2006 Wolverhampton City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal in orange. Wolverhampton UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal in orange.

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2006 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

Contents

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Source: [1]

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Simkins118543.41
Conservative Ann Modi71026.01
Independent Tom Fellows60021.98
Liberal Democrats Roger Gray2177.95
Majority47517.40
Turnout 2,73029.68
Labour hold Swing
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Page131843.13
Conservative Gill Fellows97031.74
UKIP Kevin Simmons32510.63
Liberal Democrats Frances Heap2427.92
Green Eddie Clarke1956.38
Majority34811.39
Turnout 3,05633.87
Labour hold Swing
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Rowley231471.20
Conservative John Corns62519.23
Liberal Democrats Edward Pringle2928.98
Majority168951.97
Turnout 3,25037.58
Labour hold Swing
Bushbury North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville Patten157147.06
Labour Paul Allen115434.57
Liberal Democrats James Lindly56917.05
Majority41712.49
Turnout 3,33837.00
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bushbury South & Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Sweet118755.60
Conservative Andrew Dawson56226.32
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins36417.05
Majority62529.27
Turnout 2,13523.62
Labour hold Swing
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Inston135152.45
Conservative Peter Dobb73328.45
Liberal Democrats Ann Whitehouse47218.32
Majority61823.99
Turnout 2,57628.83
Labour hold Swing
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Johnson186064.03
Conservative Brian Fellows58120.00
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch44415.28
Majority127944.03
Turnout 2,90530.49
Labour hold Swing
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Evans148847.03
Conservative Carol Bourne115936.63
Liberal Democrats Stephen Birch49615.68
Majority32910.40
Turnout 3,16435.45
Labour hold Swing
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Man Mohan Passi203351.30
Conservative John Mellor144036.34
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis47211.91
Majority59314.96
Turnout 3,96344.04
Labour hold Swing
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Siarkiewicz93742.61
Liberal Colin Hallmark48922.24
Conservative Lucinda Turner48422.01
Liberal Democrats David Jack27412.46
Majority44820.37
Turnout 2,19928.43
Labour hold Swing
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Mills230660.16
Labour Jagnandan Ghera84922.15
Liberal Democrats Jessica Pringle63916.67
Majority145738.01
Turnout 3,83340.85
Conservative hold Swing
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lockett133548.37
Conservative Ian Lucas101336.70
Liberal Democrats John Steatham40014.49
Majority32211.67
Turnout 2,76030.02
Labour hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Manohar Minhas140536.61
Liberal Democrats Robin Lawrence127733.27
Conservative Martin Berrington112929.42
Majority1283.34
Turnout 3,83844.74
Labour hold Swing
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Patten250356.69
Labour Ricky Chima119136.98
Liberal Democrats June Hemsley68615.54
Majority131229.72
Turnout 4,41544.05
Conservative hold Swing
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Malcolm Gwinnett110634.27
Labour William Langford90428.01
Liberal Democrats Sandra Terry78524.33
Conservative Robert Green40812.64
Majority2026.26
Turnout 3,22737.00
Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tersaim Singh131162.40
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Lawrence40819.42
Conservative Lionel Berry37217.71
Majority90342.98
Turnout 2,10128.82
Labour hold Swing
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Findlay265466.95
Labour David Hartley74618.82
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross54113.65
Majority190848.13
Turnout 3,96443.09
Conservative hold Swing
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Wynne319773.73
Labour Muhammad Khan58813.56
Liberal Democrats Philip Bennett52712.15
Majority260960.17
Turnout 4,33647.16
Conservative hold Swing
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bourne122530.83
Labour Gwendoline Stafford Good115729.12
BNP Dennis Organ101625.57
Independent Arthur Newman56314.17
Majority681.71
Turnout 3,97344.00
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Holdcroft155548.04
Labour Paul Kalinauckas119436.89
Liberal Democrats Carole Jenkins2628.09
Green Stuart Hinde2126.55
Majority36111.15
Turnout 3,23737.53
Conservative hold Swing

Number of candidates

Of the main political parties, both the Conservative Party and Labour Party fielded a full slate of 20 candidates each.

The Liberal Democrats fielded 19 candidates, failing to have a candidate in place in Wednesfield North.

One independent candidate stood in each of the following 2 wards:

The Green Party had a candidate in each of the following 2 wards:

The British National Party fielded only 1 candidate, in Wednesfield North ward.

The Liberal Party stood in only one ward, Heath Town.

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References

  1. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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