Tamworth Borough Council election, 2006
Map of the results of the 2006 Tamworth council election.
Conservatives in blue and
Labour in red.
Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.3%
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Tamworth Local Election Result 2006 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
8 |
5 |
0 |
+5 |
80.0 |
50.9 |
9,425 |
+7.9% |
|
Labour |
2 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
20.0 |
41.5 |
7,673 |
+4.2% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.6 |
1,402 |
-3.7% |
Ward results
Castle |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Graham Ingley |
1,017 |
50.3 |
+6.9 |
|
Labour |
Marion Couchman |
757 |
37.5 |
+1.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jennifer Pinkett |
246 |
12.2 |
-8.5 |
Majority |
260 |
12.8 |
+5.2 |
Turnout |
2,020 |
35.7 |
+2.5 |
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Mercian |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Bruce Boughton |
833 |
42.0 |
-0.1 |
|
Labour |
William Fuller |
671 |
33.8 |
-2.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Geoffrey Blake |
479 |
24.2 |
+2.2 |
Majority |
162 |
8.2 |
+1.9 |
Turnout |
1,983 |
37.0 |
-0.2 |
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Spital |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Kenneth Gant |
1,116 |
50.7 |
-0.5 |
|
Labour |
Karen Hirons |
726 |
33.0 |
+3.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jennifer Blake |
360 |
16.3 |
-2.7 |
Majority |
390 |
17.7 |
-3.6 |
Turnout |
2,202 |
39.5 |
-0.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Trinity |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Michael Oates |
1,109 |
54.4 |
+5.7 |
|
Labour |
David Foster |
613 |
30.1 |
+1.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Roger Jones |
317 |
15.5 |
-6.9 |
Majority |
496 |
24.3 |
+4.5 |
Turnout |
2,039 |
34.8 |
+1.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
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