Liverpool Council election, 2006

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 4th May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 25%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Liberal Democrat 17 0 3 -3 56.7 40.5 34,794 -12.4%
  Labour 12 3 0 +3 40.0 37.6 32,273 +4.4%
  Liberal 1 0 0 0 3.3 7.5 6,432 +1.7%
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 5,766 +3.5%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 5,112 +3.0%
  British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 417 +0.4%
  UK Independence 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 332 +0.3%
  Respect 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 281 +0.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 274 +0.0%
  United Socialist 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 132 +0.2%
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 130 -0.1%

[edit] Ward results

Allerton and Hunts Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Vera Best 1,619 49.6
Labour Daniel Hughes 687 21.0
Conservative Brenda Coppell 556 17.0
Green Margaret Williams 211 6.5
Liberal Christopher Hulme 194 5.9
Majority 932 28.6
Turnout 3,267 30
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Andrew Tremarco 1,101 42.3
Labour Brian Dowling 824 31.7
Liberal Michael Butler 448 17.2
Green Shane Delaney 133 5.1
Conservative Allen Epsley 95 3.7
Majority 177 10.6
Turnout 2,601 23
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Belle Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Walton 1,903 51.7
Liberal Democrat Peter Rainford 1,556 42.2
Liberal Deborah Mayes 131 3.6
Conservative Norman Coppell 94 2.6
Majority 347 9.5
Turnout 3,684 32
Labour hold Swing
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Small 719 53.3
Liberal Democrat Paul Twigger 395 29.3
Green Peter Cranie 104 7.7
Conservative Mark Cottrell 102 7.6
Liberal Karl Prescott 29 2.1
Majority 324 24.0
Turnout 1,349 12
Labour hold Swing
Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Trevor Jones 2,084 61.9
Labour Janet Kent 661 19.6
Conservative June Brandwood 294 8.7
Green Faye Griffiths 242 7.2
Liberal Francis Porter 87 2.6
Majority 1,423 42.3
Turnout 3,368 30
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Colin Eldridge 2,306 60.2
Labour Timothy Beaumont 501 13.1
Green Eleanor Martin 335 8.7
Conservative Graham Jones 291 7.6
Independent Jeffrey Berman 274 7.2
Liberal James MacGregor 122 3.2
Majority 1,805 47.1
Turnout 3,829 34
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Clubmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roz Gladden 1,440 48.6
Liberal David Maher 791 26.7
Liberal Democrat James Gaskell 410 13.8
Conservative Gwynneth Hicklin 132 4.5
Green Andrew Hoban 120 4.0
Socialist Labour Kai Anderson 71 2.4
Majority 649
Turnout 2,964 25
Labour hold Swing
County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Paul Clark 1,380 52.7
Labour Patrick Delahunty 1,080 41.3
Liberal Roger Webb 84 3.2
Conservative Francis Stevens 73 2.8
Majority 300 11.4
Turnout 2,617 24
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Cressington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Richard Oglethorpe 1,856 52.5
Labour Catherine Dooley 778 22.0
Conservative Emlyn Williams 381 10.8
Green Richard De Pesando 292 8.3
Liberal John Moore 227 6.4
Majority 1,078 30.5
Turnout 3,534 31
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nadia Stewart 1,804 61.5
Liberal Democrat Patrick Moloney 902 30.7
Green Anne Graham 151 5.1
Liberal Mary-Jane Canning 77 2.6
Majority 902 30.8
Turnout 2,934 28
Labour hold Swing
Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McIntosh 1,519 68.8
Liberal Democrat Craig Crennell 296 13.4
Conservative Matthew Sephton 140 6.3
Green Adam Howarth 137 6.2
Liberal David Wood 117 5.3
Majority 1,223 55.4
Turnout 2,209 20
Labour hold Swing
Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Hanratty 1,450 48.1
Liberal Democrat Graham Seddon 1,333 44.2
Liberal Charles Mayes 121 4.0
Conservative Myra Fitzsimmons 113 3.7
Majority 117 3.9
Turnout 3,017 26
Labour hold Swing
Greenbank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Linda-Jane Buckle 1,025 40.8
Labour Christopher Helm 627 25.0
Green Louise McVey 485 19.3
Conservative Giselle McDonald 246 9.8
Liberal David O'Brien 130 5.2
Majority 398 15.8
Turnout 2,513 23
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Kensington and Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Louise Baldock 1,127 45.0
Liberal Democrat James Kendrick 955 38.2
Liberal Elizabeth Pascoe 180 7.2
Green Paula Rice 152 6.1
Conservative Francis Dunne 88 3.5
Majority 172 6.8
Turnout 2,502 24
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Kennedy 1,958 78.2
Liberal Democrat Francis O'Donoghue 232 9.3
UK Independence Joseph Moran 182 7.3
Conservative Thomas O'Brien 69 2.8
Green Alexander Taylor 64 2.6
Majority 1,726 68.9
Turnout 2,505 21
Labour hold Swing
Knotty Ash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Josie Mullen 1,275 44.1
Labour Anthony Concepcion 1,175 40.7
Liberal Andrew Donaldson 240 8.3
Conservative Michael Lind 199 6.9
Majority 100 3.4
Turnout 2,889 28
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Mossley Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Tina Gould 1,906 55.5
Labour Josephine Lazzari 617 18.0
Conservative Ann Nugent 382 11.1
Green Vicki Anderson 367 10.7
Liberal Patricia Elmour 160 4.7
Majority 1,289 37.5
Turnout 3,432 32
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Norris Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Violet Bebb 1,387 59.2
British National Party John Edgar 417 17.8
Liberal Democrat Christine Doyle 232 9.9
Green Eric Cartmel 111 4.7
Liberal Vera Phillips 99 4.2
Conservative Jonathan Kearney 95 4.1
Majority 970 41.4
Turnout 2,341 21
Labour hold Swing
Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Keith Turner 1,436 48.4
Labour Wendy Simon 859 29.0
Liberal Edith Bamford 172 5.8
UK Independence Mark Bill 150 5.1
Conservative Pauline Dougherty 148 5.0
Green Paul Grimes 134 4.5
United Socialist Paul Filby 68 2.3
Majority 577 19.4
Turnout 2,967 24
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Laurence Sidorczuk 1,253 49.5
Labour Angela Glanville 879 34.8
Liberal Griffith Parry 217 8.6
Green Nilesh Chauhan 180 7.1
Majority 374 14.7
Turnout 2,529 21
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Princes Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Rothery 1,184 44.5
Liberal Democrat Mohamed Ali 645 24.2
Respect Paul Desson 281 10.6
Green Sophy Hansford 246 9.2
Liberal Nina Edge 210 7.9
Conservative Alma McGing 96 3.6
Majority 539 20.3
Turnout 2,662 24
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Anderson 1,562 66.0
Liberal Democrat Gabriel Muies 267 11.3
Conservative Richard Perkins 205 8.7
Green Jonathan Clatworthy 180 7.6
Liberal Irene Mayes 90 3.8
United Socialist Cecilia Ralph 64 2.7
Majority 1,295 54.7
Turnout 2,368 21
Labour hold Swing
St Michaels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Allen 1,112 41.5
Green Jean Hill 675 25.2
Labour Jack Johnson 670 25.0
Conservative David Patmore 225 8.4
Majority 437 16.3
Turnout 2,682 26
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Speke-Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doreen Knight 2,141 59.3
Liberal Democrat Francis Roderick 1,138 31.5
Green Cherry Fitzsimmons 141 3.9
Conservative Denise Nuttall 107 3.0
Liberal Michael Williams 84 2.3
Majority 1,003 27.8
Turnout 3,611 27
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Lenton 1,587 60.6
Labour Allen Hammond 628 24.0
Liberal Democrat Richard Williams 308 11.8
Conservative Damian Fisher 96 3.7
Majority 959 36.6
Turnout 2,619 22
Liberal hold Swing
Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jean Seddon 1,380 45.2
Labour Ann-Marie O'Bryne 1,353 44.3
Liberal Linda Roberts 185 6.1
Conservative Paul Barber 135 4.4
Majority 27 0.9
Turnout 3,053 27
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Steve Hurst 1,928 64.5
Labour Claire Wilner 553 18.5
Green Julie Birch-Holt 260 8.7
Conservative David Grundy 142 4.7
Liberal Susan O'Brien 107 3.6
Majority 1,375 46.0
Turnout 2,990 28
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Stuart Monkcom 1,416 49.5
Labour Ronald Foy 652 22.8
Conservative Geoffrey Brandwood 308 10.8
Liberal Stephen Houghland 222 7.8
Green Ian Graham 204 7.1
Socialist Labour Stephen Hill 59 2.1
Majority 764 26.7
Turnout 2,861 25
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Kelly 1,959 56.3
Conservative Stephen Fitzsimmons 752 21.6
Labour Laurence Freeman 459 13.2
Green Alexander Rudkin 188 5.4
Liberal Maria Langley 124 3.6
Majority 1,207 34.7
Turnout 3,482 33
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Yew Tree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Roger Johnston 1,089 42.4
Labour Barbara Murray 1,076 41.9
Conservative Brian Jones 202 7.9
Liberal Tracey Hawksford 197 7.7
Majority 13 0.5
Turnout 2,567 23
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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