Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, 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 22
Labour 16
Others 1^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 30.74%.^[3]

Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2006^[3]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	0	3	-3	53.8	51.9	9,163	+0.8%
	Labour	6	3	0	+3	46.2	38.0	6,711	-5.5%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	1,102	+1.9%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	345	+1.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	238	+1.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	96	+0.5%

Ward results

Bradwell North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Plant	910	61.6
	Labour	Derrick Sweeting	567	38.4
Majority			343	23.2
Turnout			1,477	29.7	-7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradwell South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hodds	1,024	65.8
	Labour	Peter Alexander	532	34.2
Majority			492	31.6
Turnout			1,556	30.9	-6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caister North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Smith	661	55.0
	Labour	Nicholas Dack	373	31.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Dyer	167	13.9
Majority			288	24.0
Turnout			1,201	32.1	-7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caister South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hacon	609	45.9
	Conservative	Theodore Agnew	536	40.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Cole	181	13.7
Majority			73	5.5
Turnout			1,326	37.1	-8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Central and Northgate^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Castle	688	43.6
	Conservative	Peter Meah	522	33.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Harris	150	9.5
	UKIP	Gabriele Baugh	122	7.7
	Green	Giles Robins	96	6.1
Majority			166	10.5
Turnout			1,578	29.2	-7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Claydon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Williamson	822	53.9
	Conservative	Margaret Greenacre	702	46.1
Majority			120	7.9
Turnout			1,524	27.9	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

East Flegg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shirley Weymouth	1,033	74.3
	Labour	Sandra Griffiths	357	25.7
Majority			676	48.6
Turnout			1,390	36.8	-5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorleston^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Burroughs	706	50.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ivan Lees	469	33.8
	Labour	Jose Bamonde	214	15.4
Majority			237	17.1
Turnout			1,389	35.4	-7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lothingland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Stone	1,014	75.0
	Labour	Christine Williamson	338	25.0
Majority			676	50.0
Turnout			1,352	31.0	-11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Magdalen^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Hewitt	812	51.9
	Conservative	Patricia Page	752	48.1
Majority			60	3.8
Turnout			1,564	29.7	-4.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Nelson^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Pettit	527	39.6
	Conservative	Joy Cosaitis	459	34.5
	National Front	Thomas Holmes	345	25.9
Majority			68	5.1
Turnout			1,331	25.1	-6.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southtown and Cobholm^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Thrasher	330	42.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Giles	197	25.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Brookshaw	135	17.4
	UKIP	Paul Baugh	116	14.9
Majority			133	17.1
Turnout			778	24.4	-4.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Yarmouth North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Peck	647	54.4
	Labour	Marie Field	542	45.6
Majority			105	8.8
Turnout			1,189	33.7	-7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections: Great Yarmouth". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
1 2 "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 4 May 2006" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

Council elections in Norfolk

Norfolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Breckland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Broadland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2015

Great Yarmouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Norwich City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2014 2015

South Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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