2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Sandwell council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, British National Party in dark blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. The 2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/cs.stm Local elections: Sandwell BBC News 18 February 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 50 Conservative 11 Liberal Democrat 5 British National Party 4 Independent 2Local elections 2006: Results in full 6 May 2006 The Guardian 20 Campaign 24 of the 72 seats on the council were being contested in the election,Candidates warned on postal votes; Sandwell 26 April 2006 Birmingham Mail 20 with Labour holding control beforehand with 53 seats.Local issues dominate on polling day Williams Dale 4 May 2006 Birmingham Mail 2 The election saw 9 candidates from the British National Party, part of a record number for the party in the West Midlands.Midland: BNP 'anti-Islam' bid for council seats 4 April 2006 Birmingham Post 3 In the run up to the election councillor Alan Burkitt was arrested by the police on suspicion of selling his girlfriend for sex.Tax debts of shamed Tory; Politics: Sex claims councillor owes pounds 1 k in council bills Johnson Steve 5 April 2006 Birmingham Mail 14 As a result, Burkitt, representing Charlemont with Grove Vale ward, was suspended from the Conservative Party; Burkitt had previously been a Liberal Democrat councillor before defecting to the Conservatives. During the election the Conservative candidate in Tipton Green Shahzad Chaudhry accused the Labour councillor, Ahmadul Haque, of breaking the code of conduct for candidates by giving his home number for voters who wanted help with postal votes, however Haque denied he had done anything wrong.Poll is hit by post votes row; Tipton: Tory candidate cries foul over phone number in Labour election leaflet Deeley Tony 28 April 2006 Birmingham Mail 29 Meanwhile, Chaudhry received the backing of the former British National Party organiser for the West Midlands, Steve Edwards, in the election for Tipton Green.Local elections: Former BNP leader backs Asian Tory in battle for 'Tipton Taliban' ward Walker Jonathan 2 May 2006 Birmingham Post 7 Election result The results saw the British National Party win 3 seats,BNP set for hard-fought breakthrough in South Pavia Will Sherman, Jill 5 May 2006 The Times London 11 all gains from Labour.Blair punished at the polls Ministers to be axed in Cabinet reshuffle today Prescott to apologise for letting down the party Jones George 5 May 2006 The Daily Telegraph 1 The gains for the British National Party came in the wards of Great Bridge, Princes End and Tividale,Race hate fear as BNP gains seats; Right-wing support is a waste, warn activists Walker Jonathan 5 May 2006 Birmingham Mail 1 taking the party to 4 seats on the council.Labour chiefs vow to drive out BNP; Black country Far Right advance in Sandwell – but flop elsewhere 5 May 2006 Birmingham Mail 25 Labour dropped to 50 seats, after losing 4 but gaining another 1, the Conservatives stayed on 11 seats, the Liberal Democrats 5 and independents on 2 seats.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4975024.stm BNP take seats in West Midlands 5 May 2006 BBC News 26 February 2011 Sandwell local election result 2006http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2006/60/ Sandwell Local Elections Archive Project 18 February 2011Local elections 6 May 2006 The Times London 64 Labour Party (UK) 15 1 4 -3 62.5 44.2 33,127 -6.5% Conservative Party (UK) 4 1 1 0 16.7 27.1 20,321 -1.0% British National Party 3 3 0 +3 12.5 12.4 9,268 +8.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 0 0 8.3 15.0 11,263 +1.7% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 621 +0.7% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 317 +0.4% Ward results Abbey Labour Party (UK) Robert Piper 1,592 48.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ewart Johnson 968 29.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Prior 695 21.4 624 19.2 3,255 Labour Party (UK) Blackheath Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Ching 1,330 46.5 Labour Party (UK) Susan Downing 1,265 44.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mazhar Hussain 267 9.3 65 2.3 2,862 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bristnall Labour Party (UK) Steven Frear 1,486 49.9 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Grainger 1,088 36.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Berisford 402 13.5 398 13.3 2,976 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Charlemont with Grove Vale Conservative Party (UK) Tony Ward 1,737 48.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Allcock 830 23.2 Labour Party (UK) Jean Heywood 750 21.0 Independent (politician) Kathleen Ryan 254 7.1 907 25.4 3,571 Conservative Party (UK) Cradley Heath and Old Hill Labour Party (UK) Glenis Webb 1,545 53.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Griffiths 1,372 47.0 173 6.0 2,917 Labour Party (UK) Friar Park Labour Party (UK) Simon Hackett 1,127 47.9 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Nelson 903 38.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Brayshaw 321 13.7 224 9.5 2,351 Labour Party (UK) Great Barr with Yew Tree Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Wilson 1,212 31.5 British National Party Scott Dale 970 25.2 Labour Party (UK) Harbinder Deol 957 24.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stephanie Page 703 18.3 242 6.3 3,842 Liberal Democrats (UK) Great Bridge British National Party Simon Smith 1,278 45.1 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Whitehouse 1,096 38.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Roberts 461 16.3 182 6.4 2,835 British National Party Labour Party (UK) Greets Green and Lyng Labour Party (UK) Robert Badham 1,340 46.5 British National Party Gordon Howells 793 27.5 Conservative Party (UK) Elaine Fitzpatrick 475 16.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Jones 246 8.5 Independent (politician) Ivor Morgan 30 1.0 547 19.0 2,884 Labour Party (UK) Hateley Heath Labour Party (UK) Terry Williams 1,411 45.1 British National Party Sarah Dale 951 30.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rachel Cheeseman 416 13.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Lawrence 351 11.2 460 14.7 3,129 Labour Party (UK) Langley Labour Party (UK) Mick Davies 1,263 39.8 British National Party Karen Parkes 876 27.6 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Pawlowski 777 24.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Allcock 257 8.1 387 12.2 3,173 Labour Party (UK) Newton Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Underhill 1,424 42.9 Labour Party (UK) David Hosell 1,119 33.7 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Ward 778 23.4 305 9.2 3,321 Liberal Democrats (UK) Oldbury Labour Party (UK) Mahboob Hussain 2,347 64.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Hadley 989 27.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Emma Underhill 300 8.3 1,358 37.3 3,636 Labour Party (UK) Old Warley Conservative Party (UK) John McHard 1,419 43.7 Labour Party (UK) Susan Crumpton 1,268 39.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Reed 562 17.3 151 4.7 3,249 Conservative Party (UK) Princes End British National Party Russell Green 1,128 43.5 Labour Party (UK) June Newell 1,050 40.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Nugent 415 16.0 78 3.0 2,593 British National Party Labour Party (UK) Rowley Labour Party (UK) William Thomas 1,524 56.1 Conservative Party (UK) Joanne Hadley 1,192 43.9 332 12.2 2,716 Labour Party (UK) St Pauls Labour Party (UK) Gurinder Josan 2,196 53.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Ahmed 1,370 33.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Russell George 414 10.1 Independent (politician) Kulbir Singh 121 3.0 826 20.1 4,101 Labour Party (UK) Smethwick Labour Party (UK) Victor Silvester 1,730 61.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Hackett 858 30.6 Independent (politician) Narinder Dosanjh 216 7.7 872 31.1 2,804 Labour Party (UK) Soho and Victoria Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Rouf 1,942 65.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shamim Ahmed 708 23.9 Green Party of England and Wales Shari Temochin 317 10.7 1,234 41.6 2,967 Labour Party (UK) Tipton Green Labour Party (UK) Ahmadul Haque 1,268 35.7 British National Party Steven Parkes 1,195 33.6 Conservative Party (UK) Chaudhry Shehzad 1,091 30.7 73 2.1 3,554 Labour Party (UK) Tividale British National Party Carl Butler 1,191 37.0 Labour Party (UK) Lorraine Ashman 1,158 36.0 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Hardy 562 17.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diane Gorton 308 9.6 33 1.0 3,219 British National Party Labour Party (UK) Wednesbury North Conservative Party (UK) Mavis Hughes 1,533 61.6 Labour Party (UK) Tony Middleton 659 26.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Roebuck 298 12.0 874 35.1 2,490 Conservative Party (UK) Wednesbury South Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Giles 1,256 39.4 British National Party Sharon Butler 886 27.8 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Nugent 822 25.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Mitchener 222 7.0 370 11.6 3,186 Labour Party (UK) West Bromwich Central Labour Party (UK) Mohinder Tagger 1,778 54.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jarnail Sandhu 1,062 32.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Vickers 446 13.6 716 21.8 3,286 Labour Party (UK) References Category:2006 English local elections 2006 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)