Redditch Council election, 2006
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Elections to Redditch 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
| Redditch Local Election Result 2006 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 50.0 | 34.3 | 6,449 | -4.7% | |
| Conservative | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 40.0 | 40.2 | 7,564 | +2.6% | |
| British National Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 890 | +4.7% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 3,894 | -1.6% | |
[edit] Ward results
| Abbey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin MacMillan | 578 | 34.7 | ||
| Labour | Alan Mason | 545 | 32.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | John Stanley | 543 | 32.6 | ||
| Majority | 33 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,666 | 42.0 | -3.9 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Astwood Bank & Feckenham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Chalk | 1,112 | 63.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Pollard | 337 | 19.1 | ||
| Labour | Robin King | 312 | 17.7 | ||
| Majority | 775 | 44.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,761 | 40.1 | -1.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Batchley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Betty Passingham | 787 | 43.5 | ||
| Conservative | Dawn Shanahan | 697 | 38.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Hennessey | 325 | 18.0 | ||
| Majority | 90 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,809 | 31.9 | +2.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Debbie Taylor | 832 | 49.4 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Swansborough | 606 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Adam Isherwood | 247 | 14.7 | ||
| Majority | 226 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,685 | 39.5 | +0.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Church Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Hunt | 865 | 45.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jason Allbutt | 626 | 32.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | David Gee | 428 | 22.3 | ||
| Majority | 239 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,919 | 32.0 | -1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Crabbs Cross | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Smith | 1,014 | 61.6 | ||
| Labour | Richard Timney | 344 | 20.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Kathleen Cummings | 288 | 17.5 | ||
| Majority | 670 | 40.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,646 | 37.9 | +0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Greenlands | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Phiip Mould | 822 | 45.9 | ||
| Conservative | Kathleen Banks | 605 | 33.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Anthony Pitt | 365 | 20.4 | ||
| Majority | 217 | 12.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,792 | 30.1 | +1.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Headless Cross & Oakenshaw | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Keith Boyd-Carpenter | 1,276 | 52.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Ashall | 682 | 27.8 | ||
| Labour | John Fisher | 494 | 20.1 | ||
| Majority | 594 | 24.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,452 | 36.7 | +0.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Lodge Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andrew Fry | 570 | 46.3 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon Craig | 437 | 35.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Webster | 225 | 18.3 | ||
| Majority | 133 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,232 | 34.1 | -1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Winyates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| British National Party | David Enderby | 890 | 31.4 | ||
| Labour | Albert Wharrad | 878 | 31.0 | ||
| Conservative | Anita Clayton | 613 | 21.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Karen Weston | 454 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 12 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,835 | 44.0 | +7.9 | ||
| British National Party gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Redditch Council election, 2004 |
Redditch local elections | Succeeded by Redditch Council election, 2007 |
