2006 Swale Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Swale Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006. The 2006 Swale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/29um.stm Local elections: Swale 4 May 2006 BBC News Online 30 March 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 28 Labour 10 Liberal Democrats 8 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax 1http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/conservatives-snatch-three-seats-a24012/ Conservatives snatch three seats in Swale 11 May 2006 Kent Online 30 March 2015 Election result The Conservatives gained three seats after winning 11 of the 16 seats contested. They took two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Grove and Minster Cliffs wards, while also defeating a Labour councillor in Queenborough and Halfway by 17 votes. This took the Conservatives to 28 seats on the council, compared to 10 for Labour and 8 for the Liberal Democrats. The Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax failed to win any seats after standing in 9 of the 16 wards contested, coming closest in Sheppey Central where they finished second with 540 votes, compared to 636 for the Conservative councillor John Morris. This meant the former Conservative councillor Chris Boden remained the only councillor for the Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax after the election. Swale local election result 2006UK local election results 5 May 2006 Financial Times NewsBankhttp://www.swale.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4090 2006 Swale Borough Council Election Results Swale Borough Council 30 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20070626032526/http://www.swale.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4090 26 June 2007 Conservative Party (UK) 11 3 0 +3 68.8 45.1 10,370 -1.3% Labour Party (UK) 4 0 1 -1 25.0 27.6 6,353 -1.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 2 -2 6.3 20.0 4,599 -1.4% Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 1,655 +7.2% Money Reform Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 29 +0.1% Ward results Abbey Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Mulhern 587 44.4 -8.6 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Payne 410 31.0 -16.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Bellis 223 16.9 +16.9 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Charles Ulyatt 73 5.5 +5.5 Money Reform Party Anne Belsey 29 2.2 +2.2 177 13.4 -24.8 1,322 36.4 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Chalkwell Labour Party (UK) Roger Truelove 620 47.9 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Carnell 379 29.3 -3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Spurling 185 14.3 -5.1 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Christopher Evans 110 8.5 +8.5 241 18.6 +4.0 1,294 35.9 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) Grove Conservative Party (UK) Gareth Randall 591 39.5 +8.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bernard Lowe 515 34.4 -18.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael Baldock 285 19.1 +2.5 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Jennifer Bishop 105 7.0 +7.0 76 5.1 1,496 34.0 +8.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Lewin 1,170 70.2 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Winckless 252 15.1 -1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Daw 245 14.7 -3.3 918 55.1 +7.6 1,667 39.0 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Kemsley Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Simpson 722 61.7 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) Russell Beardmore 268 22.9 +5.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Sims 180 15.4 +4.7 454 38.8 +10.6 1,170 28.3 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Minster Cliffs Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Pugh 750 40.7 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Williams 466 25.3 -14.1 Labour Party (UK) Matthew Wheatcroft 449 24.3 +6.4 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes William Stone 180 9.8 +9.8 284 15.4 1,845 34.3 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Murston Liberal Democrats (UK) Manuella Tomes 450 47.3 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) Shelley Cheesman 293 30.8 +11.7 Conservative Party (UK) Nailesh Patel 208 21.9 +0.7 157 16.5 -22.0 951 27.0 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Queenborough and Halfway Conservative Party (UK) David Garside 830 43.8 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) Michael Constable 813 42.9 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Partis 250 13.2 +4.4 17 0.9 1,893 36.0 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Roman Labour Party (UK) Simon Clark 586 47.9 -6.6 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Clarke 417 34.1 +8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Springham 220 18.0 -3.3 169 13.8 -16.4 1,223 34.8 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) Sheerness East Labour Party (UK) Mark Ellen 329 36.8 -6.2 Conservative Party (UK) June Kimber 282 31.5 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Howe 188 21.0 -1.6 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Patricia Sandle 96 10.7 +10.7 47 5.3 -3.3 895 27.3 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) Sheerness West Labour Party (UK) Angela Harrison 643 59.1 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Morris 269 24.7 +6.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Kemp 176 16.2 +6.5 374 34.4 -10.5 1,088 28.8 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) Sheppey Central Conservative Party (UK) John Morris 636 37.7 -8.7 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Lesley Ingham 540 32.0 +32.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Stanbridge 335 19.8 -15.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Martin 177 10.5 -7.8 96 5.7 -5.4 1,688 31.0 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) St Ann's Conservative Party (UK) Michael Cosgrove 685 50.3 -4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Evans 313 23.0 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Paul Durkin 258 18.9 -4.4 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Joseph Brown 107 7.9 +7.9 372 27.3 -4.4 1,363 35.6 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Teynham and Lynsted Conservative Party (UK) John Disney 802 56.6 +7.9 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Richard Shannon 346 24.4 +24.4 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Rowles 269 19.0 -17.0 456 32.2 +19.3 1,417 36.7 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Watling Conservative Party (UK) Cynthia Davis 1,091 66.7 -5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Henderson 301 18.4 +18.4 Labour Party (UK) Lionel Vaughan 244 14.9 -13.1 790 48.3 +4.3 1,636 43.0 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Woodstock Conservative Party (UK) Alan Willicombe 951 46.2 -1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Berick Tomes 710 34.5 -8.2 Labour Party (UK) Adam Tolhurst 299 14.5 +5.1 Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes Kenneth Boyce 98 4.8 +4.8 241 11.7 +6.6 2,058 51.7 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) References 2006 Category:2006 English local elections Category:2000s in Kent