Carlisle Council election, 2006

The 2006 Carlisle Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

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Background

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 20 seats and the backing of the 7 Liberal Democrats.[3] Labour was in opposition despite being the largest group on the council with 24 seats[4] and needed 3 gains to take control.[3]

19 of the 52 seats on the council were being elected,[4] with extra seats contested in Stanwix Rural and Upperby wards after the sitting councillors, Conservative Edward Firth and Labour's Caroline Watson, stood down.[5] Labour were defending 9 seats, compared to 8 for the Conservatives and 2 Liberal Democrats.[3] Candidates at the election included 11 independents standing to protest against the demolition of the Warwick Road cinema and the first candidate from the English Democrats Party in Belah ward.[5]

Before the election top Labour targets were reported as being Morton and Castle from the Liberal Democrats and Belah from the Conservatives.[3] The Conservatives were targeting Yewdale from Labour, while the Liberal Democrats aimed to take Dalston from the Conservatives.[3]

Election result

Labour remained the largest party on the council with 24 councillors after only one seat changed hands.[6][7] The Liberal Democrats gained Dalston from the Conservatives,[6] to go up to 8 seats, while the Conservatives dropped to 19 and there remained 1 independent.[7] Overall turnout at the election was 34.6%, down from 42.6% at the 2004 election.[8]

Following the election Michael Boaden became the new leader of the Labour group, after challenging the previous leader Heather Bradley.[9] However Conservative Mike Mitchelson remained as council leader after being re-elected by 26 votes to 25 at the annual council meeting on the 22 May.[10] This came after the Liberal Democrats backed the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat Peter Farmer was elected mayor by the same margin.[10]

Carlisle local election result 2006[8][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 9 0 0 0 47.4 35.6 9,629 -2.4%
  Conservative 7 0 1 -1 36.8 40.7 11,009 -0.4%
  Liberal Democrat 3 1 0 +1 15.8 13.7 3,694 -2.0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 8.3 2,237 +3.8%
  English Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 247 +0.9%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 222 +0.0%

Ward results

Belah[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Fisher 976 54.3 -16.3
Labour Grant Warwick 435 24.2 -5.2
English Democrats Stephen Gash 247 13.8 +13.8
Independent Charmain Hunt 138 7.7 +7.7
Majority 541 30.1 -11.0
Turnout 1,796 37.9 -9.0
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Riddle 601 43.4 +0.9
Conservative John Mallinson 582 42.0 +1.2
Independent Linda Hargreaves 202 14.6 +14.6
Majority 19 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 1,385 32.6 -9.5
Labour hold Swing
Botcherby[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Glendinning 602 55.5 -2.0
Conservative Theresa Cartner 314 29.0 -13.5
Independent Edna Croft 168 15.5 +15.5
Majority 288 26.6 +11.7
Turnout 1,084 24.3 -8.4
Labour hold Swing
Brampton[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Mitchelson 990 77.8 +15.5
Labour Alex Faulds 282 22.2 +0.8
Majority 708 55.7 +14.8
Turnout 1,272 36.7 -6.5
Conservative hold Swing
Castle[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Olwyn Luckley 632 54.0 -8.9
Labour Ann Warwick 321 27.4 -9.7
Conservative George Bain 149 12.7 +12.7
Independent Donald Patterson 69 5.9 +5.9
Majority 311 26.6 +0.8
Turnout 1,171 28.3 -7.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Currock[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Heather Bradley 663 56.2 -1.3
Conservative Shaidat Danmole-Ellis 221 18.7 -7.9
Liberal Democrat Marjorie Richardson 151 12.8 -3.1
Independent Fiona Robson 144 12.2 +12.2
Majority 442 37.5 +6.6
Turnout 1,179 27.5 -7.1
Labour hold Swing
Dalston[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Steven Tweedie 891 44.3 +0.7
Conservative Lucy Crookdale 874 43.5 +0.0
Labour Ross Warwick 246 12.2 -0.7
Majority 17 0.8 +0.8
Turnout 2,011 43.3 -10.8
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Denton Holme[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Atkinson 780 60.2 -5.0
Conservative Patricia Vasey 329 25.4 -9.4
Liberal Democrat Janet Tootle 166 12.8 +12.8
Independent Lynn Barlow 21 1.6 +1.6
Majority 451 34.8 +4.5
Turnout 1,296 28.4 -7.1
Labour hold Swing
Harraby[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Weedall 802 55.5 +7.9
Conservative Nicola Clarke 643 44.5 +9.0
Majority 159 11.0 -1.1
Turnout 1,445 31.2 -6.4
Labour hold Swing
Longtown and Rockliffe[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raynor Bloxham 635 60.7 -1.5
Labour Robert Dodds 357 34.1 -3.7
Independent Andrew Blythe 54 5.2 +5.2
Majority 278 26.6 +2.2
Turnout 1,046 32.1 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Morton[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Farmer 961 49.0 -6.6
Labour John Bell 837 42.6 -1.8
Independent Philip Weir 165 8.4 +8.4
Majority 124 6.3 -4.9
Turnout 1,963 41.2 -5.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
St Aidans[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Quilter 669 49.1 +0.2
Conservative Lawrence Fisher 421 30.9 -7.4
Liberal Democrat Olive Hall 193 14.2 +14.2
Independent Colin Paisley 80 5.9 +5.9
Majority 248 18.2 +7.6
Turnout 1,363 31.1 -7.6
Labour hold Swing
Stanwix Rural (2)[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marilyn Bowman 908
Conservative James Bainbridge 747
Independent Craig Nicholson 475
Labour John Hale 203
Independent Kathryn Bowstead 176
Turnout 2,509 39.4 +9.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Stanwix Urban[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Mallinson 1,116 58.4 -4.3
Labour Steven Bowditch 510 26.7 -10.6
Independent Richard Hunt 286 15.0 +15.0
Majority 606 31.7 +6.2
Turnout 1,912 40.7 -10.2
Conservative hold Swing
Upperby (2)[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wilson 665
Labour John Reardon 634
Liberal Democrat James Osler 373
Conservative Michael Clarke 322
Independent Haydn Charlesworth 165
Turnout 2,159 31.9 -6.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wetheral[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Lishman 1,032 65.6 -8.1
Labour Roger Horne 225 14.3 -12.0
Green Lynn Bates 222 14.1 +14.1
Independent Iain Wilson 94 6.0 +6.0
Majority 807 51.3 +4.0
Turnout 1,573 43.2 -6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Yewdale[8][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stothard 797 42.5 -8.4
Conservative Gareth Ellis 750 40.0 -9.1
Liberal Democrat Eileen Aldersey 327 17.4 +17.4
Majority 47 2.5 +0.8
Turnout 1,874 38.2 -4.4
Labour hold Swing

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