2006_Merton_London_Borough_Council_election

2006 Merton London Borough Council election
All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council
Turnout	42.9% (8.6%)
	Map of the results of the 2006 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white.
Council leader before election; Andrew Judge; Labour	Council leader after election ; David Williams; Conservative

2006 Merton London Borough Council election

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Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 4 May 2006. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.^[2]

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The Conservatives became the largest party in Merton, forming a minority administration. The incumbent Labour majority administration was defeated.

Results by Ward

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	30	5	0	5	50.0%	44.6%	72,559	6.6%
Labour	27	0	5	5	45.0%	34.8%	56,664	2.3%
Merton Park Residents	3	0	0	0	5.0%	3.0%	4,815	0.4%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0%	12.0%	19,493	0.9%
Green	0	0	0	0	0%	3.8%	6,226	3.5%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0%	0.7%	1,092	0.5%
Pensions Action Alliance	0	0	0	0	0%	0.5%	788	n/a
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0%	0.3%	457	0.4%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.4%	583	n/a

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Neil Mills	1,297	41.2	+8.7
	Conservative	Marc Hanson	1,282	40.7	+8.8
	Conservative	Henry Nelless	1,214	38.5	+10.5
	Labour	Susan Assinen*	1,147	36.4	-3.5
	Labour	Michael Brunt	1,087	34.5	-5.3
	Labour	Laxmi Attawar	1,074	34.1	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Barry	566	18.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Houilihan	470	14.9	-0.8
	Green	Benjamin Walsh	443	14.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Willis	412	13.1	-0.4
Turnout			3,150	44.1	+16.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Brierly	1,778	54.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Deborah Shears*	1,748	53.7	+6.0
	Conservative	Brian Lewis-Lavender	1,681	51.7	+8.1
	Labour	Christopher Houghton	814	25.0	-5.5
	Labour	Henry Macauley	812	25.0	-2.4
	Labour	Motiur Rahman	678	20.8	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary O'Herlihy Nixon	450	13.8	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nelson Menezes	423	13.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Oxford	416	12.8	+1.9
	Pensioners Action Alliance	Michael Fitzgerald	383	11.8	N/A
Turnout			3,254	47.1	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Draper*	1,713	50.0	-1.6
	Labour	Sheila Knight*	1,625	47.5	-3.3
	Labour	George Reynolds*	1,577	46.1	-2.7
	Green	Thomas Walsh	1,222	35.7	-0.8
	Green	Rebecca Shingleton	1,152	33.6	+2.0
	Green	Richard Bence	1,068	31.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Philip Beard	398	11.6	+4.6
	Conservative	Olivia Cooper	374	10.9	+4.8
	Conservative	Eugene Byrne	353	10.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	James McKenna	262	7.7	N/A
Turnout			3,424	49.0	+11.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Munn*	1,442	54.3	-0.8
	Labour	Russell Makin*	1,377	51.8	-1.4
	Labour	Judy Saunders*	1,361	51.2	+3.1
	Conservative	Frederick Day	875	32.9	+6.4
	Conservative	Sarah McAlister	767	28.9	+3.7
	Conservative	Liam Staff	709	26.7	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Pizey	448	16.9	+1.6
Turnout			2,656	37.4	+7.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006_Merton_London_Borough_Council_election

2006 Merton London Borough Council election

Results

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Cricket Green

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Figge's Marsh

Graveney

Hillside

Lavender Fields

Longthornton

Lower Morden

Merton Park

Pollards Hill

Ravensbury

Raynes Park

St Helier

Trinity

Village

West Barnes

Wimbledon Park

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Corinna Edge*	1,328	42.7	+8.2
	Conservative	Denise March	1,295	41.7	+6.2
	Conservative	David Edge	1,272	40.9	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Armstrong	740	23.8	+3.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Daughters	664	21.4	-12.5
	Labour	Stan Anderson	664	21.4	-12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fairclough	648	20.8	+6.1
	Labour	Wayne Busbridge	640	20.6	-12.1
	Green	David Bezkorowajny	601	19.3	+4.5
	Green	Jennifer Young	536	17.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Falconer	525	16.9	+2.5
Turnout			3,109	45.5	+11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Judge*	1,549	57.3	+8.7
	Labour	Agatha Akyigyina	1,512	55.9	+4.8
	Labour	Geraldine Stanford*	1,437	53.2	-1.2
	Conservative	Gordon Southcott	642	23.8	-1.2
	Conservative	John Telford	635	23.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Jenny Thomas	615	22.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Patton	395	14.6	-2.2
	UKIP	Graham Mills	232	8.6	N/A
Turnout			2,703	38.3	+9.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Kirby*	1,505	58.3	-0.6
	Labour	John Dehaney*	1,500	58.1	+4.6
	Labour	Gregory Udeh	1,233	47.8	-10.9
	Conservative	Jeffrey Gunn	675	26.2	+4.7
	Conservative	June Hayles	646	25.0	+4.2
	Conservative	Gary Pritchard	590	22.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Fletcher	534	20.7	+4.8
Turnout			2,580	37.3	+7.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Bruce	1,400	58.9	+6.8
	Conservative	David Williams*	1,353	56.9	+4.9
	Conservative	David Simpson*	1,348	56.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Juliet Boyd	439	18.5	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Pyke-Lees	401	16.9	-2.6
	Labour	Christine Bickerstaff	396	16.7	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Burall	375	15.8	-2.5
	Green	Nicholas Robins	351	14.8	+2.5
	Labour	Peter McGinity	346	14.6	-6.6
	Labour	Farmida Bi	314	13.2	-6.7
	UKIP	James Stewart	89	3.7	N/A
Turnout			2,376	36.2	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Betteridge	1,142	54.9	-1.5
	Labour	Mark Allison*	1,131	54.3	-1.3
	Labour	Edith Macauley*	1,050	50.4	+2.0
	Conservative	Stewart MacDonald	520	25.0	+0.9
	Conservative	Thomas Lazur	449	21.6	-1.8
	Conservative	Christina MacPherson	447	21.5	-1.3
	Green	Michael Dees	435	20.9	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Holloway	377	18.1	+3.7
Turnout			2,082	31.5	+7.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Austin*	1,687	53.5	+3.8
	Labour	David Chung*	1,651	52.4	+5.7
	Labour	Leighton Veale*	1,454	46.1	+5.5
	Conservative	Charles Jenkins	1,170	37.1	-1.7
	Conservative	Sarah Newton	1,136	36.0	-1.8
	Conservative	Philip Lenon	1,113	35.3	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Lee	381	12.1	+0.3
	Pensions Action Alliance	David Kay-Kreizman	219	6.9
Turnout			3,153	47.5	+11.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Groves*	1,809	63.0	+9.2
	Conservative	Barbara Mansfield	1,781	62.1	+15.9
	Conservative	Ronald Wilson*	1,664	58.0	+11.9
	Labour	Terence Daniels	711	24.8	-1.8
	Labour	Mark Inger	682	23.8	-0.5
	Labour	Michelle McNicol	587	20.5	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lina Akbar	402	14.0	+0.5
Turnout			2,870	43.3	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Merton Park Residents	Karin Forbes	1,626	48.9	-5.3
	Merton Park Residents	Peter Southgate*	1,619	48.7	-2.7
	Merton Park Residents	Krysia Wiliams	1,570	47.3	-3.9
	Conservative	Simon Hooberman	1,159	34.9	+7.2
	Conservative	Simon Manara	1,139	34.3	+7.9
	Conservative	John Richardson	1,122	33.8	+7.9
	Labour	Richard Nichols	370	11.1	-3.7
	Labour	Carl Linkson	318	9.6	-3.9
	Labour	Christopher Ostrowski	299	9.0	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Maximilian Camplin	278	8.4	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew Mills	136	4.1	-0.5
Turnout			3,322	48.9	+7.1
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Whelton*	1,351	49.4	+2.4
	Labour	Zenia Squires-Jamison	1,321	48.3	-5.1
	Labour	Richard Williams	1,223	44.7	-8.1
	Conservative	Steven Abrahams	1,096	40.1	+8.5
	Conservative	Richard Hilton	962	35.2	+6.3
	Conservative	Raymond Tindle	915	33.5	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dysart	351	12.8	+1.0
Turnout			2,735	38.2	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Alambritis*	1,311	44.0	-3.1
	Labour	Philip Jones*	1,276	42.8	-7.0
	Labour	Peter McCabe*	1,204	40.4	-7.4
	Conservative	Thomas Cheetham	1,106	37.1	+6.4
	Conservative	Margaret Groves	1,010	33.9	+5.5
	Conservative	Adrian Roberts	905	30.4	+2.7
	BNP	David Clarke	493	16.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Violet Jennings	436	14.6	-3.5
Turnout			2,980	44.3	+15.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Raynes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Brierly*	1,745	59.7	+10.3
	Conservative	Linda Scott	1,682	57.6	+12.4
	Conservative	Roderick Scott	1,640	56.1	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Barnes	578	19.8	-11.1
	Labour	Stephen Spence	501	17.2	+1.1
	Labour	Brian Paul	489	16.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Eglington	462	15.8	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nazir Malik	430	14.7	-9.2
	Labour	Gladstone Dosunmu	420	14.4	-0.7
	Green	Emma Wyatt-King	418	14.3	+5.5
Turnout			2,921	42.2	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Helier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maxi Martin*	1,347	43.2	-1.0
	Labour	Dennis Pearce*	1,246	39.9	-4.8
	Labour	Patricia Lewis	1,196	38.3	-0.9
	Conservative	Christopher McLaughlin	974	31.2	+6.4
	Conservative	David Shellhorn	931	29.8	+5.6
	Conservative	Alexander van Ingen	778	24.9	+1.1
	BNP	John Clarke	599	19.2	+5.1
	Independent	Michael Spacey*	583	18.7	-20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Irvine	430	13.8	-1.3
Turnout			3,121	46.7	+14.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dean	1,454	51.7	+14.0
	Conservative	Krystal Miller	1,444	51.3	+13.9
	Conservative	Simon Withey	1,366	48.5	+12.0
	Labour	Andrew Coles*	914	32.5	-4.0
	Labour	Christopher Magee	798	28.4	-7.7
	Labour	Syed Rivzi	757	26.9	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Harlow	498	17.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Gilhooley	497	17.7	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Tibbetts	442	15.7	+3.1
Turnout			2,814	41.0	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Barnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Lewis-Lavender*	1,578	45.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Angela Caldara*	1,517	44.2	+4.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Ward	1,453	42.3	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary-Jane Jeanes	1,373	40.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Herd	1,317	38.3	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Taylor	1,226	35.7	+4.7
	Labour	Torbjorn Anderson	458	13.3	-3.6
	Labour	Daniel Connellan	447	13.0	-2.3
	Labour	Thomas Searle	386	11.2	-1.9
	Pensions Action Alliance	Geoffrey Smith	186	5.4	N/A
Turnout			3,435	49.8	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha George*	2,426	80.4	+12.0
	Conservative	John Bowcott*	2,414	80.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Richard Chellew	2,358	78.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Blanchard	357	11.8	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Glasgow	285	9.4	-2.6
	Labour	William Bottriell	279	9.3	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Harding	264	8.8	-2.1
	Labour	Richard Taylor	216	7.2	-5.5
	Labour	Anil Ohri	203	6.7	+5.9
Turnout			3,016	47.5	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oonagh Moulton*	1,683	57.5	+21.2
	Conservative	Stephen Kerin	1,682	57.4	+19.6
	Conservative	Tariq Ahmad*	1,650	56.4	+21.3
	Labour	Michael Goodman	618	21.1	-5.4
	Labour	Tony Mendes	603	20.6	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Carter	597	20.4	+11.3
	Labour	Masood Ahmed	551	18.8	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Furse	510	17.4	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ladmore	498	17.0	N/A
Turnout			2,928	41.7	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing