Hastings Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Hastings council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Hastings Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%. After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	4	0	+4	52.9	39.2	8,967	+2.2%
	Labour	6	0	4	-4	35.3	33.6	7,673	+0.6%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	1	0	11.8	22.4	5,128	-1.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	606	-1.6%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	485	+2.1%

Ward results

Ashdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	869	61.0	+5.0
	Labour	Ronald Rushbrook	346	24.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Wilfrid Pickard	209	14.7	-8.1
Majority			523	36.7	+3.5
Turnout			1,424	34.5	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baird
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terrence Fawthrop	583	46.6	+0.8
	Labour	Bob Hart	477	38.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Maloney	192	15.3	-4.0
Majority			106	8.5	-2.4
Turnout			1,252	37.1	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Braybrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Godfrey Daniel	747	52.3	+2.8
	Conservative	Dennis Williams	440	30.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Booth	240	16.8	+4.6
Majority			307	21.5	+0.9
Turnout			1,427	40.5	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Armstrong	545	38.8	-1.8
	Labour	Melanie Rycroft	450	32.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Theresa Lock	236	16.8	+1.1
	Green	Mary Robertson	173	12.3	-0.9
Majority			95	6.7	-3.5
Turnout			1,404	36.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Central St Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Birch	543	44.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Modlinger	339	27.8	-8.0
	Conservative	Paul Egmond	337	27.6	+3.2
Majority			204	16.7	+12.8
Turnout			1,219	33.1	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Conquest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gladys Martin	913	60.8	+7.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Roscoe	302	20.1	-4.2
	Labour	Emily Westley	287	19.1	+1.2
Majority			611	40.7	+12.1
Turnout			1,502	40.2	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gensing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Poulter	750	47.2	+22.8
	Labour	Andrew Cartwright	417	26.2	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nathan Lauder	315	19.8	-13.2
	Green	David Carey-Stuart	108	6.8	-3.9
Majority			333	21.0
Turnout			1,590	42.2	+12.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hollington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Silverson	497	45.0	+0.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Lyons	220	19.9	-7.6
	BNP	David Lovett	199	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Kennelly	130	11.8	-5.9
	Green	Kevin Young	58	5.3	-5.1
Majority			277	25.1	+8.3
Turnout			1,104	29.4	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Maze Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joy Waite	843	61.1	+13.0
	Labour	Georgiana De Lussy	269	19.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Antony Davis	268	19.4	+1.1
Majority			574	41.6	+11.8
Turnout			1,380	36.6	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Hastings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Palmer	625	36.6	+0.3
	Labour	Arthur Kitson	564	33.0	+2.9
	Conservative	Paul Willard	519	30.4	+5.4
Majority			61	3.6	-2.6
Turnout			1,708	42.6	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Ore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Tucker	482	38.7	-7.6
	Labour	Richard Street	383	30.8	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Hancock	379	30.5	+10.1
Majority			99	7.9	-5.0
Turnout			1,244	36.3	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Silverhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Springthorpe	553	43.2	+2.6
	Labour	Annette Barton	444	34.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	William Third	283	22.1	+3.9
Majority			109	8.5	+0.0
Turnout			1,280	39.3	+0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Helens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bing	909	52.2	+1.5
	Labour	David Waller	475	27.3	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Terry	357	20.5	+6.1
Majority			434	24.9	+9.1
Turnout			1,741	44.2	-1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tressell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jay Kramer	393
	Labour	Peter Chowney	340
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Ayres	308
	Green	Sally Phillips	267
	Conservative	Terence Keen	187
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	187
	BNP	Fay Hughes	155
	BNP	Nicholas Prince	131
Turnout			1,968	34.6	+9.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West St. Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Finch	602	43.0	+4.8
	Labour	Michael Turner	478	34.2	+13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Brett McLean	319	22.8	+0.8
Majority			124	8.8	-7.4
Turnout			1,399	39.2	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wishing Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Roberts	563	46.3	-9.2
	Conservative	Gladys Fawthrop	337	27.7	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Andrea Bain	317	26.0	10.9
Majority			226	18.6	-7.5
Turnout			1,217	35.5	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Council elections in East Sussex

East Sussex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastbourne 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 2011 2015

Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2005 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2006 (→ 2007)

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