Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.

Quick Facts All 54 council seats to Lewisham London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2006 Lewisham Council election

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All 54 council seats to Lewisham London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green Seats won 26 17 6 Seat change 19 13 5 Popular vote 17,869 13,367 10,443 Percentage 32.7% 24.4% 19.1% Swing 6.3% 5.8% 3.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Socialist Alternative Seats won 3 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,894 1,118 Percentage 18.1% 2.0% Swing 1.7% 0.1%
Map of the results of the 2006 Lewisham council election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Socialist Alternative in light red.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

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Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010.^[1][2]

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Lewisham Local Election Result 2006^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26	0	19	19	48.1	32.7	17,869	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	17	13	0	13	31.5	24.4	13,367	5.8
	Green	6	5	0	5	11.1	19.1	10,443	3.0
	Conservative	3	1	0	1	5.6	18.1	9,894	1.7
	Socialist Alternative	2	1	0	1	3.7	2.0	1,118	0.1
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.7	1,459	1.1
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	281	0.1
	Lewisham Peoples Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	169	New
	Alliance for Green Socialism	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	111	New

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The Green Party won all three seats in the Brockley and Ladywell wards and the Socialist Alternative won two seats in the Telegraph Hill ward.^[4]

¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.

²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.