St Helens Council election, 2006

Elections to St Helens Council were held on 4th May, 2006. 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

Election result

St Helens Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	7	0	1	-1	43.8	40.4	18,549	-1.6%
	Liberal Democrat	7	1	0	+1	43.8	39.6	18,212	-0.1%
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	12.5	17.3	7,942	+1.1%
	Community Action	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	895	+1.9%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	308	+0.5%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	64	+0.1%

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Murphy	1,504	47.8
	Conservative	David Davies	970	30.8
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Gadsden	672	21.4
Majority			534	17.0
Turnout			3,146
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McQuade	1,257	48.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Smith	712	27.6
	Community Action	William Guest	327	12.7
	Conservative	Judith Collins	221	8.6
	Socialist Labour	Ronald Waugh	64	2.5
Majority			545	21.1
Turnout			2,581
	Labour hold		Swing

Bold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dunn	1,087	48.7
	Labour	Paul Pritchard	1,001	44.9
	Conservative	Charmain Pyke	142	6.4
Majority			86	3.8
Turnout			2,230
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Earlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Banks	1,153	48.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Smith	953	40.2
	Conservative	Catherine Perks	266	11.2
Majority			200	8.4
Turnout			2,372
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Pearl	2,666	67.3
	Conservative	Kathleen Barton	690	17.4
	Labour	Martin Bond	608	15.3
Majority			1,976	49.9
Turnout			3,964
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Haydock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Sheldon	1,811	55.1
	Labour	Jeanette Banks	1,284	39.1
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	189	5.8
Majority			527	16.0
Turnout			3,284
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moss Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ferry	1,648	52.3
	Labour	Brian Hart	1,269	40.2
	Conservative	William Highcock	237	7.5
Majority			379	12.1
Turnout			3,154
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Taylor	1,787	64.1
	Labour	Stuart Hughes	756	27.1
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	244	8.8
Majority			1,031	37.0
Turnout			2,787
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Parr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Shields	1,384	66.0
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hennessy	595	28.4
	Conservative	Madeleine Wilcock	117	5.6
Majority			789	37.6
Turnout			2,096
	Labour hold		Swing

Rainford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parr	1,740	59.9
	Labour	David Wood	798	27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Ferry	369	12.7
Majority			942	32.4
Turnout			2,907
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rainhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Glover	1,463	46.1
	Conservative	Henry Spriggs	961	30.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Duncan	749	23.6
Majority			502	15.8
Turnout			3,173
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Jones	1,721	61.4
	Labour	Marlene Newman	873	31.2
	Conservative	Barbara Johnson	207	7.4
Majority			848	30.2
Turnout			2,801
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Thatto Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McCauley	1,308	55.9
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Pearl	453	19.4
	Community Action	Michael Perry	363	15.5
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	217	9.3
Majority			855	36.5
Turnout			2,341
	Labour hold		Swing

Town Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Crowther	1,052	41.0
	Labour	Margaret McLachlan	1,005	39.2
	BNP	Michael Pearcey	308	12.0
	Conservative	Jill Jones	113	4.4
	Community Action	Leslie Teeling	89	3.5
Majority			47	1.8
Turnout			2,567
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

West Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Rimmer	1,900	51.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Broughton	1,443	39.3
	Conservative	Charlotte Wood	210	5.7
	Community Action	Tracey Lavelle	116	3.2
Majority			457	12.5
Turnout			3,669
	Labour hold		Swing

Windle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Roughley	1,418	48.9
	Labour	Geoffrey Almond	986	34.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	494	17.0
Majority			432	14.9
Turnout			2,898
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections: St Helens". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/bz.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-17.

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