Hart District Council election, 2006

The 2006 Hart Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. 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

The results saw 2 seats change hands with the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH) group winning them both.[3] One gain saw the Conservatives lose the seat of Church Crookham East, which Peter Hutcheson had held for the Conservatives for over 20 years, to the CCH.[3] The other gain saw the CCH win Crondall by 2 votes over the Conservatives, gaining the seat which had formerly been held by independent Norman Lambert.[3] Lambert had resigned from the Conservative group in 2005 after admitting making false claims for council tax and housing benefit.[4] The changes meant that the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council with 16 seats but were vulnerable to a coalition among the other groups.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 39.35%.[5]

Following the election the Conservative administration of the council, which had run the council for the previous 8 years, was voted out.[6] They were replaced by a new Coalition Political Group, which was formed by the 12 Liberal Democrats, 5 Community Campaign (Hart) councillors and 1 of the 2 independents, Denis Gotel.[6] The leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, David Neighbour, became leader of the new group and the new leader of the council.[6]

Hart Local Election Result 2006[5][7]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 0 1 -1 46.2 42.9 8,158 -2.6%
  Community Campaign (Hart) 3 2 0 +2 23.1 15.6 2,967 +0.6%
  Liberal Democrat 2 0 0 0 15.4 26.5 5,025 -4.8%
  Independent 2 0 1 -1 15.4 9.4 1,788 +4.0%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 418 +0.7%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 323 +1.7%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 318 +0.6%

Ward results

Church Crookham East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Community Campaign (Hart) Gillian Butler 887 54.8 -0.4
Conservative Christopher Butler 643 39.7 -5.1
Labour Sarah Snape 88 5.4 +5.4
Majority 244 15.1 +4.6
Turnout 1,618 43.4 -0.3
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Church Crookham West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Community Campaign (Hart) Simon Ambler 1,001 69.2 +5.6
Conservative Michael Hall 396 27.4 -9.0
Labour Mitchell Wensley 50 3.5 +3.5
Majority 605 41.8 +14.7
Turnout 1,447 38.8 +2.8
Independent hold Swing
Crondall[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Community Campaign (Hart) John Bennison 590 50.1 +19.9
Conservative David Evans 588 49.9 -0.1
Majority 2 0.2
Turnout 1,178 40.3 -4.5
Independent gain from Independent Swing
Fleet Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Denis Gotel 726 47.6 -0.3
Conservative Virginia Heffernan 702 46.0 -6.1
Labour John Davies 97 6.4 +6.4
Majority 24 1.6
Turnout 1,525 37.7 -1.7
Independent hold Swing
Fleet North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Parker 850 55.8 +4.4
Liberal Democrat Maria Van Dolen 672 44.2 -4.4
Majority 178 11.7 +9.0
Turnout 1,522 34.2 +10.6
Conservative hold Swing
Fleet Pondtail[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sharyn Wheale 912 46.9 +15.4
Liberal Democrat Rodney Fisher 836 43.0 -25.5
Independent David Green 160 8.2 +8.2
Labour Sheila Stone 37 1.9 +1.9
Majority 76 3.9
Turnout 1,945 54.1 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing
Fleet West (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Appleton 782
Conservative Andrew Davies 623
Liberal Democrat Christopher Griffin 525
Community Campaign (Hart) Peter Keep 489
Green Maria Keith 232
Turnout 2,651 39.1 -2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Frogmore and Darby Green[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Robert Harward 992 70.7 +8.6
Conservative Nigel Milton-Tomkins 326 23.2 -3.2
Labour Joyce Still 85 6.1 -5.4
Majority 666 47.5 +11.9
Turnout 1,403 35.0 +11.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Hartley Wintney[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Susan Band 902 54.4 +54.4
Liberal Democrat Nicola Dommett 438 26.4 +2.1
BNP Roger Robertson 318 19.2 +19.2
Majority 464 28.0
Turnout 1,658 44.2 +13.9
Independent hold Swing
Hook[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Glen 1,448 73.4 +16.9
Liberal Democrat Richard Robinson 526 26.6 -7.6
Majority 922 46.7 +24.4
Turnout 1,974 34.2 -3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Long Sutton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sarah Wallis 452 71.2
Liberal Democrat Roger Carter 92 14.5
Green Lars Mosesson 91 14.3
Majority 360 56.7
Turnout 635 36.5
Conservative hold Swing
Yateley North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Colin Ive 944 65.5 +4.4
Conservative Edward Dawson 436 30.3 -3.6
Labour Mary Jenkins 61 4.2 -0.8
Majority 508 35.3 +8.1
Turnout 1,441 38.1 +5.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections: Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Graeme (2006-05-05). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Community charge as toppled Tories lose Hart". gethampshire. 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Disgraced councillor loses key power post". gethampshire. 2005-06-28. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election Results for 4 May 2006". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  6. 1 2 3 "Coalition takes over at Hart council". gethampshire. 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  7. ↑ "Local elections". The Times. 2006-05-05. p. 9.
Preceded by
Hart Council election, 2004		 Hart local elections Succeeded by
Hart Council election, 2007
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