Newcastle-under-Lyme Council election, 2006
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
[edit] Election result
| Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2006 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 40.0 | 27.5 | 7,873 | -9.5% | |
| Conservative | 6 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 30.0 | 31.6 | 9,029 | +3.9% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 30.0 | 25.2 | 7,198 | -8.1% | |
| UK Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 4,088 | +14.3% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 377 | +0.7% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 33 | -0.7% | |
[edit] Ward results
| Audley and Bignall End | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Cornes Dylis | 693 | 36.7 | ||
| Labour | Ann Beech | 690 | 36.5 | ||
| UK Independence | David Nixon | 316 | 16.7 | ||
| Conservative | Betty Cartwright | 189 | 10.0 | ||
| Majority | 3 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,888 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Bradwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Trevor Hambleton | 643 | 41.3 | -15.4 | |
| Conservative | Alan Humphreys | 325 | 20.9 | -2.6 | |
| UK Independence | David Parfit | 310 | 19.9 | +19.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Dugdale | 279 | 17.9 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 318 | 20.4 | -12.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,557 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Butt Lane | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mavis Lench | 405 | 34.5 | -12.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sylvia Burgess | 404 | 34.4 | +2.7 | |
| UK Independence | Paul Edwards | 206 | 17.5 | +17.5 | |
| Conservative | Glenys Davies | 160 | 13.6 | -7.2 | |
| Majority | 1 | 0.1 | -15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,175 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Chesterton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Cooley | 492 | 34.6 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Simpson | 441 | 31.0 | ||
| UK Independence | Mark Barlow | 268 | 18.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jocelyn Budibent | 223 | 15.7 | ||
| Majority | 51 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,424 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Clayton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Stephen Sweeney | 632 | 46.3 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | David Beardmore | 352 | 25.8 | -11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Shenton | 210 | 15.4 | -3.6 | |
| UK Independence | Brian Dunkley | 172 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
| Majority | 280 | 20.5 | +14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,366 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Cross Heath | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gillian Williams | 627 | 45.1 | -9.2 | |
| UK Independence | Neville Benson | 288 | 20.7 | +20.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Leo Hamburger | 243 | 17.5 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Tagg John | 232 | 16.7 | -3.0 | |
| Majority | 339 | 24.4 | -10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,390 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Holditch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | William Simpson | 401 | 48.7 | -17.1 | |
| UK Independence | Barbara Lewis | 192 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Eric Durber | 127 | 15.4 | -18.8 | |
| Conservative | David Cooper | 104 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
| Majority | 209 | 25.4 | -6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 824 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Keele | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robin Studd | 279 | 35.9 | -31.1 | |
| Green | Andrew Dobson | 236 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
| Conservative | Joel Foley | 193 | 24.8 | +10.3 | |
| Labour | Stephen James | 60 | 7.7 | -10.9 | |
| UK Independence | Sajid Mahmood | 10 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 43 | 5.6 | -42.8 | ||
| Turnout | 778 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Kidsgrove | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mary Maxfield | 809 | 49.5 | +28.5 | |
| Labour | Paul Waring | 472 | 28.9 | -33.3 | |
| UK Independence | Geoffrey Locke | 188 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
| Conservative | Edward Lowe | 166 | 10.2 | -6.7 | |
| Majority | 337 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,635 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Knutton and Silverdale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Richard Gorton | 380 | 40.1 | -14.3 | |
| UK Independence | Derrick Huckfield | 331 | 34.9 | +34.9 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Gregory | 117 | 12.3 | +11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Betty Kinnersley | 87 | 9.2 | +4.4 | |
| Independent | Michael Nicklin | 33 | 3.5 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 49 | 5.2 | -11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 948 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Loggerheads and Whitmore | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Philip Maskery | 1,640 | 74.1 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anne Becket | 235 | 10.6 | -8.1 | |
| UK Independence | Trevor Colclough | 171 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
| Labour | Glyn Williams | 166 | 7.5 | -3.1 | |
| Majority | 1,405 | 63.5 | +11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,212 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Madeley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Howells | 433 | 33.8 | -10.1 | |
| Conservative | Richard Lowe | 404 | 31.6 | +10.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bryan Kirkham | 358 | 28.0 | -6.7 | |
| UK Independence | Joseph Bonfiglio | 85 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Majority | 29 | 2.2 | -7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,280 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| May Bank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Stephen Holland | 1,126 | 56.7 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Donald Maciver | 371 | 18.7 | -10.8 | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Olszewski | 326 | 16.4 | -5.7 | |
| UK Independence | Michael Beckett | 163 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
| Majority | 755 | 38.0 | +19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,986 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Porthill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julie Cooper | 570 | 47.6 | +5.7 | |
| Labour | Bertram Lawton | 343 | 28.7 | -11.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Emma Cooley | 149 | 12.4 | -5.4 | |
| UK Independence | Yvonne Heath | 135 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
| Majority | 227 | 18.9 | +17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,197 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Seabridge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Fear | 738 | 43.8 | -2.7 | |
| Labour | Rex Harper | 408 | 24.2 | -11.2 | |
| UK Independence | Paul Gregory | 278 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Carol Reddish | 260 | 15.4 | -2.7 | |
| Majority | 330 | 19.6 | +8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,684 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Silverdale and Parksite | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elaine Blake | 389 | 41.9 | +2.6 | |
| UK Independence | Andrea Liversage | 296 | 31.9 | +31.9 | |
| Conservative | Alexander Hayward | 125 | 13.5 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard O'Callaghan | 119 | 12.8 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 93 | 10.0 | |||
| Turnout | 929 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Thistleberry | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | June Walklate | 934 | 53.9 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | Gerald Cork | 384 | 22.1 | -1.6 | |
| Labour | Doris Boden | 248 | 14.3 | -1.2 | |
| UK Independence | Dominic Arnold | 168 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
| Majority | 950 | 31.8 | -0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,734 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Town | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Shenton | 586 | 49.0 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Albert Clarke | 365 | 30.5 | -2.7 | |
| Conservative | Luciana Flackett | 136 | 11.4 | -1.5 | |
| UK Independence | Glyn Jones | 108 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
| Majority | 221 | 18.5 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,195 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Westlands | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Glennis Deakin | 1,143 | 60.3 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Hilary Jones | 341 | 18.0 | -8.4 | |
| Labour | Eileen Robinson | 246 | 13.0 | -5.1 | |
| UK Independence | Pamela Jackson | 166 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
| Majority | 802 | 42.3 | +13.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,896 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Wolstanton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Foy | 478 | 31.9 | -6.7 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Morris | 422 | 28.1 | +8.9 | |
| UK Independence | David Woolley | 237 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Dunning | 222 | 14.8 | -15.3 | |
| Green | Ann Beirne | 141 | 9.4 | -2.8 | |
| Majority | 56 | 3.8 | -4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,500 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Newcastle-under-Lyme Council election 2004 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme local elections | Succeeded by Newcastle-under-Lyme Council election 2007 |
