2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
Campaign
edit24 of the 72 seats on the council were being contested in the election,[3] with Labour holding control beforehand with 53 seats.[4]
The election saw 9 candidates from the British National Party, part of a record number for the party in the West Midlands.[5]
In the run up to the election councillor Alan Burkitt was arrested by the police on suspicion of selling his girlfriend for sex.[6] As a result, Burkitt, representing Charlemont with Grove Vale ward, was suspended from the Conservative Party; Burkitt had previously been a Liberal Democrat councillor before defecting to the Conservatives.[6]
During the election the Conservative candidate in Tipton Green Shahzad Chaudhry accused the Labour councillor, Ahmadul Haque, of breaking the code of conduct for candidates by giving his home number for voters who wanted help with postal votes, however Haque denied he had done anything wrong.[7] Meanwhile, Chaudhry received the backing of the former British National Party organiser for the West Midlands, Steve Edwards, in the election for Tipton Green.[8]
Election result
editThe results saw the British National Party win 3 seats,[9] all gains from Labour.[10] The gains for the British National Party came in the wards of Great Bridge, Princes End and Tividale,[11] taking the party to 4 seats on the council.[12] Labour dropped to 50 seats, after losing 4 but gaining another 1, the Conservatives stayed on 11 seats, the Liberal Democrats 5 and independents on 2 seats.[12][13]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 15 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 62.5 | 44.2 | 33,127 | -6.5% | |
Conservative | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.7 | 27.1 | 20,321 | -1.0% | |
BNP | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 9,268 | +8.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 11,263 | +1.7% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 621 | +0.7% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 317 | +0.4% |
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Piper | 1,592 | 48.9 | ||
Conservative | Ewart Johnson | 968 | 29.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Prior | 695 | 21.4 | ||
Majority | 624 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Shirley Ching | 1,330 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | Susan Downing | 1,265 | 44.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mazhar Hussain | 267 | 9.3 | ||
Majority | 65 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,862 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Frear | 1,486 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | Terence Grainger | 1,088 | 36.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Berisford | 402 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 398 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,976 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Ward | 1,737 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Allcock | 830 | 23.2 | ||
Labour | Jean Heywood | 750 | 21.0 | ||
Independent | Kathleen Ryan | 254 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 907 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,571 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glenis Webb | 1,545 | 53.0 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Griffiths | 1,372 | 47.0 | ||
Majority | 173 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,917 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Hackett | 1,127 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | Barry Nelson | 903 | 38.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Brayshaw | 321 | 13.7 | ||
Majority | 224 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,351 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson | 1,212 | 31.5 | ||
BNP | Scott Dale | 970 | 25.2 | ||
Labour | Harbinder Deol | 957 | 24.9 | ||
Conservative | Stephanie Page | 703 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | 242 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,842 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Simon Smith | 1,278 | 45.1 | ||
Labour | Maureen Whitehouse | 1,096 | 38.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Roberts | 461 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 182 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,835 | ||||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Badham | 1,340 | 46.5 | ||
BNP | Gordon Howells | 793 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Elaine Fitzpatrick | 475 | 16.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Jones | 246 | 8.5 | ||
Independent | Ivor Morgan | 30 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 547 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,884 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Williams | 1,411 | 45.1 | ||
BNP | Sarah Dale | 951 | 30.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Cheeseman | 416 | 13.3 | ||
Conservative | Robert Lawrence | 351 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 460 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,129 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Davies | 1,263 | 39.8 | ||
BNP | Karen Parkes | 876 | 27.6 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Pawlowski | 777 | 24.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Allcock | 257 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 387 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,173 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Underhill | 1,424 | 42.9 | ||
Labour | David Hosell | 1,119 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Valerie Ward | 778 | 23.4 | ||
Majority | 305 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,321 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahboob Hussain | 2,347 | 64.5 | ||
Conservative | David Hadley | 989 | 27.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Emma Underhill | 300 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 1,358 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,636 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John McHard | 1,419 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | Susan Crumpton | 1,268 | 39.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Reed | 562 | 17.3 | ||
Majority | 151 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,249 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Russell Green | 1,128 | 43.5 | ||
Labour | June Newell | 1,050 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Jean Nugent | 415 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 78 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,593 | ||||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas | 1,524 | 56.1 | ||
Conservative | Joanne Hadley | 1,192 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 332 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,716 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurinder Josan | 2,196 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Ahmed | 1,370 | 33.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Russell George | 414 | 10.1 | ||
Independent | Kulbir Singh | 121 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 826 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,101 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Victor Silvester | 1,730 | 61.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Hackett | 858 | 30.6 | ||
Independent | Narinder Dosanjh | 216 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 872 | 31.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,804 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammad Rouf | 1,942 | 65.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shamim Ahmed | 708 | 23.9 | ||
Green | Shari Temochin | 317 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 1,234 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,967 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ahmadul Haque | 1,268 | 35.7 | ||
BNP | Steven Parkes | 1,195 | 33.6 | ||
Conservative | Chaudhry Shehzad | 1,091 | 30.7 | ||
Majority | 73 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,554 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Carl Butler | 1,191 | 37.0 | ||
Labour | Lorraine Ashman | 1,158 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Michael Hardy | 562 | 17.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Diane Gorton | 308 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 33 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,219 | ||||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mavis Hughes | 1,533 | 61.6 | ||
Labour | Tony Middleton | 659 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Roebuck | 298 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 874 | 35.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,490 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Giles | 1,256 | 39.4 | ||
BNP | Sharon Butler | 886 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | Alan Nugent | 822 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Mitchener | 222 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 370 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,186 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohinder Tagger | 1,778 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jarnail Sandhu | 1,062 | 32.3 | ||
Conservative | Christine Vickers | 446 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 716 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,286 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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