Havant Borough Council election, 2006

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

The 2006 Havant Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

After the last election in 2004 the Conservatives had 27 seats, compared to 6 for Labour and 5 for the Liberal Democrats.^[3] However in 2005 a Liberal Democrat councillor for Hart Plain, Ron Purkis, defected to the Conservatives.^[4]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council to hold 30 of the 38 seats on the council after getting a swing in their favour.^[5] Labour lost 2 seats in Leigh Park, with sitting councillors Ralph Cousins and Barry Gardner losing to the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats respectively.^[5] Overall turnout at the election was 33.5%.^[6]

Following the election Conservative David Gillett remained as leader of the council after surviving a leadership challenge within the Conservative group from David Guest by 4 votes.^[7]

Havant local election result 2006^[6]^[8]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	2	0	+2	78.6	53.8	16,178	+2.3%
	Labour	2	0	2	-2	14.3	13.3	3,989	-1.2%
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	1	0	7.1	24.1	7,234	-2.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	2,187	+1.8%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	272	+0.9%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	190	+0.6%

Ward results

Barncroft^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Fairhurst	465	44.0	-4.1
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	284	26.9	-1.8
	UKIP	Stephen Harris	164	15.5	+15.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Ponsonby	143	13.5	-9.7
Majority			181	17.1	-2.2
Turnout			1,056	24.8	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Battins^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Hanan	346	31.9	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Cobbett	328	30.2	+12.4
	Conservative	Ronald Purkis	275	25.3	-11.3
	Green	Louise Palmer	136	12.5	+1.1
Majority			18	1.7
Turnout			1,085	23.1	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedhampton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Wride	1,321	46.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Faith Ponsonby	1,081	37.7	-3.8
	English Democrats	George Herbert	190	6.6	+6.6
	Labour	Anne Edwards	178	6.2	-3.3
	Green	Terry Mitchell	96	3.3	-2.8
Majority			240	8.4	+6.9
Turnout			2,866	41.6	-0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bondfields^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Stocker	608	46.2	+21.0
	Labour	Barry Gardner	479	36.4	-12.6
	Conservative	Thelma Carpenter	228	17.3	-8.6
Majority			129	9.8
Turnout			1,315	27.2	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Cowplain^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Briggs	1,359	60.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Jacobs	458	20.4	-5.4
	Green	Ann Gleed	259	11.5	+11.5
	Labour	Kenneth Monks	170	7.6	-4.4
Majority			901	40.1	+3.6
Turnout			2,246	31.2	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emsworth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gillett	2,071	59.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Benzie	949	27.1	+3.1
	Green	Mary Youle	262	7.5	+1.7
	Labour	Derek Smith	218	6.2	-3.7
Majority			1,122	32.1	-4.2
Turnout			3,500	45.8	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hart Plain^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cheshire	1,089	48.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Bazley	880	39.0
	Labour	Kim Vassallo	170	7.5
	Green	Barry Gleed	119	5.3
Majority			209	9.3
Turnout			2,258	31.2	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	1,567	63.1
	Labour	Sheila Mealy	344	13.8
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Causer	337	13.6
	Green	Gillian Leek	236	9.5
Majority			1,223	49.2
Turnout			2,484	35.0	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Pearce	1,848	68.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Janis Shawashi	364	13.4	-3.0
	Labour	Colin Blunden	260	9.6	-1.9
	Green	Susan Dawes	243	9.0	+0.8
Majority			1,484	54.7	+7.2
Turnout			2,715	39.8	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwen Blackett	1,507	63.5	+14.5
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Marshall	332	14.0	+3.2
	Labour	Nicola Potts	283	11.9	-0.5
	Green	Julie Blenkharn	250	10.5	+10.5
Majority			1,175	49.5	+28.2
Turnout			2,372	33.1	-2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Faiths^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Branson	1,574	52.5	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Briggs	789	26.3	-0.1
	Green	Timothy Dawes	391	13.0	+2.3
	Labour	Frederick Barnes	245	8.2	-0.5
Majority			785	26.2	-1.6
Turnout			2,999	43.7	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stakes^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olwyn Kennedy	955	54.0	+4.1
	Labour	Barry Steel	335	19.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Pook	282	16.0	-6.0
	Green	Wendy Smith	195	11.0	+0.8
Majority			620	35.1	+7.2
Turnout			1,767	24.5	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warren Park^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Brown	369	42.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Richard Galloway	236	27.1	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Moore-Blunt	158	18.1	-7.8
	UKIP	Brian Hines	108	12.4	+12.4
Majority			133	15.3	+9.1
Turnout			871	19.6	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterloo^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Brown	1,683	66.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bolt	525	20.9	-1.2
	Labour	Margaret Beauvoison	308	12.2	+1.4
Majority			1,158	46.0	+9.5
Turnout			2,516	33.9	-4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Battins

A by-election was held in Battins ward on 2 November 2006 after the death of Conservative councillor Jane Rayner.^[9] The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Faith Ponsonby with a majority of 137 votes.^[10]

Battins by-election 2 November 2006^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Faith Ponsonby	401	41.9	+11.7
	Conservative	Wendy Osgood	264	27.6	+2.3
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	236	24.7	-7.2
	Green	Louise Palmer	55	5.8	-6.7
Majority			137	14.3
Turnout			956	20.3	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hart Plain

A by-election was held in Hart Plain ward on 30 November 2006 after Liberal Democrat councillor Tricia Pearce resigned from the council.^[9] Conservative Elaine Shimbart gained the seat from the Liberal Democrats by a majority of 246 votes.^[9]

Hart Plain by-election 30 November 2006^[9]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Shimbart	839	55.3	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Jacobs	593	39.1	+0.1
	Labour	Kenneth Monks	84	5.6	-1.9
Majority			246	16.2	+6.9
Turnout			1,516	21.8	-9.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

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↑ "Havant council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Ron Purkis". The News. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
1 2 "Havant Borough Council Results 2006". The News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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↑ "Tory leader survives group challenge". The News. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph (NewsBank). p. 5. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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