2006 Plymouth City Council election

2006 Plymouth City Council election^[1]^[2]^[3]
19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2006 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 2006 Plymouth City Council election was held on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election on the day, with an additional seat in Southway Ward remaining vacant until a by-election on 22 June. After the election, Labour were reduced to 28 out of the 56 filled seats, thus temporarily losing control of the council to No Overall Control.^[4] However, Labour won the Southway by-election on 22 June, thus restoring their overall control of the council.^[5]

Overall results edit

2006 Plymouth City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Conservative	12	6	0	6	63.2	39.6%	24,088
	Labour	7	0	5	5	36.8	27.9%	16,988
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.0	19.5%	11,864
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	6.3%	3,835
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	4.0%	2,422
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.5%	1,495
	Respect	0	0	0		0.0	0.2%	112
Total		19						60,804

Ward results edit

Budshead edit

Location of Budshead ward

Budshead 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Grant Monahan	1,260	37.8%
	Labour	Bill Coleman	1,052	31.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Crocker	541	16.2%
	UKIP	Carole Bragg	483	14.5%
Majority			208	6.2%
Turnout			3,336	35.7%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Compton edit

Location of Compton ward

Compton 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ted Fry	1,830	51.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Smith	840	23.6%
	Labour	Thomas Taylor	549	15.4%
	Green	Nicola Bannon	345	9.7%
Majority			990	27.8%
Turnout			3,564	38.5%
	Conservative hold

Devonport edit

Location of Devonport ward

Devonport 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Stevens	968	34.5%
	Conservative	Jim Bell	802	28.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Radmore	396	14.1%
	Independent	William Goffin	363	12.9%
	Green	Wendy Miller	163	5.8%
	Respect	Andrew Symons	112	4.0%
Majority			166	5.9%
Turnout			2,804	29.3%
	Labour hold

Drake edit

Location of Drake ward

Drake 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven Ricketts	488	30.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina MacCullie	361	22.5%
	Labour	Mark Coker	323	20.1%
	Independent	David Santillo	317	19.8%
	Green	Colin Bannon	116	7.2%
Majority			127	7.9%
Turnout			1,605	26.5%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Efford and Lipson edit

Location of Efford and Lipson ward

Efford and Lipson 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Kerswell	1,149	37.9%
	Conservative	Mary Orchard	885	29.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Lilli Miller	715	23.6%
	Green	Tean Mitchell	284	9.4%
Majority			264	8.7%
Turnout			3,033	31.8%
	Labour hold

Eggbuckland edit

Location of Eggbuckland ward

Eggbuckland 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Bowyer	1,624	39.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Finn	1,037	25.4%
	Labour	Debbie Roche	921	22.6%
	UKIP	Malcolm Hipwell	355	8.7%
	Green	Colin Trier	139	3.4%
Majority			587	14.4%
Turnout			4,076	41.1%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Ham edit

Location of Ham ward

Ham 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Gordon	1,233	39.5%
	Conservative	Lynda Bowyer	753	24.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Goldthorp	498	16.0%
	UKIP	Julia Langmaid	479	15.4%
	Green	Melanie Roach	155	5.0%
Majority			480	15.4%
Turnout			3,118	32.4%
	Labour hold

Honicknowle edit

Location of Honicknowle ward

Honicknowle 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pauline Purnell	1,191	38.7%
	Conservative	Eileen Willey	666	21.7%
	UKIP	Michael Parr	626	20.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Hirst	593	19.3%
Majority			525	17.1%
Turnout			3,076	31.0%
	Labour hold

Moor View edit

Location of Moor View ward

Moor View 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Foster	1,320	40.3%
	Labour	Michael Fox	1,214	37.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Shepherdson	740	22.6%
Majority			106	3.2%
Turnout			3,274	35.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Peverell edit

Location of Peverell ward

Peverell 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Leaves	2,219	54.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Earl	861	21.1%
	Labour	Anthony Portman	617	15.1%
	Green	Don Allen	381	9.3%
Majority			1,358	33.3%
Turnout			4,078	41.1%
	Labour hold

Plympton Chaddlewood edit

Location of Plympton Chaddlewood ward

Plympton Chaddlewood 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Glenn Jordan	964	55.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McVicar	457	26.3%
	Labour	Ross Burns	315	18.1%
Majority			507	29.2%
Turnout			1,736	28.9%
	Conservative hold

Plympton St Mary edit

Location of Plympton St Mary ward

Plympton St Mary 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David James	1,862	48.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rowe	928	23.9%
	UKIP	James Sanderson	548	14.1%
	Labour	John Sewell	538	13.9%
Majority			934	24.1%
Turnout			3,876	40.3%
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Dunstone edit

Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward

Plymstock Dunstone 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vivien Pengelly	2,434	62.7%
	Labour	Simon Barrett	543	14.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Turner	539	13.9%
	UKIP	Hugh Williams	366	9.4%
Majority			1,891	48.7%
Turnout			3,882	39.9%
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Radford edit

Location of Plymstock Radford ward

Plymstock Radford 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Foster	1,801	48.0%
	Independent	Roger Dodd	656	17.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Robbins	453	12.1%
	Labour	John Davey	442	11.8%
	UKIP	Alan Skuse	401	10.7%
Majority			1,145	30.5%
Turnout			3,753	39.8%
	Conservative hold

St Budeaux edit

Location of St Budeaux ward

St Budeaux 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sallyanne Letcher	1,178	40.0%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts	681	23.1%
	UKIP	Thomas Williams	577	19.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond McSweeney	506	17.2%
Majority			497	16.9%
Turnout			2,942	31.7%
	Labour hold

St Peter and the Waterfront edit

Location of St Peter and the Waterfront ward

St Peter and the Waterfront 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan McDonald	1,058	37.7%
	Conservative	Sally Stephens	928	33.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Janes	460	16.4%
	Green	Clare O'Neill	205	7.3%
	Independent	Jo Jo	159	5.7%
Majority			130	4.6%
Turnout			2,810	30.8%
	Labour hold

Southway edit

Location of Southway ward

Southway 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Browne	1,400	40.2%
	Labour	James Kirk	1,371	39.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Terrance O'Connor	712	20.4%
Majority			29	0.8%
Turnout			3,483	37.4%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Stoke edit

Location of Stoke ward

Stoke 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jill Dolan	1,358	39.0%
	Labour	Mark Lowry	1,232	35.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Swann	552	15.9%
	Green	Hannah Ross	338	9.7%
Majority			126	3.6%
Turnout			3,480	36.4%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Sutton and Mount Gould edit

Location of Sutton and Mount Gould ward

Sutton and Mount Gould 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Aspinall	1,094	38.0%
	Conservative	Edmund Shillabeer	813	28.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter York	675	23.5%
	Green	Louise Parker	296	10.3%
Majority			281	9.8%
Turnout			2,878	30.4%
	Labour hold

References edit

^ "Local elections 2006" (PDF). parliament.uk.
^ "Local Election Results 2006". Andrew Teale.
^ "Local elections: Plymouth". BBC News.
^ "Labour loses control in Plymouth". BBC News. 5 May 2006.
^ "Labour regains control of Plymouth city council". The Guardian. 23 June 2006.

[1] "Local elections 2006" (PDF). parliament.uk.

[2] "Local Election Results 2006". Andrew Teale.

[3] "Local elections: Plymouth". BBC News.

[4] "Labour loses control in Plymouth". BBC News. 5 May 2006.

[5] "Labour regains control of Plymouth city council". The Guardian. 23 June 2006.

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