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2006 Swale Borough Council election

2006 Swale Borough Council election

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

Map of the results of the 2006 Swale Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The Conservatives gained three seats after winning 11 of the 16 seats contested.[2] They took two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Grove and Minster Cliffs wards, while also defeating a Labour councillor in Queenborough and Halfway by 17 votes.[2] This took the Conservatives to 28 seats on the council, compared to 10 for Labour and 8 for the Liberal Democrats.[2]

The Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax failed to win any seats after standing in 9 of the 16 wards contested, coming closest in Sheppey Central where they finished second with 540 votes, compared to 636 for the Conservative councillor John Morris.[2] This meant the former Conservative councillor Chris Boden remained the only councillor for the Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax after the election.[2]

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References

  1. "Local elections: Swale". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. "Conservatives snatch three seats in Swale". Kent Online. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. "UK local election results". Financial Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2006.
  4. "2006 Swale Borough Council Election Results". Swale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

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