2006 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 26
• Labour 21
• Conservative 19

Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	1	1	0	43.5	35.7	24,029	+1.4%
	Labour	7	1	1	0	30.4	24.9	16,775	-3.5%
	Conservative	6	1	1	0	26.1	31.0	20,860	+2.8%
	Southport Party	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	3,222	-2.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	945	+0.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	572	+0.9%
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	338	-0.3%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	300	-0.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	242	+0.4%

Ward results

Ainsdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Bigley	2,306	57.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Blaney	984	24.6
	Southport Party	Stuart Elliott	289	7.2
	Labour	Frank Warner	236	5.9
	UKIP	John Leech	192	4.8
Majority			1,322	32.9
Turnout			4,007	40.8	−12.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Birkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brodie-Brownie	1,681	49.0
	Conservative	Richard Beechey	994	29.0
	Southport Party	Terry Durrance	514	15.0
	Labour	Frank Robinson	239	7.0
Majority			687	20.0
Turnout			3,428	34.8	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Blundellsands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Roberts	1,852	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Maxwell	726	22.4
	Labour	Constance McCarthy	656	20.3
Majority			1,126	34.9
Turnout			3,234	36.7	−13.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cambridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan McGuire	1,692	42.4
	Conservative	Robert Price	1,470	36.8
	Southport Party	James Ford	630	15.8
	Labour	Muriel Langley	198	5.0
Majority			222	5.6
Turnout			3,990	41.9	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daren Veidman	1,028	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Tonkiss	612	24.5
	Independent	Philip Coppell	572	22.9
	Conservative	Antonio Spatuzzi	286	11.4
Majority			416	16.7
Turnout			2,498	27.8	−14.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGinnity	1,197	62.2
	UKIP	Paul Nuttall	403	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Harrison	205	10.7
	Conservative	Kenneth Parry	118	6.1
Majority			794	41.2
Turnout			1,923	20.9	−12.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Watson	1,620	49.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hamilton	885	26.8
	Southport Party	Harry Forster	531	16.1
	Labour	Catherine Cookson	263	8.0
Majority			735	22.3
Turnout			3,299	33.2	−13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Moncur	1,449	68.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Smith	383	18.1
	Conservative	Jessamine Hounslea	286	13.5
Majority			1,066	50.3
Turnout			2,118	22.5	−14.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Harington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Storey	2,223	61.4
	Liberal Democrats	Druscilla Haydon	804	22.2
	Labour	Maurice Newton	594	16.4
Majority			1,419	39.2
Turnout			3,621	37.1	−15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kew

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Weavers	1,346	47.3
	Conservative	Terence Jones	649	22.8
	Southport Party	John Lee	475	16.7
	Labour	Stephen Jowett	227	8.0
	UKIP	Valerie Pollard	149	5.2
Majority			697	24.5
Turnout			2,846	30.3	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Linacre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Friel	1,130	71.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Gibson	453	28.6
Majority			677	42.8
Turnout			1,583	18.6	−9.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Litherland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Hardy	1,110	65.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Milne	321	19.0
	Conservative	Douglas Ward	260	15.4
Majority			789	46.6
Turnout			1,691	19.3	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debi Jones	1,795	49.8
	Labour	Caroline Hayes	1,266	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Nolan	547	15.2
Majority			529	14.7
Turnout			3,608	36.2	−10.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Meols

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Rimmer	1,771	50.0
	Conservative	Michael Swift	1,103	31.1
	Southport Party	Margaret Brown	473	13.4
	Labour	Mary Stoker	194	5.5
Majority			668	18.9
Turnout			3,541	36.0	−15.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Molyneux

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Colbert	1,665	56.3
	Labour	Susan Hanley	747	25.3
	Conservative	Peter Papworth	545	18.4
Majority			918	31.0
Turnout			2,957	29.2	−13.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Netherton and Orrell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Maher	1,149	54.9
	Socialist Alternative	Peter Glover	338	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Crossey	253	12.1
	UKIP	Patricia Gaskell	201	9.6
	Conservative	Hilary Bowden	151	7.2
Majority			811	38.7
Turnout			2,092	23.0	−14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sumner	1,533	45.7
	Conservative	Phillip Rodwell	852	25.4
	Labour	Michael Nolan	358	10.7
	Southport Party	Richard Chapman	310	9.2
	BNP	Michael McDermott	300	8.9
Majority			681	20.3
Turnout			3,353	32.8	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackburn	1,705	53.2
	Conservative	William McIvor	729	22.8
	Labour	Gwendolyn Kermode	526	16.4
	Green	Martin Owen	242	7.6
Majority			976	30.4
Turnout			3,202	32.5	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ravenmeols

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vincent Platt	1,822	54.1
	Labour	Paul Flodman	907	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Trollope	639	19.0
Majority			915	27.2
Turnout			3,368	35.5	−13.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dowd	1,376	72.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hough	518	27.3
Majority			858	45.4
Turnout			1,894	21.1	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Sudell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Connell	1,539	49.0
	Conservative	Josephine Healy	862	27.4
	Labour	Stephen Kermode	743	23.6
Majority			677	11.6
Turnout			3,144	31.0	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Victoria (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Tonkiss	2,049
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hough	1,718
	Labour	Giles Blundell	1,182
	Conservative	Simon Jamieson	543
	Conservative	Anthony West	394
Turnout			5,886
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing