Eastleigh Council election, 2006

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 34
*Conservative 7
*Labour 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 13
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 81.3
votes % = 48.5
votes = 15,340
plus/minus = +2.9%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 34.0
votes = 10,743
plus/minus = +2.9%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 6.3
votes % = 11.6
votes = 3,654
plus/minus = -2.0%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.3
votes = 1,665
plus/minus = -4.2%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 227
plus/minus = +0.5%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Fraser
votes = 1,146
percentage = 66.8
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Briggs
votes = 419
percentage = 24.4
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Elizabeth McKay
votes = 78
percentage = 4.5
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Kosted
votes = 72
percentage = 4.2
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 727
percentage = 42.4
change = +5.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,715
percentage = 46.7
change = -2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hugh Millar
votes = 1,028
percentage = 53.1
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Milne
votes = 698
percentage = 36.0
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Beryl Humphrey
votes = 114
percentage = 5.9
change = -9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elsie Truscott
votes = 97
percentage = 5.0
change = -0.4Election box majority
votes = 430
percentage = 17.1
change = -1.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,937
percentage = 34.4
change = -2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pamela Holden-Brown
votes = 890
percentage = 54.2
change = +7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Doretta Cocks
votes = 575
percentage = 35.0
change = -10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Webber
votes = 94
percentage = 5.7
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Clayton
votes = 84
percentage = 5.1
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 315
percentage = 19.2
change = +17.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,643
percentage = 43.9
change = +2.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Broadhurst
votes = 1,077
percentage = 55.7
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Simmonds
votes = 685
percentage = 35.4
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ann Bays
votes = 91
percentage = 4.7
change = +4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Grice
votes = 81
percentage = 4.2
change = -2.1Election box majority
votes = 392
percentage = 20.3
change = -2.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,934
percentage = 44.5
change = +1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wayne Irish
votes = 951
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Deepak Gupta
votes = 845
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Hadley
votes = 772
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Luffman
votes = 733
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Quane
votes = 593
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Grajewski
votes = 513
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Challis
votes = 214
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,621
percentage = 34.8
change = -3.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Maureen Sollitt
votes = 1,081
percentage = 51.9
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jayne Hellier
votes = 529
percentage = 25.4
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward White
votes = 280
percentage = 13.4
change = -5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Neil Smith
votes = 193
percentage = 9.3
change = +9.3Election box majority
votes = 552
percentage = 26.5
change = +14.9Election box turnout
votes = 2,083
percentage = 34.4
change = -0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Luffman
votes = 970
percentage = 42.7
change = +12.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Kyrle
votes = 775
percentage = 34.1
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Felicity Smith
votes = 298
percentage = 13.1
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Samuel Snook
votes = 227
percentage = 10.0
change = +10.0Election box majority
votes = 195
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,270
percentage = 38.5
change = -1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Spearey
votes = 1,053
percentage = 46.4
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Rhodes
votes = 903
percentage = 39.8
change = +11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Sorley
votes = 168
percentage = 7.4
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = George McGuinness
votes = 143
percentage = 6.3
change = -10.3Election box majority
votes = 150
percentage = 6.6
change = -11.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,267
percentage = 34.5
change = +0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Louise Bloom
votes = 1,019
percentage = 61.2
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Philp
votes = 562
percentage = 33.7
change = -7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Carter
votes = 46
percentage = 2.8
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Caroline Bradbeer
votes = 39
percentage = 2.3
change = +2.3Election box majority
votes = 457
percentage = 27.5
change = +13.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,666
percentage = 38.5
change = +10.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julie Skinner
votes = 1,298
percentage = 50.9
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Hall
votes = 1,006
percentage = 39.5
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michale O'Donoghue
votes = 246
percentage = 9.6
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 292
percentage = 11.4
change = -9.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,550
percentage = 43.5
change = +4.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith House
votes = 920
percentage = 58.5
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Hudson
votes = 550
percentage = 35.0
change = -5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Frederick Estall
votes = 103
percentage = 6.5
change = +6.5Election box majority
votes = 370
percentage = 23.5
change = +11.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,573
percentage = 38.6
change = +10.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Caldwell
votes = 1,326
percentage = 63.3
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Child
votes = 587
percentage = 28.0
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Marion Stewart
votes = 109
percentage = 5.2
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Beryl Addison
votes = 73
percentage = 3.5
change = -1.9Election box majority
votes = 739
percentage = 35.3
change = +8.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,095
percentage = 51.0
change = -3.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Davidovitz
votes = 994
percentage = 50.6
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Grahame Smith
votes = 839
percentage = 42.7
change = -5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Vivienne Young
votes = 79
percentage = 4.0
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Butt
votes = 53
percentage = 2.7
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 155
percentage = 7.9
change = +6.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,965
percentage = 48.1
change = -3.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bruce Tennent
votes = 871
percentage = 54.0
change = +9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neville Dickinson
votes = 577
percentage = 35.8
change = -11.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edith Durham
votes = 100
percentage = 6.2
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Daniel Bradbeer
votes = 64
percentage = 4.0
change = +4.0Election box majority
votes = 294
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,612
percentage = 41.2
change = +9.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joyce Sortwell
votes = 960
percentage = 56.5
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Reginald Campbell
votes = 515
percentage = 30.3
change = -11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Clarke
votes = 125
percentage = 7.4
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Stewart
votes = 98
percentage = 5.8
change = +5.8Election box majority
votes = 445
percentage = 26.2
change = +19.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,698
percentage = 37.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/24ud.stm BBC report of 2006 Eastleigh election result]

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