Rochdale Council election, 2006

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.98%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 30
*Labour 20
*Conservative 10

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 12
gain = 4
loss = 1
net = +3
seats % = 60.0
votes % = 41.6
votes = 21,065
plus/minus = -0.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 1
loss = 5
net = -4
seats % = 30.0
votes % = 33.4
votes = 16,877
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 10.0
votes % = 23.5
votes = 11,881
plus/minus = -0.6%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.3
votes = 660
plus/minus = +0.8%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 122
plus/minus = +0.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dale Mulgrew
votes = 957
percentage = 46.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Burke
votes = 660
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Butler
votes = 439
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 297
percentage = 14.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,056
percentage = 28.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Hobhouse
votes = 1,593
percentage = 50.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sylvia Diggle
votes = 1,193
percentage = 37.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Godson
votes = 359
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 400
percentage = 12.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,145
percentage = 41.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Davison
votes = 1,399
percentage = 57.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Thompson
votes = 646
percentage = 26.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Crossley
votes = 384
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 753
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,429
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ibrar Khan
votes = 1,763
percentage = 49.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shah Wazir
votes = 1,472
percentage = 41.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Howarth
votes = 354
percentage = 9.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 291
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,589
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Murphy
votes = 900
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Brady
votes = 845
percentage = 38.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Pawson
votes = 438
percentage = 20.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 55
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,183
percentage = 28.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Taylor
votes = 1,250
percentage = 39.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Neilson
votes = 738
percentage = 23.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Donald Mooney
votes = 660
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Abdul Chowdry
votes = 434
percentage = 13.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Samir Chatterjee
votes = 122
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 512
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,204
percentage = 41.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Wardle
votes = 1,267
percentage = 53.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Burt
votes = 761
percentage = 31.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Malcome Heard
votes = 355
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 506
percentage = 21.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,383
percentage = 29.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Birkett
votes = 1,218
percentage = 45.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Stott
votes = 1,158
percentage = 43.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Grantham
votes = 314
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 60
percentage = 2.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,690
percentage = 34.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Maguire
votes = 1,293
percentage = 53.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Mills
votes = 785
percentage = 32.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Snowden
votes = 339
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 508
percentage = 21.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,417
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Angela Coric
votes = 1,931
percentage = 54.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Imtiaz Ahmed
votes = 1,379
percentage = 38.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mudassar Razzaq
votes = 266
percentage = 7.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 552
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,576
percentage = 47.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Denis Whittle
votes = 1,298
percentage = 55.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Butler
votes = 581
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Coady
votes = 472
percentage = 20.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 717
percentage = 30.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,351
percentage = 30.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wera Hobhouse
votes = 1,327
percentage = 49.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Chadwick
votes = 1,109
percentage = 41.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Muhammad Malik
votes = 263
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 218
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,699
percentage = 36.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Rush
votes = 1,034
percentage = 50.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Maher
votes = 748
percentage = 36.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Warwick
votes = 285
percentage = 13.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 286
percentage = 13.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,067
percentage = 28.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Robertson
votes = 811
percentage = 43.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Lever
votes = 564
percentage = 30.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Harris
votes = 475
percentage = 25.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 247
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,850
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Akram
votes = 817
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lorraine Butterworth
votes = 769
percentage = 38.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Taylor
votes = 417
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 48
percentage = 2.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,003
percentage = 26.7
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Holly
votes = 1,261
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Williams
votes = 1,242
percentage = 42.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Guisbourne-Hilton
votes = 439
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 19
percentage = 0.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,942
percentage = 37.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Clegg
votes = 1,713
percentage = 63.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Brown
votes = 592
percentage = 22.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Scholes
votes = 391
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,121
percentage = 41.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,696
percentage = 33.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Clegg
votes = 1,652
percentage = 68.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hilary Rodgers
votes = 477
percentage = 19.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Mann
votes = 299
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,175
percentage = 48.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,428
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan McCarthy
votes = 954
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Doreen Brophy-Lee
votes = 585
percentage = 28.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathryn Burt
votes = 484
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 369
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,023
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Parker
votes = 988
percentage = 54.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Guisbourne-Hilton
votes = 498
percentage = 27.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Pawson
votes = 388
percentage = 21.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 490
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,824
percentage = 23.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

External links

[http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/election_2006_results.asp 2006 Rochdale results]

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