2006 Hull City Council election

2006 UK local government election June 2014 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independent in grey, Hull Independents in white, Uncontested in cream. The 2006 Hull City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hull City Council in 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/fa.stm Local elections: Kingston-Upon-Hull 5 November 2009 BBC News Online Overall turnout was 27.3%.http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52587&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Local elections 5 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20060905231009/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221%2C52587&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL 5 September 2006 Hull City Council dead dmy-all Before the election in April 2006 the national Labour government removed their "statutory direction" of the council which had been put in place in 2003 after inspectors criticised the performance of the council. Council once labelled 'one of UK's worst' gets Government all-clear Yorkshire Post 1 14 April 2006 0963-1496 The council was now described as having made adequate progress, but the opposition Liberal Democrats criticised the timing of the announcement during the campaign for the local elections. The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council after gaining 4 seats including defeating the Labour Lord Mayor, Bryan Bradley. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article713533.ece Hull held despite the Prescott factor 7 November 2009 5 May 2006 The Times London Andrew NorfolkSeptember 2024 medicmedic However immediately after the election they were not confident they would be able to get enough support from other parties to take control from Labour. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/4972112.stm Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: Going against the grain 7 November 2009 7 May 2006 BBC News Online Following the election the 2 Liberal and 3 of the various independent councillors met with the Labour leader of the council to discuss supporting them as they preferred Labour to the Liberal Democrats. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Minnows-can-decide-Labour39s-fate.1488715.jp Minnows can decide Labour's fate in city 7 November 2009 8 May 2006 Yorkshire Post However it was reported that regional Labour party officials told the party to go into opposition raising the possibility that neither party would form the administration. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/City-council-still-leaderless-as.1492617.jp City council still leaderless as 'shambles' continues 7 November 2009 10 May 2006 Yorkshire Post At the council meeting on 18 May the Liberal Democrats managed to get elected into power by one vote after receiving the support of 4 councillors from other groups, including the former Labour leader of the council Colin Inglis. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Ousted-Labour-chief-helps-Lib.1513440.jp Ousted Labour chief helps Lib Dems to power 7 November 2009 19 May 2006 Yorkshire Post He had promised to oppose Labour forming the administration if 2 of the councillors who had been involved in removing him as leader were part of any Labour cabinet. After the election, the composition of the council was Liberal Democrat 26 Labour 25 Conservative 2 Hull Independents 2 Independent 2 Liberal Party 2 Election result Hull local election result 2006 Liberal Democrats (UK) 10 4 0 +4 50.0 43.6 19,076 +6.2% Labour Party (UK) 7 0 2 -2 35.0 33.3 14,585 -1.0% Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 5.0 11.4 5,011 +0.2% Hull Independents 1 0 1 -1 5.0 4.4 1,908 +4.4% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 5.0 3.0 1,327 -3.9% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 1,108 +0.5% Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 1 -1 0 0.8 353 +0.8% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 143 -6.8% Legalise Cannabis Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 103 +0.0% Veritas (political party) 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 102 +0.2% Mums' Army 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 69 +0.2% Ward results Avenue Liberal Democrats (UK) Simone Butterworth 1,441 50.5 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) Graham Petrini 690 24.2 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Basil Bulmer 229 8.0 -2.5 Hull Independents Ginette Andrew 210 7.4 +2.2 Independent (politician) Haris Livas-Dawes 179 6.3 +6.3 Legalise Cannabis Alliance Carl Wagner 103 3.6 +3.6 751 26.3 +3.1 2,852 31.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Boothferry Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Ellis 1,626 57.6 +16.2 Labour Party (UK) Freda Longbottom 716 25.4 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Karen Woods 482 17.1 +2.7 910 32.2 +17.6 2,824 29.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bransholme East Hull Independents Anita Harrison 867 64.2 +23.9 Labour Party (UK) Daniel McIntyre 291 21.5 -11.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Bristow 115 8.5 -12.0 Veritas (political party) Harold Nielson 78 5.8 +5.8 576 42.7 +35.7 1,351 22.4 Independent (politician) Bransholme West Labour Party (UK) Leonard Bird 625 61.3 -7.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Welton 394 38.7 +25.1 231 22.6 -33.0 1,019 17.7 Labour Party (UK) Bricknell Conservative Party (UK) John Fareham 1,607 65.7 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) Kay Vandebriele 434 17.7 -3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Bell 406 16.6 -1.4 1,173 48.0 +8.6 2,447 38.7 Conservative Party (UK) Derringham Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Hull 1,110 42.3 +33.3 Hull Independents Chris Jarvis 831 31.7 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) Simon Kelsey 436 16.6 -9.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Abraham 153 5.8 -2.7 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) David Harris 93 3.5 +3.5 279 10.6 2,623 29.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Independent (politician) Drypool Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Sloan 1,595 55.6 +15.6 Labour Party (UK) Jill Wareing 1,050 36.6 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) James Parker 223 7.8 +2.0 545 19.0 +10.6 2,868 30.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Holderness Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Baker 1,967 64.9 +9.8 Labour Party (UK) Martin Mancey 768 25.3 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Greendale 295 9.7 -2.7 1,199 39.6 +16.9 3,030 30.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ings Liberal Democrats (UK) Mervyn Taylor 2,017 61.0 +9.9 Labour Party (UK) Peter Clark 997 30.1 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Clark 224 6.8 -0.9 Independent (politician) John Reeve 71 2.1 -3.7 1,020 30.9 +15.3 3,309 34.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Longhill Labour Party (UK) Alice Hewitt 1,033 52.2 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Godden 614 31.0 +14.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Brown 332 16.8 +6.5 419 21.2 -6.8 1,979 23.1 Labour Party (UK) Marfleet Labour Party (UK) Sean Chaytor 1,023 60.5 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joseph Matthews 452 26.7 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Abbott 217 12.8 +12.8 571 33.8 -0.3 1,692 19.4 Labour Party (UK) Myton Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Branson 1,103 52.3 +0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Woodward 413 19.6 +2.2 British National Party Terry Symons 342 16.2 +16.2 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Baxter 252 11.9 +2.1 690 32.7 -1.5 2,110 22.3 Labour Party (UK) Newington Liberal Democrats (UK) Damian Walker 974 52.3 +35.3 Labour Party (UK) Bryan Bradley 582 31.2 -5.3 British National Party Jonathan Mainprize 211 11.3 +11.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Thompson 73 3.9 -6.2 Veritas (political party) Peter Mawer 24 1.3 +1.3 392 21.1 1,864 21.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Orchard Park and Greenwood Independent (politician) Terence Geraghty 1,077 52.6 +22.4 Labour Party (UK) Kathryn Nicholson 716 35.0 -18.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Simpson 157 7.7 -8.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Brown 98 4.8 +4.8 361 17.6 2,048 22.5 Independent (politician) Pickering Liberal Democrats (UK) Abigail Walker 1,436 47.3 +16.5 Labour Party (UK) Alan Gardiner 859 28.3 -5.5 British National Party Edward Scott 451 14.9 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Britton 181 6.0 -3.6 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Alan Monkman 108 3.6 +3.6 577 19.0 3,035 33.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) St Andrews Labour Party (UK) Nadine Fudge 467 37.0 +12.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Amanda Blexill 419 33.2 -18.5 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Patricia Penna 152 12.0 +12.0 British National Party Alan Siddle 104 8.2 +8.2 Mums' Army Karen Rouse-Deane 69 5.5 +5.5 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cook 51 4.0 -2.2 48 3.8 1,262 23.8 Labour Party (UK) Southcoates East Labour Party (UK) David Gemmel 573 55.4 -4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Morrell 213 20.6 +0.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Christopher Goss 143 13.8 +13.8 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Percy 106 10.2 +10.2 360 34.8 -5.5 1,035 18.3 Labour Party (UK) Southcoates West Labour Party (UK) Stephen Brady 824 49.8 +4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Uzzell 751 45.4 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Fisher 79 4.8 -6.8 73 4.4 +2.2 1,654 27.5 Labour Party (UK) Sutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Hepton 1,827 63.3 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Noble 807 27.9 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Airey 254 8.8 +3.5 1,020 35.4 +4.4 2,888 30.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) University Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris Randall 1,149 60.6 +12.9 Labour Party (UK) Robert Silby 591 31.2 -11.2 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Dear 155 8.2 +1.0 558 29.4 +24.1 1,895 32.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) No elections were held in Beverley, Kings Park and Newland wards. References 2006 Category:2006 English local elections Category:2000s in Kingston upon Hull