St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

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

The 2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third 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

Background

Before the election the Labour party needed to gain 1 seat to regain a majority on the council that they had lost at the last election in 2004.^[3] Labour had 24 seats before the election, while the Liberal Democrats had 18 and the Conservatives had 6.^[4] Labour was able to run the council however as the Conservative mayor had agreed not to use her casting vote.^[5]

Among the councillors who were defending seats at the election was the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer in West Park ward,^[3] while the seat in Blackbrook was vacant after the death of Labour councillor Albert Smith earlier in 2006.^[5] 16 seats were up for election and as well as candidates from the three political parties who held seats on the council, there were also four candidates from the Community Action Party and one each from the British National Party and the Socialist Labour Party.^[5]^[3]

Election result

Labour remained the largest party on the council but lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats to leave the party with 23 councillors.^[6] The Liberal Democrat gain from Labour came in Town Centre ward and moved them to 19 seats on the council, however the Labour council leader Marie Rimmer held her seat in West Park with a 457 vote majority.^[6] Meanwhile the Conservatives remained on 6 seats after holding the 2 seats they had been defending.^[2]

Following the election Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer became the new leader of the council after an agreement between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats taking 5 of the seats on the cabinet and the Conservative group leader Wally Ashcroft taking the other seat.^[7] This came after Labour rejected proposals for all three parties to share power on the council and meant Labour lost power on the council after 70 years.^[7]

St Helens local election result 2006^[2]^[8]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	1	-1	43.8	40.4	18,549	-1.9%
	Liberal Democrat	7	1	0	+1	43.8	39.6	18,212	-0.4%
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	12.5	17.3	7,942	+1.7%
	Community Action	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	895	+1.9%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	308	+0.5%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	64	+0.1%

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Murphy	1,504	47.8
	Conservative	David Davies	970	30.8
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Gadsden	672	21.4
Majority			534	17.0
Turnout			3,146	34.8	-6.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbrook^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McQuade	1,257	48.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Smith	712	27.6
	Community Action	William Guest	327	12.7
	Conservative	Judith Collins	221	8.6
	Socialist Labour	Ronald Waugh	64	2.5
Majority			545	21.1
Turnout			2,581	30.3	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bold^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dunn	1,087	48.7
	Labour	Paul Pritchard	1,001	44.9
	Conservative	Charmian Pyke	142	6.4
Majority			86	3.8
Turnout			2,230	30.9	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Earlestown^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Banks	1,153	48.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Smith	953	40.2
	Conservative	Catherine Perks	266	11.2
Majority			200	8.4
Turnout			2,372	29.7	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccleston^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Pearl	2,666	67.3
	Conservative	Kathleen Barton	690	17.4
	Labour	Martin Bond	608	15.3
Majority			1,976	49.8
Turnout			3,964	42.8	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Haydock^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Sheldon	1,811	55.1
	Labour	Jeanette Banks	1,284	39.1
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	189	5.8
Majority			527	16.0
Turnout			3,284	36.5	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moss Bank^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ferry	1,648	52.3
	Labour	Brian Hart	1,269	40.2
	Conservative	William Highcock	237	7.5
Majority			379	12.1
Turnout			3,154	36.1	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Taylor	1,787	64.1
	Labour	Stuart Hughes	756	27.1
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	244	8.8
Majority			1,031	37.0
Turnout			2,787	34.6	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Parr^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Shields	1,384	66.0
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hennessy	595	28.4
	Conservative	Madeleine Wilcock	117	5.6
Majority			789	37.6
Turnout			2,096	25.6	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Rainford^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parr	1,740	59.9
	Labour	David Wood	798	27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Ferry	369	12.7
Majority			942	32.4
Turnout			2,907	42.7	-8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rainhill^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Glover	1,463	46.1
	Conservative	Henry Spriggs	961	30.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Duncan	749	23.6
Majority			502	15.8
Turnout			3,173	34.7	-7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Jones	1,721	61.4
	Labour	Marlene Newman	873	31.2
	Conservative	Barbara Johnson	207	7.4
Majority			848	30.2
Turnout			2,801	25.6	-12.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Thatto Heath^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McCauley	1,308	55.9
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Pearl	453	19.4
	Community Action	Michael Perry	363	15.5
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	217	9.3
Majority			855	36.5
Turnout			2,341	26.7	-7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Town Centre^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Crowther	1,052	41.0
	Labour	Margaret McLachlan	1,005	39.2
	BNP	Michael Pearcey	308	12.0
	Conservative	Jill Jones	113	4.4
	Community Action	Leslie Teeling	89	3.5
Majority			47	1.8
Turnout			2,567	31.3	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

West Park^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Rimmer	1,900	51.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Broughton	1,443	39.3
	Conservative	Charlotte Wood	210	5.7
	Community Action	Tracy Lavelle	116	3.2
Majority			457	12.5
Turnout			3,669	41.6	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Windle^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Roughley	1,418	48.9
	Labour	Geoffrey Almond	986	34.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	494	17.0
Majority			432	14.9
Turnout			2,898	36.5	-6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Rainford by-election 23 November 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Grice	1,584	73.3	+13.4
	Labour	David Wood	484	22.4	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	93	4.3	-8.4
Majority			1,100	50.9	+18.5
Turnout			2,161	31.5	-11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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1 2 3 Coligan, Nick (4 April 2006). "Labour battle to smash hold of Lib Dems on city". Liverpool Echo (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Docking, Neil (13 April 2006). "Election campaign begins in earnest". Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 Kilmurray, Andrew (3 May 2006). "Squaring up for ballot box battle". Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 Kilmurray, Andrew (5 May 2006). "Rimmer holds seat but Labour's grip on power loosens". Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 Kilmurray, Andrew (18 May 2006). "New face in the Leader's chair". Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Summary of local election results - 4 May 2006" (PDF). St. Helens Council. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). St. Helens Council. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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