Castle Point Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey.

The 2006 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, 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 29
• Canvey Island Independent Party 11
• Labour 1 ^[2]

Election result

The Conservative party stayed in control of the council but lost 5 seats on Canvey Island to the Canvey Island Independent Party. ^[3] The Conservatives won all 8 mainland seats that were contested, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won 5 of the 6 seats on the island. ^[4]

Castle Point local election result 2006 ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	5	-5	64.3	50.1	12,121	+1.3%
	Canvey Independent	5	5	0	+5	35.7	19.3	4,678	+2.6%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	21.9	5,300	-5.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	1,634	+0.4%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	459	+1.9%
	PFRC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	25	+0.1%

Ward results

Appleton ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pamela Freeman	1,179	65.3	+0.7
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	627	34.7	-0.7
Majority			552	30.6	+1.5
Turnout			1,806
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norman Smith	1,202	63.4	-0.5
	Labour	Anthony Wright	381	20.1	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Newman	314	16.6	+16.6
Majority			821	43.3	+1.8
Turnout			1,897
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Peter May	907	52.0	+7.8
	Conservative	Jane King	514	29.5	+2.9
	Labour	Margaret Curtis-McArther	267	15.3	-11.5
	Green	Clifford Hughes	55	3.2	+0.8
Majority			393	22.5	+5.1
Turnout			1,743
	Canvey Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Philip Davies	772	44.1	-1.6
	Conservative	Shirley Coates	537	30.7	+3.2
	Labour	Jacqueline Reilly	373	21.3	- -2.9
	Green	Irene Willis	67	3.8	+3.8
Majority			235	13.4	-4.8
Turnout			1,749
	Canvey Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Nigel Harvey	911	50.1	+2.5
	Conservative	Patricia Haunts	458	25.2	+2.4
	Labour	Derek Kennedy	388	21.4	-4.3
	Green	Christopher Keene	60	3.3	-0.6
Majority			453	24.9	+3.0
Turnout			1,817
	Canvey Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	John Liddiard	855	44.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Sylvia Waymark	624	32.6	+0.1
	Labour	Daniel Curtis	378	19.7	+5.8
	Green	Miles Willis	59	3.1	+0.4
Majority			231	12.1	+2.7
Turnout			1,916
	Canvey Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Belford	574	43.5
	Canvey Independent	Christine Andrews	545	41.3
	Labour	William Deal	161	12.2
	Green	Korinna Willis	41	3.1
Majority			29	2.2
Turnout			1,321
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Peter Greig	688	48.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Best	431	30.6	-2.9
	Labour	John Payne	193	13.7	-4.1
	Green	Grant Fryatt	96	6.8	+6.8
Majority			257	18.3	+6.2
Turnout			1,408
	Canvey Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cedar Hall ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alexis Iles	1,070	66.2	-1.6
	Labour	Kevin Blanking	547	33.8	+1.6
Majority			523	32.3	-3.3
Turnout			1,617
	Conservative hold		Swing

St George's ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Cole	859	54.0	-6.5
	Labour	Joseph Cooke	535	33.6	-5.9
	Green	Peggy Smith	196	12.3	+12.3
Majority			324	20.4	-0.6
Turnout			1,590
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James' ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Godfrey Isaacs	1,327	69.5	+11.6
	Green	Nanine Pachy	383	20.1	-1.7
	Labour	Frederick Jones	200	10.5	-9.8
Majority			944	49.4	+13.3
Turnout			1,910
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan Meager	1,014	54.4	+1.7
	Labour	Brian Wilson	590	31.6	-15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Newman	145	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Lesley Morgan	116	6.2	+6.2
Majority			424	22.7	+17.2
Turnout			1,865
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pamela Challis	1,171	65.2	+4.8
	Labour	John Trollope	345	19.2	-4.4
	Green	Eileen Peck	254	14.2	-1.8
	PFRC	Anton Hoenderkamp	25	1.4	+1.4
Majority			826	46.0	+9.2
Turnout			1,795
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clifford Brunt	1,161	65.1	+6.1
	Labour	Harry Brett	315	17.7	-4.9
	Green	Douglas Copping	307	17.2	-1.3
Majority			846	47.4	+11.0
Turnout			1,783
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections: Castle Point". BBC News Online . 4 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
2. Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph . NewsBank. p. 5. 
3. "Tories retain control of Castle Point". The Echo . 5 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
4. McGrath, Kate (5 May 2006). "Tories maintain grip on south Essex councils". The Echo . Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
5. "Local elections". The Times . NewsBank. 6 May 2006. p. 64. 
6. "Election results". Castle Point Borough Council. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2014.