Redditch Council election, 2006

Elections to Redditch Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 14
*Conservative 11
*Liberal Democrat 3
*British National Party 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 34.3
votes = 6,449
plus/minus = -4.7%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 40.0
votes % = 40.2
votes = 7,564
plus/minus = +2.6%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 10.0
votes % = 4.7
votes = 890
plus/minus = +4.7%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 20.7
votes = 3,894
plus/minus = -1.6%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin MacMillan
votes = 578
percentage = 34.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Mason
votes = 545
percentage = 32.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Stanley
votes = 543
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 33
percentage = 2.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,666
percentage = 42.0
change = -3.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Chalk
votes = 1,112
percentage = 63.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Pollard
votes = 337
percentage = 19.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin King
votes = 312
percentage = 17.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 775
percentage = 44.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,761
percentage = 40.1
change = -1.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Betty Passingham
votes = 787
percentage = 43.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dawn Shanahan
votes = 697
percentage = 38.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Hennessey
votes = 325
percentage = 18.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 90
percentage = 5.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,809
percentage = 31.9
change = +2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Debbie Taylor
votes = 832
percentage = 49.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Swansborough
votes = 606
percentage = 36.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Adam Isherwood
votes = 247
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 226
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,685
percentage = 39.5
change = +0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Hunt
votes = 865
percentage = 45.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Allbutt
votes = 626
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Gee
votes = 428
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 239
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,919
percentage = 32.0
change = -1.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Smith
votes = 1,014
percentage = 61.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Timney
votes = 344
percentage = 20.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Cummings
votes = 288
percentage = 17.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 670
percentage = 40.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,646
percentage = 37.9
change = +0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phiip Mould
votes = 822
percentage = 45.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Banks
votes = 605
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Pitt
votes = 365
percentage = 20.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 217
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,792
percentage = 30.1
change = +1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Boyd-Carpenter
votes = 1,276
percentage = 52.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Ashall
votes = 682
percentage = 27.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Fisher
votes = 494
percentage = 20.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 594
percentage = 24.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,452
percentage = 36.7
change = +0.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Fry
votes = 570
percentage = 46.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Craig
votes = 437
percentage = 35.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Webster
votes = 225
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 133
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,232
percentage = 34.1
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = David Enderby
votes = 890
percentage = 31.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Albert Wharrad
votes = 878
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anita Clayton
votes = 613
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Karen Weston
votes = 454
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 12
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,835
percentage = 44.0
change = +7.9Election box gain with party link
winner = British National Party
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/47ud.stm 2006 Redditch election result]
* [http://redditch.whub.org.uk/home/textonly/rbc-election-results-2006.pdf Ward results]
* [http://archive.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/2006/5/5/411174.html Labour loses control of council]

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