2006 Maidstone Borough Council election

2006 election in England December 2023 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 2006 Maidstone District Council election The 2006 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/29uh.stm Local elections: Maidstone BBC News Online 6 March 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 27 Liberal Democrat 19 Labour 6 Independent 3Local elections 2006: Results in full 6 May 2006 The Guardian 20 Background Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 24 seats, compared to 20 Liberal Democrat, 8 Labour and 3 independent councillors.http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202006.pdf Election of Maidstone Borough Councillors - Thursday 4 May 2006 Maidstone Borough Council 6 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002104833/http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202006.pdf 2 October 2011 dead dmy-all 18 seats were contested in the election, with the Conservatives the only party to contest every seat. Labour had 15 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 14, Green Party 6, United Kingdom Independence Party 4 and there were 3 independent candidates. Both the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Mick Stevens, and the Labour group leader, Daniel Murphy, stood down at the election, while the Conservative and Independent group leaders, Eric Hotson and Pat Marshall, defended Staplehurst and Bearsted wards respectively. Election result The results saw the Conservatives make the 4 gains they required to win a majority, but fall a seat short after also losing one seat.http://www.kentnews.co.uk/default.aspx?page=150&terms=809&domain=http://www.yourtunbridgewells.co.uk Large Tory gains as voters go true blue in town hall elections Your Tunbridge Wells 6 March 2011April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes This meant the council remained under no overall control as it had been since 1983, with the Conservatives on 27 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 19, Labour 6 and there were 3 independents. Overall turnout in the election was 37.3%. Maidstone local election result 2006Local elections 6 May 2006 The Times 64 Conservative Party (UK) 9 4 1 +3 50.0 46.7 16,102 +6.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 1 2 -1 33.3 30.7 10,579 -0.8% Labour Party (UK) 2 0 2 -2 11.1 11.2 3,859 -2.3% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 5.6 5.6 1,928 +3.6% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 1,542 +3.0% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 495 -9.5% Ward results Allington Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Daley 1,562 62.6 +10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jeffery Curwood 653 26.2 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) Marianna Poliszczuk 149 6.0 -4.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Gareth Kendall 130 5.2 -7.8 909 36.4 +8.5 2,494 41.7 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bearsted Independent (politician) Patricia Marshall 1,459 48.6 +48.6 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Cuming 1,238 41.3 -19.3 Labour Party (UK) Jeanne Gibson 169 5.6 -5.0 Green Party of England and Wales Edward Wallace 135 4.5 +4.5 221 7.3 3,001 42.5 -2.0 Independent (politician) Boxley Conservative Party (UK) Derek Butler 1,349 65.7 +20.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheila Chittenden 489 23.8 -8.2 Labour Party (UK) Frances Brown 215 10.5 +2.5 860 41.9 +28.6 2,053 28.6 -9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Bridge Conservative Party (UK) Brian Moss 659 43.4 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Cocks 573 37.7 -3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Stuart Jeffery 166 10.9 +10.9 Labour Party (UK) Keith Adkinson 122 8.0 -4.5 86 5.7 1,520 33.2 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Coxheath and Hunton Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Mortimer 1,212 48.1 +8.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Wilson 1,175 46.7 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) Michael Casserley 131 5.2 -4.3 37 1.4 2,518 42.1 -3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) East Conservative Party (UK) Mark Wooding 1,371 51.6 +22.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Chittenden 999 37.6 -10.0 Labour Party (UK) Michael Beckwith 180 6.8 -2.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Anthony Robertson 105 4.0 -6.2 372 14.0 2,655 38.6 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Fant Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Beerling 656 37.3 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jamie Devlin 460 26.1 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Coates 301 17.1 -16.4 Green Party of England and Wales Ian McDonald 223 12.7 +6.8 Independent (politician) Carol Vizzard 120 6.8 +6.8 196 11.2 1,760 29.3 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Harrietsham and Lenham Conservative Party (UK) David Marshall 1,079 57.5 +13.1 Labour Party (UK) Tom Sams 797 42.5 -2.1 282 15.0 1,876 41.1 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Headcorn Conservative Party (UK) Jenefer Gibson 1,094 60.9 -2.7 Green Party of England and Wales Penelope Kemp 701 39.1 +31.0 393 21.9 -30.4 1,795 41.9 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Julia Batt 664 48.8 -4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Helen Aronson 585 43.0 +14.6 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Taylor 111 8.2 -3.1 79 5.8 -19.0 1,360 33.4 -2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) High Street Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive English 737 46.2 +4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Mears 545 34.2 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) Edith Davis 200 12.5 -3.5 United Kingdom Independence Party John Stanford 112 7.0 -8.6 192 12.0 -3.1 1,594 25.0 -5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marden and Yalding Conservative Party (UK) Roderick Nelson-Gracie 1,475 72.4 +22.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Samme 561 27.6 -1.3 914 44.9 +24.2 2,036 35.5 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) North Liberal Democrats (UK) Tony Harwood 1,077 57.4 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Nicholson 530 28.2 +3.2 Green Party of England and Wales James Shalice 141 7.5 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Richard Coates 129 6.9 -1.8 547 29.1 +2.8 1,877 33.4 -3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Park Wood Labour Party (UK) Daniel Moriarty 315 34.9 +4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Field 308 34.1 +10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Hinder 279 30.9 +3.7 7 0.8 -2.5 902 28.7 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Shepway North Conservative Party (UK) Michael Yates 870 47.5 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) John Hughes 436 23.8 -5.7 Independent (politician) Gillian Annan 349 19.1 +19.1 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Muggeridge 176 9.6 +5.1 434 23.7 +11.1 1,831 29.9 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Shepway South Labour Party (UK) Anthony Hull 397 37.1 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Worsfold 386 36.0 +3.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Stephen Dean 148 13.8 -5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Shaw 140 13.1 +1.6 11 1.0 -4.2 1,071 25.2 -3.2 Labour Party (UK) South Conservative Party (UK) Bruce Pollington 1,269 50.1 +7.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Luxton 1,266 49.9 +11.4 3 0.1 -4.3 2,535 42.1 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Staplehurst Conservative Party (UK) Eric Hotson 1,085 66.7 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Burnham 335 20.6 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) Alan Rimmer 207 12.7 +0.3 750 46.1 +5.9 1,627 36.3 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:2006 English local elections 2006 Category:2000s in Kent