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St Albans City and District Council elections2006 English local elections21st century in Hertfordshire


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Map of the results of the 2006 St Albans City and District Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.


The 2006 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1]


After the election, the composition of the council was



  • Liberal Democrats 31


  • Conservative 17


  • Labour 8


  • Independent 2[2]



Contents





  • 1 Campaign


  • 2 Election result


  • 3 Ward results


  • 4 References




Campaign


Before the election the council was composed of 29 Liberal Democrats, 17 Conservative, 11 Labour and 1 Independent councillors.[3] The Liberal Democrats hoped to win a majority at the election and complained about decisions being delayed by the opposition parties.[3] However the Conservatives were also confident of making gains and said that a hung council with the best councillors from each party making up the cabinet was right for St Albans.[3] Labour meanwhile were hopeful of holding onto their seats, expecting that they would perform better than in recent elections.[3] As well as the 3 main parties on the council, the Green Party also stood candidates in every ward, while targeting Clarence ward as their best chance.[3]



Election result


The Liberal Democrats regained overall control of the council that they had lost at the 1999 election after making a net gain of 2 seats.[4][5] They gained 3 seats from Labour and 2 from the Conservatives, but also lost 3 seats in Marshalswick South, Redbourn and Verulam to the Conservatives.[2] The 3 defeats for Labour included one in Sopwell ward, which they lost for what was described as "the first time in living memory".[6] The results meant that the Liberal Democrats had a majority over the other parties of 4 seats after previously only having half of the councillors before the election,[7] however the Conservatives did win more votes at the election than the Liberal Democrats.[2] Overall turnout at the election was 45.1%.[2]


In Wheathampstead ward the election ended in a tie after 3 recounts.[8] The winner in the ward was decided by getting the 2 candidates to pick the longer pencil resulting in the Liberal Democrat Judith Shardlow defeating the Conservative former mayor Keith Stammers.[4][9] Meanwhile, the Conservative group on the council was reduced, when councillor John Newman, left the party to sit as an independent councillor after having recently being replaced as Conservative group leader on the council by Teresa Heritage.[2][10]




















































St Albans local election result 2006[11][12]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
 

Liberal Democrat
10
5
3
+2
50.0
35.7
15,694
-2.5%
 

Conservative
8
3
2
+1
40.0
41.7
18,348
+2.1%
 

Labour
2
0
3
-3
10.0
14.6
6,426
-2.5%
 

Green
0
0
0
0
0
8.1
3,549
+7.3%


Ward results













































Ashley[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Anthony Rowlands
844
38.1
-3.1


Labour
Malachy Pakenham
597
26.9
-5.3


Conservative
Rafat Khan
551
24.9
+4.3


Green
Stephen Clough
224
10.1
+10.1
Majority
247
11.2
+2.2

Turnout
2,216
43.7
-0.7


Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Swing













































Batchwood[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour
Roma Mills
827
38.6
+1.5


Liberal Democrat
Allan Witherick
587
27.4
-7.9


Conservative
Sara Cadish
524
24.5
-3.1


Green
Gillian Mills
204
9.5
+9.5
Majority
240
11.2
+9.4

Turnout
2,142
42.4
+2.3


Labour hold

Swing













































Clarence[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Joyce Lusby
918
42.7
-4.3


Conservative
Katharine Lifely
596
27.7
+3.2


Labour
David Lee
339
15.8
-4.1


Green

Simon Grover
298
13.9
+5.3
Majority
322
15.0
-7.5

Turnout
2,151
47.3
+0.2


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing













































Colney Heath[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Ian Day
823
49.3
-8.8


Conservative
Alan Cloke
616
36.9
+5.7


Labour
Gordon Watson
146
8.7
-2.0


Green
Peter Eggleston
84
5.0
+5.0
Majority
207
12.4
-14.5

Turnout
1,669
41.8
-1.9


Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Swing













































Cunningham[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Robert Prowse
898
41.5
-15.7


Conservative
James Vessey
654
30.2
+3.9


Labour
Abdul Kadir
414
19.1
+2.6


Green
Rosalind Hardy
200
9.2
+9.2
Majority
244
11.3
-19.6

Turnout
2,166
46.5
+1.0


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing













































Harpenden East[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Alison Steer
1,135
45.6
-4.8


Conservative
Michael Wakely
1,044
42.0
+2.5


Labour
David Crew
169
6.8
-3.3


Green
Denise Taylor-Roome
140
5.6
+5.6
Majority
91
3.6
-7.3

Turnout
2,488
48.2
+0.5


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing













































Harpenden North[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Geoffrey Turner
1,236
58.1
+1.2


Liberal Democrat
Jeffrey Phillips
578
27.2
-5.6


Labour
Rosemary Ross
166
7.8
-2.5


Green
Sasha Bradbury
147
6.9
+6.9
Majority
658
30.9
+6.8

Turnout
2,127
42.6
-0.8


Conservative hold

Swing













































Harpenden South[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Teresa Heritage
1,606
72.1
+5.9


Liberal Democrat
Mary Carden
313
14.0
-10.0


Labour
Linda Spiri
160
7.2
-2.6


Green
Eric Harber
150
6.7
+6.7
Majority
1,293
58.1
+15.9

Turnout
2,229
44.1
-0.2


Conservative hold

Swing













































Harpenden West[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Allen Chamberlain
1,606
67.5
+9.8


Liberal Democrat
Mary Skinner
410
17.2
-10.6


Green
Marc Scheimann
207
8.7
+3.5


Labour
Elizabeth Rayner
158
6.6
-2.7
Majority
1,196
50.3
+20.4

Turnout
2,381
44.9
-1.6


Conservative hold

Swing













































London Colney[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour
Etheldreda Gordon
960
44.7
+1.0


Conservative
David Winstone
790
36.8
+1.0


Liberal Democrat
Carol Prowse
241
11.2
-9.3


Green
Kate Metcalf
155
7.2
+7.2
Majority
170
7.9
+0.0

Turnout
2,146
35.1
-0.5


Labour hold

Swing













































Marshalswick North[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Thomas Clegg
1,186
50.6
-1.2


Conservative
John Foster
811
34.6
-4.4


Labour
John Baughan
178
7.6
-1.6


Green
Rosalind Paul
170
7.2
+7.2
Majority
375
16.0
+3.2

Turnout
2,345
50.1
+2.6


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing













































Marshalswick South[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Mehmet Gaygusuz
985
38.9
-1.6


Liberal Democrat
Jennifer Hale
953
37.6
-9.5


Labour
Anthony Nicholson
343
13.5
+1.1


Green
Mark Ewington
251
9.9
+9.9
Majority
32
1.3


Turnout
2,532
51.1
-0.3


Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing













































Park Street[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Aislinn Lee
1,233
52.0
+1.6


Conservative
Margaret Griffiths
868
36.6
-0.5


Labour
Patricia Allen
170
7.2
-5.2


Green
Jack Easton
101
4.3
+4.3
Majority
365
15.4
+2.1

Turnout
2,372
46.2
+4.1


Liberal Democrat hold

Swing













































Redbourn[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Susan Carr
1,039
50.7
+22.7


Liberal Democrat
Ann Manning
745
36.4
+36.4


Labour
Edward Hill
138
6.7
-1.8


Green
Gregory Riener
126
6.2
+6.2
Majority
294
14.3


Turnout
2,048
44.8
-0.9


Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing













































Sandridge[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Beric Read
880
55.8
+1.1


Liberal Democrat
Janet Churchard
403
25.6
-7.5


Labour
Michael Mulholland
151
9.6
-2.6


Green
Lorna-May Caddy
143
9.1
+9.1
Majority
477
30.2
+8.6

Turnout
1,577
42.8
+3.3


Conservative hold

Swing













































Sopwell[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
David Poor
671
33.2
+3.2


Labour
Dawn Pratley
605
29.9
-10.1


Conservative
Heather Rench
516
25.5
-4.5


Green
Thomas Hardy
230
11.4
+11.4
Majority
66
3.3


Turnout
2,022
40.3
+4.3


Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Swing













































St Peters[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Michael Green
915
45.4
-1.9


Labour
Winifred Dunleavy
464
23.0
-6.4


Conservative
Debashis Mukherjee
398
19.7
+1.2


Green
Kristian Tizzard
240
11.9
+11.9
Majority
451
22.4
+4.5

Turnout
2,017
39.7
-2.2


Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Swing













































St Stephen[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Patricia Garrard
1,329
58.4
-2.2


Liberal Democrat
David Parry
593
26.1
-4.9


Labour
Janet Blackwell
201
8.8
+0.5


Green
Margaret Davis
153
6.7
+6.7
Majority
736
32.3
+2.7

Turnout
2,276
46.5
-1.2


Conservative hold

Swing













































Verulam[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative
Irene Willcocks
1,167
44.2
-1.5


Liberal Democrat
Susan Campbell
1,116
42.3
+2.7


Green
Margaret Grover
211
8.0
+8.0


Labour
Jane Cloke
146
5.5
-1.6
Majority
51
1.9
-4.2

Turnout
2,640
53.5
-0.3


Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing













































Wheathampstead[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Judith Shardlow
1,132
45.8
-2.5


Conservative
Keith Stammers
1,132
45.8
+0.7


Green
Gillian Patrick
115
4.7
+4.7


Labour
Peter Woodhams
94
3.8
-2.9
Majority
0
0
-3.2

Turnout
2,473
54.1
+2.4


Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Swing



References




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