Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party lost control of the council to the Conservative Party for the first time since 1994.

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Croydon Council Election, 2006

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All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Mike Fisher Tony Newman Party Conservative Labour Leader since 2005 2005 Leader's seat Shirley Woodside Last election 32 seats, 45.2% 37 seats, 38.0% Seats won 43 27 Seat change 11 10 Popular vote 49,341 28,534 Percentage 44.8% 25.9% Swing 0.4% 12.1%
Map of the results of the 2006 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Leader of the Council before election Tony Newman Labour Elected Leader Mike Fisher Conservative

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There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives,^[3] giving the newly elected council's political composition as:^[4]