Croydon London Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party lost control of the council to the Conservative Party.

Election result

Croydon Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	11	0	+11	61.4%	44.7%	47,044
	Labour	27	0	10	-10	38.6%	25.6%	26,917
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	1	-1	0	13.3%	14,043
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	9.6%	10,056
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.2%	3,405
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.4%	1,464
	The People's Choice	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%	275
	Others	0	0	0	0	0	1.9%	275

Political make-up

**Party political make-up of Croydon Council**
Party	Seats		Current Council
Party	2002^[1]	2006^[1]	Current Council
Conservatives	31	43
Labour	37	27
Lib Dems	1	0

Ward results

A-C

Addiscombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Jackson	1,973
	Conservative	Andrew Price	1,948
	Conservative	Maria Garcia de la Huerta	1,842
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	1,672
	Labour	Amanda Campbell	1,653
	Labour	Mark Watson	1,607
	Green	Mario Barnsley	850
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Rogers	760
Turnout			4,437	40.0%

Ashburton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay Frost	2,513
	Conservative	Eddy Arram	2,431
	Conservative	Avril Slipper	2,390
	Labour	Rona MacDonald	1,057
	Labour	Peter Spalding	971
	Labour	Jitinder Singh	904
	Green	Bernice Golberg	628
	Liberal Democrat	Nirma Ramful	550
	UKIP	Jeanette Nathan	336
Turnout			4,324	42.7%

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Rajendran	1,846
	Labour	Paula Shaw	1,805
	Labour	Greta Sohoye	1,670
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	1,117
	Conservative	John Tooze	861
	Conservative	Alan Winborn	774
	Green	Susan Parsons	531
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	305
Turnout			3,407	32.9%

Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1,777
	Labour	Mike Selva	1,600
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed	1,576
	Conservative	Ian Parker	1,076
	Conservative	Patrick Ratnaraja	1,073
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	975
	Liberal Democrat	Syed Mohiuddin	513
	Communist	Peter Latham	177
Turnout			3,426	31.5%

Coulsdon East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Wright	3,393
	Conservative	Brian Udell	3,321
	Conservative	Terry Lenton	3,102
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Atkins	2,124
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Hargrave	1,817
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Knight	1,765
Turnout			5,350	56.8%

Coulsdon West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Osland	2,706
	Conservative	Gavin Barwell	2,685
	Conservative	Brian Cakebread	2,640
	Liberal Democrat	Avril Bristow	775
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Callen	745
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Glaister	627
	Labour	Sarah Ward	481
	Labour	Richard Ackland	475
	Labour	Lee Findell	435
	Green	Andrew Lindsay	429
	The People's Choice	Sheila Lockwood	168
Turnout			4,226	42.8%

Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Gatland	2,590
	Conservative	Michael Neal	2,418
	Conservative	Jason Perry	2,378
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bishopp	861
	Liberal Democrat	Sheelagh Crampton	739
	Labour	Laura Doughty	722
	Labour	Paul Anderson	697
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Maxfield	609
	Green	Stephen Harris	569
	Labour	James Mburu	566
	UKIP	William Bailey	206
	The People's Choice	Evelyn Lane	113
	The People's Choice	Debra Cannam	112
	The People's Choice	Mark Samuel	96
Turnout			4,460	41.4%

F-N

Fairfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vidhi Mohan	2,070
	Conservative	Susan Winborn	2,042
	Conservative	David Fitze	2,010
	Labour	Peter Horah	870
	Labour	Yvonne Gosling	834
	Labour	Dominic O'Donnell	807
	Liberal Democrat	Jill George	640
	Green	Julia Barnsley	629
	UKIP	Edwin Wigley	226
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	200
Turnout			3,808	37.6%

Fieldway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Hall	949
	Labour	Carole Bonner	862
	BNP	Matthew Bedford	692
	Conservative	Roland Petit	677
	Conservative	Andrew Stranack	477
	UKIP	Lynnda Robson	213
Turnout			2,293	34.2%

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Mead	3,076
	Conservative	Helen Pollard	2,936
	Conservative	Enley Taylor	2,749
	Labour	Sarah Jones	761
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Cleary	654
	Labour	Moira O'Donnell	642
	Labour	Romney Tansley	598
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Ladanyi	529
	UKIP	Andrew Paice	411
Turnout			4,405	44.7%

Kenley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Buttinger	2,631
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	2,530
	Conservative	Steve Hollands	2,523
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Catto	757
	Green	Tom Voute	729
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Evans	650
	Labour	Joy Prince	461
	Labour	Mohammed Mir	406
Turnout			4,367	41.7%

New Addington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Kirby	1,356
	Labour	George Ayres	1,257
	Conservative	Peter Kirby	1,046
	Conservative	Anthony Pearson	1,040
	BNP	Clifford May	772
	UKIP	Ian Edwards	256
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Offer	139
Turnout			3,228	44.8%

Norbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Mansell	2,434
	Labour	Shafi Khan	2,428
	Labour	Sherwan Chowdhury	2,333
	Conservative	Gloria Hutchens	1,751
	Conservative	Tirena Gunter	1,679
	Conservative	Adam Kellett	1,557
	Liberal Democrat	Leo Held	553
	Green	Michael O'Sullivan	511
Turnout			4,784	43.6%

P-S

Purley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bass	2,768
	Conservative	Derek Millard	2,631
	Conservative	Donald Speakman	2,488
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Austin	786
	Labour	Colin Bagnall	700
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Burnett	670
	Green	Simon Desorgher	599
	Labour	Maria Khan	528
	Labour	Suren Pandita	495
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	280
Turnout			4,159	41.0%

Sanderstead (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	3,567
	Conservative	Timothy Pollard	3,470
	Conservative	Yvette Hopley	3,447
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Howard	570
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Gauge	562
	Labour	Daniel Harvey	429
	Labour	Barry Buttigieg	393
	Labour	Tejinder Madhar	369
	UKIP	Alan Smith	338
Turnout			4,700	48.6%

Selhurst (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Godfrey	1,652
	Labour	Toni Letts	1,597
	Labour	Gerry Ryan	1,452
	Conservative	Margaret Bird	906
	Conservative	Audrey Terrey	893
	Conservative	William Proudfoot	861
	Green	Megan Braid-Pittordou	588
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Roulstone	570
Turnout			3,220	31.4%

Selsdon and Ballards (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dudley Mead	3,397
	Conservative	Sara Bashford	3,396
	Conservative	Phil Thomas	3,215
	Liberal Democrat	John Jefkins	651
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Burnett	625
	Labour	Peter Hopson	535
	Labour	Rae Goonetilleke	451
	UKIP	Claire Smith	416
	Labour	Femi Yusoof	373
Turnout			4,719	50.4%

Shirley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Marshall	3,270
	Conservative	Richard Chatterjee	2,924
	Conservative	Mike Fisher	2,888
	Independent	Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya	1,083
	Labour	Norman Glass	896
	Labour	Mark Justice	869
	Labour	Lorraine Walters	799
	Liberal Democrat	Paul West	603
	Green	Ian Dixon	590
Turnout			5,014	48.1%

South Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bennett	1,670
	Conservative	Luke Clancy	1,523
	Labour	Jane Avis	1,492
	Labour	Kathy Bee	1.393
	Labour	Andy Bagnall	1,385
	Conservative	Mohammed Quadir	1,271
	Green	Tim Fernandes-Bonnar	717
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Hardy-McBride	684
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Perry	616
	UKIP	Brian Hutchings	233
Turnout			3,997	37.2%

T-W

Thornton Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Clouder	1,644
	Labour	Matthew Kyeremeh	1,427
	Labour	Louisa Woodley	1,421
	Conservative	Florence Evans	902
	Conservative	Melanie Hutchens	833
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Cope	819
	Conservative	Michele O'Connell	776
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Dering	697
	Liberal Democrat	Tomas Howard-Jones	638
Turnout			3,445	31.5%

Upper Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Askey	1,650
	Labour	Pat Ryan	1,637
	Conservative	George Filbey	1,566
	Labour	Alisa Flemming	1,561
	Conservative	Clare Hilley	1,489
	Labour	Ian Payne	1,461
	Green	Anna Martin	732
	Green	Shasha Khan	729
	Green	Tom Real	527
	UKIP	Joan Tyndall	185
Turnout			4,092	37.9%

Waddon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Harris	2,335
	Conservative	Jonathan Driver	2,285
	Conservative	Simon Hoar	2,215
	Labour	Alison Butler	2,040
	Labour	Charlotte McAree	1,973
	Labour	Paul Smith	1,942
	Green	Mary Davey	485
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Hargrave	402
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Gauge	395
	Pensions Action Alliance	Eileen Daisley	135
	Pensions Action Alliance	Alan Crawley	133
	Pensions Action Alliance	Helen Crawley	117
Turnout			5,077	45.8%

West Thornton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	1,660
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	1,521
	Labour	Mike Mogul	1,387
	Conservative	Christina Blair	1,115
	Conservative	Mehmet Bezginsoy	919
	Conservative	Bilgin Duven	916
	Liberal Democrat	Mahmud Ahsanollah	590
	Green	Santheya Natarajan	539
Turnout			3,386	31.4%

Woodside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Jewitt	1,463
	Labour	Tony Newman	1,415
	Labour	Paul Scott	1,225
	Conservative	Benjamin Grainger	1,178
	Conservative	Desmond Wright	1,059
	Conservative	Stephen Ghero	987
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia West	597
	Green	Ivonne Fernandes-Bonnar	581
	Pensions Action Alliance	David Young	271
	Croydon Ratepayers Against Croydon Council	Colin Cole	229
	Pensions Action Alliance	Daphne Akeroyd	211
	Pensions Action Alliance	John Akeroyd	168
Turnout			3,485	33.8%

Wards

There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives,^[2] giving the newly elected council's political composition as:^[3]

Ward	Members elected in 2006
Addiscombe	Russell Jackson (Con)
	Andrew Price (Con)
	Maria Garcia de la Huerta (Con)
Ashburton	Lindsay Frost (Con)
	Eddy Arram (Con)
	Avril Slipper (Con)
Bensham Manor	Raj Rajendran (Lab)
	Greta Sohoye (Lab)
	Alison Butler (Lab)
Broad Green	Stuart Collins (Lab)
	Mike Selva (Lab)
	Manju Shahul-Hameed (Lab)
Coulsdon East	Christopher Wright (Con)
	Brian Udell (Con)
	Terry Lenton (Con)
Coulsdon West	David Osland (Con)
	Gavin Barwell (Con)
	Brian Cakebread (Con)
Croham	Maria Gatland (Con)
	Michael Neal (Con)
	Jason Perry (Con)
Fairfield	Vidhi Mohan (Con)
	Susan Winborn (Con)
	David Fitze (Con)
Fieldway	Simon Hall (Lab)
Fieldway	Carole Bonner (Lab)
Heathfield	Linda Bailey (Con)
	Sharon Massey (Con)
	Andy John Waters (Con)
Kenley	Jan Buttinger (Con)
	Steve O'Connell (Con)
	Steve Hollands (Con)
New Addington	Brenda Kirby (Lab)
New Addington	George Ayres (Lab)
Norbury	Maggie Mansell (Lab)
	Shafi Khan (Lab)
	Sherwan Chowdhury (Lab)
Purley	Graham Bass (Con)
	Derek Millard (Con)
	Donald Speakman (Con)
Sanderstead	Lynne Hale (Con)
	Timothy Pollard (Con)
	Yvette Hopley (Con)
Selhurst	Timothy Godfrey (Lab)
	Toni Letts (Lab)
	Toni Letts (Lab)
Selsdon and Ballards	Dudley Mead (Con)
	Sara Bashford (Con)
	Phil Thomas (Con)
Shirley	Janet Marshall (Con)
	Richard Chatterjee (Con)
	Mike Fisher (Con)
South Norwood	Susan Bennett (Con)
	Luke Clancy (Con)
	Jane Avis (Lab)
Thornton Heath	Pat Clouder (Lab)
	Matthew Kyeremeh (Lab)
	Louisa Woodley (Lab)
Upper Norwood	Robert Askey (Con)
	Pat Ryan (Lab)
	George Filbey (Con)
Waddon	Tony Harris (Con)
	Jonathan Driver (Con)
	Simon Hoar (Con)
West Thornton	Raj Chandarana (Lab)
	Bernadette Khan (Lab)
	Mike Mogul (Con)
Woodside	Karen Jewitt (Lab)
	Tony Newman (Lab)
	Paul Scott (Lab)

References

Election report from Croydon Council (Dead link)
OMRLP Croydon Branch

External links

Tories celebrate election victory, Croydon Advertiser, 5 May 2006.
Labour kicked in the ballots, Croydon Guardian, 5 May 2006.
In Search of Selsdon Man, The Guardian, 27 April 2006.
Croydon Conservatives
Croydon Labour councillors
Croydon Co-operative Party
Croydon Green Party

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