London local elections, 2006
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 May 2006. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.
All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2002.
Council results
Overall councillor numbers
The largest party in terms of councils and councillors became the Conservative Party after this election, with losses by the Labour Party and a small increase in share of the vote to the Liberal Democrats. Smaller national parties made significant gains, with the British National Party and Respect having the second-largest number of councillors in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Tower Hamlets (respectively). The Green Party also saw its gains concentrated on one area to achieve the third most councillors in the London Borough of Lewisham. Scattered across boroughs, unaffiliated residents groups won 24 council seats.[1]
London local elections 2006
Councillor statistics | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | |
Conservative | 785 | +132 | |
Labour | 685 | -181 | |
Liberal Democrat | 317 | +8 | |
Respect | 15 | +12 | |
BNP | 13 | +13 | |
Green | 12 | +10 | |
Christian Peoples | 3 | +2 | |
Socialist Alternative | 2 | 0 | |
Local | 24 | ||
Independent | 5 |
Mayoral results
In three London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.
Mayoralty | 2002 | 2006 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Hackney | Jules Pipe (Labour) | Jules Pipe (Labour) | ||
Lewisham | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) | ||
Newham | Robin Wales (Labour) | Robin Wales (Labour) |
Borough result maps
-
Barking and Dagenham 2006 results map
-
Barnet 2006 results map
-
Bexley 2006 results map
-
Brent 2006 results map
-
Bromley 2006 results map
-
Camden 2006 results map
-
Croydon 2006 results map
-
Ealing 2006 results map
-
Enfield 2006 results map
-
Greenwich 2006 results map
-
Hackney 2006 results map
-
Hammersmith and Fulham 2006 results map
-
Haringey 2006 results map
-
Harrow 2006 results map
-
Havering 2006 results map
-
Hillingdon 2006 results map
-
Hounslow 2006 results map
-
Islington 2006 results map
-
Kensington and Chelsea 2006 results map
-
Kingston upon Thames 2006 results map
-
Lambeth 2006 results map
-
Lewisham 2006 results map
-
Merton 2006 results map
-
Newham 2006 results map
-
Redbridge 2006 results map
-
Richmond upon Thames 2006 results map
-
Southwark 2006 results map
-
Sutton 2006 results map
-
Tower Hamlets 2006 results map
-
Waltham Forest 2006 results map
-
Wandsworth 2006 results map
-
Westminster 2006 results map
-
Greater London 2006 results map
References
- http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2006.htm
- http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/2006schedule.cfm
- www.alg.gov.uk, by the Association of London Government, 15 February 2006, retrieved 12 March 2006.
- "Party leaders put to the test with a capital campaign", by Patrick Wintour and Hugh Muir, The Guardian, Friday 17 February 2006, retrieved 12 March 2006.
- http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2006/02/17/london_boroughs_1702.pdf