West Lancashire Council election, 2006

Elections to West Lancashire Council were held on 4th May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.2%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 32
*Labour 22

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 13
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 72.2
votes % = 59.6
votes = 13,649
plus/minus = +12.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 27.8
votes % = 34.4
votes = 7,869
plus/minus = -2.5%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.5
votes = 1,021
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.5
votes = 344
plus/minus = -10.2%Election Summary Party
party = Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 16
plus/minus = +0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Duffy
votes = 774
percentage = 68.3
change = +10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Shepherd
votes = 360
percentage = 31.7
change = +10.9Election box majority
votes = 414
percentage = 36.6
change = +1.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,134
percentage = 23.1
change = -10.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David O'Toole
votes = 1,271
percentage = 75.2
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Rankin
votes = 419
percentage = 24.8
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 852
percentage = 50.4
change = -4.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,690
percentage = 36.8
change = -12.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Grant
votes = 912
percentage = 79.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Latham
votes = 230
percentage = 20.1
change = -1.9Election box majority
votes = 682
percentage = 59.8
change = +3.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,142
percentage = 36.3
change = +8.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Melling
votes = 833
percentage = 66.2
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Whitby
votes = 426
percentage = 33.8
change = -5.6Election box majority
votes = 407
percentage = 32.4
change = +11.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,259
percentage = 38.0
change = -11.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Griffiths
votes = 821
percentage = 55.9
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kathryn Anderson
votes = 649
percentage = 44.1
change = -3.7Election box majority
votes = 172
percentage = 14.8
change = +10.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,470
percentage = 37.0
change = -4.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Greenall
votes = 867
percentage = 57.9
change = +12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Sockett
votes = 394
percentage = 26.3
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anne Doyle
votes = 237
percentage = 15.8
change = +9.1Election box majority
votes = 473
percentage = 31.6
change = +11.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,498
percentage = 32.2
change = -14.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Ashcroft
votes = 844
percentage = 85.0
change = +21.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Mawdsley
votes = 149
percentage = 15.0
change = +15.0Election box majority
votes = 695
percentage = 70.0
change = +42.4Election box turnout
votes = 993
percentage = 31.4
change = -11.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Hopley
votes = 1,062
percentage = 62.6
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Cavaghan
votes = 409
percentage = 24.1
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = John Watt
votes = 225
percentage = 13.3
change = +4.1Election box majority
votes = 653
percentage = 38.5
change = +6.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,696
percentage = 36.9
change = -12.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Carson
votes = 505
percentage = 79.7
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carolyn Evans
votes = 129
percentage = 20.3
change = +2.6Election box majority
votes = 376
percentage = 59.4
change = -5.2Election box turnout
votes = 634
percentage = 21.8
change = -7.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Pope
votes = 620
percentage = 79.2
change = +7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Citarella
votes = 163
percentage = 20.8
change = -7.0Election box majority
votes = 457
percentage = 58.4
change = +14.0Election box turnout
votes = 783
percentage = 45.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Baldock
votes = 620
percentage = 56.5
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Draper
votes = 243
percentage = 22.2
change = -14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Keegan
votes = 126
percentage = 11.5
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Nicholas Kemp
votes = 108
percentage = 9.8
change = +9.8Election box majority
votes = 377
percentage = 34.3
change = +21.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,097
percentage = 22.0
change = -2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Collinson
votes = 980
percentage = 74.5
change = +15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Clare Gillard
votes = 335
percentage = 25.5
change = +11.1Election box majority
votes = 645
percentage = 49.0
change = +17.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,315
percentage = 41.2
change = +0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Cropper
votes = 853
percentage = 69.5
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shan Annis
votes = 209
percentage = 17.0
change = -11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Geoffery Barnes
votes = 166
percentage = 13.5
change = +13.5Election box majority
votes = 644
percentage = 52.5
change = +8.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,228
percentage = 39.7
change = +13.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Meadows
votes = 863
percentage = 47.2
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Noel Delaney
votes = 650
percentage = 35.6
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Maurice George
votes = 197
percentage = 10.8
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kenneth Walters
votes = 101
percentage = 5.5
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats
candidate = David Braid
votes = 16
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 213
percentage = 11.6
change = +1.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,827
percentage = 39.4
change = -7.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David McKay
votes = 922
percentage = 76.0
change = +12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Cropper
votes = 291
percentage = 24.0
change = +4.3Election box majority
votes = 631
percentage = 52.0
change = +8.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,213
percentage = 23.7
change = -10.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Pendleton
votes = 482
percentage = 64.4
change = -11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irene O'Donnell
votes = 179
percentage = 23.9
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Martin Lowe
votes = 88
percentage = 11.7
change = +11.7Election box majority
votes = 303
percentage = 40.5
change = -12.1Election box turnout
votes = 749
percentage = 21.4
change = +5.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Kay
votes = 1,371
percentage = 86.0
change = +22.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Roughley
votes = 223
percentage = 14.0
change = +14.0Election box majority
votes = 1,148
percentage = 72.0
change = +44.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,594
percentage = 35.3
change = -15.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Phythian
votes = 804
percentage = 51.0
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Pollock
votes = 773
percentage = 49.0
change = +13.5Election box majority
votes = 31
percentage = 2.0
change = -10.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,577
percentage = 31.5
change = -13.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

External links

"From West Lancashire Council site:"
* [http://webdocs.westlancsdc.gov.uk/Coinsdev/elections/Election_summary.asp?electionname=Local%20Elections%202006 Summary of results]
* [http://webdocs.westlancsdc.gov.uk/Coinsdev/elections/elected_members.asp Elected members] sequence
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