Croydon London Borough Council election, 2006
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Map of the results of the 2006 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party lost control of the council to the Conservative Party.
Election result
Croydon Local Election Result 2006 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 43 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 61.4% | 44.7% | 47,044 | |||
Labour | 27 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 38.6% | 25.6% | 26,917 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13.3% | 14,043 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6% | 10,056 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2% | 3,405 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4% | 1,464 | |||
The People's Choice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3% | 275 | |||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9% | 275 |
Political make-up
Party | Seats | Current Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002[1] | 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservatives | 31 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 37 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lib Dems | 1 | 0 |
Ward results
A-C
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Jackson | 1,973 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Price | 1,948 | |||
Conservative | Maria Garcia de la Huerta | 1,842 | |||
Labour | Sean Fitzsimons | 1,672 | |||
Labour | Amanda Campbell | 1,653 | |||
Labour | Mark Watson | 1,607 | |||
Green | Mario Barnsley | 850 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Rogers | 760 | |||
Turnout | 4,437 | 40.0% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lindsay Frost | 2,513 | |||
Conservative | Eddy Arram | 2,431 | |||
Conservative | Avril Slipper | 2,390 | |||
Labour | Rona MacDonald | 1,057 | |||
Labour | Peter Spalding | 971 | |||
Labour | Jitinder Singh | 904 | |||
Green | Bernice Golberg | 628 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nirma Ramful | 550 | |||
UKIP | Jeanette Nathan | 336 | |||
Turnout | 4,324 | 42.7% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raj Rajendran | 1,846 | |||
Labour | Paula Shaw | 1,805 | |||
Labour | Greta Sohoye | 1,670 | |||
Conservative | Roger Taylor | 1,117 | |||
Conservative | John Tooze | 861 | |||
Conservative | Alan Winborn | 774 | |||
Green | Susan Parsons | 531 | |||
UKIP | James Feisenberger | 305 | |||
Turnout | 3,407 | 32.9% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Collins | 1,777 | |||
Labour | Mike Selva | 1,600 | |||
Labour | Manju Shahul-Hameed | 1,576 | |||
Conservative | Ian Parker | 1,076 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Ratnaraja | 1,073 | |||
Conservative | Jill Thomas | 975 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Syed Mohiuddin | 513 | |||
Communist | Peter Latham | 177 | |||
Turnout | 3,426 | 31.5% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Wright | 3,393 | |||
Conservative | Brian Udell | 3,321 | |||
Conservative | Terry Lenton | 3,102 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Atkins | 2,124 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Hargrave | 1,817 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Patricia Knight | 1,765 | |||
Turnout | 5,350 | 56.8% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Osland | 2,706 | |||
Conservative | Gavin Barwell | 2,685 | |||
Conservative | Brian Cakebread | 2,640 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Avril Bristow | 775 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jean Callen | 745 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brian Glaister | 627 | |||
Labour | Sarah Ward | 481 | |||
Labour | Richard Ackland | 475 | |||
Labour | Lee Findell | 435 | |||
Green | Andrew Lindsay | 429 | |||
The People's Choice | Sheila Lockwood | 168 | |||
Turnout | 4,226 | 42.8% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Gatland | 2,590 | |||
Conservative | Michael Neal | 2,418 | |||
Conservative | Jason Perry | 2,378 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Bishopp | 861 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sheelagh Crampton | 739 | |||
Labour | Laura Doughty | 722 | |||
Labour | Paul Anderson | 697 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Edward Maxfield | 609 | |||
Green | Stephen Harris | 569 | |||
Labour | James Mburu | 566 | |||
UKIP | William Bailey | 206 | |||
The People's Choice | Evelyn Lane | 113 | |||
The People's Choice | Debra Cannam | 112 | |||
The People's Choice | Mark Samuel | 96 | |||
Turnout | 4,460 | 41.4% | |||
F-N
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vidhi Mohan | 2,070 | |||
Conservative | Susan Winborn | 2,042 | |||
Conservative | David Fitze | 2,010 | |||
Labour | Peter Horah | 870 | |||
Labour | Yvonne Gosling | 834 | |||
Labour | Dominic O'Donnell | 807 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jill George | 640 | |||
Green | Julia Barnsley | 629 | |||
UKIP | Edwin Wigley | 226 | |||
Monster Raving Loony | John Cartwright | 200 | |||
Turnout | 3,808 | 37.6% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Hall | 949 | |||
Labour | Carole Bonner | 862 | |||
BNP | Matthew Bedford | 692 | |||
Conservative | Roland Petit | 677 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Stranack | 477 | |||
UKIP | Lynnda Robson | 213 | |||
Turnout | 2,293 | 34.2% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Mead | 3,076 | |||
Conservative | Helen Pollard | 2,936 | |||
Conservative | Enley Taylor | 2,749 | |||
Labour | Sarah Jones | 761 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Cleary | 654 | |||
Labour | Moira O'Donnell | 642 | |||
Labour | Romney Tansley | 598 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Ladanyi | 529 | |||
UKIP | Andrew Paice | 411 | |||
Turnout | 4,405 | 44.7% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jan Buttinger | 2,631 | |||
Conservative | Steve O'Connell | 2,530 | |||
Conservative | Steve Hollands | 2,523 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Angela Catto | 757 | |||
Green | Tom Voute | 729 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Linda Evans | 650 | |||
Labour | Joy Prince | 461 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Mir | 406 | |||
Turnout | 4,367 | 41.7% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brenda Kirby | 1,356 | |||
Labour | George Ayres | 1,257 | |||
Conservative | Peter Kirby | 1,046 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Pearson | 1,040 | |||
BNP | Clifford May | 772 | |||
UKIP | Ian Edwards | 256 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephanie Offer | 139 | |||
Turnout | 3,228 | 44.8% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maggie Mansell | 2,434 | |||
Labour | Shafi Khan | 2,428 | |||
Labour | Sherwan Chowdhury | 2,333 | |||
Conservative | Gloria Hutchens | 1,751 | |||
Conservative | Tirena Gunter | 1,679 | |||
Conservative | Adam Kellett | 1,557 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Leo Held | 553 | |||
Green | Michael O'Sullivan | 511 | |||
Turnout | 4,784 | 43.6% | |||
P-S
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Bass | 2,768 | |||
Conservative | Derek Millard | 2,631 | |||
Conservative | Donald Speakman | 2,488 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen Austin | 786 | |||
Labour | Colin Bagnall | 700 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Burnett | 670 | |||
Green | Simon Desorgher | 599 | |||
Labour | Maria Khan | 528 | |||
Labour | Suren Pandita | 495 | |||
UKIP | Kathleen Garner | 280 | |||
Turnout | 4,159 | 41.0% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynne Hale | 3,567 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Pollard | 3,470 | |||
Conservative | Yvette Hopley | 3,447 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anne Howard | 570 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Susan Gauge | 562 | |||
Labour | Daniel Harvey | 429 | |||
Labour | Barry Buttigieg | 393 | |||
Labour | Tejinder Madhar | 369 | |||
UKIP | Alan Smith | 338 | |||
Turnout | 4,700 | 48.6% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Timothy Godfrey | 1,652 | |||
Labour | Toni Letts | 1,597 | |||
Labour | Gerry Ryan | 1,452 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Bird | 906 | |||
Conservative | Audrey Terrey | 893 | |||
Conservative | William Proudfoot | 861 | |||
Green | Megan Braid-Pittordou | 588 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lynn Roulstone | 570 | |||
Turnout | 3,220 | 31.4% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dudley Mead | 3,397 | |||
Conservative | Sara Bashford | 3,396 | |||
Conservative | Phil Thomas | 3,215 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Jefkins | 651 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Burnett | 625 | |||
Labour | Peter Hopson | 535 | |||
Labour | Rae Goonetilleke | 451 | |||
UKIP | Claire Smith | 416 | |||
Labour | Femi Yusoof | 373 | |||
Turnout | 4,719 | 50.4% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Marshall | 3,270 | |||
Conservative | Richard Chatterjee | 2,924 | |||
Conservative | Mike Fisher | 2,888 | |||
Independent | Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya | 1,083 | |||
Labour | Norman Glass | 896 | |||
Labour | Mark Justice | 869 | |||
Labour | Lorraine Walters | 799 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul West | 603 | |||
Green | Ian Dixon | 590 | |||
Turnout | 5,014 | 48.1% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Bennett | 1,670 | |||
Conservative | Luke Clancy | 1,523 | |||
Labour | Jane Avis | 1,492 | |||
Labour | Kathy Bee | 1.393 | |||
Labour | Andy Bagnall | 1,385 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Quadir | 1,271 | |||
Green | Tim Fernandes-Bonnar | 717 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Julie Hardy-McBride | 684 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jan Perry | 616 | |||
UKIP | Brian Hutchings | 233 | |||
Turnout | 3,997 | 37.2% | |||
T-W
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Clouder | 1,644 | |||
Labour | Matthew Kyeremeh | 1,427 | |||
Labour | Louisa Woodley | 1,421 | |||
Conservative | Florence Evans | 902 | |||
Conservative | Melanie Hutchens | 833 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Cope | 819 | |||
Conservative | Michele O'Connell | 776 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Dering | 697 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tomas Howard-Jones | 638 | |||
Turnout | 3,445 | 31.5% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Askey | 1,650 | |||
Labour | Pat Ryan | 1,637 | |||
Conservative | George Filbey | 1,566 | |||
Labour | Alisa Flemming | 1,561 | |||
Conservative | Clare Hilley | 1,489 | |||
Labour | Ian Payne | 1,461 | |||
Green | Anna Martin | 732 | |||
Green | Shasha Khan | 729 | |||
Green | Tom Real | 527 | |||
UKIP | Joan Tyndall | 185 | |||
Turnout | 4,092 | 37.9% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Harris | 2,335 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Driver | 2,285 | |||
Conservative | Simon Hoar | 2,215 | |||
Labour | Alison Butler | 2,040 | |||
Labour | Charlotte McAree | 1,973 | |||
Labour | Paul Smith | 1,942 | |||
Green | Mary Davey | 485 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Valerie Hargrave | 402 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Gauge | 395 | |||
Pensions Action Alliance | Eileen Daisley | 135 | |||
Pensions Action Alliance | Alan Crawley | 133 | |||
Pensions Action Alliance | Helen Crawley | 117 | |||
Turnout | 5,077 | 45.8% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raj Chandarana | 1,660 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 1,521 | |||
Labour | Mike Mogul | 1,387 | |||
Conservative | Christina Blair | 1,115 | |||
Conservative | Mehmet Bezginsoy | 919 | |||
Conservative | Bilgin Duven | 916 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mahmud Ahsanollah | 590 | |||
Green | Santheya Natarajan | 539 | |||
Turnout | 3,386 | 31.4% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Jewitt | 1,463 | |||
Labour | Tony Newman | 1,415 | |||
Labour | Paul Scott | 1,225 | |||
Conservative | Benjamin Grainger | 1,178 | |||
Conservative | Desmond Wright | 1,059 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Ghero | 987 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Patricia West | 597 | |||
Green | Ivonne Fernandes-Bonnar | 581 | |||
Pensions Action Alliance | David Young | 271 | |||
Croydon Ratepayers Against Croydon Council | Colin Cole | 229 | |||
Pensions Action Alliance | Daphne Akeroyd | 211 | |||
Pensions Action Alliance | John Akeroyd | 168 | |||
Turnout | 3,485 | 33.8% | |||
Wards
There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives,[2] giving the newly elected council's political composition as:[3]
Ward | Members elected in 2006 |
Addiscombe | Russell Jackson (Con) |
Andrew Price (Con) | |
Maria Garcia de la Huerta (Con) | |
Ashburton | Lindsay Frost (Con) |
Eddy Arram (Con) | |
Avril Slipper (Con) | |
Bensham Manor | Raj Rajendran (Lab) |
Greta Sohoye (Lab) | |
Alison Butler (Lab) | |
Broad Green | Stuart Collins (Lab) |
Mike Selva (Lab) | |
Manju Shahul-Hameed (Lab) | |
Coulsdon East | Christopher Wright (Con) |
Brian Udell (Con) | |
Terry Lenton (Con) | |
Coulsdon West | David Osland (Con) |
Gavin Barwell (Con) | |
Brian Cakebread (Con) | |
Croham | Maria Gatland (Con) |
Michael Neal (Con) | |
Jason Perry (Con) | |
Fairfield | Vidhi Mohan (Con) |
Susan Winborn (Con) | |
David Fitze (Con) | |
Fieldway | Simon Hall (Lab) |
Carole Bonner (Lab) | |
Heathfield | Linda Bailey (Con) |
Sharon Massey (Con) | |
Andy John Waters (Con) | |
Kenley | Jan Buttinger (Con) |
Steve O'Connell (Con) | |
Steve Hollands (Con) | |
New Addington | Brenda Kirby (Lab) |
George Ayres (Lab) | |
Norbury | Maggie Mansell (Lab) |
Shafi Khan (Lab) | |
Sherwan Chowdhury (Lab) | |
Purley | Graham Bass (Con) |
Derek Millard (Con) | |
Donald Speakman (Con) | |
Sanderstead | Lynne Hale (Con) |
Timothy Pollard (Con) | |
Yvette Hopley (Con) | |
Selhurst | Timothy Godfrey (Lab) |
Toni Letts (Lab) | |
Toni Letts (Lab) | |
Selsdon and Ballards | Dudley Mead (Con) |
Sara Bashford (Con) | |
Phil Thomas (Con) | |
Shirley | Janet Marshall (Con) |
Richard Chatterjee (Con) | |
Mike Fisher (Con) | |
South Norwood | Susan Bennett (Con) |
Luke Clancy (Con) | |
Jane Avis (Lab) | |
Thornton Heath | Pat Clouder (Lab) |
Matthew Kyeremeh (Lab) | |
Louisa Woodley (Lab) | |
Upper Norwood | Robert Askey (Con) |
Pat Ryan (Lab) | |
George Filbey (Con) | |
Waddon | Tony Harris (Con) |
Jonathan Driver (Con) | |
Simon Hoar (Con) | |
West Thornton | Raj Chandarana (Lab) |
Bernadette Khan (Lab) | |
Mike Mogul (Con) | |
Woodside | Karen Jewitt (Lab) |
Tony Newman (Lab) | |
Paul Scott (Lab) | |
References
- Election report from Croydon Council (Dead link)
- OMRLP Croydon Branch
- 1 2 http://www.croydon.gov.uk/content/departments/570770/570872/wardmap.pdf
- ↑ "Steve O' Connell with Mike Mogul after his defection". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
External links
- Tories celebrate election victory, Croydon Advertiser, 5 May 2006.
- Labour kicked in the ballots, Croydon Guardian, 5 May 2006.
- In Search of Selsdon Man, The Guardian, 27 April 2006.
- Croydon Conservatives
- Croydon Labour councillors
- Croydon Co-operative Party
- Croydon Green Party
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