2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
All 60 seats to Wandsworth London Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2006 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2006 Wandsworth Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

The Conservatives were always expected to hold control^[2] and the low rates of council tax in Wandsworth were used as an example by the Conservatives in neighbouring councils such as Hammersmith and Fulham.^[3] During the campaign one Labour candidate, Nick Bowes, had said that the party was being well beaten and described the campaign as being "miserable, exhausting and lonely".^[4]

Election result

Wandsworth Local Election Result 2006^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	51	2	1	+1	85.0	51.0	41,617	2.4
Labour	9	1	2	-1	15.0	24.2	19,734	7.1
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	13.1	10,722	6.2
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	10.7	8,747	0.7
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	719	0.7
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	136	New

Ward results

Balham

Balham (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Forbes	2,284	55.8
	Conservative	Caroline Usher	2,171
	Conservative	Russell King	2,090
	Labour	Jennifer Hill	695	17.0
	Labour	Martin Tupper	668
	Green	Siobhan Vitelli	637	15.6
	Labour	Kiran O'Keeffe	616
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Green	474	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Gibbs	465
Turnout				32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bedford

Bedford (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Antonia Dunn	1,960	44.4
	Conservative	Stewart Finn	1,929
	Conservative	Sheldon Wilkie	1,836
	Labour	Peter Carpenter	1,093	24.7
	Labour	James Heath	1,093
	Labour	Wendy Speck	1,062
	Green	John Rattray	750	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Henrietta Norman	521	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Williams	464
	Independent	Simon Phillips	95	2.1
Turnout				34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earlsfield

Earlsfield (3)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angela Graham	2,306	61.7
	Conservative	Marc Hope	2,206
	Conservative	Charles McNaught-Davis	2,006
	Labour	Nicola Brown	853	22.8
	Labour	Benjamin Evetts	799
	Labour	James Sachon	589
	Green	Graham Humphreys	577	15.4
Turnout				30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Putney

East Putney (3)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie McDonnell	2,450	60.4
	Conservative	Jeremy Larsson	2,387
	Conservative	Brian Prichard	2,241
	Green	Felicity Dwyer	582	14.3
	Labour	Eileen Flanagan	536	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Underwood	489	12.1
	Labour	Victoria Anifowoshe	482
	Labour	Eayad El-Miqdadi	467
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Walter	352
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Richert	322
Turnout				32.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vanessa Graham	2,085	55.5
	Conservative	Piers McCausland	1,941
	Conservative	James Thom	1,891
	Labour	Beverley Saunders	668	17.8
	Labour	Brendan McMullan	664
	Green	Martin Williams	590	15.7
	Labour	Brian Tomlinson	575
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Lowe	413	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Warren	404
Turnout				30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Furzedown

Furzedown (3)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claire Clay	2,033	41.1
	Labour	John Farebrother	2,012	40.7
	Labour	Judith Gasser	2,010
	Labour	Mark Thomas	1,869
	Conservative	Sean Worth	1,856
	Conservative	William Morgan	1,837
	Green	Michael Day	584	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Jones	316	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Giles	298
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rodgers	274
Turnout				44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Graveney

Graveney (3)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Gibbons	1,547	34.2
	Labour	Rex Osborn	1,464
	Labour	Belinda Randall	1,422
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Dearden	1,244	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Norsheen Bhatti	1,213
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Ambache	1,111
	Conservative	Melanie Kelly	1,006	22.3
	Conservative	John Locker	952
	Conservative	Jhansi Ridgeon	848
	Green	Timothy Turner	489	10.8
	Independent	Vallipuram Kulendran	231	5.1
Turnout				38.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Latchmere

Latchmere (3)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Belton	1,778	44.5
	Labour	Leonie Cooper	1,772
	Labour	Maurice Johnson	1,687
	Conservative	Philippa Hill	1,671	41.8
	Conservative	Matthew Desborough-Hurst	1,668
	Conservative	Terence Walsh	1,482
	Green	Marian Hoffman	545	13.6
Turnout				38.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Nightingale

Nightingale (3)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah McDermott	2,102	49.4
	Conservative	Ian Hart	2,021
	Conservative	Ravindra Govindia	2,019
	Green	Bruce Mackenzie	802	18.8
	Labour	Kathleen Anderson	773	18.2
	Labour	Rhian Williams	616
	Labour	Alexander Lisinge	614
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Shields	579	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fennelly	536
Turnout				32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northcote

Northcote (3)^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Beddows	2,339	56.3
	Conservative	Peter Dawson	2,293
	Conservative	Martin Johnson	2,221
	Green	Guy Evans	686	16.5
	Labour	Karen Byrne	649	15.6
	Labour	Shalu Kanal	555
	Labour	Paul Nolan	482
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Green	477	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Cronin	456
Turnout				32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queenstown

Queenstown (3)^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derdre Church	1,793	44.2
	Conservative	Michael Todd	1,769
	Conservative	David Walden	1,666
	Labour	Bindu Joshi	1,362	33.5
	Labour	Olugbeminiyi Ijaola	1,346
	Labour	Daniel Lodge	1,336
	Green	Caroline Austin	586	14.4
	Independent	Brian Barnes	320	7.9
Turnout				34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roehampton and Putney Heath

Roehampton and Putney Heath (3)^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Scott Caisley	1,872	49.8
	Conservative	Penelope Bradford	1,811
	Conservative	Adrian Knowles	1,737
	Labour	Donald Roy	1,275	33.9
	Labour	Amanda Webster	1,196
	Labour	John Russell	1,186
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Shelmerdine	322	8.6
	Green	Michael Turner	290	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Brown	245
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey Shocket	232
Turnout				32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (3)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Cousins	2,036	54.3
	Conservative	John Ellis	2,024
	Conservative	John Senior	1,883
	Labour	Essie Linton	811	21.6
	Labour	Geoffrey Boyd	742
	Labour	Aaron Quinn	672
	Green	Vincent Pollard	517	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Porter	388	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alef Rosenbaum	327
Turnout				30.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southfields

Southfields (3)^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jennifer Nickels	2,285	52.3
	Conservative	Lucy E. Allan	2,232
	Conservative	Paul Reeve	2,207
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Ahmed	867	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Towner	761
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Burrett	690
	Labour	Josephine Simpson	680	15.6
	Labour	Trevor Smith	654
	Labour	Raskai Amole	617
	Green	Dorothy Horsler	460	10.5
	Independent	Edward Larkin	73	1.7
Turnout				35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's Park

St Mary's Park (3)^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Davies	2,048	56.5
	Conservative	Tessa Strickland	2,003
	Conservative	John Hallmark	2,000
	Labour	Edward Ainsworth	705	19.4
	Labour	Sally Gear	697
	Labour	Peter Taylor	696
	Green	Hugo Charlton	517	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	David McCullough	355	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Owen-Jones	353
Turnout				30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thamesfield

Thamesfield (3)^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Lister	2,470	60.0
	Conservative	Rosemary Torrington	2,446
	Conservative	James Maddan	2,423
	Labour	Emily Robinson	595	14.5
	Labour	Christopher Locke	581
	Green	Monica Vickery	553	13.4
	Labour	Ewen Mitchell	546
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Jefferey	498	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Sanders	447
	Liberal Democrats	Martha Zantides	391
Turnout				34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tooting

Tooting (3)^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan John-Richards	1,707	38.9
	Conservative	Alexander Jacob	1,682
	Labour	Nicholas Bowes	1,643	37.4
	Labour	Elisabeth Davies	1,616
	Conservative	Matthew Maxwell Scott	1,596
	Labour	Stuart King	1,560
	Green	Sarah Henderson	507	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Clifton	399	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jaya Patel	393
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Moon	368
	Communist	Philip Brand	136	3.1
Turnout				37.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wandsworth Common

Wandsworth Common (3)^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Katharine Tracey	2,657	59.9
	Conservative	Maurice Heaster	2,628
	Conservative	Henry Pugh	2,623
	Green	Albert Vickery	629	14.2
	Labour	Michael Dolan	625	14.1
	Labour	Anna Turley	553
	Liberal Democrats	David Patterson	524	11.8
	Labour	Mark Panto	496
Turnout				37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Hill

West Hill (3)^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Howlett	2,149	58.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Cuff	1,992
	Conservative	Malcolm Grimston	1,964
	Labour	Carol Anderton	677	18.4
	Labour	John Slater	568
	Labour	Alexander Guite	561
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Devons	438	11.9
	Green	Tomasz Sokolowski	421	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Spicer	319
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ward	285
Turnout				30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Putney

West Putney (3)^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ruth Stokes	2,364	66.3
	Conservative	Jane Cooper	2,361
	Conservative	Andrew Penfold	2,317
	Labour	Maureen Booker	757	21.2
	Labour	Pauline Brueseke	650
	Labour	John Slinger	587
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Shocket	443	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Ryan	422
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Williams	373
Turnout				34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections". The Times. 5 May 2006. p. 9.
^ "Tories bask in biggest wins since Falklands factor boost ; London analysis". Evening Standard. 5 May 2006. p. 10.
^ "Inner-city yuppies give Labour good reason to fear the future". The Times. 6 May 2006. p. 8.
^ Murphy, Joe (21 April 2006). "Labour candidate tells of 'cold sweat'". Evening Standard. p. 19.
^ "Local Election Results 2006 - Wandsworth". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Balham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bedford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Earlsfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — East Putney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Fairfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Furzedown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Graveney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Latchmere Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nightingale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Northcote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Queenstown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Roehampton and Putney Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shaftesbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Mary's Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Thamesfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tooting Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wandsworth Common Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Putney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[elections-1] "Local elections". The Times. 5 May 2006. p. 9.

[actor-2] "Tories bask in biggest wins since Falklands factor boost ; London analysis". Evening Standard. 5 May 2006. p. 10.

[yuppies-3] "Inner-city yuppies give Labour good reason to fear the future". The Times. 6 May 2006. p. 8.

[sweat-4] Murphy, Joe (21 April 2006). "Labour candidate tells of 'cold sweat'". Evening Standard. p. 19.

[5] "Local Election Results 2006 - Wandsworth". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Balham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bedford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Earlsfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[9] "Local Elections Archive Project — East Putney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Fairfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Furzedown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Graveney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Latchmere Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Nightingale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Northcote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Queenstown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project — Roehampton and Putney Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[18] "Local Elections Archive Project — Shaftesbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[19] "Local Elections Archive Project — Southfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[20] "Local Elections Archive Project — St Mary's Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Thamesfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[22] "Local Elections Archive Project — Tooting Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[23] "Local Elections Archive Project — Wandsworth Common Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[24] "Local Elections Archive Project — West Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[25] "Local Elections Archive Project — West Putney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

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