Brent London Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Brent London Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

The 2006 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Background

Since the last election in 2002 a Conservative councillor, Carol Shaw of Brondesbury Park ward, had defected to the Liberal Democrats,^[2] while in April 2006 Labour councillor, Jonathan Davies of Queen's Park ward, also joined the Liberal Democrats.^[3] In the Brent area the Liberal Democrats had also gained the parliamentary seat of Brent East from Labour at a 2003 by-election and held the seat at the 2005 general election.^[4]^[5] The defections meant that before the election Labour had 34 seats on the council, compared to 18 for the Conservatives and 11 for the Liberal Democrats.^[1]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats gained 16 seats to leave no party with a majority on the council, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 27 councillors.^[6]^[7] The Liberal Democrat gains were mainly at the expense of Labour,^[6] who suffered a net loss of 13 seats.^[8]

Following the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives took control of the council, with Liberal Democrat Paul Lorber becoming the leader of the council and Conservative Bob Blackman deputy leader.^[9]

Brent local election result 2006^[10]^[11]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	27	16	0	+16	42.9	29.4	56,129	+12.1%
	Labour	21	2	15	-13	33.3	35.4	67,574	-8.8%
	Conservative	15	3	6	-3	23.8	30.3	57,848	-4.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	8,120	+1.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	534	-0.2%
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	463	+0.2%

Ward results

Alperton (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Brown	1,624
	Liberal Democrat	Chunilal Chavda	1,560
	Liberal Democrat	James Allie	1,481
	Labour	Benjamin Ogunro	1,061
	Labour	Leon Turini	1,033
	Conservative	Jaydutt Desai	790
	Conservative	Ramnik Parmar	699
	Conservative	Shailesh Shukla	645
	Green	Ali Jazerli	151
Turnout			9,044	41	+4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Barnhill (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James O'Sullivan	1,622
	Conservative	Suresh Kansagra	1,460
	Conservative	Irwin Colle	1,435
	Labour	Judith Beckham	1,012
	Labour	Shafique Choudhary	872
	Labour	Peter Coghill	851
	Liberal Democrat	Shashi Makhija	386
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Marcos	386
	Liberal Democrat	Brenda Shuttleworth	377
	Green	Aatif Nawaz	374
Turnout			8,775	33	+0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brondesbury Park (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Shaw	1,554
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Cummins	1,249
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Pagnamenta	1,075
	Conservative	William Duffin	710
	Conservative	Joan Padro	663
	Conservative	John Warren	647
	Labour	Steven Mitchell	517
	Labour	Robert Dignan	494
	Green	Simon Collins	460
	Labour	John Iloba	445
	Independent	Maurice Morris	197
	Independent	Michael Fedonos	194
Turnout			8,205	40	+11
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Dollis Hill (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lena Ahmed	1,177
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Castle	1,079
	Labour	Ralph Fox	1,052
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Sisson	1,042
	Liberal Democrat	Haththimuni De Silva	1,021
	Labour	Abdul Sattar-Butt	1,007
	Conservative	Manubhai Makwana	727
	Conservative	Annesley Abercorn	720
	Conservative	Brian Cattell	693
	Green	Rosie Leventon	187
Turnout			8,705	39	+9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dudden Hill (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Clues	1,460
	Liberal Democrat	Pawan Gupta	1,277
	Liberal Democrat	Chunilal Hirani	1,195
	Labour	Mohammad Choudry	1,163
	Labour	Patricia Harrison	1,099
	Labour	Michael Lyon	1,017
	Conservative	Mohammed Alghoul	579
	Conservative	Jason McKee	551
	Conservative	Manal Elfeitury	527
	Green	Clare Homer	381
Turnout			9,249	38	+10
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Fryent (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Crane	1,605
	Labour	James Moher	1,589
	Labour	Ruth Moher	1,533
	Conservative	Jane McClay	1,320
	Conservative	Christie Fernandes	1,265
	Conservative	Sean Fear	1,233
	Liberal Democrat	Sakina Akhter	459
	Liberal Democrat	Rita Lyons	415
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Wright	369
	Green	Brian Orr	240
Turnout			10,028	41	+9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harlesden (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lincoln Beswick	1,410
	Labour	Janice Long	1,270
	Labour	David Coughlin	1,244
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Anderson	470
	Respect	Albert Harriott	463
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Lewis	410
	Conservative	Natalie Colwill	334
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Scott	326
	Green	Cecilia Litvinoff	321
	Conservative	Sumitra Mistry	271
	Conservative	Smart Owaka	254
Turnout			6,773	27	+5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensal Green (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertha Joseph	1,331
	Labour	James Powney	1,169
	Labour	Bobby Thomas	1,108
	Liberal Democrat	Felicity Hunt	671
	Liberal Democrat	Penelope Lowcock	583
	Green	Michael Collins	573
	Liberal Democrat	Carmel O'Dwyer	555
	Green	Philip Dymond	473
	Conservative	Valerie Jennings-Trott	356
	Conservative	Rosaline Owaka	326
	Conservative	Nagin Parmar	298
Turnout			7,443	30	+7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kenton (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reg Colwill	1,944
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	1,891
	Conservative	Arthur Steel	1,828
	Labour	Robert Freedman	1,043
	Labour	Mary Mears	976
	Labour	Eugene Sedze	779
	Liberal Democrat	Jagdish Patel	526
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Barker	483
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Sutherland	369
	Green	Gareth Moors	276
Turnout			10,115	40	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilburn (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Dunn	1,440
	Labour	Mary Arnold	1,369
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Jackson	1,175
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Lawson-Tancred	1,156
	Labour	Noel Thompson	976
	Green	John McCooke	532
	Green	Peter Murry	365
	Conservative	Charles Garner	364
	Conservative	Cormach Moore	303
	Conservative	Monica Roberts	303
Turnout			7,983	31	+10
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Mapesbury (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hayley Matthews	1,326
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Leaman	1,277
	Liberal Democrat	Sami Hashmi	1,016
	Labour	Ian Bellia	1,008
	Conservative	Kahlid Dar	966
	Labour	Rizwana Ali	881
	Conservative	Jack Sayers	861
	Conservative	Jennifer Brown	754
	Labour	Mohammad Zakriya	703
	Green	Daniel Scrimgeour	530
Turnout			9,322	36	+8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Northwick Park (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Baker	1,564
	Conservative	Harihar Patel	1,451
	Conservative	John Detre	1,410
	Labour	Lawrence Safir	784
	Labour	Mustapha Ishola-Jimoh	780
	Liberal Democrat	Toby Keynes	682
	Liberal Democrat	Jeetender Dass	629
	Green	Michael O'Brien	267
Turnout			7,567	35	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	2,010
	Conservative	Alan Mendoza	1,852
	Conservative	Harshadbhai Patel	1,830
	Labour	Mary Daly	1,014
	Labour	Robina Zakriya	880
	Labour	Karanodakasayi Dasa	850
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell	439
	Liberal Democrat	Vivienne Williamson	372
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Pincus	357
	Green	Jonathan Liddell	273
Turnout			9,877	37	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queen's Park (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Tancred	1,284
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Tullett	1,184
	Liberal Democrat	Will Motley	1,102
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	1,055
	Labour	Helga Gladbaum	1,010
	Green	Ropert Degas	526
	Conservative	Gurmaj Dhillon	494
	Conservative	William Wearmouth	486
	Green	Shahrar Ali	462
	Conservative	Kwasi Kwarteng	461
Turnout			8,064	38	+13
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Queensbury (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kanta Mistry	2,169
	Conservative	Robert Dunwell	2,014
	Conservative	Atiq Malik	1,997
	Labour	Rameshchandra Patel	1,568
	Labour	Bill Dromey	1,551
	Labour	Sandra Kabir	1,516
	Liberal Democrat	John Lewis	426
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Raisin	369
	Green	Charles Bennett	284
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Spitzel	276
Turnout			12,170	45	+9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stonebridge (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann John	1,644
	Labour	Dorman Long	1,523
	Labour	Colum Moloney	1,510
	Conservative	Ratna Kamdar	607
	Conservative	Harji Dobasia	591
	Conservative	Latlji Ladwa	518
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Brown	464
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Lewis	372
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Khan	306
	Green	Robert Davis	216
	Independent	Francis Downes	143
Turnout			7,894	28	+4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sudbury (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lorber	1,600
	Liberal Democrat	Chandubhai Patel	1,528
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wharton	1,327
	Labour	Wilhelmina Murray	1,079
	Labour	Mohammad Ahrar-ul Hodo	1,074
	Labour	Kanapathipillai Naheerathan	1,032
	Conservative	Milan Kamdar	756
	Conservative	Narendra Kotecha	744
	Conservative	Patrick Garten	737
	Green	Benjamin Vanstone	211
Turnout			10,088	39	+1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tokyngton (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammed Butt	1,292
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Corcoran	1,287
	Labour	Joyce Bacchus	1,259
	Conservative	Nicola Blackman	1,247
	Labour	Jan Etienne	1,209
	Liberal Democrat	Fabiola Marini	1,184
	Conservative	Bhikubhai Patel	1,146
	Liberal Democrat	Uday Pandya	1,113
	Conservative	Miranda Colwill	1,063
	Green	David Powell	169
Turnout			10,969	47	+13
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Welsh Harp (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Farrell	1,598
	Labour	Harbhajan Singh	1,500
	Labour	Francis Eniola	1,494
	Conservative	Nigel Fletcher	1,137
	Conservative	Dineshkumar Mistry	1,116
	Conservative	Richard Lacey	1,090
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Ayres	537
	Liberal Democrat	Freda Raingold	427
	Liberal Democrat	Ulla Thiessen	345
	Green	Ruth Breznay	268
Turnout			9,512	40	+6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wembley Central (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Vijaykumar Singh	1,824
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Brown	1,730
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Bessong	1,709
	Labour	Dhirajlal Kataria	1,619
	Labour	Navaratnam Paramakumaran	1,443
	Labour	Zaffar Van Kalwala	1,420
	Conservative	Arun Bhundia	480
	Conservative	Shaheen Butt	458
	Conservative	Michael Marklew	383
	Green	Harem Jaff	185
Turnout			11,251	46	+6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Willesden Green (3 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Sneddon	1,206
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammad Anwar	1,178
	Labour	Lesley Jones	1,108
	Liberal Democrat	Afifa Pervez	1,080
	Labour	Gabrielle Kagan	992
	Labour	Ahmad Shahzad	977
	Green	Simone Aspis	396
	Conservative	Sylvia Drab	234
	Conservative	Brian Simmonds	233
	Conservative	Claire Jakobsson	231
Turnout			7,635	33	+11
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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