The 2006 Walsall Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council with 34 councillors, but they lost 2 seats to Labour who moved to 19 seats.[3] The Liberal Democrats remained on 6 seats and there remained one independent councillor.[3]
Walsall Local Election Result 2006[4][2] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Conservative | 10 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 50.0 | 39.3 | 25,796 | -1.9% | ||
Labour | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 35.0 | 27.2 | 17,896 | -3.6% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14.1 | 9,292 | +0.8% | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 2,176 | -1.2% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 4,911 | +4.7% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 2,956 | -1.0% | ||
Democratic Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 1,891 | +1.1% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 670 | +1.0% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 116 | +0.2% |
Aldridge Central and South[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John O'Hare | 2,367 | 54.6 | ||
BNP | Andrew Aspbury | 749 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Steven King | 555 | 12.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Linda Dickins | 437 | 10.1 | ||
Independent | Anthony Lenton | 229 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 1,618 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,337 | 40.9 | -2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldridge North and Walsall North[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Harris | 1,645 | 46.0 | ||
BNP | Michael McCormack | 671 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Ian Pearson | 540 | 15.1 | ||
UKIP | Graham Eardley | 375 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Mark Greveson | 347 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | 974 | 27.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,578 | 34.8 | -0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bentley and Darlaston North[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ayshea Johnson | 1,131 | 46.0 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Lloyd | 719 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Pearce | 448 | 18.2 | ||
Democratic Labour | Alan Paddock | 159 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | 412 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,457 | 27.3 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Birchills Leamore[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jonathan Phillips | 1,016 | 41.2 | ||
Conservative | Carol Rose | 946 | 38.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Wendy Evans | 327 | 13.2 | ||
Democratic Labour | Alan Davies | 180 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 70 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,469 | 26.9 | +0.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Blakenall[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Patricia Young | 1,098 | 45.9 | ||
Democratic Labour | Peter Smith | 824 | 34.4 | ||
Conservative | Doris Silvester | 222 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Cullum | 133 | 5.6 | ||
Green | Karl MacNaughton | 116 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 274 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,393 | 27.8 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bloxwich East[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Kathleen Phillips | 1,065 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | Alan Venables | 1,052 | 40.1 | ||
UKIP | Alan Sheath | 290 | 11.1 | ||
Democratic Labour | Terence Durrant | 110 | 4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Murli Sinha | 106 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 13 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,623 | 30.8 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bloxwich West[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Louise Harrison | 1,224 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Frederick Westley | 995 | 30.6 | ||
BNP | John Salvage | 719 | 22.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christine Cockayne | 214 | 6.6 | ||
Democratic Labour | David Church | 102 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 229 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,254 | 33.7 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brownhills[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Turner | 1,060 | 35.0 | ||
Labour | Richard Worrall | 1,038 | 34.3 | ||
BNP | William Locke | 623 | 20.6 | ||
UKIP | Kenneth Davies | 227 | 7.5 | ||
Democratic Labour | Geoffrey Macmanomy | 77 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 22 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,025 | 31.5 | -3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Darlaston South[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Paul Bott | 1,459 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Docherty | 876 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Hilda Derry | 388 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 583 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,723 | 30.0 | +2.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Paddock[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Zahid Ali | 2,007 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | Khizar Hussain | 1,104 | 24.6 | ||
UKIP | Derek Bennett | 696 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Barker | 678 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 903 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,485 | 47.2 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Palfrey[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mohammad Nazir | 1,694 | 40.7 | ||
Conservative | Mohammad Munir | 1,597 | 38.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Mohammad Miah | 469 | 11.3 | ||
Respect | Nadia Fazal | 401 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 97 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,161 | 41.6 | -4.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Pelsall[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Clive Ault | 1,692 | 44.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Simeon Mayou | 1,025 | 27.0 | ||
BNP | Lisa DeSouza | 708 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | Aftab Nawaz | 285 | 7.5 | ||
Democratic Labour | Derek Roddy | 86 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 667 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,796 | 42.2 | -1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pheasey Park Farm[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Christopher Towe | 1,798 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | Douglas James | 714 | 21.1 | ||
UKIP | Edmund Newman | 630 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Louise Shires | 247 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 1,084 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,389 | 41.1 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pleck[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harbans Sarohi | 1,324 | 36.2 | ||
Conservative | Mushtaq Ahmed | 1,202 | 32.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Norman Matthews | 555 | 15.2 | ||
Independent | Mark Dabbs | 488 | 13.3 | ||
Democratic Labour | Brian Powell | 92 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 122 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,661 | 38.4 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rushall Shelfield[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Rachel Walker | 1,366 | 43.1 | ||
BNP | Julie Locke | 815 | 25.7 | ||
Labour | Robert Thomas | 633 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Dickins | 279 | 8.8 | ||
Democratic Labour | Louise Bradburn | 77 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 551 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,170 | 35.0 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Short Heath[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | John Cook | 1,184 | 41.9 | ||
BNP | Malcolm Moore | 626 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | Chad Pitt | 611 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | Gareth Walker | 406 | 14.4 | ||
Majority | 558 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,827 | 31.7 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
St. Matthews[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Haqnawaz Khan | 1,493 | 37.3 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Yaqoob | 1,115 | 27.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Daniel Barker | 897 | 22.4 | ||
Respect | Martin Lynch | 269 | 6.7 | ||
UKIP | Mohammed Yaqub | 225 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 378 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,999 | 42.7 | -3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Streetly[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Edmund Hughes | 3,185 | 80.4 | ||
Labour | Thomas Charlton | 775 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 2,410 | 60.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,960 | 38.8 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Willenhall North[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Valerie Woodruff | 1,297 | 48.1 | ||
UKIP | Elizabeth Hazell | 513 | 19.0 | ||
Conservative | Steven Turner | 458 | 17.0 | ||
Labour | Robert Matthews | 429 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 784 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,697 | 28.7 | -0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Willenhall South[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Angela Underhill | 1,103 | 40.9 | ||
Conservative | Jason Pitt | 764 | 28.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Hughes | 649 | 24.0 | ||
Democratic Labour | Stephanie Peart | 184 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 339 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,700 | 26.5 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Preceded by Walsall Council election, 2004 |
Walsall local elections | Succeeded by Walsall Council election, 2007 |