2006 Carlisle City Council election

2006 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006. The 2006 Carlisle City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, 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/16ud.stm Local elections: Carlisle 4 May 2006 BBC News 30 November 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 24 Conservative 19 Liberal Democrats 8 Independent 1http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2006/rp06-026.pdf Local elections 2006 10 May 2006 House of Commons Library 30 November 2011 Background Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 20 seats and the backing of the 7 Liberal Democrats.http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/labour-hopes-for-comeback-1.355278?referrerPath=home/2.1962 https://archive.today/20130421024234/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/labour-hopes-for-comeback-1.355278?referrerPath=home/2.1962 dead 21 April 2013 Labour hopes for comeback Whittle Julian 14 April 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 Labour was in opposition despite being the largest group on the council with 24 seatshttp://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/tory-s-past-raked-up-in-city-election-1.318324?referrerPath=home/2.1962 Tory's past raked up in city election Whittle Julian 4 May 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 November 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes and needed 3 gains to take control. 19 of the 52 seats on the council were being elected, with extra seats contested in Stanwix Rural and Upperby wards after the sitting councillors, Conservative Edward Firth and Labour's Caroline Watson, stood down.http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/craig-s-hoping-to-step-up-to-city-council-seat-1.355127?referrerPath=home/2.1962 Craig's hoping to step up to city council seat Richardson Anna 7 April 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 November 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Labour were defending 9 seats, compared to 8 for the Conservatives and 2 Liberal Democrats. Candidates at the election included 11 independents standing to protest against the demolition of the Warwick Road cinema and the first candidate from the English Democrats Party in Belah ward. Before the election top Labour targets were reported as being Morton and Castle from the Liberal Democrats and Belah from the Conservatives. The Conservatives were targeting Yewdale from Labour, while the Liberal Democrats aimed to take Dalston from the Conservatives. Election result Labour remained the largest party on the council with 24 councillors after only one seat changed hands.http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/elections-fail-to-find-winner-1.318447?referrerPath=home/2.1962 Elections fail to find winner 5 May 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150415020546/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/elections-fail-to-find-winner-1.318447?referrerPath=home%2F2.1962 15 April 2015 http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/tories-can-no-longer-rely-on-lib-dems-1.356174?referrerPath=home/2.1962 Tories can no longer rely on Lib Dems Whittle Julian 12 May 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150415020458/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/tories-can-no-longer-rely-on-lib-dems-1.356174?referrerPath=home%2F2.1962 15 April 2015 The Liberal Democrats gained Dalston from the Conservatives, to go up to 8 seats, while the Conservatives dropped to 19 and there remained 1 independent. Overall turnout at the election was 34.6%, down from 42.6% at the 2004 election.http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/carlislecc/main.asp?page=1696 2006 Election Results Carlisle City Council 30 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20060927053535/http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/carlislecc/main.asp?page=1696 2006-09-27 Following the election Michael Boaden became the new leader of the Labour group, after challenging the previous leader Heather Bradley.http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/city-council-labour-leader-ousted-1.318936?referrerPath=home/2.1962 City council Labour leader ousted 12 May 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131203070536/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/city-council-labour-leader-ousted-1.318936?referrerPath=home%2F2.1962 3 December 2013 However Conservative Mike Mitchelson remained as council leader after being re-elected by 26 votes to 25 at the annual council meeting on 22 May.http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/farmer-for-a-fisher-as-council-elects-new-mayor-1.319773?referrerPath=home/2.1962 Farmer for a Fisher as council elects new mayor Story Chris 23 May 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131203072045/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/farmer-for-a-fisher-as-council-elects-new-mayor-1.319773?referrerPath=home%2F2.1962 3 December 2013 This came after the Liberal Democrats backed the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat Peter Farmer was elected mayor by the same margin. Carlisle local election result 2006 Labour Party (UK) 9 0 0 0 47.4 35.6 9,629 -2.4% Conservative Party (UK) 7 0 1 -1 36.8 40.7 11,009 -0.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 1 0 +1 15.8 13.7 3,694 -2.0% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 8.3 2,237 +3.8% English Democrats Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 247 +0.9% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 222 0.0% Ward results Belahhttp://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/carlisle-city-council-election-results-1.318525?referrerPath=/2.1692 https://archive.today/20130421003926/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/carlisle-city-council-election-results-1.318525?referrerPath=/2.1692 dead 21 April 2013 Carlisle City Council election results 6 May 2006 News and Star 1 December 2011 Conservative Party (UK) Sandra Fisher 976 54.3 -16.3 Labour Party (UK) Grant Warwick 435 24.2 -5.2 English Democrats Party Stephen Gash 247 13.8 +13.8 Independent (politician) Charmain Hunt 138 7.7 +7.7 541 30.1 -11.0 1,796 37.9 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Belle Vue Labour Party (UK) Jessica Riddle 601 43.4 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Mallinson 582 42.0 +1.2 Independent (politician) Linda Hargreaves 202 14.6 +14.6 19 1.4 -0.3 1,385 32.6 -9.5 Labour Party (UK) Botcherby Labour Party (UK) Anne Glendinning 602 55.5 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Theresa Cartner 314 29.0 -13.5 Independent (politician) Edna Croft 168 15.5 +15.5 288 26.6 +11.7 1,084 24.3 -8.4 Labour Party (UK) Brampton Conservative Party (UK) Michael Mitchelson 990 77.8 +15.5 Labour Party (UK) Alex Faulds 282 22.2 +0.8 708 55.7 +14.8 1,272 36.7 -6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Castle Liberal Democrats (UK) Olwyn Luckley 632 54.0 -8.9 Labour Party (UK) Ann Warwick 321 27.4 -9.7 Conservative Party (UK) George Bain 149 12.7 +12.7 Independent (politician) Donald Patterson 69 5.9 +5.9 311 26.6 +0.8 1,171 28.3 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Currock Labour Party (UK) Heather Bradley 663 56.2 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Shaidat Danmole-Ellis 221 18.7 -7.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Richardson 151 12.8 -3.1 Independent (politician) Fiona Robson 144 12.2 +12.2 442 37.5 +6.6 1,179 27.5 -7.1 Labour Party (UK) Dalston Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Tweedie 891 44.3 +0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Lucy Crookdale 874 43.5 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Ross Warwick 246 12.2 -0.7 17 0.8 +0.8 2,011 43.3 -10.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Denton Holme Labour Party (UK) Paul Atkinson 780 60.2 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Vasey 329 25.4 -9.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Tootle 166 12.8 +12.8 Independent (politician) Lynn Barlow 21 1.6 +1.6 451 34.8 +4.5 1,296 28.4 -7.1 Labour Party (UK) Harraby Labour Party (UK) Joseph Weedall 802 55.5 +7.9 Conservative Party (UK) Nicola Clarke 643 44.5 +9.0 159 11.0 -1.1 1,445 31.2 -6.4 Labour Party (UK) Longtown and Rockliffe Conservative Party (UK) Raynor Bloxham 635 60.7 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Robert Dodds 357 34.1 -3.7 Independent (politician) Andrew Blythe 54 5.2 +5.2 278 26.6 +2.2 1,046 32.1 +3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Morton Liberal Democrats (UK) John Farmer 961 49.0 -6.6 Labour Party (UK) John Bell 837 42.6 -1.8 Independent (politician) Philip Weir 165 8.4 +8.4 124 6.3 -4.9 1,963 41.2 -5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) St Aidans Labour Party (UK) Anne Quilter 669 49.1 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Fisher 421 30.9 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Olive Hall 193 14.2 +14.2 Independent (politician) Colin Paisley 80 5.9 +5.9 248 18.2 +7.6 1,363 31.1 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Stanwix Rural (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Marilyn Bowman 908 Conservative Party (UK) James Bainbridge 747 Independent (politician) Craig Nicholson 475 Labour Party (UK) John Hale 203 Independent (politician) Kathryn Bowstead 176 2,509 39.4 +9.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stanwix Urban Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Mallinson 1,116 58.4 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) Steven Bowditch 510 26.7 -10.6 Independent (politician) Richard Hunt 286 15.0 +15.0 606 31.7 +6.2 1,912 40.7 -10.2 Conservative Party (UK) Upperby (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) David Wilson 665 Labour Party (UK) John Reardon 634 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Osler 373 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Clarke 322 Independent (politician) Haydn Charlesworth 165 2,159 31.9 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wetheral Conservative Party (UK) Neville Lishman 1,032 65.6 -8.1 Labour Party (UK) Roger Horne 225 14.3 -12.0 Green Party of England and Wales Lynn Bates 222 14.1 +14.1 Independent (politician) Iain Wilson 94 6.0 +6.0 807 51.3 +4.0 1,573 43.2 -6.8 Conservative Party (UK) Yewdale Labour Party (UK) George Stothard 797 42.5 -8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gareth Ellis 750 40.0 -9.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eileen Aldersey 327 17.4 +17.4 47 2.5 +0.8 1,874 38.2 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) References Category:2006 English local elections 2006 Category:2000s in Cumbria