2006 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

The 2006 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

At the previous election in 2004 the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 28 seats, but the council was run by an alliance between the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties who had led the council for the previous 11 years.^[3] Between them the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties had 28 seats, while the balance was held by 4 Independents.^[3]

Between 2004 and 2006 one of the independent councillors, Ian Powney, joined the Liberal Democrats.^[3] However he resigned from the council before the election, along with his fellow Liberal Democrat Gill Nethercott.^[3] This meant 22 seats were contested in the 2006 election, with 2 by-elections in Popley East and Whitchurch.^[3]

Campaign

As well as the 2 councillors who had resigned from the council before the election, a further 3 Conservatives councillors stood down at the election, Alan Denness, Andy Hewitt and Michael Ross.^[3] Candidates in the election included candidates from the Green Party for the first time in Basingstoke and Deane,^[4] as well as the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties and 1 Independent.^[3]

In the run up to the election the national Conservative leader David Cameron visited Basingstoke to campaign for his party in the local election.^[5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats to hold half of the seats on the council.^[4] The Conservatives gained Basing from the Liberal Democrats and Winklebury from Labour.^[4] Meanwhile, Labour regained Popley East from the Liberal Democrats, after the former councillor Ian Powney stood down at the election.^[4] This meant the governing Liberal Democrat and Labour alliance was reduced to 27 seats, with the Liberal Democrats on 15 and Labour on 12, while independents remained on 3 seats.^[4]

Following the election the Conservatives took control of the council after winning the vote for council leader by 30 votes to 26.^[6] Conservative John Leek became the new leader of the council after 2 of the 3 independents abstained, along with 2 Labour councillors, the new mayor Tony Jones and Sean Keating.^[6] One of the independents who abstained, David Leeks, became a member of the new council cabinet, while the third independent had backed the continuation of the previous Liberal Democrat and Labour administration.^[6]

Basingstoke and Deane Local Election Result 2006^[7]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	10	2	0	+2	45.5	49.7	18,142	-0.8%
Liberal Democrats	8	0	2	-2	36.4	30.5	11,114	+3.1%
Labour	3	1	1	0	13.6	15.6	5,678	-2.2%
Independent	1	0	0	0	4.5	2.8	1,011	-1.4%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	538	+1.5%

Ward results

Basing^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sven Godesden	1,724	55.2	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Read	1,239	39.6	−15.5
	Labour	Leslie Clarke	162	5.2	+5.2
Majority			485	15.6
Turnout			3,125	49	+1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brighton Hill North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Rowland	639	58.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Richard Court	317	29.2	−2.9
	Labour	Elizabeth Orton	129	11.9	−1.2
Majority			322	29.7	+7.1
Turnout			1,085	31	−2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brighton Hill South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Barnes	471	45.6	+2.3
	Conservative	John Loveys Jervoise	303	29.3	+4.8
	Labour	Stephen Wyeth	259	25.1	−7.1
Majority			168	16.3	+5.3
Turnout			1,033	27	−5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brookvale and Kings Furlong^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Shaw	699	52.4	−10.3
	Conservative	Hayley Eachus	356	26.7	+5.6
	Labour	Philip Courtenay	196	14.7	−1.5
	Green	Michael Sparrow	83	6.2	+6.2
Majority			343	25.7	−15.9
Turnout			1,334	35	+8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Burghclere^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lewin	626	69.8	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Davies	239	26.6	−16.9
	Labour	Patricia Wickremeratne	32	3.6	+3.6
Majority			387	43.1	+30.0
Turnout			897	46	+0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chineham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Biermann	1,011	54.2	+54.2
	Conservative	Rebecca Downes	722	38.7	−28.4
	Labour	Eileen Cavanagh	133	7.1	−1.0
Majority			289	15.5
Turnout			1,866	34	−3
	Independent hold		Swing

East Woodhay^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Sanders	746	82.4	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Lessware	126	13.9	−13.9
	Labour	Upali Wickremeratne	33	3.6	+3.6
Majority			620	68.5	+24.1
Turnout			905	43	+8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastrop^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Parker	639	54.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Gordon Pirie	308	26.4	−8.1
	Labour	Philip Howe	129	11.1	−1.7
	Green	Darren Shirley	90	7.7	+7.7
Majority			331	28.4	+10.2
Turnout			1,166	36	−5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grove^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Hussey	1,267	61.6	+10.3
	Conservative	Robert Taylor	697	33.9	−6.4
	Labour	Hema Krishan	93	4.5	−3.8
Majority			570	27.7	−13.7
Turnout			2,057	47	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Heath	1,460	69.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Barnard	404	19.1	−15.9
	Labour	Julie Worthington	249	11.8	+11.8
Majority			1,056	50.0	+19.9
Turnout			2,113	31	−2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highclere and Bourne^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mitchell	779	70.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pauleen Malone	253	22.8	−10.0
	Labour	David Cavangh	80	7.2	+7.2
Majority			526	47.3	+13.0
Turnout			1,112	48	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempshott^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilhelmine Court	1,820	71.6	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Mitchell	387	15.2	+15.2
	Labour	Colin Regan	336	13.2	−14.9
Majority			1,433	56.4	+12.7
Turnout			2,543	42	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsclere^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Rhatigan	1,267	79.9	+14.6
	Labour	James Gibb	185	11.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Ward	134	8.4	−11.4
Majority			1,082	68.2	+22.7
Turnout			1,586	43	+11
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norden^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hood	1,023	56.5	+8,4
	Conservative	Nigel McNair Scott	527	29.1	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whitechurch	261	14.4	−5.3
Majority			496	27.4	+11.6
Turnout			1,811	32	+2
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakley and North Waltham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecilia Morrison	1,616	64.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Burbidge-King	896	35.7	+12.9
Majority			720	28.7	−17.2
Turnout			2,512	45	+2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Baker	1,152	64.0	+34.9
	Conservative	Marion Jones	547	30.4	+18.1
	Labour	Warwick Dady	100	5.6	+5.6
Majority			605	33.6
Turnout			1,799	51	+7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pamber^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Chapman	683	73.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Day	103	11.0	+11.0
	Labour	Stephen Rothman	87	9.3	−17.0
	Green	Christopher Alliston	62	6.6	+6.6
Majority			580	62.0	+14.6
Turnout			935	44	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Popley East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Brian	490	51.7	+23.8
	Conservative	Stephen McConnell	300	31.6	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Berwick-Gooding	158	16.7	+11.0
Majority			190	20.1
Turnout			948	29	−4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

South Ham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Traynor	1,056	53.4	+7.1
	Conservative	Ronald Collins	703	35.5	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Whitechurch	220	11.1	−7.0
Majority			353	17.8	+7.1
Turnout			1,979	36	+2
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitchurch (2)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Wall	968
	Liberal Democrats	John Wall	859
	Conservative	William Judge	711
	Conservative	Henry Du Val de Beaulieu	612
	Green	Paul Skinner	180
	Green	Stephen Climpson	123
	Labour	Roger Bailey	69
	Labour	Stanley Parry	48
Turnout			3,570	48	+12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winklebury^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Donnell	1,318	62.6	+2.2
	Labour	Christopher Connor	789	37.4	−2.2
Majority			529	25.1	+4.2
Turnout			2,107	43	+0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Local elections: Basingstoke & Deane". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Race to capture residents' votes". Southern Daily Echo. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tories close to grip on power". Southern Daily Echo. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ "Cameron delivers election injection". Southern Daily Echo. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Martin, Kate (8 June 2006). "Tories take control". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Ward Election Results - 4 May 2006". Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

Preceded by 2004 Basingstoke and Deane Council election	Basingstoke and Deane local elections	Succeeded by 2007 Basingstoke and Deane Council election

[hold-1] "Local elections: Basingstoke & Deane". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[local-2] "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[capture-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Race to capture residents' votes". Southern Daily Echo. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

[close-4] "Tories close to grip on power". Southern Daily Echo. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

[injection-5] "Cameron delivers election injection". Southern Daily Echo. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

[tories-6] Martin, Kate (8 June 2006). "Tories take control". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

[results-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Ward Election Results - 4 May 2006". Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

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