2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election England Parliamentary no yes 2004 2004 2007 2007 16 of the 48 seats on St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 25 4 May 2006 Labour Party (UK) 7 23 1 18,549 40.3% 1.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 19 1 18,219 39.6% 2.3% Conservative Party (UK) 2 6 7,942 17.3% 1.5% St Helens UK local election 2006 map.svg 300px Map of the results of the 2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control The 2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and stayed under no overall control.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/bz.stm Local elections: St Helens 5 May 2006 BBC News 27 February 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 23 Liberal Democrats 19 Conservative 6UK local election results 5 May 2006 Financial Times NewsBank Background Before the election, the Labour Party needed to gain 1 seat to regain a majority on the council they had lost at the last election in 2004.Labour battle to smash hold of Lib Dems on city Coligan Nick 4 April 2006 Liverpool Echo NewsBank Labour had 24 seats before the election, while the Liberal Democrats had 18 and the Conservatives had 6.Election campaign begins in earnest Docking Neil 13 April 2006 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank However, labour was able to run the council as the Conservative mayor had agreed not to use her casting vote.Squaring up for ballot box battle Kilmurray Andrew 3 May 2006 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank Among the councillors who were defending seats at the election was the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer in West Park ward, while the seat in Blackbrook was vacant after the death of Labour councillor Albert Smith earlier in 2006. 16 seats were up for election, and candidates from the three political parties who held seats on the council, there were also four candidates from the Community Action Party and one each from the British National Party and the Socialist Labour Party. Election result Labour remained the largest party on the council but lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats, leaving the party with 23 councillors.Rimmer holds seat but Labour's grip on power loosens Kilmurray Andrew 5 May 2006 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank The Liberal Democrat gain from Labour came in the Town Centre ward and moved them to 19 seats on the council. However, the Labour council leader, Marie Rimmer, held her seat in West Park with a 457-vote majority. Meanwhile, the Conservatives remained on 6 seats after holding the 2 seats they had been defending. Following the election, Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer became the new leader of the council after an agreement between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats taking 5 of the seats on the cabinet and the Conservative group leader Wally Ashcroft taking the other seat.New face in the Leader's chair Kilmurray Andrew 18 May 2006 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank This came after Labour rejected proposals for all three parties to share power on the council, which meant Labour lost power after 70 years. St Helens local election result 2006http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134540/local_4_may_2006.pdf Summary of local election results - 4 May 2006 St. Helens Council 27 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163129/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134540/local_4_may_2006.pdf 2 April 2015 dead Labour Party (UK) 7 0 1 -1 43.8 40.4 18,549 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 1 0 +1 43.8 39.6 18,219 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 0 0 12.5 17.3 7,942 -1.5 Community Action Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 895 +1.9 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 308 +0.1 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 64 +0.1 Ward results Billinge and Seneley Green Labour Party (UK) Susan Murphy 1,504 47.8 Conservative Party (UK) David Davies 970 30.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Gadsden 672 21.4 534 17.0 3,146 34.8 -6.9 Labour Party (UK) Blackbrook Labour Party (UK) Paul McQuade 1,257 48.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ruth Smith 712 27.6 Community Action Party William Guest 327 12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Collins 221 8.6 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Ronald Waugh 64 2.5 545 21.1 2,581 30.3 -5.6 Labour Party (UK) Bold Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Dunn 1,087 48.7 Labour Party (UK) Paul Pritchard 1,001 44.9 Conservative Party (UK) Charmian Pyke 142 6.4 86 3.8 2,230 30.9 -3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Earlestown Labour Party (UK) Charles Banks 1,153 48.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Smith 953 40.2 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Perks 266 11.2 200 8.4 2,372 29.7 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Eccleston Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Pearl 2,666 67.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Barton 690 17.4 Labour Party (UK) Martin Bond 608 15.3 1,976 49.8 3,964 42.8 -6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Haydock Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Sheldon 1,811 55.1 Labour Party (UK) Jeanette Banks 1,284 39.1 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Rigby 189 5.8 527 16.0 3,284 36.5 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Moss Bank Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Ferry 1,648 52.3 Labour Party (UK) Brian Hart 1,269 40.2 Conservative Party (UK) William Highcock 237 7.5 379 12.1 3,154 36.1 -6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Newton Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Taylor 1,787 64.1 Labour Party (UK) Stuart Hughes 756 27.1 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Harvey 244 8.8 1,031 37.0 2,787 34.6 -6.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Parr Labour Party (UK) Terence Shields 1,384 66.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Hennessy 595 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) Madeleine Wilcock 117 5.6 789 37.6 2,096 25.6 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) Rainford Conservative Party (UK) John Parr 1,740 59.9 Labour Party (UK) David Wood 798 27.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Ferry 369 12.7 942 32.4 2,907 42.7 -8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Rainhill Labour Party (UK) Stephen Glover 1,463 46.1 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Spriggs 961 30.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christina Duncan 749 23.6 502 15.8 3,173 34.7 -7.4 Labour Party (UK) Sutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Julie Jones 1,721 61.4 Labour Party (UK) Marlene Newman 873 31.2 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Johnson 207 7.4 848 30.2 2,801 25.6 -12.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thatto Heath Labour Party (UK) Richard McCauley 1,308 55.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Pearl 453 19.4 Community Action Party Michael Perry 363 15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Woodcock 217 9.3 855 36.5 2,341 26.7 -7.5 Labour Party (UK) Town Centre Liberal Democrats (UK) David Crowther 1,052 41.0 Labour Party (UK) Margaret McLachlan 1,005 39.2 British National Party Michael Pearcey 308 12.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jill Jones 113 4.4 Community Action Party Leslie Teeling 89 3.5 47 1.8 2,567 31.3 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) West Park Labour Party (UK) Marie Rimmer 1,900 51.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Broughton 1,443 39.3 Conservative Party (UK) Charlotte Wood 210 5.7 Community Action Party Tracy Lavelle 116 3.2 457 12.5 3,669 41.6 +2.9 Labour Party (UK) Windle Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Roughley 1,418 48.9 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Almond 986 34.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Knowles 494 17.0 432 14.9 2,898 36.5 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) By-elections between 2006 and 2007 Rainford by-election 23 November 2006http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134520/by-election_rainford_231106.pdf Declaration of Result of Poll St. Helens Council 28 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125225/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134520/by-election_rainford_231106.pdf 2 April 2015 dead Conservative Party (UK) David Grice 1,584 73.3 +13.4 Labour Party (UK) David Wood 484 22.4 -5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Knowles 93 4.3 -8.4 1,100 50.9 +18.5 2,161 31.5 -11.2 Conservative Party (UK) References Saint Helens 2006 Category:2000s in Merseyside Category:May 2006 in the United Kingdom