2006 Chester City Council election

2006 Chester City Council election
← 2004 4 May 2006 2007 →
20 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2006 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 2006 Chester City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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2006 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	5	60.0	13	25	41.7	13,006	49.2	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	15.0	17	20	33.3	6,043	22.9	–9.8
	Labour	5	3	25.0	9	14	23.3	6,470	24.5	–1.7
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	168	0.6	–0.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	428	1.6	+1.1
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	303	1.1	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Stainthorp	714	53.5	–4.4
	Conservative	Charles Isaac	391	29.3	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	230	17.2	+0.4
Majority			323	24.2	–8.5
Turnout			1,335	24.1	–12.5
Registered electors			5,577
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Nelson*	565	58.0	–0.8
	Conservative	Colin McAlister	281	28.9	+4.8
	UKIP	Allan Waddell	128	13.1	N/A
Majority			284	29.2	–5.4
Turnout			974	25.2	–12.1
Registered electors			3,912
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Atkinson	492	43.4	–9.4
	Conservative	Sharon Tyrrell	436	38.4	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Crotty	206	18.2	+7.2
Majority			56	4.9	–19.3
Turnout			1,134	36.8	–5.9
Registered electors			3,098
	Labour hold		Swing	9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brain Bailey*	882	61.0	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Beith	202	14.0	–16.6
	Labour	Stephen Davies	193	13.4	±0.0
	Independent	Brian Goodall	168	11.6	N/A
Majority			680	47.1	+21.7
Turnout			1,445	43.7	+7.0
Registered electors			3,354
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.8

2006 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Blacon Hall

Blacon Lodge

Boughton

Christleton

City & St. Annes

College

Curzon & Westminster

Elton

Handbridge & St. Marys

Hoole All Saints

Kelsall

Lache Park

Mollington

Newton St. Michaels

Saughall

Tarvin

Tilston

Upton Grange

Upton Westlea

Vicars Cross

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Cooper*	457	45.6	+6.9
	Conservative	Mark Williams	427	42.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Jordan	85	8.5	–12.3
	UKIP	Roger Croston	33	3.3	N/A
Majority			30	3.0	N/A
Turnout			1,002	36.2	–3.7
Registered electors			2,785
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Rudd*	394	34.7	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Hodd	316	27.8	–5.1
	Conservative	Olya Rose	287	25.3	–2.7
	Green	Adrian Carr	138	12.2	+1.0
Majority			78	6.9	N/A
Turnout			1,135	23.3	–10.6
Registered electors			4,905
	Labour hold		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Drury	1,047	62.8	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Stobie	297	17.8	+0.9
	Labour	Philip Tate	247	14.8	–3.4
	UKIP	John Moore	76	4.6	N/A
Majority			750	45.0	–1.7
Turnout			1,667	50.5	+8.4
Registered electors			3,348
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Langdon	544	52.5	+14.3
	Labour	Mark Peterson*	492	47.5	–14.3
Majority			52	5.0	N/A
Turnout			1,036	30.8	–8.3
Registered electors			3,402
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	14.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Razia Daniels	992	57.4	+5.5
	Labour	Alexandra Tate	474	27.4	–9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones	195	11.3	–0.3
	UKIP	David Scott	66	3.8	N/A
Majority			518	30.0	+14.5
Turnout			1,727	51.8	–10.4
Registered electors			3,355
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thompson*	473	54.9	–4.9
	Conservative	Peter Fabian	159	18.4	+9.8
	Labour	Hilary Harrison	133	15.4	–6.9
	Green	Janet Dutton	97	11.3	N/A
Majority			314	36.4	–1.1
Turnout			862	33.0	+2.6
Registered electors			2,612
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Garman	809	49.2	–2.8
	Conservative	Hugo Deynam	749	45.6	+3.3
	Labour	Ian Irving	86	5.2	–0.6
Majority			60	3.6	–6.1
Turnout			1,644	57.6	+5.8
Registered electors			2,868
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Harada	866	53.5	+29.5
	Labour	Jane Mercer*	589	36.4	–6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Taylor	165	10.2	–4.9
Majority			277	17.1	N/A
Turnout			1,620	34.6	–10.3
Registered electors			4,695
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	18.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Crowe	512	75.6	–3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Pemberton	105	15.5	+6.6
	Labour	Anthony Mills	60	8.9	–3.0
Majority			407	60.1	–7.2
Turnout			677	43.8	+5.2
Registered electors			1,549
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marigold Roy	518	42.0	+20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Woodcock	396	32.1	–10.0
	Labour	John Fetherston	232	18.8	–17.8
	Green	Diana Wilderspin-Jones	87	7.1	N/A
Majority			122	9.9	N/A
Turnout			1,233	46.5	–5.9
Registered electors			2,671
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	15.4

Saughall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Storrar*	759	67.6	+5.1
	Labour	Thomas Andrews	227	20.2	–1.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Falconer	136	12.1	–3.3
Majority			532	47.4	+7.1
Turnout			1,122	39.2	–13.8
Registered electors			2,872
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Tarvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Plenderleath*	878	64.3	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hassett	302	22.1	–1.9
	Labour	Anthony Pegrum	185	13.6	–2.7
Majority			576	42.2	+6.5
Turnout			1,365	41.4	–14.6
Registered electors			3,305
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

Upton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Houlbrook	1,154	50.4	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Main	918	40.1	–7.4
	Labour	Branda Southward	217	9.5	–6.5
Majority			236	10.3	N/A
Turnout			2,289	45.1	–4.2
Registered electors			5,099
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	10.7

Upton Westlea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Mosley*	667	45.8	–2.1
	Labour	James Woodburn	482	33.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Capstick	202	13.9	–7.0
	Green	Malcolm Barker	106	7.3	N/A
Majority			185	12.7	–4.0
Turnout			1,457	48.2	–5.6
Registered electors			3,044
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Ritchie*	630	84.7	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Roberts	71	9.5	+1.8
	Labour	John Vernon	43	5.8	+2.1
Majority			559	75.1	–5.8
Turnout			744	45.1	+1.1
Registered electors			1,654
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Holding*	935	47.9	–8.0
	Conservative	Peter Dutton	827	42.4	+12.8
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	188	9.6	–4.9
Majority			108	5.5	–20.6
Turnout			1,950	43.7	–9.0
Registered electors			4,477
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.4

v t e Council elections in Cheshire
Cheshire East Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Cheshire West and Chester Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Halton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2026
Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Congleton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Macclesfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Vale Royal Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards, Boundary changes

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