Hastings Council election, 2006

Elections to Hastings Council were held on 4 May, 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 17
*Labour 10
*Liberal Democrat 5

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 4
loss = 0
net = +4
seats % = 52.9
votes % = 39.2
votes = 8,967
plus/minus = +2.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 0
loss = 4
net = -4
seats % = 35.3
votes % = 33.6
votes = 7,673
plus/minus = +0.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 11.8
votes % = 22.4
votes = 5,128
plus/minus = -1.2%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.7
votes = 606
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.1
votes = 485
plus/minus = +2.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Wilson
votes = 869
percentage = 61.0
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Rushbrook
votes = 346
percentage = 24.3
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wilfrid Pickard
votes = 209
percentage = 14.7
change = -8.1Election box majority
votes = 523
percentage = 36.7
change = +3.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,424
percentage = 34.5
change = -1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terrence Fawthrop
votes = 583
percentage = 46.6
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Hart
votes = 477
percentage = 38.1
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Oliver Maloney
votes = 192
percentage = 15.3
change = -4.0Election box majority
votes = 106
percentage = 8.5
change = -2.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,252
percentage = 37.1
change = +3.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Godfrey Daniel
votes = 747
percentage = 52.3
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Williams
votes = 440
percentage = 30.8
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Booth
votes = 240
percentage = 16.8
change = +4.6Election box majority
votes = 307
percentage = 21.5
change = +0.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,427
percentage = 40.5
change = -0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Armstrong
votes = 545
percentage = 38.8
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Melanie Rycroft
votes = 450
percentage = 32.1
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Theresa Lock
votes = 236
percentage = 16.8
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Mary Robertson
votes = 173
percentage = 12.3
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 95
percentage = 6.7
change = -3.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,404
percentage = 36.2
change = +3.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Birch
votes = 543
percentage = 44.5
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Evelyn Modlinger
votes = 339
percentage = 27.8
change = -8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Egmond
votes = 337
percentage = 27.6
change = +3.2Election box majority
votes = 204
percentage = 16.7
change = +12.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,219
percentage = 33.1
change = +5.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gladys Martin
votes = 913
percentage = 60.8
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Roscoe
votes = 302
percentage = 20.1
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Emily Westley
votes = 287
percentage = 19.1
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 611
percentage = 40.7
change = +12.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,502
percentage = 40.2
change = -0.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Poulter
votes = 750
percentage = 47.2
change = +22.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Cartwright
votes = 417
percentage = 26.2
change = -5.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nathan Lauder
votes = 315
percentage = 19.8
change = -13.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = David Carey-Stuart
votes = 108
percentage = 6.8
change = -3.9Election box majority
votes = 333
percentage = 21.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,590
percentage = 42.2
change = +12.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Silverson
votes = 497
percentage = 45.0
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Lyons
votes = 220
percentage = 19.9
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = David Lovett
votes = 199
percentage = 18.0
change = +18.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Kennelly
votes = 130
percentage = 11.8
change = -5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Kevin Young
votes = 58
percentage = 5.3
change = -5.1Election box majority
votes = 277
percentage = 25.1
change = +8.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,104
percentage = 29.4
change = +4.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joy Waite
votes = 843
percentage = 61.1
change = +13.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Georgiana De Lussy
votes = 269
percentage = 19.5
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Antony Davis
votes = 268
percentage = 19.4
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 574
percentage = 41.6
change = +11.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,380
percentage = 36.6
change = +0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Palmer
votes = 625
percentage = 36.6
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Kitson
votes = 564
percentage = 33.0
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Willard
votes = 519
percentage = 30.4
change = +5.4Election box majority
votes = 61
percentage = 3.6
change = -2.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,708
percentage = 42.6
change = -0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Tucker
votes = 482
percentage = 38.7
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Street
votes = 383
percentage = 30.8
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Hancock
votes = 379
percentage = 30.5
change = +10.1Election box majority
votes = 99
percentage = 7.9
change = -5.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,244
percentage = 36.3
change = +3.9Election 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 = Stephen Springthorpe
votes = 553
percentage = 43.2
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Annette Barton
votes = 444
percentage = 34.7
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Third
votes = 283
percentage = 22.1
change = +3.9Election box majority
votes = 109
percentage = 8.5
change = +0.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,280
percentage = 39.3
change = +0.1Election 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 = Keith Bing
votes = 909
percentage = 52.2
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Waller
votes = 475
percentage = 27.3
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Terry
votes = 357
percentage = 20.5
change = +6.1Election box majority
votes = 434
percentage = 24.9
change = +9.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,741
percentage = 44.2
change = -1.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jay Kramer
votes = 393
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Chowney
votes = 340
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Ayres
votes = 308
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Sally Phillips
votes = 267
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Keen
votes = 187
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Lock
votes = 187
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Fay Hughes
votes = 155
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Nicholas Prince
votes = 131
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,968
percentage = 34.6
change = +9.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Finch
votes = 602
percentage = 43.0
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Turner
votes = 478
percentage = 34.2
change = +13.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brett McLean
votes = 319
percentage = 22.8
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 124
percentage = 8.8
change = -7.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,399
percentage = 39.2
change = +8.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Roberts
votes = 563
percentage = 46.3
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gladys Fawthrop
votes = 337
percentage = 27.7
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrea Bain
votes = 317
percentage = 26.0
change = 10.9Election box majority
votes = 226
percentage = 18.6
change = -7.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,217
percentage = 35.5
change = -0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/21ud.stm 2006 Hastings election result]
* [http://www.hastings.gov.uk/elections/election_060504_hbc_results.aspx Ward results]
* [http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/entertainment/News-and-Views-from-Election.1484672.jp News and Views from Election 2006]

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