2006 Wyre Forest District Council election

2006 UK local government election October 2019 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Health Concern in pink and Liberal in orange. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006. The 2006 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/47ug.stm Local elections: Wyre Forest 1 January 2010 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 18 Health Concern 9 Liberal 7 Labour 4 Liberal Democrats 2 Independent 2 Local elections The Times 9 5 May 2006 Campaign Before the 2006 election the Conservatives had 18 seats on the council, both Health Concern and the Liberals had 8 seats, Labour had 4 seats and both the Liberal Democrats and independents had 2 seats. https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7842706.tories-seeking-overall-control/ Tories seeking overall control 1 January 2010 6 April 2006 Malvern Gazette Since the last election in 2004 one Conservative councillor, Louise Edginton, had left the party to become an independent, after not being selected as a candidate for the 2005 Worcestershire County Council election.Selection row Tory stalwart quits party Evans Oliver 10 March 2005 Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications NewsBank 14 seats were contested in the election with the Conservatives defending 7, Health Concern 4 and the Liberals 3. Emma Brady Health still dominates political landscape; Wyre Forest Birmingham Post 4 5 May 2006 50 candidates, including the leader of the council Stephen Clee, stood in the election with the Conservatives hoping to take overall control. Local health services continued to be the major issue in the campaign after the local NHS trust announced in April 2006 that it would have to cut 720 jobs in order to save money. Other issues in the election included council tax, with the Conservatives saying they had reduced its burden since they began running the council in 2004, and a lack of affordable housing which Labour wanted to address. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/4947806.stm West Midlands: Health matters 1 January 2010 26 April 2006 BBC News Online Election result There was a net change of only one seat with Health Concern moving to 9 seats at the expense of the Liberals. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/4975026.stm Labour lose control of Redditch 1 January 2010 5 May 2006 BBC News Online https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7846075.health-concern-move-up/ Health Concern move up 1 January 2010 11 May 2006 Malvern Gazette Health Concern's gain from the Liberals came in Broadwaters ward where the sitting Liberal councillor, Amanda Poole, stood down at the election. Health Concern saw the election results as being excellent, with the health issue in the lead up to the election seen as having helped the party. As a result, the Conservatives failed to take the majority they had been aiming for with the Conservative leader of the council, Stephen Clee, disappointed at failing to make gains but pleased that they remained the largest party. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/4972108.stm West Midlands: Crown jewels 1 January 2010 5 May 2006 BBC News Online The Labour leader on the council, Jamie Shaw, described the results as "very bad indeed" after the party failed to win any seats. Overall voter turnout at the election was 37.5%. Wyre Forest local election result 2006 http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/cms/non-lgnl-pages/legal-and-corporate-services/elections/2006-district-election-results.aspx District Council Election Results 2006 1 January 2010 Wyre Forest District Council https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025518/http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/cms/non-lgnl-pages/legal-and-corporate-services/elections/2006-district-election-results.aspx 28 September 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) 7 2 2 0 50.0 39.5 10,229 +0.9% Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 5 3 2 +1 35.7 32.3 8,362 +6.5% Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 2 0 1 -1 14.3 8.8 2,267 -2.9% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 15.9 4,124 -0.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 815 -2.7% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 60 -1.8% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 42 +0.2% Ward results Aggborough and Spennells Conservative Party (UK) John Aston 858 46.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Samantha Walker 440 23.9 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern John Griffiths 387 21.0 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Sewell 117 6.3 Green Party of England and Wales Katherine Spohrer 42 2.3 418 22.6 1,844 35.7 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Areley Kings Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Nigel Thomas 667 38.8 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Partridge 657 38.2 Labour Party (UK) Cedric Smith 396 23.0 10 0.6 1,720 37.5 -3.2 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Conservative Party (UK) Bewdley and Arley Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Clee 1,018 45.7 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Elizabeth Davies 732 32.9 Labour Party (UK) Paul Gittins 476 21.4 286 12.8 2,226 42.2 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Blakedown and Chaddesley Conservative Party (UK) Pauline Hayward 1,036 66.4 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Anthony Williams 376 24.1 Labour Party (UK) James Brown 148 9.5 660 42.3 1,560 47.8 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Broadwaters Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Howard Martin 601 32.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mumshad Ahmed 506 27.5 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Timothy Ingram 475 25.8 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Hill 261 14.2 95 5.1 1,843 32.5 +0.4 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Franche Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Michael Shellie 861 39.1 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Hinton 751 34.1 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Knowles 590 26.8 110 5.0 2,202 41.2 +3.1 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Greenhill Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Rachel Lewis 935 49.9 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Margaret Bradley 430 22.9 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Bulmer 289 15.4 Labour Party (UK) Dean Cox 160 8.5 Independent (politician) Tavis Pitt 60 3.2 505 27.0 1,874 32.2 -1.7 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Habberley and Blakebrook Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern George Eeles 834 38.9 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Buckley 765 35.7 Labour Party (UK) David Prain 543 25.4 69 3.2 2,142 41.8 -2.3 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Conservative Party (UK) Lickhill Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Dixon Sheppard 1,042 53.7 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Rogers 654 33.7 Labour Party (UK) Donovan Giles 245 12.6 388 20.0 1,941 35.6 +1.3 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Mitton Conservative Party (UK) Michael Salter 833 44.0 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Patricia Rimell 822 43.4 Labour Party (UK) Gary Watson 238 12.6 11 0.6 1,893 34.9 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Offmore and Comberton Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Siriol Hayward 857 37.9 Conservative Party (UK) Tracey Onslow 773 34.2 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Keith Robertson 395 17.5 Labour Party (UK) Roy Darkes 235 10.4 84 3.7 2,260 42.7 +2.3 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Oldington and Foley Park Conservative Party (UK) Susan Meekings 417 38.5 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Caroline Godfrey 249 23.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adrian Beavis 236 21.8 Labour Party (UK) Paul Mills 180 16.6 168 15.5 1,082 31.1 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Sutton Park Conservative Party (UK) John-Paul Campion 912 49.5 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Raymond Barber 540 29.3 Labour Party (UK) Leroy Wright 251 13.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Parsons 139 7.5 372 20.2 1,842 34.5 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Wribbenhall Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Yarranton 760 51.7 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Anne Mace 426 29.0 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Knowles 284 19.3 334 22.7 1,470 38.5 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern References Wyre Forest 2006 Category:2000s in Worcestershire