Tamworth Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Tamworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.3%

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	5	0	+5	80.0	50.9	9,425	+7.9%
	Labour	2	0	5	-5	20.0	41.5	7,673	+4.2%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	7.6	1,402	-3.7%

Ward results

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Garner	1,136	56.6	+9.2
	Labour	Timothy Healy	870	43.4	+9.9
Majority			266	13.2	-0.7
Turnout			2,006	33.1	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Summers	921	57.0	+20.2
	Labour	Nigel Brindley	694	43.0	+8.2
Majority			227	14.0	+12.0
Turnout			1,615	29.2	+0.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Norchi	1,111	61.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Andrew James	701	38.7	-4.8
Majority			410	22.6	+9.6
Turnout			1,812	33.4	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Ingley	1,017	50.3	+6.9
	Labour	Marion Couchman	757	37.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Pinkett	246	12.2	-8.5
Majority			260	12.8	+5.2
Turnout			2,020	35.7	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Peaple	728	53.6	+14.8
	Conservative	Debra James	630	46.4	+22.3
Majority			98	7.2	+5.5
Turnout			1,358	23.9	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Boughton	833	42.0	-0.1
	Labour	William Fuller	671	33.8	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Blake	479	24.2	+2.2
Majority			162	8.2	+1.9
Turnout			1,983	37.0	-0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Gant	1,116	50.7	-0.5
	Labour	Karen Hirons	726	33.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Blake	360	16.3	-2.7
Majority			390	17.7	-3.6
Turnout			2,202	39.5	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Pritchard	827	56.7	+20.9
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	632	43.3	+12.1
Majority			195	13.4	+10.6
Turnout			1,459	25.0	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Oates	1,109	54.4	+5.7
	Labour	David Foster	613	30.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Jones	317	15.5	-6.9
Majority			496	24.3	+4.5
Turnout			2,039	34.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Bates	1,135	56.6	+6.4
	Labour	Mary Lewis	871	43.4	-6.4
Majority			264	13.2	+12.8
Turnout			2,006	31.4	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

Council elections in Staffordshire

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

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 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

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 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

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

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 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

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 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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