Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 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
Sefton Local Election Result 2006 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Liberal Democrat |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
43.5 |
35.7 |
24,029 |
+1.4% |
|
Labour |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
30.4 |
24.9 |
16,775 |
-3.5% |
|
Conservative |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
26.1 |
31.0 |
20,860 |
+2.8% |
|
Southport Party |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.8 |
3,222 |
-2.4% |
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
945 |
+0.8% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.9 |
572 |
+0.9% |
|
Socialist Alternative |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
338 |
-0.3% |
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
300 |
-0.1% |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
242 |
+0.4% |
Ward results
Ainsdale |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Mark Bigley |
2,306 |
57.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Bernard Blaney |
984 |
24.6 |
|
|
Southport Party |
Stuart Elliott |
289 |
7.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Frank Warner |
236 |
5.9 |
|
|
UKIP |
John Leech |
192 |
4.8 |
|
Majority |
1,322 |
32.9 |
|
Turnout |
4,007 |
40.8 |
-12.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Birkdale |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Iain Brodie-Brownie |
1,681 |
49.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Beechey |
994 |
29.0 |
|
|
Southport Party |
Terry Durrance |
514 |
15.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Frank Robinson |
239 |
7.0 |
|
Majority |
687 |
20.0 |
|
Turnout |
3,428 |
34.8 |
-10.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Blundellsands |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Robert Roberts |
1,852 |
57.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mary Maxwell |
726 |
22.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Constance McCarthy |
656 |
20.3 |
|
Majority |
1,126 |
34.9 |
|
Turnout |
3,234 |
36.7 |
-13.4 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Cambridge |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan McGuire |
1,692 |
42.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Price |
1,470 |
36.8 |
|
|
Southport Party |
James Ford |
630 |
15.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Muriel Langley |
198 |
5.0 |
|
Majority |
222 |
5.6 |
|
Turnout |
3,990 |
41.9 |
-11.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Church |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Daren Veidman |
1,028 |
41.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Carol Tonkiss |
612 |
24.5 |
|
|
Independent |
Philip Coppell |
572 |
22.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Antonio Spatuzzi |
286 |
11.4 |
|
Majority |
416 |
16.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,498 |
27.8 |
-14.9 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Derby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
James McGinnity |
1,197 |
62.2 |
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Nuttall |
403 |
21.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anne Harrison |
205 |
10.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Kenneth Parry |
118 |
6.1 |
|
Majority |
794 |
41.2 |
|
Turnout |
1,923 |
20.9 |
-12.5 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dukes |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Ronald Watson |
1,620 |
49.1 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Hamilton |
885 |
26.8 |
|
|
Southport Party |
Harry Forster |
531 |
16.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Catherine Cookson |
263 |
8.0 |
|
Majority |
735 |
22.3 |
|
Turnout |
3,299 |
33.2 |
-13.3 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ford |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ian Moncur |
1,449 |
68.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nicola Smith |
383 |
18.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jessamine Hounslea |
286 |
13.5 |
|
Majority |
1,066 |
50.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,118 |
22.5 |
-14.1 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Harington |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Eric Storey |
2,223 |
61.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Druscilla Haydon |
804 |
22.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Maurice Newton |
594 |
16.4 |
|
Majority |
1,419 |
39.2 |
|
Turnout |
3,621 |
37.1 |
-15.8 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Kew |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Frederick Weavers |
1,346 |
47.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Terence Jones |
649 |
22.8 |
|
|
Southport Party |
John Lee |
475 |
16.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Jowett |
227 |
8.0 |
|
|
UKIP |
Valerie Pollard |
149 |
5.2 |
|
Majority |
697 |
24.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,846 |
30.3 |
-12.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Linacre |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Gordon Friel |
1,130 |
71.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Gibson |
453 |
28.6 |
|
Majority |
677 |
42.8 |
|
Turnout |
1,583 |
18.6 |
-9.5 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Litherland |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Darren Hardy |
1,110 |
65.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Milne |
321 |
19.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Douglas Ward |
260 |
15.4 |
|
Majority |
789 |
46.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,691 |
19.3 |
-12.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Meols |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Rimmer |
1,771 |
50.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Swift |
1,103 |
31.1 |
|
|
Southport Party |
Margaret Brown |
473 |
13.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Mary Stoker |
194 |
5.5 |
|
Majority |
668 |
18.9 |
|
Turnout |
3,541 |
36.0 |
-15.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Molyneux |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jack Colbert |
1,665 |
56.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Susan Hanley |
747 |
25.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Papworth |
545 |
18.4 |
|
Majority |
918 |
31.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,957 |
29.2 |
-13.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Norwood |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Sumner |
1,533 |
45.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Phillip Rodwell |
852 |
25.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Michael Nolan |
358 |
10.7 |
|
|
Southport Party |
Richard Chapman |
310 |
9.2 |
|
|
BNP |
Michael McDermott |
300 |
8.9 |
|
Majority |
681 |
20.3 |
|
Turnout |
3,353 |
32.8 |
-10.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Park |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Blackburn |
1,705 |
53.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
William McIvor |
729 |
22.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Gwendolyn Kermode |
526 |
16.4 |
|
|
Green |
Martin Owen |
242 |
7.6 |
|
Majority |
976 |
30.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,202 |
32.5 |
-13.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ravenmeols |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Vincent Platt |
1,822 |
54.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Paul Flodman |
907 |
26.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Colin Trollope |
639 |
19.0 |
|
Majority |
915 |
27.2 |
|
Turnout |
3,368 |
35.5 |
-13.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Oswald |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Peter Dowd |
1,376 |
72.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Linda Hough |
518 |
27.3 |
|
Majority |
858 |
45.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,894 |
21.1 |
-13.3 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Sudell |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Roy Connell |
1,539 |
49.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Josephine Healy |
862 |
27.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Kermode |
743 |
23.6 |
|
Majority |
677 |
11.6 |
|
Turnout |
3,144 |
31.0 |
-15.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Victoria (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Tonkiss |
2,049 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Hough |
1,718 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Giles Blundell |
1,182 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Simon Jamieson |
543 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony West |
394 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,886 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
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