Cheltenham Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Cheltenham council election. Liberal Democrat in yellow, Conservatives in blue and People Against Bureaucracy in pink.

The 2006 Cheltenham Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 17
• Conservative 17
• People Against Bureaucracy 5
• Labour 1^[2]

Election result

The results of the election saw the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats end with 17 seats each.^[3] The Labour party lost one of their two seats leaving the People Against Bureaucracy Action Group holding the balance of power.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%.^[4]

After the election Conservative Duncan Smith took over as leader of the council, replacing Liberal Democrat Andrew McKinlay, after the Conservatives received the backing of the People Against Bureaucracy Action Group.^[5]

Cheltenham Local Election Result 2006[6][7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	10	1	2	-1	50.0	40.8	12,714	+6.3%
	Conservative	8	2	0	+2	40.0	45.9	14,281	+2.4%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	2	0	0	0	10.0	8.3	2,570	-1.4%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	4.4	1,360	-4.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	141	-0.9%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	70	+0.2%

Ward results

All Saints[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Franklin	639	51.1	+6.8
	Conservative	Susan McArdle	469	37.5	+3.4
	Labour	Sandra Easton-Lawrence	73	5.8	-3.1
	UKIP	Timothy Warry	70	5.6	+5.6
Majority			170	13.6	+3.4
Turnout			1,251	30.1	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Battledown[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul McLain	1,032	68.3	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Wheeldon	387	25.6	-5.2
	Labour	Catherine Mozeley	92	6.1	-2.3
Majority			645	42.7	+12.6
Turnout			1,511	42.8	-5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall and Reddings[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Britter	971	52.8	+12.5
	Conservative	Michael D'Ambrosio	810	44.0	-9.4
	Labour	Brian Hughes	58	3.2	-3.1
Majority			161	8.8
Turnout			1,839	45.8	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Charlton Kings[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Ryder	1,113	58.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Harvey	681	36.0	+1.1
	Labour	Neville Mozely	99	5.2	-4.2
Majority			432	22.8	+1.9
Turnout			1,893	45.3	-4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton Park[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penelope Hall	1,236	64.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Dobie	693	35.9	+6.8
Majority			543	28.1	-6.9
Turnout			1,929	48.6	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

College[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Garth Barnes	904	55.8	+9.1
	Conservative	Heather McLain	715	44.2	+6.2
Majority			189	11.7	+3.0
Turnout			1,619	37.4	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hesters Way[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lydia Bishop	846	66.4	+22.3
	Conservative	Philip Woolley	331	26.0	+7.4
	Labour	Kevin Boyle	97	7.6	-0.7
Majority			515	40.4	+25.3
Turnout			1,274	28.3	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lansdown[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Driver	880	68.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Pictor	410	31.8	+8.0
Majority			470	36.4	-0.9
Turnout			1,290	29.7	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Buckland	1,258	60.5	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Braunholtz	823	39.5	+15.5
Majority			435	20.9	-25.5
Turnout			2,081	51.4	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakley[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Hay	598	45.5	+8.3
	Labour	Martin Hale	478	36.4	-1.6
	Conservative	Lawrence McArdle	237	18.1	-6.7
Majority			120	9.1
Turnout			1,313	32.3	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Park[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Garnham	1,308	66.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Fisher	668	33.8	+1.3
Majority			640	32.4	+5.8
Turnout			1,976	40.5	-3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pittville[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Diane Hibbert	750	45.8	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Rowena Hay	417	25.5	+11.0
	Conservative	Stephen Wilkins	409	25.0	-6.1
	Labour	Frank Bench	62	3.8	+3.8
Majority			333	20.3	+3.4
Turnout			1,638	38.9	-5.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Prestbury[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Leslie Godwin	1,050	54.8	+0.4
	Conservative	Eric Baylis	642	33.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Brown	225	11.7	+3.8
Majority			408	21.3	-4.7
Turnout			1,917	42.2	-3.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Springbank[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Morris	687	61.9	+8.3
	Conservative	Anthony Sygerycz	422	38.1	+4.0
Majority			265	23.9	+4.4
Turnout			1,109	24.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Marks[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Holliday	681	54.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Timothy Rogers	447	35.6	-0.1
	Labour	Clive Harriss	129	10.3	-7.4
Majority			234	18.6	+7.8
Turnout			1,257	28.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Pauls[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew McKinlay	424	51.2	-12.4
	Conservative	Christopher Anstey	155	18.7	+2.0
	Independent	Diane Hayes	141	17.0	+17.0
	Labour	Jonquil Naish	108	13.0	+13.0
Majority			269	32.5	-14.4
Turnout			828	19.5	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peters[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Thornton	542	46.2	+1.4
	Conservative	John Hopwood	529	45.1	+8.7
	Labour	Robert Irons	103	8.8	-1.5
Majority			13	1.1	-7.3
Turnout			1,174	25.4	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Swindon Village[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Massey	687	47.7	+9.8
	People Against Bureaucracy	Joanna McVeagh	506	35.1	-6.4
	Conservative	Leon Mekitarian	247	17.2	+1.9
Majority			181	12.6
Turnout			1,440	32.1	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Up Hatherley[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hall	873	44.7	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Whyborn	755	38.7	+5.3
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Martin Burford	264	13.5	-11.7
	Labour	Gillian Howells	61	3.1	-3.3
Majority			118	6.0	+4.4
Turnout			1,953	46.6	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Warden Hill[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Hutton	1,168	63.3	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Dunne	676	36.7	-1.1
Majority			492	26.7	+10.2
Turnout			1,844	42.7	-7.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. "Local electiond: Cheltenham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
2. Wilson, Graeme (2006-05-05). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
3. "Battle for control in Cheltenham". BBC News Online. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
4. "Cheltenham Borough Council elections 4th May 2006 percentage poll" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
5. "Tories to take control of council". BBC News Online. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
6. "Borough election 2006". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
7. "Local elections". The Times. 2006-05-06. p. 64.