2006 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election

Elections to Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 26
• Conservative 15
• Liberal Democrat 2

Results

Ellesmere Port and Neston Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	0	+3	46.7	46.6	8,100
	Labour	7	0	3	-3	46.7	36.5	6,348
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	6.7	11.6	2,012
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	397
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	388
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	127

Ward results

Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Roberts	603	60.5
	Conservative	Anne Hughes	228	22.9
	BNP	Paul Molyneux	166	16.6
Majority			375	37.6
Turnout			997
	Labour hold		Swing

Ledsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Anderson	865	53.3
	Labour	George Foster	474	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Handley	284	17.5
Majority			391	24.1
Turnout			1,623
	Conservative hold		Swing

Neston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Pugh	504	49.5
	Conservative	William Mealor	388	38.1
	Green	Nigel O'Brien	127	12.5
Majority			116	11.4
Turnout			1,019
	Labour hold		Swing

Parkgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nils Anderson	1,106	77.9
	Labour	Louise Gittins	313	22.1
Majority			793	55.8
Turnout			1,419
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pooltown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Robson	346	45.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Hebson	239	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Wylie	176	23.1
Majority			107	14.1
Turnout			761
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Marlow	630	50.0
	Conservative	Doreen Grey	384	30.5
	Labour	Robert McGuigan	245	19.5
Majority			246	19.5
Turnout			1,259
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rossmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Butcher	702	50.5
	Conservative	Michael English	687	49.5
Majority			15	1.0
Turnout			1,389
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanlow and Wolverham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wilson	464	49.5
	Independent	David Garroch	307	32.7
	Conservative	Karl Hardwick	167	17.8
Majority			157	16.8
Turnout			938
	Labour hold		Swing

Strawberry Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Ormerod	408	36.9
	Labour	Abdul Jilani	380	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Chrusciezl	319	28.8
Majority			28	2.6
Turnout			1,107
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kimberley Anderson	613	56.5
	Labour	Tamara Hill	472	43.5
Majority			141	13.0
Turnout			1,085
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton Green and Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Kettle	711	71.4
	Labour	Colin Cooper	285	28.6
Majority			426	42.8
Turnout			996
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westminster (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Spain	435
	Labour	James Murphy	396
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Martin	123
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Brookes	120
	BNP	David Joines	118
	BNP	David Southgate	113
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes	101
	Conservative	Terence Harvey	99
	Independent	Peter Dovaston	81
Turnout			1,586
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeanette Starkey	808	47.1
	Labour	Thomas Callaghan	549	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Robinson	360	21.0
Majority			259	15.1
Turnout			1,717
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Willaston and Thornton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hogg	1,296	87.8
	Labour	Ian Roscoe	180	12.2
Majority			1,116	75.6
Turnout			1,476
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Ellesmere Port and Neston election result
• Ward results