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The 2006 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The Liberal Democrats held overall control of the council.[1][2]
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2006 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and green the Heald Green Ratepayers. |
Result summary
editParty | Seats | +/- | % votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 35 | 0 | ||
Labour | 15 | +1 | ||
Conservative | 10 | 0 | ||
Heald Green Ratepayer | 3 | 0 | ||
Independent | 0 | -1 |
Ward results
editBramhall North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maureen Walsh* | 2,349 | 47.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Foster-Grime | 2,269 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Ann Priestley | 179 | 3.6 | ||
UKIP | Malcom Crossley | 172 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 80 | ||||
Turnout | 47.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bramhall South and Woodford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Leck* | 2,606 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lenny Grice | 2,044 | 41.4 | ||
UKIP | David Michael Perry | 146 | 3.0 | ||
Labour | Beryl Dykes | 142 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 562 | ||||
Turnout | 50.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bredbury and Woodley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | C. Gordon* | 1,933 | 61.1 | ||
Conservative | K. Gibbons | 749 | 23.7 | ||
Labour | J. Humphries | 482 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | 1,184 | ||||
Turnout | 29.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bredbury Green and Romiley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Lloyd | 1,868 | 48.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | B. Jones* | 1,456 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | P. Bray | 551 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 412 | ||||
Turnout | 35.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Brinnington and Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin MacAlister* | 1,081 | 51.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Moss | 732 | 34.6 | ||
Conservative | B. Charlesworth | 303 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 349 | ||||
Turnout | 21.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheadle and Gatley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Millard* | 2,372 | 49.6 | ||
Conservative | C. Davenport | 1,943 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | C. Owen | 469 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 429 | ||||
Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cheadle Hulme North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | June Somekh* | 1,952 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | D. Cocker | 1,084 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | M. Miller | 356 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 868 | ||||
Turnout | 34.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cheadle Hulme South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bodsworth* | 1,885 | 46.6 | ||
Conservative | M. Roscoe | 1,668 | 41.2 | ||
Green | D. Leaver | 248 | 6.1 | ||
Labour | B. Hendley | 246 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 217 | ||||
Turnout | 39.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Davenport and Cale Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David White* | 1,437 | 48.2 | ||
Labour | S. Mealey | 971 | 32.6 | ||
Conservative | C. Holgate | 572 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 466 | ||||
Turnout | 28.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Harding* | 1,486 | 48.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | C. Smith | 548 | 17.7 | ||
Conservative | S. Holgate | 439 | 14.2 | ||
Independent | P. Behan | 344 | 11.1 | ||
Green | M. Cole | 280 | 9.0 | ||
Majority | 938 | ||||
Turnout | 28.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hazel Grove
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Corris* | 2,281 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | J. Lewis-Booth | 1,509 | 35.7 | ||
Labour | Y. Bradley | 296 | 7.0 | ||
Independent | D. Ryan | 142 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 772 | ||||
Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Heald Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heald Green Ratepayers | D. Whitehead* | 2,199 | 63.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Robert-Jones | 587 | 17.0 | ||
Conservative | R. Stevenson | 436 | 12.6 | ||
Labour | M. Junejo | 227 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 1,612 | ||||
Turnout | 35.0 | ||||
Heald Green Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Heatons North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony O'Neill* | 1,922 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | M. Pollard | 1,031 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | C. Walker | 541 | 13.9 | ||
Green | J. Cuff | 401 | 10.3 | ||
Majority | 891 | ||||
Turnout | 36.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Heatons South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom McGee | 1,488 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | David Foulkes* | 1,378 | 34.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | L. Floodgate | 742 | 18.7 | ||
Green | A. Hardman | 357 | 9.0 | ||
Majority | 110 | ||||
Turnout | 36.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | C. Blackburn | 1,407 | 42.4 | ||
Labour | B. Lechner | 909 | 27.4 | ||
BNP | D. Warner | 461 | 13.9 | ||
Conservative | B. Charlesworth | 424 | 12.8 | ||
Independent | S. Ryan | 118 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 498 | ||||
Turnout | 31.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Marple North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Craig Wright | 2,105 | 52.0 | ||
Conservative | N. Menzies | 1,177 | 29.1 | ||
Green | M. Preston | 409 | 10.1 | ||
Labour | S. Townsend | 201 | 5.0 | ||
Independent | L. Russell | 155 | 3.8 | ||
Majority | 928 | ||||
Turnout | 42.7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Marple South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Ingham | 2,060 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | K. Labrey | 1,394 | 35.5 | ||
Green | G. Reid | 284 | 7.2 | ||
Labour | D. Rowbottm | 191 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 666 | ||||
Turnout | 40.9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Offerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Smith | 1,311 | 40.3 | ||
Independent | T. Pyle* | 1,013 | 31.1 | ||
Conservative | G. Cameron | 580 | 17.8 | ||
Labour | S. Ball | 351 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | 298 | ||||
Turnout | 31.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Reddish North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Scott* | 1,550 | 57.7 | ||
Conservative | J. Whelan | 718 | 26.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. White | 420 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 832 | ||||
Turnout | 25.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Reddish South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Grundy* | 1,379 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | A. Hannay | 655 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Gordon | 466 | 16.1 | ||
UKIP | G. Price | 391 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 724 | ||||
Turnout | 27.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stepping Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. Weldon* | 1,566 | 39.4 | ||
Conservative | L. Holt | 1,456 | 36.7 | ||
Labour | J. Rothwell | 479 | 12.1 | ||
Green | K. Pease | 266 | 6.7 | ||
UKIP | A. Moore | 155 | 3.9 | ||
Independent | B. Russell | 50 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 110 | ||||
Turnout | 40.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, eds. (2006). "Stockport" (PDF). Local elections handbook 2006. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9780948858413.
- ^ "Local elections: Stockport". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008.
- ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
- ^ "Election results for Bramhall South and Woodford". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.