2006 Wokingham District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006. Wokingham UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Wokingham District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, 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:

Campaign

The election saw the United Kingdom Independence Party put forward a candidate in all of the 18 wards which were being contested. [3] This was the first time they had done this and meant they put forward more candidates than Labour who contested 16 of the wards. [3]

During the campaign the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Coling Lawley, received death threats, which led the police launch an investigation. [4]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats. [5] The gains came in Coronation, Loddon and Hillside wards with one of the defeated Liberal Democrats being their leader Coling Lawley who lost by 472 votes in Coronation ward. [6] Overall turnout in the election was 39.8%. [7]

Wokingham Local Election Result 2006 [2] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1530+383.356.320,353+3.1%
  Liberal Democrats 303-316.729.010,497-6.3%
  Labour 000006.92,512+1.5%
  UKIP 000006.52,333+0.8%
  Green 000000.8291+0.4%
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.5171+0.5%

Ward results

Arborfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Cowan54172.7-5.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bacon17223.1+10.1
UKIP Ronald Bristow314.2-4.5
Majority36949.6-15.7
Turnout 74441.1+1.5
Conservative hold Swing
Bulmershe & Whitegates [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sellam Rahmouni99943.8
Conservative Tanya De Hoedt72731.9
Labour Gregory Bello33814.8
UKIP Peter Williams2169.5
Majority27211.9
Turnout 2,28038.7+0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Coronation [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Baker1,28556.9
Liberal Democrats Coling Lawley81336.0
Labour Jasdip Garcha883.9
UKIP Amy Thornton723.2
Majority47220.9
Turnout 2,25852.8+6.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Emmbrook [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Lewis1,44854.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Malvern75728.5
UKIP Ann Davis27710.4
Labour Anna Rogerson1716.4
Majority69126.1
Turnout 2,65344.6-0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Evendons [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Morgan1,36758.2
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Harley63927.2
UKIP Franklin Carstairs1978.4
Labour Franco Valente1446.1
Majority72831.0
Turnout 2,34737.0-3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Finchampstead North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Stanton1,36371.1
Liberal Democrats Roland Cundy38219.9
UKIP Ian Gordon1166.0
Labour Pippa White573.0
Majority98151.2
Turnout 1,91846.8-0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Finchampstead South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Weeks1,22168.9
Liberal Democrats James May35119.8
UKIP Leslie Huntley1136.4
Labour Roger Hayes864.9
Majority87049.1
Turnout 1,77142.0+1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Hawkedon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Firmager1,15259.9
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Orchard50526.3
Labour Jacqueline Pluves1759.1
UKIP Vincent Pearson914.7
Majority60733.6
Turnout 1,92330.9-1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Hillside [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Bradley1,30346.8
Liberal Democrats Tania Christidis1,10939.8
Labour David Sharp1836.6
Monster Raving Loony Peter Owen1204.3
UKIP Andrew Findlay702.5
Majority1947.0
Turnout 2,78542.6+3.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Loddon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Abdul Loyes94145.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Jewell73635.7
Labour Alberto Troccoli24111.7
UKIP William Brooks1447.0
Majority2059.9
Turnout 2,06233.6+4.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Maiden Erlegh [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Swaddle1,29552.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith73529.6
Labour Jacqueline Rupert1737.0
Green David Hogg1646.6
UKIP David Lamb1124.5
Majority56022.6
Turnout 2,47934.7-4.6
Conservative hold Swing
Norreys [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lee1,45263.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Harper39017.1
Labour John Woodward22810.0
UKIP Keith Knight2099.2
Majority1,06246.6
Turnout 2,27937.9-1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Schutz1,39873.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder35718.8
UKIP Geoffrey Bulpit753.9
Labour Richard Fort723.8
Majority1,04154.7
Turnout 1,90247.0-3.2
Conservative hold Swing
Shinfield South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barrie Patman96965.9
Liberal Democrats Fiona Rolls20313.8
Green Marjory Bisset1278.6
Labour Julianne Grafton1127.6
UKIP Joan Huntley594.0
Majority76652.1
Turnout 1,47035.7-2.0
Conservative hold Swing
South Lake [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Rowland72445.9
Conservative Parvindar Batth61138.7
Labour Paul Sharples1348.5
UKIP David Hill1086.8
Majority1137.2
Turnout 1,57735.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Swallowfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Munro63776.2+7.8
Liberal Democrats Denis Thair14417.2-3.3
UKIP Jeremy Allison556.6-4.5
Majority49359.0+11.1
Turnout 83643.2+2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Winnersh [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Prue Bray1,19947.9
Conservative Derek Sefton1,08343.2
UKIP Anthony Pollock1094.4
Labour Keith Wilson632.5
Monster Raving Loony Colin Forrestal512.0
Majority1164.7
Turnout 2,50542.6+1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wokingham Without [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Ross1,56065.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Bristow28211.9
UKIP Graham Widdows27911.8
Labour Rosemary Chapman24710.4
Majority1,27854.0
Turnout 2,36840.3-0.7
Conservative hold Swing

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