Huntingdonshire District Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, 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

Election result

The Liberal Democrat gain in Huntingdon East by David Priestman was the first time the party had won a seat in the town of Huntingdon on the council.^[3]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2006^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	2	2	0	76.5	55.5	15,962	+2.3%
	Liberal Democrat	3	2	2	0	17.6	32.6	9,382	-0.7%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.9	3.4	978	+0.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	2,450	-0.4%

Ward results

Alconbury and The Stukeleys^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Baker	820	68.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Monk	315	26.3	+8.4
	Labour	David Brown	65	5.4	-0.2
Majority			505	42.1	-4.0
Turnout			1,200	48.5	-2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bailey	745	56.8	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Rainer	516	39.3	-12.3
	Labour	Deidre Lee	51	3.9	+0.6
Majority			229	17.5
Turnout			1,312	51.8	-6.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Earith^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Rogers	1,082	68.6
	Liberal Democrat	Leona Graham-Elen	389	24.7
	Labour	Susan Coomey	107	6.8
Majority			693	43.9
Turnout			1,578	34.4	-4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elton and Folksworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Guyatt	640	72.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Davidson	169	19.2	+1.0
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	70	8.0	-7.0
Majority			471	53.6	+5.1
Turnout			879	42.0	-4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godmanchester^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hyams	984	50.5
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Wilson	834	42.8
	Labour	William Hennessy	129	6.6
Majority			150	7.7
Turnout			1,947	43.1	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gransden and The Offords^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard West	1,048	72.2
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Hayward	310	21.4
	Labour	David Nicholls	93	6.4
Majority			738	50.9
Turnout			1,451	41.6	-7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Priestman	1,326	50.1
	Conservative	Susan Mulcahy	1,073	40.6
	Labour	David King	247	9.3
Majority			253	9.6
Turnout			2,646	39.8	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Huntingdon West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sadler	872	63.4
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Burrell	365	26.5
	Labour	Ann Beevor	139	10.1
Majority			507	36.8
Turnout			1,376	32.1	-6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Powell	1,042	50.4
	Conservative	David Wallwork	1,026	49.6
Majority			16	0.8
Turnout			2,068	32.9	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sawtry^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Garner	978	51.5
	Conservative	Iris Weatherley	664	34.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Souter	186	9.8
	Labour	Marie Baker	72	3.8
Majority			314	16.5
Turnout			1,900	37.9	-5.1
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ives East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Reynolds	722	58.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Waters	374	30.2
	Labour	Angela Richards	144	11.6
Majority			348	28.1
Turnout			1,240	24.9	-10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Ives South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Dew	934	55.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Hodge	606	36.0
	Labour	Richard Allen	142	8.4
Majority			328	19.5
Turnout			1,682	35.4	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Neots Eynesbury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gilbert	1,012	48.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Taylor	840	40.6
	Labour	William O'Connor	217	10.5
Majority			172	8.3
Turnout			2,069	28.6	-1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St Neots Priory Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Eaton	870	53.9
	Conservative	Paul Ursell	619	38.4
	Labour	Patricia Nicholls	124	7.7
Majority			251	15.6
Turnout			1,613	35.6	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The Hemingfords^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Stephens	1,356	65.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Sefton	597	29.0
	Labour	John Watson	109	5.3
Majority			759	36.8
Turnout			2,062	45.3	-10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warboys and Bury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bucknell	1,012	58.0
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Palmer	643	36.8
	Labour	Mary Howell	90	5.2
Majority			369	21.1
Turnout			1,745	38.0	-9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yaxley and Farcet^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Madhabi Banerjee	1,353	67.5
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	651	32.5
Majority			702	35.0
Turnout			2,004	27.3	-5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Earith

Earith by-election 12 October 2006^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		703	67.4	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat		295	28.3	+3.6
	Labour		45	4.3	-2.5
Majority			408	39.1	-4.8
Turnout			1,043	22.6	-11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Neots Eaton Ford

St Neots Eaton Ford by-election 23 November 2006^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		658	53.3	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat		577	46.7	+6.5
Majority			81	6.6
Turnout			1,235	23.4	-18.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warboys and Bury

Warboys and Bury by-election 15 February 2007^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,122	64.7	+27.9
	Conservative		495	28.5	-29.5
	UKIP		97	5.6	+5.6
	Labour		20	1.2	-4.0
Majority			627	36.2
Turnout			1,734	37.0	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections: Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ "Councillors". Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 5 July 2014. |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
↑ "Election history is made". Peterborough Evening Telegraph (NewsBank). 5 May 2007. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
1 2 3 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ "Mixed fortunes for Tories and Lib Dems". Press Association (The Guardian). 13 October 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ "Tories hold four seats as Ukip and Greens advance". Mail Online. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

Council elections in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

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

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Huntingdonshire District Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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Isle of Ely County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 Abolished

Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council	1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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