Local Election Results 4th May 2006 Andrew Teale Version 0.10.1 August 22, 2010 2 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2006 Typeset by LATEX Compilation and design © Andrew Teale, 2006–2010. The author grants permission to copy and distribute this work in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. This file is available for download from http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/ Please advise the author of any corrections which need to be made by email: [email protected] Contents Introduction and Abbreviations6 I London Boroughs8 1 North London9 1.1 Barking and Dagenham.......................9 1.2 Barnet................................... 11 1.3 Brent.................................. 14 1.4 Camden................................ 17 1.5 Ealing.................................. 20 1.6 Enfield................................. 23 1.7 Hackney................................ 25 1.8 Hammersmith and Fulham..................... 29 1.9 Haringey................................. 31 1.10 Harrow................................. 33 1.11 Havering................................ 36 1.12 Hillingdon............................... 39 1.13 Hounslow............................... 42 1.14 Islington................................ 44 1.15 Kensington and Chelsea....................... 47 1.16 Newham................................ 49 1.17 Redbridge............................... 53 1.18 Tower Hamlets............................ 56 1.19 Waltham Forest............................ 59 1.20 Westminster............................... 61 2 South London 65 2.1 Bexley.................................. 65 2.2 Bromley................................ 68 2.3 Croydon................................. 71 2.4 Greenwich............................... 74 2.5 Kingston upon Thames........................ 76 2.6 Lambeth................................ 78 2.7 Lewisham............................... 82 2.8 Merton................................. 85 2.9 Richmond upon Thames....................... 87 2.10 Southwark............................... 89 3 4 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2006 2.11 Sutton.................................. 92 2.12 Wandsworth.............................. 95 II Metropolitan Boroughs 98 3 Greater Manchester 99 3.1 Bolton.................................. 99 3.2 Bury................................... 100 3.3 Manchester................................ 101 3.4 Oldham................................. 103 3.5 Rochdale................................ 105 3.6 Salford................................. 106 3.7 Stockport................................ 108 3.8 Tameside................................ 109 3.9 Trafford.................................. 111 3.10 Wigan.................................. 112 4 Merseyside 115 4.1 Knowsley................................ 115 4.2 Liverpool................................ 116 4.3 St Helens................................ 119 4.4 Sefton.................................. 120 4.5 Wirral................................... 121 5 South Yorkshire 124 5.1 Barnsley................................ 124 5.2 Doncaster............................... 125 5.3 Rotherham............................... 127 5.4 Sheffield................................ 128 6 Tyne and Wear 131 6.1 Gateshead................................ 131 6.2 Newcastle upon Tyne......................... 132 6.3 North Tyneside............................ 134 6.4 South Tyneside............................ 135 6.5 Sunderland............................... 137 7 West Midlands 139 7.1 Birmingham.............................. 139 7.2 Coventry................................ 142 7.3 Dudley................................. 144 7.4 Sandwell................................ 145 7.5 Solihull................................. 147 7.6 Walsall................................. 148 7.7 Wolverhampton............................ 149 CONTENTS 5 8 West Yorkshire 152 8.1 Bradford................................ 152 8.2 Calderdale............................... 154 8.3 Kirklees................................. 155 8.4 Leeds.................................. 157 8.5 Wakefield................................ 160 III Unitary Councils 162 9 East Midlands Unitaries 163 9.1 Derby.................................. 163 10 Eastern Unitaries 165 10.1 Peterborough............................. 165 10.2 Southend-on-Sea........................... 166 10.3 Thurrock................................ 168 11 North Eastern Unitaries 170 11.1 Hartlepool............................... 170 12 North Western Unitaries 172 12.1 Blackburn with Darwen....................... 172 12.2 Halton................................. 173 12.3 Warrington............................... 175 13 South Eastern Unitaries 177 13.1 Milton Keynes............................. 177 13.2 Portsmouth.............................. 178 13.3 Reading................................. 180 13.4 Slough.................................. 181 13.5 Southampton............................. 182 13.6 Wokingham.............................. 184 14 South West Unitaries 186 14.1 Bristol.................................. 186 14.2 Plymouth................................ 188 14.3 Swindon................................ 189 15 West Midlands Unitaries 191 15.1 Stoke-on-Trent.............................. 191 16 Yorkshire and Humberside Unitaries 193 16.1 Kingston upon Hull.......................... 193 16.2 North East Lincolnshire....................... 195 Index 196 Introduction and Abbreviations Elections were held on 4th May 2006 to all London boroughs and metropolitan boroughs, and some unitary authorities and shire districts in England. The voting system used for all elections covered here was first-past-the-post, with multi-member FPTP being used where more than one seat was up for election. All of the seats on the 32 London borough councils were up for election. The vast majority of London boroughs use multi-member wards electing three councillors each; there are also a handful of single-member and two-member wards. Elections to the London boroughs are covered in Part I, which has been split into two chapters (North and South London). The 36 metropolitan boroughs are all elected by thirds. Each ward has three councillors, with the councillor finishing third in the poll in 2004 (when the current ward boundaries were introduced) being up for election in each ward. In some cases two seats were up for election, due to the death or resignation of another councillor for the ward within six months of the election. Results of these elections are contained in Part II, which each of the former metropolitan counties constituting a separate chapter. The English unitary authorities and shire districts may have up to three councillors in each ward, and may hold elections either all at once or by thirds. Only those councils which elect by thirds held elections this year; those councils which elect all at once were last elected in 2003 and will next be elected in 2007. A few districts elect by halves every two years; all of these districts held an election this year. Where districts elect by thirds generally not all of the wards in the district hold an election every year. A full explanation of the electoral arrangements is given at the head of each council’s entry. Unitary election results are shown in Part III (with the exception of the unitary districts covering Berkshire which have been treated as shire districts) with shire district results in Part IV. Part III is divided into eight chapters based on region, while Part IV has one chapter for each county. Finally, at the back you will find an Index of Wards. Where a candidate in an election dies, the election in that ward or division is cancelled and rearranged for a later date. This happened in the following wards or divisions at this election: 6 INTRODUCTION AND ABBREVIATIONS 7 • Brus, Hartlepool Here is a list of abbreviations used in this book for major parties and selected other parties which fought several councils. This list is not exhaustive; parties which put up only a few candidates will generally have their abbreviation listed at the head of the entry for the relevant council. Please note that the “Lab” label includes candidates who were jointly sponsored by the Labour and Co-operative Parties. BNP - British National Party Loony - Monster Raving Loony Party C - Conservative Party Respect - Respect, the Unity Coalition Grn - Green Party SocAll - Socialist Alliance Ind - Independent Lab - Labour Party SocAlt - Socialist Alternative LD - Liberal Democrat SocLab - Socialist Labour Party Lib - Liberal Party UKIP - UK Independence Party I would like to close this section by thanking all those who have supplied me with results, and particularly those dozens of council webpages without which this work would not have been possible. Part I London Boroughs 8 Chapter 1 North London 1.1 Barking and Dagenham Note:— The result in Eastbury was the subject of an election petition after Jeffrey Steed (the BNP candidate) was wrongly declared as having polled 102 votes, rather than 1,102. The result shown below is the corrected one. Thanks to John Cartwright for supplying a correction to this section. Abbey (3) Chadwell Heath (3) [2 Lab gains from Chadwell Heath Residents As- Jeanne Alexander Lab 1376 sociation, 1 Lab gain from C] Mohammed Fani Lab 1275 Graham Bramley Lab 1241 Foyzur Rahman C 765 Sarah Baillie Lab 1101 Nadine Smith Lab 999 Shaun Carroll Lab 987 Terry Justice C 873 Maire Justice C 734 Sharron Chytry C 583 Ronald Curtis Ind 560 Alibon (3) [2 BNP gains from Lab] Doreen Tucker UKIP 385 Ronald Long UKIP 376 Robert Bailey BNP 1329 Claire Doncaster