- Tunbridge Wells Council election, 2006
Elections to Tunbridge Wells Council were held on
4 May ,2006 . One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 38
*Liberal Democrat 9
*Labour 1Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 14
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 87.5
votes % = 58.9
votes = 14,301
plus/minus = +6.1%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 31.6
votes = 7,668
plus/minus = -1.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.6
votes = 1,370
plus/minus = -2.3%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.2
votes = 536
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.7
votes = 422
plus/minus = -0.4%Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Davies
votes = 1,183
percentage = 60.7
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Winifred Honnywill
votes = 603
percentage = 30.9
change = -3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Oliver Clement
votes = 163
percentage = 8.4
change = -5.2Election box majority
votes = 580
percentage = 29.8
change = +11.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,949
percentage = 38.6
change = -4.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally-Ann Slade
votes = 1,096
percentage = 79.1
change = +17.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Billingham
votes = 290
percentage = 20.9
change = -4.7Election box majority
votes = 806
percentage = 58.2
change = +22.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,386
percentage = 37.6
change = -6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Crawford
votes = 503
percentage = 46.1
change = +9.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Stanyer
votes = 486
percentage = 44.6
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Theresa Theophanides
votes = 101
percentage = 9.3
change = -0.6Election box majority
votes = 17
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,090
percentage = 37.6
change = -3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Price
votes = 981
percentage = 58.6
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Beard
votes = 450
percentage = 26.9
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Brian Leslie
votes = 244
percentage = 14.6
change = +3.9Election box majority
votes = 531
percentage = 31.7
change = +0.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,675
percentage = 34.9
change = -2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Cunningham
votes = 1,064
percentage = 69.9
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Brown
votes = 458
percentage = 30.1
change = +4.8Election box majority
votes = 606
percentage = 39.8
change = -0.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,522
percentage = 34.9
change = -7.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Marriott
votes = 603
percentage = 64.8
change = +26.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lorraine Braam
votes = 207
percentage = 22.2
change = -13.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Rich
votes = 121
percentage = 13.0
change = -8.4Election box majority
votes = 396
percentage = 42.6
change = +40.6Election box turnout
votes = 931
percentage = 30.9
change = +5.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Thomas
votes = 525
percentage = 60.6
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Moon
votes = 183
percentage = 21.1
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Victor Webb
votes = 158
percentage = 18.2
change = +18.2Election box majority
votes = 342
percentage = 39.5
change = +8.3Election box turnout
votes = 866
percentage = 30.1
change = +7.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Scholes
votes = 1,156
percentage = 68.6
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jane Johnson
votes = 529
percentage = 31.4
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 627
percentage = 37.2
change = +4.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,685
percentage = 35.0
change = -5.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Mayhew
votes = 1,250
percentage = 63.9
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Hillier
votes = 707
percentage = 36.1
change = +5.1Election box majority
votes = 543
percentage = 27.8
change = +4.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,957
percentage = 38.2
change = -4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Tompsett
votes = 1,124
percentage = 56.2
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Thomas Symondson
votes = 877
percentage = 43.8
change = +10.0Election box majority
votes = 247
percentage = 12.4
change = -11.5Election box turnout
votes = 2,001
percentage = 44.7
change = +1.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Neve
votes = 776
percentage = 65.5
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Browne
votes = 273
percentage = 23.1
change = -3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Richard Leslie
votes = 135
percentage = 11.4
change = +11.4Election box majority
votes = 503
percentage = 42.4
change = +8.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,184
percentage = 35.6
change = +1.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Woodward
votes = 760
percentage = 44.7
change = +7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lesley Herriot
votes = 636
percentage = 37.4
change = -4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Phyllis Leslie
votes = 157
percentage = 9.2
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Hamm
votes = 146
percentage = 8.6
change = +0.0Election box majority
votes = 124
percentage = 7.3
change = +3.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,699
percentage = 35.5
change = +0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Jolley
votes = 754
percentage = 53.7
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Bullion
votes = 399
percentage = 28.4
change = +7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jemima Blackmore
votes = 252
percentage = 17.9
change = -7.4Election box majority
votes = 355
percentage = 25.3
change = -2.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,405
percentage = 30.9
change = -0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Bothwell
votes = 849
percentage = 49.4
change = +10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dianne Hill
votes = 561
percentage = 32.7
change = -4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marguerita Morton
votes = 308
percentage = 17.9
change = +2.1Election box majority
votes = 188
percentage = 16.7
change = +15.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,718
percentage = 33.7
change = -0.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Rusbridge
votes = 797
percentage = 57.8
change = +11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Terence Driscoll
votes = 474
percentage = 34.4
change = -14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gregory Lay
votes = 107
percentage = 7.8
change = +7.8Election box majority
votes = 323
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,378
percentage = 45.1
change = +7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Melvyn Howell
votes = 1,400
percentage = 75.6
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Williams
votes = 451
percentage = 24.4
change = -4.9Election box majority
votes = 949
percentage = 51.2
change = +9.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,851
percentage = 42.3
change = -2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/29uq.stm 2006 Tunbridge Wells election result]
* [http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/section.asp?docid=2030&catid=247 Ward results]sequence
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