Elections to Hammersmith and Fulham Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.

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2006 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election^[1][2]

← 2002 4 May 2006 2010 →
All 46 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.7% (7.7%)
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 18 seats, 41.7% 28 seats, 41.5% Seats before 17 29 Seats won 33 13 Seat change 15 15 Popular vote 22,862 15,275 Percentage 48.2% 32.2% Swing 6.5% 9.3%
Map of the results of the 2006 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Conservative

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At the Hammersmith and Fulham council election, 2006, the Conservative Party won a majority for the first time since 1968, taking 33 seats and forming the Administration for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . The Council leader was Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh. Labour formed the opposition on the Council, with 13 seats, and was led by Stephen Cowan.^[4]

The Conservative Party came close to losing the usually safe ward of Palace Riverside, after the sitting councillors were deselected, and ran as independents. One of the two rebels returned 12 years later as the Conservative candidate in the same ward, and was elected.^[5]

One notable loss for the Labour Party was one of the three seats in the Shepherds Bush Green ward – which only ever elected Labour councillors before or since. After alternating between Abu Khalad (1986, 1994 & 2002) and Jafar Khaled (1990 & 1998), Abu Khaled stood for re-election but lost by 4 votes in a ward where the Conservatives had previously been nowhere near winning a seat.

The borough is divided into 16 electoral wards, all bar two electing three councillors apiece.^[6]