2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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20 of the 60 seats on Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats won1262
Seats after302010
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote21,06516,04312,725
Percentage41.6%31.7%25.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.2%Increase2.svg 1.1%Decrease2.svg 3.8%
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election Map.svg
Map of the 2006 Rochdale council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.98%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1261+560.041.621,065+3.2%
  Labour 615-430.033.416,877+1.1%
  Conservative 212-110.023.511,881-3.8%
  BNP 000001.3660+0.1%
  Green 000000.2122New

Ward results

Balderstone & Kirkholt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dale Mulgrew 957 46.5 +25.1
Labour Steven Burke66032.1-14.6
Conservative Linda Butler43921.4-10.5
Majority29714.4
Turnout 2,05628.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Bamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Hobhouse 1,593 50.7 +14.1
Labour Sylvia Diggle1,19337.9+23.7
Conservative Valerie Godson35911.4-38.0
Majority40012.8
Turnout 3,14541.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Castleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Davison 1,399 57.6 -2.8
Labour Colin Thompson64626.6+5.0
Conservative Ronald Crossley38415.8-2.6
Majority75331.0
Turnout 2,42932.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Central Rochdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ibrar Khan 1,763 49.1 +16.0
Liberal Democrats Shah Wazir1,47241.0-13.0
Conservative Roger Howarth3549.9-3.0
Majority2918.1
Turnout 3,58947.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
East Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Murphy 900 41.2 -7.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Brady84538.7-12.2
Conservative Susan Pawson43820.1+20.1
Majority552.5
Turnout 2,18328.3
Labour hold Swing
Healey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor 1,250 39.0 -15.1
Conservative Andrew Neilson73823.0-7.3
BNP Donald Mooney66020.6+20.6
Labour Abdul Chowdry43413.5-2.1
Green Samir Chatterjee1223.8+3.8
Majority51216.0
Turnout 3,20441.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hopwood Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Wardle 1,267 53.2 +9.0
Conservative Peter Burt76131.9-3.0
Liberal Democrats Malcome Heard35514.9-6.0
Majority50621.3
Turnout 2,38329.7
Labour hold Swing
Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Birkett 1,218 45.3 +6.6
Labour Tom Stott1,15843.0+5.9
Conservative Philip Grantham31411.7-12.5
Majority602.3
Turnout 2,69034.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Littleborough Lakeside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Maguire 1,293 53.5 +2.3
Conservative Frank Mills78532.5-2.0
Labour Derek Snowden33914.0-0.3
Majority50821.0
Turnout 2,41730.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Milkstone & Deeplish
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Coric 1,931 54.0 -10.9
Labour Imtiaz Ahmed1,37938.6+8.8
Conservative Mudassar Razzaq2667.4+2.1
Majority55215.4
Turnout 3,57647.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Milnrow & Newhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denis Whittle 1,298 55.2 +2.1
Conservative Michael Butler58124.7+5.4
Labour Geoffrey Coady47220.1-7.5
Majority71730.5
Turnout 2,35130.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wera Hobhouse 1,327 49.2 +16.3
Conservative Paul Chadwick1,10941.1-11.5
Labour Muhammad Malik2639.7-4.4
Majority2188.1
Turnout 2,69936.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
North Heywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Rush 1,034 50.0 +19.5
Labour Nick Maher74836.2-10.1
Conservative Norman Warwick28513.8-9.4
Majority28613.8
Turnout 2,06728.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
North Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Robertson 811 43.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Lever56430.5-1.1
Conservative David Harris47525.7-3.0
Majority24713.3
Turnout 1,85023.4
Labour hold Swing
Smallbridge & Firgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Akram 817 40.8 -2.5
Labour Lorraine Butterworth76938.4+4.2
Conservative Keith Taylor41720.8-1.7
Majority482.4
Turnout 2,00326.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
South Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Holly 1,261 42.9 +2.0
Labour Peter Williams1,24242.2+2.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Guisbourne-Hilton43914.9-4.2
Majority190.7
Turnout 2,94237.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Spotland & Falinge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Clegg 1,713 63.5 +2.4
Labour James Brown59222.0+0.1
Conservative Steven Scholes39114.5-2.4
Majority1,12141.5
Turnout 2,69633.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wardle & West Littleborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Clegg 1,652 68.0 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Hilary Rodgers47719.6-3.9
Labour Pauline Mann29912.3-1.7
Majority1,17548.4
Turnout 2,42834.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
West Heywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan McCarthy 954 47.2 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Doreen Brophy-Lee58528.9+28.9
Conservative Kathryn Burt48423.9-4.9
Majority36918.3
Turnout 2,02323.9
Labour hold Swing
West Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Parker 988 54.2 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Guisbourne-Hilton49827.3+27.3
Conservative David Pawson38821.3-2.1
Majority49026.9
Turnout 1,82423.7
Labour hold Swing

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