Adur District Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Adur council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in white.

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 4 May 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 26
• Independent 2
• Liberal Democrat 1

Results

Adur Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	0	+2	85.7	49.3	6,813	-2.6%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	7.1	26.9	3,718	+13.5%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	7.1	5.9	809	-5.3%
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	11.0	1,516	-9.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.9	955	+4.7%

2 Conservatives were unopposed.

Ward results

Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gavin Ayling	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jaynie Sykes-Strudwick	575	52.8
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hesketh	514	47.2
Majority			61	5.6
Turnout			1,089
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cokeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Simmons	554	47.3
	Labour	Kenneth Bashford	345	29.4
	Liberal Democrat	Margret Bentley	273	23.3
Majority			209	17.9
Turnout			1,172
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Eastbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Funnell	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Janet Mockridge	684	59.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Mortimer	250	21.7
	Labour	Barry Thompsom	219	19.0
Majority			254	37.6
Turnout			1,153
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Angela Mills	685	59.6
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Collins	464	40.4
Majority			221	19.2
Turnout			2,309
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Keith Fayers-Morrissey	809	75.9
	Green	Vincent Tilsley	153	14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Cecily Welch	104	9.8
Majority			656	61.5
Turnout			2,076
	Independent hold		Swing

Mash Barn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Burt	401	44.5
	Conservative	Ann Bridges	396	43.9
	Green	Leslie Brockhurst	105	11.6
Majority			5	0.6
Turnout			902
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Peverel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Boggis	569	56.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kimberley Bonnett	287	28.4
	Labour	Joyce Burns	155	15.3
Majority			282	27.9
Turnout			1,867
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Victoria Parkin	473	47.2
	Green	Moyra Martin	203	20.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert King	168	16.7
	Labour	Andrew Bray	159	15.9
Majority			270	27.0
Turnout			1,003
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Nicolas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Neil Parkin	767	57.7
	Green	Susan Board	234	17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Broom-Sopp	188	14.1
	Labour	Stephen Mear	140	10.5
Majority			533	40.1
Turnout			1,329
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Carl English	500	49.5
	Labour	Peter Berry	337	33.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Hilditch	174	17.2
Majority			163	16.2
Turnout			1,011
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Southwick Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Searle	748	63.0
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Connor	278	23.4
	Labour	Ian Lidbetter	161	13.6
Majority			470	39.6
Turnout			1,187
	Conservative hold		Swing

Widewater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christine Turner	862	49.6
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Martin	617	35.5
	Green	Celia Behan	260	15.0
Majority			245	14.1
Turnout			1,739
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• BBC report of 2006 Adur election result