Barnet Council election, 2006

The 2006 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

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Background

The last election in 2002 saw the Conservative gain a majority of seats after winning 33 seats, compared to 24 for Labour and 6 Liberal Democrats.[2] In December 2005 the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in High Barnet from the Conservatives in a by-election, after having come third in the ward in 2002.[3] This meant that before the election the Conservatives had 31 seats, the Labour party 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and 1, formerly Conservative, seat was vacant.[2]

A total of 219 candidates stood in the election for the 63 seat being contested across 21 wards.[2] These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberal Democrats had 3 candidates in all but one ward.[2] Other candidates included the Green party who stood at least one candidate in each ward, as well as 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party, 1 Victory United candidate and 2 independents.[2] 14 councillors did not stand for re-election and a further 1, Daniel Hope, stood in a different ward.[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative increase their majority to 11 after winning 37 of the 63 seats.[4] Overall turnout in the election was 41.65%, an increase on the 2002 election turnout of 34%.[2] This turnout included 33,892 postal votes, a rise from 29,195 in 2002.[2]

Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Brian Salinger, lost a vote of no confidence in the Conservative group by 21 votes to 16 and was replaced as leader by his deputy Mike Freer.[5]

Barnet Local Election Result 2006[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 37 5 0 +5 58.7 45.8 116,159 +3.1%
  Labour 20 0 4 -4 31.7 28.4 72,096 -7.6%
  Liberal Democrat 6 0 1 -1 9.5 20.4 51,878 +2.6%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 11,637 +1.5%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 1,348 +0.1%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 683 +0.2%
  Victory United 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 71 +0.0%

Ward results

Brunswick Park (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynne Hillan 2,827
Conservative Andreas Tambourides 2,722
Conservative Lisa Rutter 2,636
Labour Mary Groom 680
Liberal Democrat Peter Finlayson 618
Labour Francis McGrath 609
Labour Robert Persad 600
Liberal Democrat Elliot Davis 584
Liberal Democrat Filiz Mustafa 515
Green Lee Povey 427
UKIP Martyn Eade 246
UKIP Primrose Chamberlin 224
UKIP Richard Roper 213
Turnout 12,912 42.6 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Burnt Oak (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Farrier 2,078
Labour Linda McFayden 1,886
Labour Charlie O-Macauley 1,836
Conservative Rene Braun 571
Conservative Patricia Sparrow 555
Conservative William Nicholson 522
Liberal Democrat Henry Feszczur 381
Liberal Democrat Jason Moleman 349
Liberal Democrat Diana Iwi 348
Green Andrea Poppy 329
Turnout 8,855 32.4 +8.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Childs Hill (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Monroe Palmer 1,705
Liberal Democrat Jack Cohen 1,695
Liberal Democrat Susette Palmer 1,635
Conservative Michael Angel 1,339
Conservative Sheila Angel 1,298
Conservative Vanessa Gearson 1,233
Labour Stephen Evans 613
Labour Farima Hasan 599
Labour Nicholas Guest 578
Green Christine Antoniou 449
Turnout 11,144 36.1 +6.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Colindale (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danish Chopra 1,442
Labour Gillian Sargeant 1,348
Labour Zakia Zubairi 1,339
Conservative James Fluss 572
Conservative Keith Dyall 566
Liberal Democrat David Burcombe 472
Liberal Democrat Daniel Estermann 417
Conservative Alan Maund 414
Liberal Democrat Philip Reynolds 403
Green Elaine Cass 312
Turnout 7,285 31.0 +10.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coppetts (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Rawlings 1,557
Conservative Catherine Salinger 1,541
Conservative Mukesh Depala 1,445
Labour Paul Rogers 1,430
Labour Soon Teh 1,405
Conservative Filip Slipaczek 1,366
Green Soloman Natelson 499
Liberal Democrat Mark Ashfield 488
Green Carl Hargreaves 485
Green David Gutmann 480
Liberal Democrat Alex Hegazy 466
Liberal Democrat Rosalyn Rappaport 438
Turnout 11,600 40.0 +8.2
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
East Barnet (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Olwen Evans 2,430
Conservative Terence Burton 2,408
Conservative Robert Rams 2,301
Labour Pauline Webb 1,794
Labour Kathleen Levine 1,639
Labour Austin Harney 1,567
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Wardle 623
Green Howard Javes 562
Liberal Democrat Victor Corney 538
Liberal Democrat Charles Wicksteed 421
Turnout 14,283 46.3 +5.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
East Finchley (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Moore 1,852
Labour Andrew McNeil 1,767
Labour Colin Rogers 1,767
Conservative John Scott 1,080
Conservative Rachel Beard 1,078
Conservative James Bury 1,073
Green Noel Lynch 748
Liberal Democrat Joyce Arram 745
Liberal Democrat Dominic Church 640
Green Stephen Norman 586
Liberal Democrat Marianne Sladowsky 555
Turnout 11,891 42.9 +7.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Edgware (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Weider 2,199
Conservative Helena Hart 2,086
Conservative Joan Scannell 2,018
Labour Alexander Brodkin 1,068
Labour John Johnston 942
Liberal Democrat Elias Abeles 901
Labour Alan Senitt 854
Liberal Democrat Michael Goodman 682
Liberal Democrat Mira Levy 672
Green Debra Green 276
Green Jane Lithgow 156
Turnout 11,854 39.2 +6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Finchley Church End (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eva Greenspan 2,604
Conservative Michael Freer 2,543
Conservative Daniel Thomas 2,402
Labour Michael Walsh 756
Labour Brian Watkins 702
Labour Alan Paun 691
Green Miranda Dunn 567
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Davis 526
Liberal Democrat James Graham 508
Liberal Democrat Ingeborg Graber 435
Turnout 11,734 42.8 +8.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Garden Suburb (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Marshall 2,418
Conservative Andrew Harper 2,307
Conservative Jazmin Naghar 2,158
Liberal Democrat Marjorie Harris 1,701
Liberal Democrat Peter Lusher 1,425
Liberal Democrat Stephen Barber 1,395
Labour Kenneth Murrell 462
Labour Janet Solomons 459
Green Andrew Farrer 411
Labour Diarmaid Ward 325
Turnout 13,061 46.3 +7.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Golders Green (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melvin Cohen 2,134
Conservative Christopher Harris 2,095
Conservative Dean Cohen 2,090
Labour Aubrey Ross 690
Labour Anthony Boulton 588
Labour Mary McGuirk 555
Liberal Democrat Pauline McKinnell 415
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Davies 401
Independent Dorothy Badrick 389
Liberal Democrat Simon Kovar 344
Green Dolores Incenzo 329
Turnout 10,030 36.7 -0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hale (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Gordon 2,315
Conservative Jane Ellison 2,276
Conservative Hugh Rayner 2,099
Labour Sandi Balendra 1,820
Labour Steven Blomer 1,799
Labour Adam Dustagheer 1,749
Liberal Democrat Sheila Gottsche 528
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Jacobs 523
Liberal Democrat Michael Roberts 488
Green David Lake 359
Turnout 13,956 45.8 +9.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hendon (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 2,011
Conservative Maureen Braun 1,937
Conservative Matthew Offord 1,914
Liberal Democrat Peter Greenhill 855
Liberal Democrat Stieve De Lance 793
Liberal Democrat Honora Morrissey 749
Labour Pierre Jeanmarie 641
Labour Ruth Montague 594
Labour Nitin Parekh 538
Green Pablo De Mello 271
Turnout 10,303 34.6 +4.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
High Barnet (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yvonne Prentice 2,356
Conservative Bridget Perry 2,335
Liberal Democrat Duncan Macdonald 2,226
Liberal Democrat Matthew Harris 2,187
Conservative Stephen Sowerby 2,160
Liberal Democrat David Nowell 2,033
Green Robert Miles 484
Labour Elizabeth Jarvis 483
Labour Michael Larcey 396
Labour Richard Soer 365
Victory United Barbara Yeboah-Hinton 71
Turnout 15,096 50.0 +12.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Mill Hill (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Wayne Casey 2,108
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Davies 2,082
Conservative John Hart 1,964
Conservative Matthew Dreisin 1,923
Conservative Richard Millett 1,909
Liberal Democrat Sean Hooker 1,749
Labour Will Parnaby 600
Labour Agnes Macauley 587
Labour Daniel Mbala-Appoh 487
Green David Williams 472
Turnout 13,881 44.4 +8.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Oakleigh (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Salinger 2,509
Conservative Marina Yannakoudakis 2,447
Conservative Sachin Rajput 2,349
Liberal Democrat David Barton 1,371
Liberal Democrat Bruce Standing 1,330
Liberal Democrat David Keech 1,321
Labour Pamela Bradbury 641
Labour Susan Russell 621
Green Richard Cutting 550
Labour Valerie Tyas 524
Turnout 13,663 44.7 +10.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Totteridge (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Cornelius 2,464
Conservative Brian Coleman 2,461
Conservative Caroline Margo 2,304
Independent Robert Mcdougall 959
Liberal Democrat Anna Cardow 695
Green Andrew Newby 687
Liberal Democrat Michael Cole 627
Labour Janet Fitzsimmons 600
Labour Frederick Jarvis 561
Labour David Smuts 509
Turnout 11,867 42.5 +8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Underhill (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anita Campbell 2,141
Conservative Fiona Bulmer 2,104
Conservative Daniel Webb 2,009
Conservative Daniel Hope 2,003
Labour Gordon Massey 1,980
Labour Timothy Roberts 1,936
Liberal Democrat Dennis Bird 729
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Wicksteed 605
Liberal Democrat Eileen Umbo 548
Green Timothy Riley 489
Turnout 14,544 48.5 +10.3
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
West Finchley (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ross Houston 1,799
Labour James Tierney 1,717
Labour Kath McGuirk 1,667
Conservative Richard Ableson 1,618
Conservative Peter Wilding 1,603
Conservative Gareth Knight 1,587
Green Michael Gee 649
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Blount 602
Liberal Democrat Janice Turner 575
Liberal Democrat Prem Pawar 537
Turnout 12,354 44.7 +9.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
West Hendon (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Johnson 1,694
Labour Agnes Slocombe 1,616
Labour Ansuya Sodha 1,555
Conservative Elliot Arwas 1,205
Conservative Margaret Stevens 1,119
Conservative Vinay Sharma 1,059
Liberal Democrat Harry Levy 509
Liberal Democrat Michael Foley 449
Green Jasmine Lawrence 400
Liberal Democrat Victoria Rosoux 367
Turnout 9,973 35.5 +6.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Woodhouse (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Cooke 2,081
Labour Anne Hutton 2,061
Labour Alan Schneiderman 1,856
Conservative Stefan Kerner 1,728
Conservative Christopher Bird 1,698
Conservative Reuben Thompstone 1,662
Liberal Democrat Ian Murphy 714
Green Edelgard Vaswani 660
Liberal Democrat Rita Landeryou 624
Liberal Democrat John Sutcliffe 513
Turnout 13,597 45.3 +9.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Barnet Local Elections 2006 Analysis". Barnet London Borough. http://www.barnet.gov.uk/post-localelection2006-analysis.pdf. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Lib Dem infighting sees mixed byelection results". guardian.co.uk. 16 December 2005. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/dec/16/localgovernment.byelections. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Local Election 2006". Barnet London Borough. http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/democracy-elections/previous-election-results/local-election2006-results.htm. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  5. ^ Marzouk, Lawrence (18 May 2006). "Barnet: ‘Right-wing coup’". Times Series. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/764720.barnet_rightwing_coup/. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
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