The 2006 Gateshead Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, in England. It was held on the same day as other English local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with the poll coming two years after boundary changes in the previous election which had necessitated the whole council facing voters at once. The Labour Party retained control, and a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in Winlaton and High Spen was the only change in the level of party representation on the council. Turnout was 37.0%, lower than the 47.7% achieved in 2004. In total, 79 candidates stood for election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also eight British National Party candidates, one UK Independence Party candidate and four independents.[1]
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22 of the 66 seats on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() A map of the 2006 Gateshead Council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 14 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 63.6 | 44.6 | 23,678 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 34.8 | 37.5 | 19,925 | 4.8 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 5,083 | 0.6 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1,483 | 0.7 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1,941 | 4.0 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 885 | 0.8 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 143 | New |
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Foy (incumbent) | 1,161 | 51.5 | |
Liberal | Betty Gallon | 916 | 40.6 | |
Conservative | Andrea Gatiss | 179 | 7.9 | |
Majority | 245 | 10.9% | ||
Turnout | 2,256 | 35.8% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathryn Ferdinand (incumbent) | 1,175 | 56.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Gardner | 726 | 34.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Anthony Watson | 194 | 9.3 | |
Majority | 449 | 21.4% | ||
Turnout | 2,095 | 31.4% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Armstrong | 858 | 54.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Stanley Allen | 323 | 20.5 | |
BNP | Kevin Robert Bell | 219 | 13.9 | |
Conservative | Adrian Anderson | 179 | 11.3 | |
Majority | 535 | 33.9% | ||
Turnout | 1,579 | 30.9% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Chaplin (incumbent) | 1,738 | 58.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Callender | 995 | 33.5 | |
Conservative | Allan Davidson | 236 | 7.9 | |
Majority | 743 | 25.0% | ||
Turnout | 2,969 | 41.8% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Goldsworthy (incumbent) | 1,357 | 51.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenys Marie Goodwill | 720 | 27.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Anthony Crossman | 579 | 21.8 | |
Majority | 637 | 24.0% | ||
Turnout | 2,656 | 37.5% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sally Elizabeth Danys (incumbent) | 1,463 | 53.8 | |
Labour | Helen Elizabeth Hughes | 1,049 | 38.6 | |
Conservative | Leonard Davidson | 207 | 7.6 | |
Majority | 414 | 15.2% | ||
Turnout | 2,719 | 41.2% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Gannon (incumbent) | 1,014 | 49.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Michael Mariner Johnson | 453 | 22.3 | |
BNP | Kevin Scott | 332 | 16.3 | |
Conservative | Trevor Charles Murray | 232 | 11.4 | |
Majority | 561 | 27.6% | ||
Turnout | 2,031 | 30.9% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick John Rice (incumbent) | 984 | 54.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Robson | 321 | 17.7 | |
BNP | Terrence Jopling | 242 | 13.3 | |
Conservative | Ada Callanan | 162 | 8.9 | |
Independent | Robert David Latham | 104 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 663 | 36.6% | ||
Turnout | 1,813 | 30.3% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Allison Elizabeth Ilderton Chatto (incumbent) | 1,535 | 51.2 | |
Labour | Gary Robert Haley | 1,203 | 40.1 | |
Conservative | John Callanan | 262 | 8.7 | |
Majority | 332 | 11.1% | ||
Turnout | 3,000 | 44.2% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Dick (incumbent) | 1,067 | 61.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Paul Lucas | 319 | 18.4 | |
BNP | Keith Edward McFarlane | 203 | 11.7 | |
Conservative | John Steven Wraith | 144 | 8.3 | |
Majority | 748 | 43.1% | ||
Turnout | 1,733 | 30.4% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Richmond (incumbent) | 1,031 | 56.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann McCarthy | 300 | 16.4 | |
Conservative | June Murray | 182 | 9.9 | |
BNP | Ronald William Fairlamb | 174 | 9.5 | |
UKIP | William James Edward Batty | 143 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 731 | 39.9% | ||
Turnout | 1,830 | 29.3% | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Foy (politician) | 1,217 | 50.0 | |
Liberal | Andrew Colin Dixon | 567 | 23.3 | |
Independent | Brian Weatherburn | 454 | 18.6 | |
Conservative | Sheila Everatt | 197 | 8.1 | |
Majority | 650 | 26.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,435 | 36.9% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Michael Dodds (incumbent) | 996 | 39.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Craig | 904 | 35.7 | |
BNP | George Bainbridge | 272 | 10.8 | |
Independent | Margaret Duddin | 181 | 7.2 | |
Conservative | Hazel Sarah Anderson | 176 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 92 | 3.6% | ||
Turnout | 2,529 | 35.6% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Jevon (incumbent) | 1,867 | 61.7 | |
Labour | Joseph William Lisle | 730 | 24.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Sterling | 433 | 14.3 | |
Majority | 1,137 | 37.5% | ||
Turnout | 3,030 | 43.5% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway (incumbent) | 1,467 | 59.4 | |
Labour | Jim McWilliams | 870 | 35.2 | |
Conservative | Maureen Moor | 133 | 5.4 | |
Majority | 597 | 24.2% | ||
Turnout | 2,470 | 38.0% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christine Margaret McHatton (incumbent) | 1,714 | 64.5 | |
Labour | Brenda Clelland | 763 | 28.7 | |
Conservative | Antoinette Margaret Sterling | 179 | 6.7 | |
Majority | 951 | 35.8% | ||
Turnout | 2,656 | 42.6% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Mitchinson (incumbent) | 1,089 | 55.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norman Spours | 342 | 17.5 | |
Conservative | Edward Bohill | 207 | 10.6 | |
BNP | Kenneth Hutton | 168 | 8.6 | |
Independent | Joanne McLeod Smailes | 146 | 7.5 | |
Majority | 747 | 38.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,952 | 31.5% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter James Mole (incumbent) | 1,248 | 56.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Paul Diston | 713 | 32.1 | |
Conservative | Karl Gatiss | 258 | 11.6 | |
Majority | 535 | 24.1% | ||
Turnout | 2,219 | 35.7% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Thomas Craig (incumbent) | 1,647 | 62.1 | |
Labour | Jennifer Anne Peace | 788 | 29.7 | |
Conservative | Elaine Robertson | 218 | 8.2 | |
Majority | 859 | 32.4% | ||
Turnout | 2,653 | 40.6% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Marilynn Ord (incumbent) | 1,928 | 66.3 | |
Labour | Peter De-Vere | 618 | 21.2 | |
Conservative | John Robertson | 364 | 12.5 | |
Majority | 1,310 | 45.0% | ||
Turnout | 2,910 | 42.4% | ||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Graham (incumbent) | 1,430 | 58.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Walker | 501 | 20.5 | |
BNP | Michael Cassidy | 331 | 13.4 | |
Conservative | Eric Young | 176 | 7.2 | |
Majority | 929 | 38.1% | ||
Turnout | 2,438 | 32.0% | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Graham | 1,687 | 53.3 | |
Labour | Julie Simpson (incumbent) | 1,292 | 40.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Edward Button | 186 | 5.9 | |
Majority | 395 | 12.5% | ||
Turnout | 3,165 | 45.9% | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
References
edit- ^ "Local Election Results 2006". Gateshead Council. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
Preceded by 2004 Gateshead Council election |
Gateshead local elections | Succeeded by 2007 Gateshead Council election |