Three Rivers Council election, 2006

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

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 30
*Conservative 11
*Labour 7

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 11
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 68.8
votes % = 46.4
votes = 10,274
plus/minus = +0.6%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 25.0
votes % = 44.2
votes = 9,792
plus/minus = +1.3%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 6.1
votes % = 8.1
votes = 1,794
plus/minus = -3.2%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 104
plus/minus = +0.5%Election Summary Party
party = English Democrats Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 101
plus/minus = +0.5%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 72
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary Party
party = The New Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 13
plus/minus = +0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara Bedford
votes = 846
percentage = 56.9
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Woodard
votes = 511
percentage = 34.4
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeannie Mehta
votes = 130
percentage = 8.7
change = -4.4Election box majority
votes = 335
percentage = 22.5
change = -11.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,487
percentage = 43.6
change = +2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joy Mann
votes = 600
percentage = 58.9
change = -7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Fancourt
votes = 260
percentage = 25.5
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Cox
votes = 86
percentage = 8.4
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Evans
votes = 73
percentage = 7.2
change = +7.2Election box majority
votes = 340
percentage = 33.4
change = -11.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,019
percentage = 42.6
change = +11.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Connolly
votes = 976
percentage = 53.3
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Craig Lewell
votes = 725
percentage = 39.6
change = +6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Linhart
votes = 130
percentage = 7.1
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 251
percentage = 13.7
change = -12.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,831
percentage = 48.7
change = -2.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Spencer
votes = 991
percentage = 78.7
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Colin
votes = 228
percentage = 18.1
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Williams
votes = 41
percentage = 3.3
change = +3.3Election box majority
votes = 763
percentage = 60.6
change = +12.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,260
percentage = 41.3
change = -4.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Trevett
votes = 1,221
percentage = 53.2
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Booth
votes = 888
percentage = 38.7
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Tina Kamei
votes = 72
percentage = 3.1
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fiona Goble
votes = 69
percentage = 3.0
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Andrew Shanks
votes = 31
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = The New Party (UK)
candidate = Joanne Dooley
votes = 13
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 333
percentage = 14.5
change = +9.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,294
percentage = 57.2
change = -4.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Seabourne
votes = 1,087
percentage = 56.5
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Englefield
votes = 709
percentage = 36.9
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Wynne-Jones
votes = 128
percentage = 6.7
change = -4.6Election box majority
votes = 378
percentage = 19.6
change = -0.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,924
percentage = 48.1
change = +3.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Drury
votes = 581
percentage = 52.3
change = -20.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paula Hiscocks
votes = 448
percentage = 40.3
change = +23.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen King
votes = 82
percentage = 7.4
change = -2.9Election box majority
votes = 133
percentage = 12.0
change = -44.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,111
percentage = 44.5
change = +7.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian White
votes = 732
percentage = 67.2
change = +0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Denman
votes = 269
percentage = 24.7
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Sedlacek
votes = 88
percentage = 8.1
change = -6.1Election box majority
votes = 463
percentage = 44.5
change = -4.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,089
percentage = 43.0
change = +13.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Peutherer
votes = 820
percentage = 65.4
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Lambert
votes = 293
percentage = 23.4
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Williams
votes = 140
percentage = 11.2
change = -3.9Election box majority
votes = 527
percentage = 42.0
change = +1.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,253
percentage = 37.6
change = -0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Katherine Turner
votes = 831
percentage = 65.2
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Tuck
votes = 328
percentage = 25.7
change = -4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Arthur
votes = 116
percentage = 9.1
change = -1.6Election box majority
votes = 503
percentage = 39.5
change = +10.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,275
percentage = 33.9
change = -0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Struck
votes = 736
percentage = 56.6
change = -8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kerry Christlow
votes = 454
percentage = 34.9
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joanne Cox
votes = 111
percentage = 8.5
change = +8.5Election box majority
votes = 282
percentage = 21.7
change = -7.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,301
percentage = 35.6
change = -1.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kemal Butt
votes = 1,379
percentage = 77.7
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Asquith
votes = 293
percentage = 16.5
change = -8.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jayshree Radia
votes = 102
percentage = 5.7
change = +5.7Election box majority
votes = 1,086
percentage = 61.2
change = +12.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,774
percentage = 43.7
change = +0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Durham
votes = 321
percentage = 39.3
change = -4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Lowes
votes = 315
percentage = 38.6
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Sangster
votes = 181
percentage = 22.2
change = -7.9Election box majority
votes = 6
percentage = 0.7
change = -12.6Election box turnout
votes = 817
percentage = 27.7
change = +0.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leslie Mead
votes = 550
percentage = 56.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Noakes
votes = 264
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Nicholas Capp
votes = 101
percentage = 10.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bruce Prochnik
votes = 68
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 286
percentage = 29.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 983
percentage = 42.4
change = +0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Weedon
votes = 1,041
percentage = 76.4
change = +14.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Humphreys
votes = 209
percentage = 15.3
change = -10.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Karen McIntosh
votes = 112
percentage = 8.2
change = -3.7Election box majority
votes = 832
percentage = 61.1
change = +24.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,362
percentage = 44.1
change = +2.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Lamb
votes = 1,051
percentage = 76.8
change = +16.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jill Swainson
votes = 249
percentage = 18.2
change = -17.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Williams
votes = 69
percentage = 5.0
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 802
percentage = 58.6
change = +34.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,369
percentage = 50.1
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/26uj.stm 2006 Three Rivers election result]
* [http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/default.aspx/Web/ElectionResult Ward results]

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