St Helens Council election, 2006

Elections to St Helens Council were held on 4th May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 23
*Liberal Democrat 19
*Conservative 6

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 43.8
votes % = 40.4
votes = 18,549
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 43.8
votes % = 39.6
votes = 18,212
plus/minus = -0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 17.3
votes = 7,942
plus/minus = +1.1%Election Summary Party
party = Community Action Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.9
votes = 895
plus/minus = +1.9%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 308
plus/minus = +0.5%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 64
plus/minus = +0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Murphy
votes = 1,504
percentage = 47.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davies
votes = 970
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Gadsden
votes = 672
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 534
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,146
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul McQuade
votes = 1,257
percentage = 48.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ruth Smith
votes = 712
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = William Guest
votes = 327
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Collins
votes = 221
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Waugh
votes = 64
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 545
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,581
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Matthew Dunn
votes = 1,087
percentage = 48.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Pritchard
votes = 1,001
percentage = 44.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charmain Pyke
votes = 142
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 86
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,230
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Banks
votes = 1,153
percentage = 48.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Smith
votes = 953
percentage = 40.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Perks
votes = 266
percentage = 11.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 200
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,372
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Pearl
votes = 2,666
percentage = 67.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Barton
votes = 690
percentage = 17.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Bond
votes = 608
percentage = 15.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,976
percentage = 49.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,964
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eric Sheldon
votes = 1,811
percentage = 55.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeanette Banks
votes = 1,284
percentage = 39.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Rigby
votes = 189
percentage = 5.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 527
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,284
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Ferry
votes = 1,648
percentage = 52.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Hart
votes = 1,269
percentage = 40.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Highcock
votes = 237
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 379
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,154
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Taylor
votes = 1,787
percentage = 64.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Hughes
votes = 756
percentage = 27.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Harvey
votes = 244
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,031
percentage = 37.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,787
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Shields
votes = 1,384
percentage = 66.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Hennessy
votes = 595
percentage = 28.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Madeleine Wilcock
votes = 117
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 789
percentage = 37.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,096
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Parr
votes = 1,740
percentage = 59.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Wood
votes = 798
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sandra Ferry
votes = 369
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 942
percentage = 32.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,907
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Glover
votes = 1,463
percentage = 46.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Spriggs
votes = 961
percentage = 30.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christina Duncan
votes = 749
percentage = 23.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 502
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,173
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julie Jones
votes = 1,721
percentage = 61.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marlene Newman
votes = 873
percentage = 31.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Johnson
votes = 207
percentage = 7.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 848
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,801
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard McCauley
votes = 1,308
percentage = 55.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carol Pearl
votes = 453
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Michael Perry
votes = 363
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Woodcock
votes = 217
percentage = 9.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 855
percentage = 36.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,341
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Crowther
votes = 1,052
percentage = 41.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret McLachlan
votes = 1,005
percentage = 39.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Pearcey
votes = 308
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Jones
votes = 113
percentage = 4.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Leslie Teeling
votes = 89
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 47
percentage = 1.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,567
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Rimmer
votes = 1,900
percentage = 51.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Broughton
votes = 1,443
percentage = 39.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charlotte Wood
votes = 210
percentage = 5.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Tracey Lavelle
votes = 116
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 457
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,669
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Roughley
votes = 1,418
percentage = 48.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Almond
votes = 986
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Knowles
votes = 494
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 432
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,898
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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