2006 Maidstone Borough Council election
Appearance
independent
in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.The 2006 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of
Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, 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:
- Conservative 27
- Liberal Democrat 19
- Labour 6
- Independent 3[2]
Background
Before the election the
wards respectively.[3]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives make the 4 gains they required to win a majority, but fall a seat short after also losing one seat.[4] This meant the council remained under no overall control as it had been since 1983, with the Conservatives on 27 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 19, Labour 6 and there were 3 independents.[4] Overall turnout in the election was 37.3%.[3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 9 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 50.0 | 46.7 | 16,102 | +6.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 33.3 | 30.7 | 10,579 | -0.8% | |
Labour | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 3,859 | -2.3% | |
Independent
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 1,928 | +3.6% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 1,542 | +3.0% | |
UKIP
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 495 | -9.5% |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Daley | 1,562 | 62.6 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Jeffery Curwood | 653 | 26.2 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Marianna Poliszczuk | 149 | 6.0 | -4.0 | |
UKIP
|
Gareth Kendall | 130 | 5.2 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 909 | 36.4 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,494 | 41.7 | -2.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent
|
Patricia Marshall | 1,459 | 48.6 | +48.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Cuming | 1,238 | 41.3 | -19.3 | |
Labour | Jeanne Gibson | 169 | 5.6 | -5.0 | |
Green | Edward Wallace | 135 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 221 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,001 | 42.5 | -2.0 | ||
Independent hold
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Butler | 1,349 | 65.7 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Chittenden | 489 | 23.8 | -8.2 | |
Labour | Frances Brown | 215 | 10.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 860 | 41.9 | +28.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,053 | 28.6 | -9.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Moss | 659 | 43.4 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Cocks | 573 | 37.7 | -3.1 | |
Green | Stuart Jeffery | 166 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
Labour | Keith Adkinson | 122 | 8.0 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 86 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,520 | 33.2 | -8.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Mortimer | 1,212 | 48.1 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | John Wilson | 1,175 | 46.7 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Michael Casserley | 131 | 5.2 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 37 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,518 | 42.1 | -3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Wooding | 1,371 | 51.6 | +22.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chittenden | 999 | 37.6 | -10.0 | |
Labour | Michael Beckwith | 180 | 6.8 | -2.4 | |
UKIP
|
Anthony Robertson | 105 | 4.0 | -6.2 | |
Majority | 372 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,655 | 38.6 | -0.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Beerling | 656 | 37.3 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Jamie Devlin | 460 | 26.1 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Patrick Coates | 301 | 17.1 | -16.4 | |
Green | Ian McDonald | 223 | 12.7 | +6.8 | |
Independent
|
Carol Vizzard | 120 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 196 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,760 | 29.3 | -8.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Marshall | 1,079 | 57.5 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Tom Sams | 797 | 42.5 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 282 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,876 | 41.1 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jenefer Gibson | 1,094 | 60.9 | -2.7 | |
Green | Penelope Kemp | 701 | 39.1 | +31.0 | |
Majority | 393 | 21.9 | -30.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,795 | 41.9 | -5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julia Batt | 664 | 48.8 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Helen Aronson | 585 | 43.0 | +14.6 | |
Labour | Margaret Taylor | 111 | 8.2 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 79 | 5.8 | -19.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,360 | 33.4 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive English | 737 | 46.2 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Mears | 545 | 34.2 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Edith Davis | 200 | 12.5 | -3.5 | |
UKIP
|
John Stanford | 112 | 7.0 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 192 | 12.0 | -3.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,594 | 25.0 | -5.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roderick Nelson-Gracie | 1,475 | 72.4 | +22.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Samme | 561 | 27.6 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 914 | 44.9 | +24.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,036 | 35.5 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tony Harwood | 1,077 | 57.4 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Derek Nicholson | 530 | 28.2 | +3.2 | |
Green | James Shalice | 141 | 7.5 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Richard Coates | 129 | 6.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 547 | 29.1 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,877 | 33.4 | -3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Moriarty | 315 | 34.9 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Field | 308 | 34.1 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Hinder | 279 | 30.9 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.8 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 902 | 28.7 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Yates | 870 | 47.5 | +5.4 | |
Labour | John Hughes | 436 | 23.8 | -5.7 | |
Independent
|
Gillian Annan | 349 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Green | Stephen Muggeridge | 176 | 9.6 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 434 | 23.7 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,831 | 29.9 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Hull | 397 | 37.1 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Worsfold | 386 | 36.0 | +3.9 | |
UKIP
|
Stephen Dean | 148 | 13.8 | -5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Shaw | 140 | 13.1 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.0 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,071 | 25.2 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bruce Pollington | 1,269 | 50.1 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Luxton | 1,266 | 49.9 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,535 | 42.1 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Hotson | 1,085 | 66.7 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Burnham | 335 | 20.6 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Alan Rimmer | 207 | 12.7 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 750 | 46.1 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,627 | 36.3 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Local elections: Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "Local elections 2006: Results in full". The Guardian. 6 May 2006. p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Election of Maidstone Borough Councillors - Thursday 4 May 2006" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Large Tory gains as voters go true blue in town hall elections". Your Tunbridge Wells. Retrieved 6 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Local elections". The Times. 6 May 2006. p. 64.