2006 Winchester City Council election

2006 Winchester City Council election
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19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
	Results by Ward
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2006 Winchester Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

Quick facts 19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	13	7	0	+7	68.4	53.8	17,604	+12.1
Liberal Democrats	4	0	5	-5	21.1	33.8	11,047	-8.3
Labour	1	0	1	-1	5.3	6.4	2,100	-1.0
Independent	1	0	1	-1	5.3	5.8	1,898	-0.1
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	64	-2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Georgina Busher	985	45.8	+0.6
	Conservative	Roger Hockin	928	43.2	+16.9
	Labour	Stephen Haines	120	5.6	+1.3
	Independent	Ruby Forrest	117	5.4	+5.4
Majority			57	2.6	−16.3
Turnout			2,150	42
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Verney	565	62.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Day	338	37.4	−7.5
Majority			227	25.2	+17.6
Turnout			903	53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Izard	971	51.3	−10.1
	Conservative	Theresa Marshall	850	44.9	+12.3
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	73	3.9	−2.2
Majority			121	6.4	−22.4
Turnout			1,894	47
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Allgood	1,742	81.4	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Houghton	320	15.0	−9.3
	Labour	David Picton-Jones	78	3.6	−0.4
Majority			1,422	66.4	+18.9
Turnout			2,140	41
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 Winchester City Council election

Campaign

Election result

Ward results

Bishop's Waltham

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton

Colden Common and Twyford

Denmead

Droxford, Soberton and Hambledon

Kings Worthy

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm

Owslebury & Curdridge

Shedfield

Sparsholt

St. Barnabas

St. Bartholomew

St. John and All Saints

St. Luke

St. Michael

St. Paul

Swanmore and Newton

The Alresfords

Wonston and Micheldever

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Coates	740	78.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Scriven	203	21.5	−8.2
Majority			537	57.0	+18.2
Turnout			943	59
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Howell	799	51.0	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	697	44.5	−0.6
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	70	4.5	−0.6
Majority			102	6.5
Turnout			1,566	49
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Colin	837	48.7	−9.2
	Conservative	Susan Evershed	829	48.2	+11.1
	Labour	David Smith	53	3.1	−1.9
Majority			8	0.5	−20.3
Turnout			1,719	54
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Ruffell	881	60.2	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Stainton	539	36.8	−16.0
	Labour	Brian Fullaway	44	3.0	+0.1
Majority			342	23.4
Turnout			1,464	49
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Huxstep	649	44.5	+0.7
	Independent	Andrew Archard	554	38.0	−11.9
	Independent	Stuart Jones	173	11.9	+11.9
	Labour	Patricia Hayward	82	5.6	−0.7
Majority			95	6.5
Turnout			1,458	47
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Wood	484	62.0	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Coleman	297	38.0	−13.3
Majority			187	24.0
Turnout			781	52
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Worrall	1,350	52.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Mitchell	1,099	42.9	−1.4
	Labour	Adrian Field	111	4.3	−2.4
Majority			251	9.8	+5.1
Turnout			2,560	55
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hiscock	978	49.4	+2.8
	Conservative	Patrick Cunningham	869	43.9	+8.9
	Labour	Timothy Curran	133	6.7	−3.4
Majority			109	5.5	−6.1
Turnout			1,980	43
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Pines	507	32.7	+3.4
	Conservative	Michael Lovegrove	498	32.1	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Hicks	478	30.8	−1.8
	Independent	Harold Robbins	69	4.4	+4.4
Majority			9	0.6
Turnout			1,552	35
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stephens	614	43.1	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hobson	458	32.1	−10.4
	Labour	Patrick Davies	354	24.8	+4.5
Majority			156	11.0
Turnout			1,426	35
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Michael^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Tait	1,240	58.7	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Chester	702	33.2	−10.7
	Labour	Albert Edwards	107	5.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Judith Napier-Clark	64	3.0	−4.0
Majority			538	25.5
Turnout			2,113	47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanmore and Newtown^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Weston	1,101	56.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Campbell	805	41.1	−0.8
	Labour	Dennis May	52	2.7	−0.1
Majority			296	15.1	+1.7
Turnout			1,958	60
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Alresfords^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hollingbery	1,469	59.3	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Porter	876	35.4	−7.4
	Labour	Robin Atkins	131	5.3	−1.5
Majority			593	23.9
Turnout			2,476	51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wonston and Micheldever^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Godfrey	1,271	65.1	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McLoughlin	604	30.9	−6.9
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	77	3.9	−0.5
Majority			667	34.2	+14.3
Turnout			1,952	48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Pearce	845	50.4	−6.0
	Conservative	Gillian Allen	725	43.2	+9.5
	Labour	Debra Grech	108	6.4	−3.5
Majority			120	7.2	−15.5
Turnout			1,678	39
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing