Eastleigh Borough Council election, 2006

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 34
• Conservative 7
• Labour 3

Election result

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	13	2	0	+2	81.3	48.5	15,340	+2.9%
	Conservative	2	0	2	-2	12.5	34.0	10,743	+2.9%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	6.3	11.6	3,654	-2.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	1,665	-4.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	227	+0.5%

Ward results

Botley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Fraser	1,146	66.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Martin Briggs	419	24.4	-0.7
	UKIP	Elizabeth McKay	78	4.5	-3.8
	Labour	Geoffrey Kosted	72	4.2	-0.8
Majority			727	42.4	+5.8
Turnout			1,715	46.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bursledon & Old Netley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Millar	1,028	53.1	+3.9
	Conservative	John Milne	698	36.0	+5.5
	UKIP	Beryl Humphrey	114	5.9	-9.0
	Labour	Elsie Truscott	97	5.0	-0.4
Majority			430	17.1	-1.6
Turnout			1,937	34.4	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chandler's Ford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Holden-Brown	890	54.2	+7.1
	Conservative	Doretta Cocks	575	35.0	-10.5
	UKIP	Paul Webber	94	5.7	+5.7
	Labour	Peter Clayton	84	5.1	-2.3
Majority			315	19.2	+17.6
Turnout			1,643	43.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Chandler's Ford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Broadhurst	1,077	55.7	-2.8
	Conservative	Matthew Simmonds	685	35.4	+0.1
	UKIP	Ann Bays	91	4.7	+4.7
	Labour	Philip Grice	81	4.2	-2.1
Majority			392	20.3	-2.9
Turnout			1,934	44.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Irish	951
	Liberal Democrat	Deepak Gupta	845
	Labour	Christine Hadley	772
	Labour	William Luffman	733
	Conservative	Robert Quane	593
	Conservative	Judith Grajewski	513
	UKIP	Stephen Challis	214
Turnout			4,621	34.8	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Sollitt	1,081	51.9	+5.7
	Conservative	Jayne Hellier	529	25.4	-9.2
	Labour	Edward White	280	13.4	-5.9
	UKIP	Neil Smith	193	9.3	+9.3
Majority			552	26.5	+14.9
Turnout			2,083	34.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Luffman	970	42.7	+12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Kyrle	775	34.1	-6.8
	Conservative	Felicity Smith	298	13.1	-1.1
	Independent	Samuel Snook	227	10.0	+10.0
Majority			195	8.6
Turnout			2,270	38.5	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Fair Oak and Horton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Spearey	1,053	46.4	+0.6
	Conservative	Christopher Rhodes	903	39.8	+11.9
	Labour	John Sorley	168	7.4	-2.2
	UKIP	George McGuinness	143	6.3	-10.3
Majority			150	6.6	-11.3
Turnout			2,267	34.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hedge End Grange Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Bloom	1,019	61.2	+6.3
	Conservative	Paul Philp	562	33.7	-7.3
	Labour	George Carter	46	2.8	-1.3
	UKIP	Caroline Bradbeer	39	2.3	+2.3
Majority			457	27.5	+13.6
Turnout			1,666	38.5	+10.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hedge End St. Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Skinner	1,298	50.9	-1.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Hall	1,006	39.5	+7.6
	UKIP	Michale O'Donoghue	246	9.6	-0.3
Majority			292	11.4	-9.3
Turnout			2,550	43.5	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hedge End Wildern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Keith House	920	58.5	+6.2
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	550	35.0	-5.5
	UKIP	Frederick Estall	103	6.5	+6.5
Majority			370	23.5	+11.7
Turnout			1,573	38.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hiltingbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Caldwell	1,326	63.3	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Child	587	28.0	-5.7
	UKIP	Marion Stewart	109	5.2	+5.2
	Labour	Beryl Addison	73	3.5	-1.9
Majority			739	35.3	+8.1
Turnout			2,095	51.0	-3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hiltingbury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Davidovitz	994	50.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Smith	839	42.7	-5.2
	UKIP	Vivienne Young	79	4.0	+4.0
	Labour	Kevin Butt	53	2.7	-0.5
Majority			155	7.9	+6.9
Turnout			1,965	48.1	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

West End North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Tennent	871	54.0	+9.6
	Conservative	Neville Dickinson	577	35.8	-11.1
	Labour	Edith Durham	100	6.2	-2.6
	UKIP	Daniel Bradbeer	64	4.0	+4.0
Majority			294	18.2
Turnout			1,612	41.2	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West End South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Sortwell	960	56.5	+8.4
	Conservative	Reginald Campbell	515	30.3	-11.4
	Labour	Daniel Clarke	125	7.4	-2.9
	UKIP	Peter Stewart	98	5.8	+5.8
Majority			445	26.2	+19.8
Turnout			1,698	37.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

External links

BBC report of 2006 Eastleigh election result