2006 Hastings Borough Council election

Elections to Hastings Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%. After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	4	0	+4	52.9	39.2	8,967	+2.2%
Labour	6	0	4	-4	35.3	33.6	7,673	+0.6%
Liberal Democrats	2	1	1	0	11.8	22.4	5,128	-1.2%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	606	-1.6%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	485	+2.1%

Ward results

Ashdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	869	61.0	+5.0
	Labour	Ronald Rushbrook	346	24.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wilfrid Pickard	209	14.7	−8.1
Majority			523	36.7	+3.5
Turnout			1,424	34.5	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baird
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terrence Fawthrop	583	46.6	+0.8
	Labour	Bob Hart	477	38.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Maloney	192	15.3	−4.0
Majority			106	8.5	−2.4
Turnout			1,252	37.1	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Braybrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Godfrey Daniel	747	52.3	+2.8
	Conservative	Dennis Williams	440	30.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Booth	240	16.8	+4.6
Majority			307	21.5	+0.9
Turnout			1,427	40.5	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Armstrong	545	38.8	−1.8
	Labour	Melanie Rycroft	450	32.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Theresa Lock	236	16.8	+1.1
	Green	Mary Robertson	173	12.3	−0.9
Majority			95	6.7	−3.5
Turnout			1,404	36.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central St Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Birch	543	44.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Modlinger	339	27.8	−8.0
	Conservative	Paul Egmond	337	27.6	+3.2
Majority			204	16.7	+12.8
Turnout			1,219	33.1	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Conquest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gladys Martin	913	60.8	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Roscoe	302	20.1	−4.2
	Labour	Emily Westley	287	19.1	+1.2
Majority			611	40.7	+12.1
Turnout			1,502	40.2	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gensing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Poulter	750	47.2	+22.8
	Labour	Andrew Cartwright	417	26.2	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Lauder	315	19.8	−13.2
	Green	David Carey-Stuart	108	6.8	−3.9
Majority			333	21.0
Turnout			1,590	42.2	+12.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hollington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Silverson	497	45.0	+0.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Lyons	220	19.9	−7.6
	BNP	David Lovett	199	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Kennelly	130	11.8	−5.9
	Green	Kevin Young	58	5.3	−5.1
Majority			277	25.1	+8.3
Turnout			1,104	29.4	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Maze Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joy Waite	843	61.1	+13.0
	Labour	Georgiana De Lussy	269	19.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Davis	268	19.4	+1.1
Majority			574	41.6	+11.8
Turnout			1,380	36.6	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Hastings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Palmer	625	36.6	+0.3
	Labour	Arthur Kitson	564	33.0	+2.9
	Conservative	Paul Willard	519	30.4	+5.4
Majority			61	3.6	−2.6
Turnout			1,708	42.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Tucker	482	38.7	−7.6
	Labour	Richard Street	383	30.8	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Hancock	379	30.5	+10.1
Majority			99	7.9	−5.0
Turnout			1,244	36.3	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Silverhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Springthorpe	553	43.2	+2.6
	Labour	Annette Barton	444	34.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Third	283	22.1	+3.9
Majority			109	8.5	0.0
Turnout			1,280	39.3	+0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Helens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bing	909	52.2	+1.5
	Labour	David Waller	475	27.3	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Terry	357	20.5	+6.1
Majority			434	24.9	+9.1
Turnout			1,741	44.2	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tressell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jay Kramer	393
	Labour	Peter Chowney	340
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Ayres	308
	Green	Sally Phillips	267
	Conservative	Terence Keen	187
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	187
	BNP	Fay Hughes	155
	BNP	Nicholas Prince	131
Turnout			1,968	34.6	+9.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West St. Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Finch	602	43.0	+4.8
	Labour	Michael Turner	478	34.2	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brett McLean	319	22.8	+0.8
Majority			124	8.8	−7.4
Turnout			1,399	39.2	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wishing Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Roberts	563	46.3	−9.2
	Conservative	Gladys Fawthrop	337	27.7	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Bain	317	26.0	+10.9
Majority			226	18.6	−7.5
Turnout			1,217	35.5	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 Hastings Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

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