2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election England Parliamentary no yes 2004 2004 2007 2007 20 of the 60 seats on Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 31 4 May 2006 Liberal Democrats (UK) 12 30 5 21,065 41.6% 3.2% Labour Party (UK) 6 20 4 16,043 31.7% 1.1% Conservative Party (UK) 2 10 1 12,725 25.1% 3.8% Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election Map.svg 300px Map of the 2006 Rochdale council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.98%. After the election, the composition of the council was Liberal Democrat 30 Labour 20 Conservative 10 Election result Rochdale local election result 2006 Liberal Democrats (UK) 12 6 1 +5 60.0 41.6 21,065 +3.2% Labour Party (UK) 6 1 5 -4 30.0 33.4 16,877 +1.1% Conservative Party (UK) 2 1 2 -1 10.0 23.5 11,881 -3.8% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 660 +0.1% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 122 New Ward results Balderstone & Kirkholt Liberal Democrats (UK) Dale Mulgrew 957 46.5 +25.1 Labour Party (UK) Steven Burke 660 32.1 -14.6 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Butler 439 21.4 -10.5 297 14.4 2,056 28.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bamford Liberal Democrats (UK) William Hobhouse 1,593 50.7 +14.1 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Diggle 1,193 37.9 +23.7 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Godson 359 11.4 -38.0 400 12.8 3,145 41.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Castleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Davison 1,399 57.6 -2.8 Labour Party (UK) Colin Thompson 646 26.6 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Crossley 384 15.8 -2.6 753 31.0 2,429 32.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Central Rochdale Labour Party (UK) Ibrar Khan 1,763 49.1 +16.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shah Wazir 1,472 41.0 -13.0 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Howarth 354 9.9 -3.0 291 8.1 3,589 47.2 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) East Middleton Labour Party (UK) David Murphy 900 41.2 -7.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Brady 845 38.7 -12.2 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Pawson 438 20.1 +20.1 55 2.5 2,183 28.3 Labour Party (UK) Healey Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Taylor 1,250 39.0 -15.1 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Neilson 738 23.0 -7.3 British National Party Donald Mooney 660 20.6 +20.6 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Chowdry 434 13.5 -2.1 Green Party of England and Wales Samir Chatterjee 122 3.8 +3.8 512 16.0 3,204 41.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hopwood Hall Labour Party (UK) Carol Wardle 1,267 53.2 +9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Burt 761 31.9 -3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcome Heard 355 14.9 -6.0 506 21.3 2,383 29.7 Labour Party (UK) Kingsway Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Birkett 1,218 45.3 +6.6 Labour Party (UK) Tom Stott 1,158 43.0 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Grantham 314 11.7 -12.5 60 2.3 2,690 34.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Littleborough Lakeside Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Maguire 1,293 53.5 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Mills 785 32.5 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) Derek Snowden 339 14.0 -0.3 508 21.0 2,417 30.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Milkstone & Deeplish Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Coric 1,931 54.0 -10.9 Labour Party (UK) Imtiaz Ahmed 1,379 38.6 +8.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mudassar Razzaq 266 7.4 +2.1 552 15.4 3,576 47.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Milnrow & Newhey Liberal Democrats (UK) Denis Whittle 1,298 55.2 +2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Butler 581 24.7 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Coady 472 20.1 -7.5 717 30.5 2,351 30.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Norden Liberal Democrats (UK) Wera Hobhouse 1,327 49.2 +16.3 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Chadwick 1,109 41.1 -11.5 Labour Party (UK) Muhammad Malik 263 9.7 -4.4 218 8.1 2,699 36.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) North Heywood Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Rush 1,034 50.0 +19.5 Labour Party (UK) Nick Maher 748 36.2 -10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Warwick 285 13.8 -9.4 286 13.8 2,067 28.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) North Middleton Labour Party (UK) Ian Robertson 811 43.8 +4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Lever 564 30.5 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Harris 475 25.7 -3.0 247 13.3 1,850 23.4 Labour Party (UK) Smallbridge & Firgrove Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Akram 817 40.8 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Lorraine Butterworth 769 38.4 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Taylor 417 20.8 -1.7 48 2.4 2,003 26.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) South Middleton Conservative Party (UK) Michael Holly 1,261 42.9 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) Peter Williams 1,242 42.2 +2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Guisbourne-Hilton 439 14.9 -4.2 19 0.7 2,942 37.6 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Spotland & Falinge Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Clegg 1,713 63.5 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) James Brown 592 22.0 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Scholes 391 14.5 -2.4 1,121 41.5 2,696 33.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wardle & West Littleborough Conservative Party (UK) Robert Clegg 1,652 68.0 +5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hilary Rodgers 477 19.6 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Mann 299 12.3 -1.7 1,175 48.4 2,428 34.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) West Heywood Labour Party (UK) Alan McCarthy 954 47.2 +1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doreen Brophy-Lee 585 28.9 +28.9 Conservative Party (UK) Kathryn Burt 484 23.9 -4.9 369 18.3 2,023 23.9 Labour Party (UK) West Middleton Labour Party (UK) Robin Parker 988 54.2 -0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Guisbourne-Hilton 498 27.3 +27.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Pawson 388 21.3 -2.1 490 26.9 1,824 23.7 Labour Party (UK) External links 2006 Rochdale results Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election 2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006