Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election, 2006

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Elections to Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.3%.

Ellesmere Port and Neston local government district in Cheshire, England until 2009

Ellesmere Port and Neston was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It covered the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula, namely that part which is not included in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Results

Ellesmere Port and Neston Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7 3 0 +3 46.7 46.6 8,100
  Labour 7 0 3 -3 46.7 36.5 6,348
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 6.7 11.6 2,012
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 397
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 388
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 127

Ward results

Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Diane Roberts 603 60.5
Conservative Anne Hughes 228 22.9
BNP Paul Molyneux 166 16.6
Majority 375 37.6
Turnout 997
Labour hold Swing
Ledsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gareth Anderson 865 53.3
Labour George Foster 474 29.2
Liberal Democrat Graham Handley 284 17.5
Majority 391 24.1
Turnout 1,623
Conservative hold Swing
Neston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Judith Pugh 504 49.5
Conservative William Mealor 388 38.1
Green Nigel O'Brien 127 12.5
Majority 116 11.4
Turnout 1,019
Labour hold Swing
Parkgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nils Anderson 1,106 77.9
Labour Louise Gittins 313 22.1
Majority 793 55.8
Turnout 1,419
Conservative hold Swing
Pooltown
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Robson 346 45.5
Conservative Nicholas Hebson 239 31.4
Liberal Democrat Marianne Wylie 176 23.1
Majority 107 14.1
Turnout 761
Labour hold Swing
Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Thomas Marlow 630 50.0
Conservative Doreen Grey 384 30.5
Labour Robert McGuigan 245 19.5
Majority 246 19.5
Turnout 1,259
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Rossmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith Butcher 702 50.5
Conservative Michael English 687 49.5
Majority 15 1.0
Turnout 1,389
Labour hold Swing
Stanlow and Wolverham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Wilson 464 49.5
Independent David Garroch 307 32.7
Conservative Karl Hardwick 167 17.8
Majority 157 16.8
Turnout 938
Labour hold Swing
Strawberry Fields
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Ormerod 408 36.9
Labour Abdul Jilani 380 34.3
Liberal Democrat Hilary Chrusciezl 319 28.8
Majority 28 2.6
Turnout 1,107
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kimberley Anderson 613 56.5
Labour Tamara Hill 472 43.5
Majority 141 13.0
Turnout 1,085
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sutton Green and Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Kettle 711 71.4
Labour Colin Cooper 285 28.6
Majority 426 42.8
Turnout 996
Conservative hold Swing
Westminster (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kenneth Spain 435
Labour James Murphy 396
Liberal Democrat Sally Martin 123
Liberal Democrat Maurice Brookes 120
BNP David Joines 118
BNP David Southgate 113
Conservative Thomas Hughes 101
Conservative Terence Harvey 99
Independent Peter Dovaston 81
Turnout 1,586
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Whitby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jeanette Starkey 808 47.1
Labour Thomas Callaghan 549 32.0
Liberal Democrat Eric Robinson 360 21.0
Majority 259 15.1
Turnout 1,717
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Willaston and Thornton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Hogg 1,296 87.8
Labour Ian Roscoe 180 12.2
Majority 1,116 75.6
Turnout 1,476
Conservative hold Swing

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