2006 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2006 Cheltenham Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half 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:

Liberal Democrat 17
Conservative 17
People Against Bureaucracy 5
Labour 1^[2]

Election result

Results of the election saw the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats end with 17 seats each.^[3] The Labour Party lost one of their two seats leaving the People Against Bureaucracy Action Group holding the balance of power.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%.^[4]

After the election Conservative Duncan Smith took over as leader of the council, replacing Liberal Democrat Andrew McKinlay, after the Conservatives received the backing of the People Against Bureaucracy Action Group.^[5]

Cheltenham Local Election Result 2006^[6]^[7]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	10	1	2	-1	50.0	40.8	12,714	+6.3%
Conservative	8	2	0	+2	40.0	45.9	14,281	+2.4%
PAB	2	0	0	0	10.0	8.3	2,570	-1.4%
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	4.4	1,360	-4.1%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	141	-0.9%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	70	+0.2%

Ward results

All Saints^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Franklin*	639	51.1	+6.8
	Conservative	Susan McArdle	469	37.5	+3.4
	Labour	Sandra Easton-Lawrence	73	5.8	−3.1
	UKIP	Timothy Warry	70	5.6	N/A
Majority			170	13.6	+3.4
Turnout			1,251	30.1	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul McLain*	1,032	68.3	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wheeldon	387	25.6	−5.2
	Labour	Catherine Mozeley	92	6.1	−2.3
Majority			645	42.7	+12.6
Turnout			1,511	42.8	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall and Reddings^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Britter*	971	52.8	+12.5
	Conservative	Michael D'Ambrosio	810	44.0	−9.4
	Labour	Brian Hughes	58	3.2	−3.1
Majority			161	8.8	−4.3
Turnout			1,839	45.8	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Kings^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Ryder*	1,113	58.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Harvey	681	36.0	+1.1
	Labour	Neville Mozely	99	5.2	−4.2
Majority			432	22.8	+1.9
Turnout			1,893	45.3	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton Park^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penelope Hall	1,236	64.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dobie	693	35.9	+6.8
Majority			543	28.1	−6.9
Turnout			1,929	48.6	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

College^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Barnes*	904	55.8	+9.1
	Conservative	Heather McLain	715	44.2	+6.2
Majority			189	11.7	+3.0
Turnout			1,619	37.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hesters Way^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lydia Bishop*	846	66.4	+22.3
	Conservative	Philip Woolley	331	26.0	+7.4
	Labour	Kevin Boyle	97	7.6	−0.7
Majority			515	40.4	+25.3
Turnout			1,274	28.3	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Driver*	880	68.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pictor	410	31.8	+8.0
Majority			470	36.4	−0.9
Turnout			1,290	29.7	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Buckland*	1,258	60.5	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Braunholtz	823	39.5	+15.5
Majority			435	20.9	−25.5
Turnout			2,081	51.4	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakley^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hay	598	45.5	+8.3
	Labour	Martin Hale*	478	36.4	−1.6
	Conservative	Lawrence McArdle	237	18.1	−6.7
Majority			120	9.1	+8.3
Turnout			1,313	32.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Park^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Garnham*	1,308	66.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Fisher	668	33.8	+1.3
Majority			640	32.4	+5.8
Turnout			1,976	40.5	−3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pittville^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Diane Hibbert*	750	45.8	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Hay**	417	25.5	+11.0
	Conservative	Stephen Wilkins	409	25.0	−6.1
	Labour	Frank Bench	62	3.8	N/A
Majority			333	20.3	+3.4
Turnout			1,638	38.9	−5.0
	PAB hold		Swing

Rowena Hay was a sitting councillor for Warden Hill.

Prestbury^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Leslie Godwin*	1,050	54.8	+0.4
	Conservative	Eric Baylis	642	33.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	225	11.7	+3.8
Majority			408	21.3	−4.7
Turnout			1,917	42.2	−3.4
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Morris*	687	61.9	+8.3
	Conservative	Anthony Sygerycz	422	38.1	+4.0
Majority			265	23.9	+4.4
Turnout			1,109	24.1	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Marks^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Holliday*	681	54.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Timothy Rogers	447	35.6	−0.1
	Labour	Clive Harriss	129	10.3	−7.4
Majority			234	18.6	+7.8
Turnout			1,257	28.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Pauls^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McKinlay*	424	51.2	−12.4
	Conservative	Christopher Anstey	155	18.7	+2.0
	Independent	Diane Hayes	141	17.0	N/A
	Labour	Jonquil Naish	108	13.0	N/A
Majority			269	32.5	−14.4
Turnout			828	19.5	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peters^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Thornton*	542	46.2	+1.4
	Conservative	John Hopwood	529	45.1	+8.7
	Labour	Robert Irons	103	8.8	−1.5
Majority			13	1.1	−7.3
Turnout			1,174	25.4	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Village^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Massey	687	47.7	+9.8
	PAB	Joanna McVeagh	506	35.1	−6.4
	Conservative	Leon Mekitarian	247	17.2	+1.9
Majority			181	12.6	+9.0
Turnout			1,440	32.1	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Up Hatherley^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hall	873	44.7	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Whyborn	755	38.7	+5.3
	PAB	Martin Burford	264	13.5	−11.7
	Labour	Gillian Howells	61	3.1	−3.3
Majority			118	6.0	+4.4
Turnout			1,953	46.6	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Warden Hill^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Hutton	1,168	63.3	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Dunne	676	36.7	−1.1
Majority			492	26.7	+10.2
Turnout			1,844	42.7	−7.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

^ "Local electiond: Cheltenham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
^ ^a ^b "Battle for control in Cheltenham". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Cheltenham Borough Council elections 4th May 2006 percentage poll" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ "Tories to take control of council". BBC News Online. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Borough election 2006". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ "Local elections". The Times. 6 May 2006. p. 64.

[hold-1] "Local electiond: Cheltenham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[crusade-2] Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.

[battle-3] "Battle for control in Cheltenham". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

[percentage-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Cheltenham Borough Council elections 4th May 2006 percentage poll" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[control-5] "Tories to take control of council". BBC News Online. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

[results-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Borough election 2006". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[local-7] "Local elections". The Times. 6 May 2006. p. 64.

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