Derby Council election, 2006

The 2006 Derby Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Derby Unitary Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost their majority on the council to no overall control.^[1]

The Labour party had regained a majority of one on the council after a gain from the Liberal Democrats in a July 2005 by-election in Abbey ward.^[2][3] However they were expected to lose control of the council in the 2006 election.^[2] The campaign saw controversy over the Conservative candidate for Sinfin ward, Randeep Kaur Samra, who was under the legal age of 21 for standing in the election, leading to other political parties demanding an apology from the Conservatives.^[4]

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain three seats from Labour to deprive them of their majority, although Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.^[5] Overall turnout was 35.2% and talks followed the election to decide who would run the council.^[5] These resulted in an agreement between Labour and the Conservatives, which meant Labour would continue to form the administration but with the Conservatives taking 3 of the 10 seats in the cabinet.^[6]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 24
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Conservative 11
• Independent 1^[7]

Election result

Derby Local Election Result 2006[8]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	7	1	3	-2	41.2	34.3	20,512	+2.1%
	Liberal Democrat	7	3	0	+3	41.2	29.9	17,867	+1.0%
	Conservative	3	0	1	-1	17.6	32.0	19,143	+4.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1,173	+2.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1,041	+0.8%

Ward results

Abbey[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Deirdre Mitchell	1,365	45.8	+3.4
	Labour	Samuel Greer	1,134	38.0	+9.3
	Conservative	Robin Wood	299	10.0	-2.4
	Green	Stephen Shelton	184	6.2	+6.2
Majority			231	7.8	-5.9
Turnout			2,982	26.7	-15.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Allestree[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Webb	3,228	65.2	+19.8
	Labour	Margot Keats	962	19.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Jackson	763	15.4	-1.0
Majority			2,266	45.8	+20.1
Turnout			4,953	46.3	-14.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Ginns	1,455	43.2	+28.1
	Labour	Jonathan Bayliss	1,226	36.4	-3.7
	Conservative	Simon Hart	486	14.4	-2.8
	Green	Jean MacDonald	201	6.0	+6.0
Majority			229	6.8
Turnout			3,368	31.9	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Arboretum[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rehmet Kham	1,454	42.9	+3.2
	Labour	Abdul Rehman	1,394	41.1	-4.5
	Conservative	Mohammed Yaqub	540	15.9	+1.3
Majority			60	1.8
Turnout			3,388	35.4	-14.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Blagreaves[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Skelton	2,085	48.5	-6.6
	Labour	Bhagat Shanker	1,283	29.9	+3.2
	Conservative	David Greenway	724	16.8	-1.4
	Green	Clare Shelton	206	4.8	+4.8
Majority			802	18.6	-9.8
Turnout			4,298	45.0	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Boulton[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ranjit Banwait	1,536	46.2
	Independent	Brenda Longworth	729	21.9
	Conservative	Adam Thomas	699	21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Elson	364	10.9
Majority			807	24.3
Turnout			3,328	33.6	-12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chaddesden[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sara Bolton	1,541	46.8	+3.6
	Conservative	Alan Grimadell	1,273	38.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Batey	477	14.5	-1.1
Majority			268	8.1	+1.7
Turnout			3,291	33.8	-14.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Chellaston[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Ingall	1,717	45.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Paul Willitts	1,709	45.4	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Banks	338	9.0	+0.3
Majority			8	0.2	-12.2
Turnout			3,764	37.3	-13.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Darley[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Harbon	1,393	36.4	-2.3
	Labour	Martin Repton	1,250	32.7	+1.5
	Conservative	Andrew Hill	831	21.7	-8.5
	Green	Jane Temple	348	9.1	+9.1
Majority			143	3.7	-3.8
Turnout			3,822	41.2	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Derwent[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Roberts	1,179	48.0	-1.4
	Conservative	Franklyn Harwood	677	27.6	-3.6
	Independent	William Wright	312	12.7	+12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Goacher	288	11.7	-7.7
Majority			502	20.4	+2.2
Turnout			2,456	17.5	-24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Littleover[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lucy Care	2,603	61.3	+1.4
	Conservative	Terry Boston	1,057	24.9	-0.3
	Labour	Jogindar Johal	586	13.8	-1.1
Majority			1,546	36.4	+1.7
Turnout			4,246	43.8	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mackworth[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Baxter	1,331	49.8	+6.2
	Conservative	Alexander Williams	737	27.6	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Brown	606	22.7	-9.9
Majority			594	22.2	+11.2
Turnout			2,674	29.4	-12.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mickleover[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Winter	2,421	47.9	-11.0
	Conservative	Matthew Holmes	2,022	40.0	+11.8
	Labour	Clair Hinson	613	12.1	-0.8
Majority			399	7.9	-22.8
Turnout			5,056	45.9	-10.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Normanton[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Williamson	1,657	53.5	+20.6
	Liberal Democrat	Harjinder Naitta	839	27.1	+8.1
	Conservative	Masadiq Hussain	601	19.4	+10.4
Majority			818	26.4	+12.5
Turnout			3,097	31.6	-21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakwood[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Latham	1,753	56.8	+7.1
	Labour	Phillip Woodhead	780	25.3	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Asburner	317	10.3	-7.2
	Green	Henrik Skov	234	7.6	+7.6
Majority			973	31.5	+14.5
Turnout			3,084	31.0	-16.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sinfin[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Turner	1,295	58.7	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Leigh Alcock	549	24.9	-5.7
	Conservative	Randeep Samra	362	16.4	-7.9
Majority			746	33.8	+19.3
Turnout			2,206	24.6	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Spondon[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Poulter	2,145	57.6	+4.6
	Labour	Richard Morgan	1,028	27.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Peat	550	14.8	-6.9
Majority			1,117	30.0	+2.3
Turnout			3,723	39.9	-12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ "Local elections: Derby". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/fk.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Waller, Robert (2006-04-24). "Will the Tories prove to be credible contenders? Robert Waller analyses the likely gains and losses in the upcoming town hall elections". The Daily Telegraph. p. 8. 
3. ^ "Labour wins city council control". BBC News Online. 2005-07-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4685007.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 
4. ^ "Police examine election blunder". BBC News Online. 2006-04-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4953408.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Labour lose control in Derby vote". BBC News Online. 2006-05-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4975638.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 
6. ^ "Labour holds power in Tory pact". BBC News Online. 2006-05-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4755211.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 
7. ^ Wilson, Graeme (2006-05-05). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4. 
8. ^ "Local elections". The Times. 2006-05-05. p. 9. 
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Preceded by Derby Council election, 2004

Derby local elections

Succeeded by Derby Council election, 2007