Stroud District Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Stroud council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrat in yellow, Green party in green and independent in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Stroud Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, 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

Conservative 29
Labour 9
Liberal Democrat 5
Green 5
Independent 3^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative party increase their majority on the council after gaining 2 seats.^[3] The Conservatives gained a seat in Cainscross from the Labour party and Wotton-under-Edge from the Liberal Democrats,^[3] while holding the other 11 seats they had been defending.^[4] Meanwhile the Greens gained Over Stroud from the Labour party and came within 70 votes of taking Nailsworth from the Conservatives.^[3] This meant the Greens had 5 seats after the election, the same number as the Liberal Democrats.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 42.16%,^[5] a little above the national average.^[3]

Stroud local election result 2006^[5]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	2	0	+2	72.2	47.4	12,856	+5.4%
	Labour	2	0	2	-2	11.1	21.1	5,736	+0.0%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	1	-1	5.6	17.0	4,613	-2.2%
	Green	1	1	0	+1	5.6	12.2	3,318	-1.9%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.6	2.3	613	+1.3%

Ward results

Berkeley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stanton	805	61.0	+10.8
	Labour	Michael Denning	342	25.9	-4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Lloyd-Jones	173	13.1	+1.6
Majority			463	35.1	+15.2
Turnout			1,320	40.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bisley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Carrick	586	63.4	+14.1
	Green	Simon Laverack	219	23.7	-20.2
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Hartley	77	8.3	+8.3
	Labour	Henrietta Nichols	43	4.6	+4.6
Majority			367	39.7	+34.3
Turnout			925	51.9	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cainscross (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karon Cross	733
	Conservative	Laurence Carmichael	664
	Labour	Thomas Williams	603
	Conservative	Jason Bullingham	584
	Green	Helen Royall	375
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Bridgland	254
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Fisk	251
Turnout			3,464	35.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cam East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hudson	683	49.9	+11.9
	Labour	Daryl Matthews	401	29.3	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Howe	284	20.8	-0.8
Majority			282	20.6
Turnout			1,368	42.4	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cam West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Andrewartha	621	53.9	+14.3
	Conservative	Brian Tipper	268	23.2	+4.7
	Labour	Stephen Ballard	264	22.9	-18.9
Majority			353	30.6
Turnout			1,153	36.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chalford^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Fellows	1,100	54.3	+12.6
	Green	David Wood	447	22.1	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Freeman	259	12.8	-2.6
	Labour	Clare Jackson	220	10.9	-0.9
Majority			653	32.2	+9.6
Turnout			2,026	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coaley and Uley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Wood	613	55.9	+1.7
	Conservative	Lynette Wilcox	384	35.0	+1.8
	Labour	Patricia Leonard	99	9.0	+2.3
Majority			229	20.9	+0.0
Turnout			1,096	51.6	-6.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Dursley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Frankau	816	42.6	+12.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Wheeler	639	33.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica Collins	462	24.1	+0.9
Majority			177	9.2
Turnout			1,917	42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardwicke^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Littleton	889	68.4	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Milner Howe	221	17.0	-2.3
	Labour	Ela Pathak-Sen	190	14.6	-6.2
Majority			668	51.4	+12.3
Turnout			1,300	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsworth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sybil Bruce	877	39.2	+3.4
	Green	Piers Clifford	807	36.0	+4.2
	Labour	Audrey Smith	316	14.1	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Bowen	240	10.7	+2.3
Majority			70	3.1	-0.9
Turnout			2,240	46.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Over Stroud^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Philip Booth	418	55.8	+37.2
	Conservative	Norma Rodman	214	28.6	-11.7
	Labour	Linda Durrans	71	9.5	-31.5
	Liberal Democrat	Colleen Rothwell	46	6.1	+6.1
Majority			204	27.2
Turnout			749	51.6	+10.6
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Painswick^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Roden	1,160	67.1	+11.7
	Green	Fiona Ritchie	385	22.3	-0.5
	Labour	Sally Thorpe	185	10.7	+4.4
Majority			775	44.8	+12.1
Turnout			1,730	50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Severn^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jones	896	57.5	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Stayte	413	26.5	-2.6
	Labour	John Greenwood	248	14.9	-2.9
Majority			483	31.0	+7.0
Turnout			1,557	42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonehouse^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Williams	835	43.0	-2.6
	Conservative	Philip Bevan	712	36.6	+0.9
	Green	Clare Sheridan	263	13.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Edmunds	134	6.9	-3.1
Majority			123	6.3	-3.6
Turnout			1,944	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The Stanleys^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Studdert-Kennedy	754	53.7	+11.0
	Labour	Miranda Williams	276	19.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Owen	192	13.7	-4.7
	Green	Sue Drennen	181	12.9	-4.8
Majority			478	34.1	+12.6
Turnout			1,403	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vale^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wride	553	76.0	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Blitz	105	14.4	+14.4
	Labour	Douglas Blackstock	70	9.6	-12.8
Majority			448	61.5	+6.4
Turnout			728	49.1	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wotton-Under-Edge^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Routledge	911	41.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	June Cordwell	881	39.8	+2.2
	Green	Clive Phillips	223	10.1	-0.3
	Labour	Helen Roberts	201	9.1	-2.2
Majority			30	1.4	-1.7
Turnout			2,216	44.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections: Stroud". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
↑ Wilson, Graeme (2006-05-05). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Electorate's message to Tony". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tories consolidate lead". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 "District Results 2006". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
↑ "Local elections". The Times. 2006-05-06. p. 64. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

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