Sefton Council election, 2006

Elections to Sefton 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
*Liberal Democrat 26
*Labour 21
*Conservative 19

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 43.5
votes % = 35.7
votes = 24,029
plus/minus = +1.4%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 30.4
votes % = 24.9
votes = 16,775
plus/minus = -3.5%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 26.1
votes % = 31.0
votes = 20,860
plus/minus = +2.8%Election Summary
party = Southport Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.8
votes = 3,222
plus/minus = -2.4%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.4
votes = 945
plus/minus = +0.8%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 572
plus/minus = +0.9%Election Summary
party = Socialist Alternative
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 338
plus/minus = -0.3%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 300
plus/minus = -0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 242
plus/minus = +0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Bigley
votes = 2,306
percentage = 57.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bernard Blaney
votes = 984
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Stuart Elliott
votes = 289
percentage = 7.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Warner
votes = 236
percentage = 5.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Leech
votes = 192
percentage = 4.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,322
percentage = 32.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,007
percentage = 40.8
change = -12.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Iain Brodie-Brownie
votes = 1,681
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Beechey
votes = 994
percentage = 29.0
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Terry Durrance
votes = 514
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Robinson
votes = 239
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 687
percentage = 20.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,428
percentage = 34.8
change = -10.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Roberts
votes = 1,852
percentage = 57.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Maxwell
votes = 726
percentage = 22.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Constance McCarthy
votes = 656
percentage = 20.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,126
percentage = 34.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,234
percentage = 36.7
change = -13.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan McGuire
votes = 1,692
percentage = 42.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Price
votes = 1,470
percentage = 36.8
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = James Ford
votes = 630
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Muriel Langley
votes = 198
percentage = 5.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 222
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,990
percentage = 41.9
change = -11.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daren Veidman
votes = 1,028
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carol Tonkiss
votes = 612
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Philip Coppell
votes = 572
percentage = 22.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Antonio Spatuzzi
votes = 286
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 416
percentage = 16.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,498
percentage = 27.8
change = -14.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James McGinnity
votes = 1,197
percentage = 62.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Nuttall
votes = 403
percentage = 21.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Harrison
votes = 205
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Parry
votes = 118
percentage = 6.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 794
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,923
percentage = 20.9
change = -12.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Watson
votes = 1,620
percentage = 49.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Hamilton
votes = 885
percentage = 26.8
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Harry Forster
votes = 531
percentage = 16.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Cookson
votes = 263
percentage = 8.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 735
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,299
percentage = 33.2
change = -13.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Moncur
votes = 1,449
percentage = 68.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicola Smith
votes = 383
percentage = 18.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jessamine Hounslea
votes = 286
percentage = 13.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,066
percentage = 50.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,118
percentage = 22.5
change = -14.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Storey
votes = 2,223
percentage = 61.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Druscilla Haydon
votes = 804
percentage = 22.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Newton
votes = 594
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,419
percentage = 39.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,621
percentage = 37.1
change = -15.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Frederick Weavers
votes = 1,346
percentage = 47.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Jones
votes = 649
percentage = 22.8
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = John Lee
votes = 475
percentage = 16.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Jowett
votes = 227
percentage = 8.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Valerie Pollard
votes = 149
percentage = 5.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 697
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,846
percentage = 30.3
change = -12.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Friel
votes = 1,130
percentage = 71.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Gibson
votes = 453
percentage = 28.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 677
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,583
percentage = 18.6
change = -9.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Darren Hardy
votes = 1,110
percentage = 65.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Milne
votes = 321
percentage = 19.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Ward
votes = 260
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 789
percentage = 46.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,691
percentage = 19.3
change = -12.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Debi Jones
votes = 1,795
percentage = 49.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Caroline Hayes
votes = 1,266
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Nolan
votes = 547
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 529
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,608
percentage = 36.2
change = -10.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Rimmer
votes = 1,771
percentage = 50.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Swift
votes = 1,103
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Margaret Brown
votes = 473
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Stoker
votes = 194
percentage = 5.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 668
percentage = 18.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,541
percentage = 36.0
change = -15.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jack Colbert
votes = 1,665
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Hanley
votes = 747
percentage = 25.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Papworth
votes = 545
percentage = 18.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 918
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,957
percentage = 29.2
change = -13.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Maher
votes = 1,149
percentage = 54.9
change = Election box candidate
party = Socialist Alternative
candidate = Peter Glover
votes = 338
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Crossey
votes = 253
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Patricia Gaskell
votes = 201
percentage = 9.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hilary Bowden
votes = 151
percentage = 7.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 811
percentage = 38.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,092
percentage = 23.0
change = -14.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Sumner
votes = 1,533
percentage = 45.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Rodwell
votes = 852
percentage = 25.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Nolan
votes = 358
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Richard Chapman
votes = 310
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael McDermott
votes = 300
percentage = 8.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 681
percentage = 20.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,353
percentage = 32.8
change = -10.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Blackburn
votes = 1,705
percentage = 53.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William McIvor
votes = 729
percentage = 22.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gwendolyn Kermode
votes = 526
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Martin Owen
votes = 242
percentage = 7.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 976
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,202
percentage = 32.5
change = -13.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vincent Platt
votes = 1,822
percentage = 54.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Flodman
votes = 907
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Trollope
votes = 639
percentage = 19.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 915
percentage = 27.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,368
percentage = 35.5
change = -13.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Dowd
votes = 1,376
percentage = 72.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Linda Hough
votes = 518
percentage = 27.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 858
percentage = 45.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,894
percentage = 21.1
change = -13.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roy Connell
votes = 1,539
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Josephine Healy
votes = 862
percentage = 27.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Kermode
votes = 743
percentage = 23.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 677
percentage = 11.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,144
percentage = 31.0
change = -15.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Tonkiss
votes = 2,049
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Hough
votes = 1,718
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Giles Blundell
votes = 1,182
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Jamieson
votes = 543
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony West
votes = 394
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,886
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

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