2006_Tameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 local election in England, UK

Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:^[1]^[2]

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	Seats	+/-
Labour	44	0
Conservative	8	+1
Liberal Democrats Audenshaw Focus Team	2	-1
Independent	2	0
Labour hold.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Kelly	1,196	39.47
	Labour	Pauline Harrison	1,177	38.84
	Liberal Democrats	John Bartley	372	12.28
	Green	Nigel Rolland	285	9.41
Majority			19	0.63
Turnout			3,030	35
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Highton	953	42.11
	Conservative	Joseph Schofield	713	31.51
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Daly	378	16.70
	Green	Elizabeth Blyth	219	9.68
Majority			240	10.61
Turnout			2,263	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Lynn Travis	1,257	40.82
	Conservative	Suzanne Ambler	767	24.91
	BNP	Anthony Jones	755	24.52
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	300	9.74
Majority			490	15.91
Turnout			3,079	36
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin White	1,102	40.77
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Seabourne	955	35.33
	Conservative	Georgina Greenwood	646	23.90
Majority			2,703	32
Turnout			147	5.44
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

2006_Tameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton St. Michael's ward

Ashton Waterloo ward

Audenshaw ward

Denton North East ward

Denton South ward

Denton West ward

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden West ward

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Werneth ward

Longdendale ward

Mossley ward

St. Peters ward

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge South ward

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vincent Ricci	1,364	57.41
	Conservative	Anthony Kershaw	1,012	42.59
Majority			352	14.81
Turnout			2,376	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Grundy	1,443	61.51
	Conservative	Thomas Jones	903	38.49
Majority			540	23.02
Turnout			2,346	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Smith	1,865	58.78
	Conservative	Joan Howarth	1,308	41.22
Majority			557	17.55
Turnout			3,173	35
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Susan Quinn	1,396	48.51
	BNP	David Gough	619	21.51
	Conservative	Emlyn Davis	453	15.74
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	410	14.25
Majority			777	27
Turnout			2,878	33
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barrie Holland	1,838	61.21
	BNP	Paul Hindley	745	24.81
	Conservative	Charles Fletcher	420	13.99
Majority			1,093	36.40
Turnout			3,003	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jacqueline Lane	1,258	51.64
	Green	Vernon Marshall	678	27.83
	Independent	Fiona Henderson	500	20.53
Majority			580	23.81
Turnout			2,436	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Eileen	1,271	50.62
	Conservative	Michael Dickinson	1,240	49.38
Majority			31	1.23
Turnout			2,511	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	James Fitzpatrick	1,322	50.62
	Conservative	Ali Reza	673	49.38
Majority			31	1.23
Turnout			2,511	26
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Oldham	1,085	36.94
	BNP	Nigel Byrne	761	25.91
	Conservative	Thomas Welsby	552	18.79
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ball-Foster	363	12.36
	Green	Michelle Valentine	176	5.99
Majority			324	11.03
Turnout			2,937	33
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ruth Welsby	1,696	54.52
	Labour	Alan Barton	1,415	45.48
Majority			281	9.03
Turnout			3,111	37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mossley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ann Etchells	1,240	35.2
	Independent	Valerie Carter	1,003
	Labour Co-op	Idu Miah	851	24.1
	Labour	Michael Hill	797
	Conservative	David Buckley	772	21.9
	Green	Christine Clark	661	18.8
	Green	Jacintha Manchester	448
Majority
Turnout				38.6
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Stalybridge North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Welsh	1,219	47.84
	Conservative	Terence Shepherd	850	33.36
	Green	Jean Smee	479	18.80
Majority			369	14.48
Turnout			2,548	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Basil Beeley	1,392	56.49
	Labour	Bill Fairfoull	610	24.76
	Green	Melanie Roberts	462	18.75
Majority			782	31.74
Turnout			2,464	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Oldham	1,429	51.48
	Conservative	Wendy Ince	915	32.96
	BNP	Beverley Jones	432	15.56
Majority			514	18.52
Turnout			2,776	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Smith	1,254	52.58
	Liberal Democrats	John Piper	502	21.05
	Conservative	David Afshar	333	13.96
	Green	Stuart Mortimore	296	12.41
Majority			752	31.53
Turnout			2,385	28
	Labour hold		Swing