maurice George19710.8-3.3
Independent Kenneth Walters1015.5+5.5
Clause 28 David Braid160.9+0.9
Majority21311.6+1.3
Turnout 1,82739.4-7.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David McKay92276.0+12.4
Conservative Susan Cropper29124.0+4.3
Majority63152.0+8.1
Turnout 1,21323.7-10.2
Labour hold Swing

Tanhouse

Tanhouse [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Pendleton48264.4-11.9
Conservative Irene O'Donnell17923.9+0.2
Green Martin Lowe8811.7+11.7
Majority30340.5-12.1
Turnout 74921.4+5.1
Labour hold Swing

Tarleton

Tarleton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Kay1,37186.0+22.1
Labour Pauline Roughley22314.0+14.0
Majority1,14872.0+44.2
Turnout 1,59435.3-15.2
Conservative hold Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Phythian80451.0+3.0
Conservative Ruth Pollock77349.0+13.5
Majority312.0-10.5
Turnout 1,57731.5-13.7
Labour hold Swing

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  2. 1 2 "Local elections". The Times . 5 May 2006. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tories defend gains in West Lancs". Liverpool Echo . 28 April 2006. p. 26.
  4. 1 2 3 "Labour go on attack". Liverpool Echo . 5 May 2006. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Tories tighten grip; West Lancashire". Liverpool Daily Post . 5 May 2006. p. 3.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "District Councils Election Results 2006" (PDF). West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
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