2006 Cambridge City Council election

2006 UK local government election December 2023 November 2013 thumb|Map of the results Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. As Cambridge City Council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the city's 14 wards was up for election. The exception was Romsey, where two seats were up for election as a by-election for the other seat was held on the same day. Therefore, 15 of the 42 seats on the council were up for election. Overall turnout was 34.4%, down from 37.0% in 2004. The lowest turnout (28.4%) was in Abbey ward and the highest (40.8%) in Queen Edith's. Results summary 2006 Cambridge City Council election Liberal Democrats (UK) 11 1 73.3 18 29 69.0 12,668 38.6 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) 4 26.7 9 13 31.0 8,328 25.4 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 7,015 21.4 -0.8 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,124 12.6 +3.8 Respect Party 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 562 1.7 N/A UKIP 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 138 0.4 -0.4 Ward results Abbey Abbey Labour Party (UK) Miriam Lynn 668 37.4 -3.0 Green Party of England and Wales Margaret White 464 26.0 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Mitton 362 20.3 -1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Sexton 292 16.3 -3.8 204 11.4 N/A 1,786 28.5 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) 5.6 Arbury Arbury Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Ward 1,022 40.3 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Michael Todd-Jones 816 32.1 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Shapour Meftah 482 19.0 -2.6 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Smith 219 8.6 -5.6 206 8.2 N/A 2,539 36.9 -6.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0.1 Castle Castle Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Kightley 985 48.3 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Edward MacNaghten 476 23.3 +3.5 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Lawrence 298 14.6 -3.2 Labour Party (UK) Lucy Sheerman 282 13.8 -2.6 509 25.0 N/A 2,041 31.5 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0.6 Cherry Hinton Cherry Hinton Labour Party (UK) Stuart Newbold 1,071 42.9 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Barrett-Payton 864 34.6 +1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Natalie Mayer-Hutchings 367 14.7 -3.2 Green Party of England and Wales Neil Ford 193 7.7 -0.1 207 8.3 N/A 2,495 39.7 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 0.2 Coleridge Coleridge Labour Party (UK) Lewis Herbert 909 41.8 +8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Blackhurst 477 22.0 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Jones 463 21.3 -0.9 Green Party of England and Wales Hamish Downer 186 8.6 -6.1 UKIP Albert Watts 138 6.4 -1.7 432 19.8 N/A 2,173 36.3 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) 3.6 East Chesterton East Chesterton Liberal Democrats (UK) Marian Holness 884 40.6 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) Richard Layfield 583 26.8 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Francis 482 22.1 +6.7 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Pope 228 10.5 -4.0 301 13.8 N/A 2,177 35.9 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.7 King's Hedges King's Hedges Liberal Democrats (UK) Neale Upstone 718 40.0 +14.0 Labour Party (UK) Gerri Bird 533 29.7 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Taylor 350 19.5 -8.0 Green Party of England and Wales Gerhard Golbeck-Wood 193 10.8 -3.3 185 10.3 N/A 1,794 29.6 +2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) 8.3 Market Market Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Rosenstiel 772 42.7 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Haire 392 21.7 +3.5 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Lucas-Smith 359 19.9 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Donnelly 285 15.8 +4.9 380 21.0 N/A 1,808 28.7 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0.9 Newnham Newnham Liberal Democrats (UK) Rod Cantrill 974 46.2 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) James Strachan 475 22.6 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Powell 336 16.0 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Anna Gomori-Woodcock 321 15.2 -3.3 499 23.7 N/A 2,106 31.7 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.0 Petersfield Petersfield Labour Party (UK) Kevin Blencowe 879 39.0 +4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Cooper 848 37.7 +3.4 Green Party of England and Wales John Collins 282 12.5 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Clarkson 243 10.8 -1.1 31 1.4 N/A 2,252 35.8 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) 0.5 Queen's Edith Queen's Edith Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Baker 1,489 56.7 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Douglas 735 28.0 +7.2 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Freeman 219 8.3 -0.5 Green Party of England and Wales Shayne Mitchell 181 6.9 -3.8 754 28.7 N/A 2,624 40.8 -2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.8 Romsey Romsey (2 seats due to by-election) Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Ellis-Miller 1,065 44.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Raj Shah 815 34.1 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Goodacre 623 26.1 Labour Party (UK) Tariq Sadiq 491 20.6 Green Party of England and Wales Jesse Griffiths 358 15.0 Respect Party Thomas Woodcock 294 12.3 Respect Party Samuel Caldwell 268 11.2 Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Mennie 235 9.8 Green Party of England and Wales Neil Hewett 216 9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Angela Ozturk 216 9.0 2,388 37.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Trumpington Trumpington Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheila Stuart 960 45.5 -1.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Ionides 752 35.7 +4.6 Green Party of England and Wales Ceri Galloway 205 9.7 -4.1 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Stacey 191 9.1 +1.4 208 9.8 N/A 2,108 39.5 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3.3 West Chesterton West Chesterton Liberal Democrats (UK) Max Boyce 1,000 42.5 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Mastin 488 20.8 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) Simon Watkins 442 18.8 +0.6 Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Peake 421 17.9 +0.5 512 21.8 N/A 2,351 36.7 -4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 4.1 Sources Cambridge City Council: Local election results Cambridge City Council: 2006 local election full results Cambridge City Election Results since 1945 See also Cambridge local elections 2006 United Kingdom local elections Elections in the United Kingdom Category:2006 English local elections 2006 Category:2000s in Cambridge