2006 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Basingstoke and Deane council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independent in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006. Basingstoke and Deane 2006 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2006 Basingstoke and Deane council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independent in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

At the previous election in 2004 the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 28 seats, but the council was run by an alliance between the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties who had led the council for the previous 11 years. [3] Between them the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties had 28 seats, while the balance was held by 4 Independents. [3]

Between 2004 and 2006 one of the independent councillors, Ian Powney, joined the Liberal Democrats. [3] However he resigned from the council before the election, along with his fellow Liberal Democrat Gill Nethercott. [3] This meant 22 seats were contested in the 2006 election, with 2 by-elections in Popley East and Whitchurch. [3]

Campaign

As well as the 2 councillors who had resigned from the council before the election, a further 3 Conservatives councillors stood down at the election, Alan Denness, Andy Hewitt and Michael Ross. [3] Candidates in the election included candidates from the Green Party for the first time in Basingstoke and Deane, [4] as well as the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties and 1 Independent. [3]

In the run up to the election the national Conservative leader David Cameron visited Basingstoke to campaign for his party in the local election. [5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats to hold half of the seats on the council. [4] The Conservatives gained Basing from the Liberal Democrats and Winklebury from Labour. [4] Meanwhile, Labour regained Popley East from the Liberal Democrats, after the former councillor Ian Powney stood down at the election. [4] This meant the governing Liberal Democrat and Labour alliance was reduced to 27 seats, with the Liberal Democrats on 15 and Labour on 12, while independents remained on 3 seats. [4]

Following the election the Conservatives took control of the council after winning the vote for council leader by 30 votes to 26. [6] Conservative John Leek became the new leader of the council after 2 of the 3 independents abstained, along with 2 Labour councillors, the new mayor Tony Jones and Sean Keating. [6] One of the independents who abstained, David Leeks, became a member of the new council cabinet, while the third independent had backed the continuation of the previous Liberal Democrat and Labour administration. [6]

Basingstoke and Deane Local Election Result 2006 [7] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1020+245.549.718,142-0.8%
  Liberal Democrats 802-236.430.511,114+3.1%
  Labour 311013.615.65,678-2.2%
  Independent 10004.52.81,011-1.4%
  Green 000001.5538+1.5%

Ward results

Basing [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sven Godesden1,72455.2+10.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Read1,23939.6-15.5
Labour Leslie Clarke1625.2+5.2
Majority48515.6
Turnout 3,12549+1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Brighton Hill North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Rowland63958.9+4.1
Conservative Richard Court31729.2-2.9
Labour Elizabeth Orton12911.9-1.2
Majority32229.7+7.1
Turnout 1,08531-2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brighton Hill South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Barnes47145.6+2.3
Conservative John Loveys Jervoise30329.3+4.8
Labour Stephen Wyeth25925.1-7.1
Majority16816.3+5.3
Turnout 1,03327-5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brookvale and Kings Furlong [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Shaw69952.4-10.3
Conservative Hayley Eachus35626.7+5.6
Labour Philip Courtenay19614.7-1.5
Green Michael Sparrow836.2+6.2
Majority34325.7-15.9
Turnout 1,33435+8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Burghclere [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lewin62669.8+13.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Davies23926.6-16.9
Labour Patricia Wickremeratne323.6+3.6
Majority38743.1+30.0
Turnout 89746+0
Conservative hold Swing
Chineham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Martin Biermann1,01154.2+54.2
Conservative Rebecca Downes72238.7-28.4
Labour Eileen Cavanagh1337.1-1.0
Majority28915.5
Turnout 1,86634-3
Independent hold Swing
East Woodhay [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Sanders74682.4+10.2
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Lessware12613.9-13.9
Labour Upali Wickremeratne333.6+3.6
Majority62068.5+24.1
Turnout 90543+8
Conservative hold Swing
Eastrop [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Parker63954.8+2.1
Conservative Gordon Pirie30826.4-8.1
Labour Philip Howe12911.1-1.7
Green Darren Shirley907.7+7.7
Majority33128.4+10.2
Turnout 1,16636-5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Grove [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Hussey1,26761.6+10.3
Conservative Robert Taylor69733.9-6.4
Labour Hema Krishan934.5-3.8
Majority57027.7-13.7
Turnout 2,05747+6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Heath1,46069.1+4.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Barnard40419.1-15.9
Labour Julie Worthington24911.8+11.8
Majority1,05650.0+19.9
Turnout 2,11331-2
Conservative hold Swing
Highclere and Bourne [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mitchell77970.1+2.9
Liberal Democrats Pauleen Malone25322.8-10.0
Labour David Cavangh807.2+7.2
Majority52647.3+13.0
Turnout 1,11248+1
Conservative hold Swing
Kempshott [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilhelmine Court1,82071.6-0.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mitchell38715.2+15.2
Labour Colin Regan33613.2-14.9
Majority1,43356.4+12.7
Turnout 2,54342+1
Conservative hold Swing
Kingsclere [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Rhatigan1,26779.9+14.6
Labour James Gibb18511.7-3.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Ward1348.4-11.4
Majority1,08268.2+22.7
Turnout 1,58643+11
Conservative hold Swing
Norden [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hood1,02356.5+8,4
Conservative Nigel McNair Scott52729.1-3.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Whitechurch26114.4-5.3
Majority49627.4+11.6
Turnout 1,81132+2
Labour hold Swing
Oakley and North Waltham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cecilia Morrison1,61664.3-4.4
Liberal Democrats John Burbidge-King89635.7+12.9
Majority72028.7-17.2
Turnout 2,51245+2
Conservative hold Swing
Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paula Baker1,15264.0+34.9
Conservative Marion Jones54730.4+18.1
Labour Warwick Dady1005.6+5.6
Majority60533.6
Turnout 1,79951+7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pamber [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Chapman68373.0-0.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Day10311.0+11.0
Labour Stephen Rothman879.3-17.0
Green Christopher Alliston626.6+6.6
Majority58062.0+14.6
Turnout 93544+5
Conservative hold Swing
Popley East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Brian49051.7+23.8
Conservative Stephen McConnell30031.6+19.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Berwick-Gooding15816.7+11.0
Majority19020.1
Turnout 94829-4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
South Ham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Traynor1,05653.4+7.1
Conservative Ronald Collins70335.5-0.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Whitechurch22011.1-7.0
Majority35317.8+7.1
Turnout 1,97936+2
Labour hold Swing
Whitchurch (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Wall968
Liberal Democrats John Wall859
Conservative William Judge711
Conservative Henry Du Val de Beaulieu612
Green Paul Skinner180
Green Stephen Climpson123
Labour Roger Bailey69
Labour Stanley Parry48
Turnout 3,57048+12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winklebury [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Donnell1,31862.6+2.2
Labour Christopher Connor78937.4-2.2
Majority52925.1+4.2
Turnout 2,10743+0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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