Worcester City Council election, 2006
Map of the results of the 2006 Worcester council election.
Conservatives in blue,
Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.
The 2006 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Worcester District Council in Worcestershire, 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
Background
45 candidates competed in the election for the 12 seats which were being contested.[3] Before the election the Conservatives had a one-seat majority with 18 of the 35 councillors, as compared to 10 Labour, 4 independents and 3 Liberal Democrats.[3]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives defend what was regarded as their most marginal council in the country, however Labour did make one gain from an independent.[4][5] The Conservatives were seen as having benefited from the troubles of the national Labour government which helped them stay in control of the council.[6] Voter turnout was higher than expectations with Claines ward seeing a 49% turnout and Battenhall 43.1%.[6]
Following the election the leader of the council, Stephen Inman, stood down and was succeeded by fellow Conservative councillor Simon Geraghty.[7]
Worcester Local Election Result 2006[2][8] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
39.7 |
8,458 |
-5.9% |
|
Labour |
5 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
41.7 |
29.1 |
6,196 |
+0.3% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.3 |
13.0 |
2,764 |
-2.4% |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11.6 |
2,461 |
+11.6% |
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
751 |
+1.9% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
3.2 |
673 |
-5.4% |
Ward results
Bedwardine[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Barry Mackenzie-Williams |
1,203 |
51.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Jennifer Barnes |
547 |
23.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Vaughan Hencher |
315 |
13.6 |
|
|
Green |
Janet Dyer |
252 |
10.9 |
|
Majority |
656 |
28.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,317 |
37.4 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Claines[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alexander Kear |
1,649 |
51.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Campbell |
1,067 |
33.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Colin Layland |
253 |
8.0 |
|
|
Green |
Peter Robinson |
209 |
6.6 |
|
Majority |
582 |
18.3 |
|
Turnout |
3,178 |
49.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Gorse Hill[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Geoffrey Williams |
594 |
44.0 |
|
|
BNP |
Martin Roberts |
331 |
24.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Gordon Hazelton |
200 |
14.8 |
|
|
Independent |
Dennis Powell |
149 |
11.0 |
|
|
Green |
Linda Smith |
76 |
5.6 |
|
Majority |
263 |
19.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,350 |
33.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Nunnery[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Patricia Agar |
711 |
32.5 |
|
|
Independent |
Stanley Knowles |
524 |
24.0 |
|
|
BNP |
Michael Peat |
420 |
19.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Nicholas Turner |
364 |
16.7 |
|
|
Green |
Alexander Gwinn |
167 |
7.6 |
|
Majority |
187 |
8.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,186 |
36.0 |
|
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
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