South Lakeland Council election 2006
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Elections to South Lakeland council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Liberal Democrat 31
- Conservative 18
- Labour 2
- Independent 1
[edit] Election result
| South Lakeland Local Election Result 2006 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 94.4 | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5.6 | ||||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | ||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| UK Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
[edit] Ward results
| Kendal Castle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sonia Lawson | 612 | 75.2 | ||
| Conservative | Enid Robinson | 202 | 24.8 | ||
| Majority | 410 | 50.4 | |||
| Turnout | 814 | 55.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Kendal Far Cross | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Enda Farrell | 512 | 73.6 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Butterfield | 152 | 21.8 | ||
| Labour | Nicola Wright | 32 | 4.6 | ||
| Majority | 360 | 51.8 | |||
| Turnout | 696 | 45.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Kendal Fell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Little | 435 | 62.9 | ||
| Labour | Robin Yates | 179 | 25.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jack Tomlinson | 78 | 11.3 | ||
| Majority | 256 | 37.0 | |||
| Turnout | 692 | 46.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by South Lakeland Council election 2004 |
South Lakeland local elections | Succeeded by South Lakeland Council election 2007 |
