Local Election Results 5th May 2005 Andrew Teale Version 0.90 September 6, 2008 2 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2006 Typeset by LATEX Compilation and design © Andrew Teale, 2008. The author grants permission to copy and distribute this work in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. This file (in several formats) 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 Abbreviations5 I County Councils7 1 Bedfordshire8 2 Buckinghamshire 12 3 Cambridgeshire 16 4 Cheshire 21 5 Cornwall 25 6 Cumbria 31 7 Derbyshire 36 8 Devon 41 9 Dorset 46 10 Durham 50 11 East Sussex 55 12 Essex 59 13 Gloucestershire 66 14 Hampshire 71 15 Hertfordshire 77 16 Kent 83 17 Lancashire 90 18 Leicestershire 97 3 4 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2006 19 Lincolnshire 101 20 Norfolk 107 21 North Yorkshire 113 22 Northamptonshire 118 23 Northumberland 123 24 Nottinghamshire 128 25 Oxfordshire 133 26 Shropshire 139 27 Somerset 143 28 Staffordshire 147 29 Suffolk 152 30 Surrey 157 31 Warwickshire 164 32 West Sussex 168 33 Wiltshire 174 34 Worcestershire 178 II Unitary Councils 183 35 North Eastern Unitaries 184 35.1 Stockton-on-Tees........................... 184 36 South Eastern Unitaries 187 36.1 Isle of Wight.............................. 187 37 South Western Unitaries 190 37.1 Bristol.................................. 190 Index 192 Introduction and Abbreviations Elections were held on 5th May 2005 to all county councils in England and three unitary authorities in England. As had happened at the two previous county council elections in 1997 and 2001, a general election was held on the same day. The results of the general election are available from many sources and are not covered here. 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. New boundaries were introduced in many counties, with in many counties multi-member divisions introduced for the first time — previously every county had used single-member divisions. While most divisions remain single-member, there are now a significant number of two-member divisions and three divisions electing three members (Penzance in Cornwall, Hucknall in Nottinghamshire and Bicester in Oxfordshire). Elections to the county councils are covered in Part I. The three unitary authorities which held elections were Bristol, the Isle of Wight, and Stockton-on-Tees. The Isle of Wight Council has the status of a county council and has 48 single-member divisions. One-third of Bristol City Council was up for election, with one councillor up for election in two- thirds of the wards, the remaining wards not holding an election this year. The election in Stockton-on-Tees was hastily arranged in order to introduce new ward boundaries, which could not be agreed in time for the scheduled election in May 2003; Stockton-on-Tees will revert to its normal four-year cycle from May 2007. Elections to these bodies are covered in Part II. 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: • Kinver, Staffordshire• Town Close, Norfolk and also in the general election in the Staffordshire South constituency. 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 5 6 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2006 “Lab” label includes candidates who were jointly sponsored by the Labour and Co-operative Parties. BNP - British National Party Lib - Liberal Party C - Conservative Party Loony - Monster Raving Loony Party Grn - Green Party Respect - Respect, the Unity Coalition Ind - Independent Soc All - Socialist Alliance Lab - Labour Party Soc Lab - Socialist Labour Party LD - Liberal Democrat 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 County Councils 7 Chapter 1 Bedfordshire New division boundaries came into force at this election. Bedford BBI = Better Bedford Independent Brickhill Eastcotts Peter Hand C 2,025 Susan Gaszczak LD 1,356 Charles Royden LD 1,895 Richard Payne C 1,270 Brian Anderson Lab 729 Pauline Curl Lab 557 Mary Fogg BBI 108 Bromham Roger Gwynne Jones C 2,067 Yanina Jones Lab 716 Goldington Stelios Mores LD 696 Eileen Whitmore Ind 374 Sylvia Gillard LD 1,545 Elizabeth Grugeon Lab 1,108 Alan Casan C 825 Cauldwell Brian Endersby BBI 326 Bob Elford Lab 1,876 Kitty Stacey C 711 Andrew Gerard LD 569 Harpur Clapham and Oakley Colleen Atkins Lab 1,435 Brian Dillingham C 947 Jane Walker C 2,282 John Ryan LD 530 Terence Carroll Lab 1,190 Stuart Channon BBI 196 Conrad Longmore LD 874 Jennifer Foley Grn 183 De Parys Tarsem Paul C 1,101 Harrold Lynda Aylett-Green LD 1,005 Margaret Davey BBI 684 Phyllis Gershon C 2,641 James Valentine Lab 592 Nicholas Charsley LD 1,367 Mark Steinhardt Grn 175 Stephen Poole Lab 931 8 CHAPTER 1. BEDFORDSHIRE 9 Kempston (2) North East Bedfordshire Kay Burley Lab 3,724 Thomas Wootton C 2,657 Ray Oliver Lab 3,571 Paul Stekelis LD 788 Mark Smith C 2,479 Philip Otubanjo Lab 589 Atul Sikand C 1,922 Mark Powell Grn 350 Timothy Hill LD 1,409 Joan Slater LD 1,297 Putnoe Marlies Branston BBI 802 Rosemary Bootiman LD 1,989 Christopher Davies Grn 529 Ralph Hall C 1,647 Mohammad Yasin Lab 715 Kempston Rural Mark Adkin UKIP 315 David Reedman C 1,408 Queens Park David Gallagher LD 633 Ben Foley Grn 275 Gordon Colling Lab 1,536 Roger Rigby C 823 Neal Bath LD 634 Kingsbrook Michael Bonito BBI 585 Paul Wheatley Grn 131 David Grugeon Lab 1,460 Dave Hodgson LD 1,441 Barbara Purbrick C 676 Wilshamstead Lynne Faulkner C 976 Newnham Anthony Hare Ind 751 Malcolm Whiteman LD 745 John Mingay C 1,241 June McDonald Lab 1,070 Anita Gerard LD 947 Wootton Edward Davey BBI 825 Gordon Willey LD 1,613 Saul Keyworth Grn 212 John Tait C 1,097 Mid Bedfordshire Ampthill Flitwick West Gary Summerfield LD 2,159 Stephen Male C 1,916 Michael Gibson C 1,631 Isobel Mason LD 915 Adrian Beardmore Lab 906 Marina Torselli Grn 207 Biggleswade (2) David Lawrence C 2,884 Madeline Russell C 2,820 Langford and Henlow Village Bernard Briars Lab 2,588 Tony Rogers C 1,903 Rex Skinner Lab 2,485 Neil Cliff LD 1,613 Margaret Bracey LD 1,866 David Devereux Lab 848 Gee Leach LD 1,543 Cranfield Marston Roger Baker C 1,177 Bob King C 1,278 Laurence Pollock Lab 694 Ian Booth LD 1,154 Judith Cunningham LD 540 Flitwick East Maulden and Houghton Conquest Victor Lee C 1,893 Alan Carter C 2,097 John Watton LD 1,502 Mark Cathrall LD 1,134 Gareth Ellis Grn 502 Julian Murray Lab 797 10 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2006 Northill and Blunham Silsoe and Shillington John Scott C 2,277 Rita Drinkwater C 2,040 Nigel Aldis LD 1,489 Alison Graham LD 1,132 Rose Forbes Lab 792 Thoufique Ali Lab 729 Potton Richard Baker C 2,015 Stotfold and Arlesey (2) Patrick Heskins Lab 930 Brian Phillips LD 896 John Saunders C 2,734 John Street C 2,725 Sandy Brian Collier LD 1,863 Douglas Landman Lab 1,584 Peter Blaine LD 1,863 Joseph Mayes Lab 1,343 Doreen Gurney C 1,306 Trevor Barnes LD 1,137 Allister Dennis Lab 773 Oliver Campbell Grn 198 Shefford Woburn and Harlington Robin Younger C 1,863 Anthony Duggan C 2,536 Mark Chapman LD 1,422 Brian Golby LD 2,137 Carolyn Devereux Lab 961 David Lewis Lab 793 South Bedfordshire Barton Leighton Linslade Central (2) Ian Shinglre LD 1,711 Roy Johnstone C 2,408 Peter Parrish C 1,405 Brian Spurr C 2,119 David King Lab 588 Mark Freeman LD 1,986 Adrian Heffernan Lab 1,902 Dunstable Downs (2) Stephen Owen LD 1,865 Margaret Stannard Lab 1,579 Gillian Howard C 3,121 Jennifer Fairbairn C 3,076 Michelle Henderson Lab 1,973 Northfields Joy Shaw Lab 1,674 Duncan Ross Lab 1,444 David Larkman LD 1,363 Sheroo Anklesaria C 1,021 Sally Pointer LD 1,336 Lynda Walmsley LD 613 Grovebury Plantation Paul Record C 1,456 Paul Walley C 2,113 Russell Goodchild LD 1,032 Anthony Griffin LD 1,461 Maurice Blackman Lab 953 Southcott Houghton Regis (2) Brian Sadler C 1,563 Peter Snelling LD 1,357 Susan Goodchild LD 2,619 Peter Palfrey Lab 738 Jack Goodchild LD 2,530 John Kinchella Lab 2,093 David Barker Lab 1,930 South East Bedfordshire Christopher Pine C 1,597 Richard Stay C 2,691 Geoffrey Thompson C 1,427 Javed Akhter Lab 812 Patricia Larkman LD 631 Icknield Peter Swaisland C 1,430 South West Bedfordshire Janet Pantry Lab 1,145 Brian Piggott C 2,815 Peter Hatswell LD 592 Raymond Harris Lab 1,048 CHAPTER 1. BEDFORDSHIRE 11 Consolidated Results — Bedfordshire Conservative . 81,732 42.8% 36 councillors Liberal Democrat .