Redditch Borough Council election, 2006

2006 elections to Redditch Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Redditch Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	5	0	2	-2	50.0	34.3	6,449	-4.7%
	Conservative	4	1	0	+1	40.0	40.2	7,564	+2.6%
	BNP	1	1	0	+1	10.0	4.7	890	+4.7%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	20.7	3,894	-1.6%

Ward results

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin MacMillan	578	34.7
	Labour	Alan Mason	545	32.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Stanley	543	32.6
Majority			33	2.0
Turnout			1,666	42.0	-3.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Astwood Bank & Feckenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Chalk	1,112	63.1
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Pollard	337	19.1
	Labour	Robin King	312	17.7
Majority			775	44.0
Turnout			1,761	40.1	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Batchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty Passingham	787	43.5
	Conservative	Dawn Shanahan	697	38.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Hennessey	325	18.0
Majority			90	5.0
Turnout			1,809	31.9	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debbie Taylor	832	49.4
	Conservative	Paul Swansborough	606	36.0
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Isherwood	247	14.7
Majority			226	13.4
Turnout			1,685	39.5	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hunt	865	45.1
	Conservative	Jason Allbutt	626	32.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Gee	428	22.3
Majority			239	12.5
Turnout			1,919	32.0	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Crabbs Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	1,014	61.6
	Labour	Richard Timney	344	20.9
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Cummings	288	17.5
Majority			670	40.7
Turnout			1,646	37.9	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phiip Mould	822	45.9
	Conservative	Kathleen Banks	605	33.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pitt	365	20.4
Majority			217	12.1
Turnout			1,792	30.1	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Boyd-Carpenter	1,276	52.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Ashall	682	27.8
	Labour	John Fisher	494	20.1
Majority			594	24.2
Turnout			2,452	36.7	+0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodge Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Fry	570	46.3
	Conservative	Gordon Craig	437	35.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Webster	225	18.3
Majority			133	10.8
Turnout			1,232	34.1	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Winyates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	David Enderby	890	31.4
	Labour	Albert Wharrad	878	31.0
	Conservative	Anita Clayton	613	21.6
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Weston	454	16.0
Majority			12	0.4
Turnout			2,835	44.0	+7.9
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

References

Council elections in Worcestershire

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

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

Malvern Hills District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Redditch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 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

Worcester City Council	1973 1975 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

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

Wyre Forest District Council	1973 1975 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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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

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