2006 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election

Elections to Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council took place on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

2006 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election

4 May 2006 (2006-05-04)
14 seats to Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 8 4 1 Seats won 8 3 3 Seats after 22 10 6 Popular vote 7,587 4,699 3,970 Percentage 43.2% 26.7% 22.6%
Council control before election No Overall Control Elected Council control Conservative Party

Election result

Shrewsbury and Atcham local election result 2006
Party		Votes	Votes %	Seats won	Total seats	Seats %	Net gain/loss
	Conservative	7,587	43.2	8	22	55	2
	Labour	4,699	26.7	3	10	25
	Liberal Democrats	3,970	22.6	3	6	15
	Others	1,325	7.5	0	2	5	2
Total		17,583	100	14	40	100	N/A
Source:Local Elections Archive Project, BBC

Ward results

Bagley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Farmer	538	46.7
	Conservative	James Nason	307	26.6
	Labour	John Turnbull	212	18.4
	Green	Toby Green	96	8.3
Total votes			1,153	100
	Liberal Democrats hold

Battlefield and Heathgates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Price	577	55.7
	Labour	John Lewis	303	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Janine Clarke	155	15.0
Total votes			1,035	100
	Conservative hold

Belle Vue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Townsend	839	53.7
	Conservative	Martin Millington	343	22.0
	Green	Emma Bullard	243	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Cheyne	137	8.8
Total votes			1,562	100
	Labour hold

Bowbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Adams	988	67.3
	Labour	Robert Curzon	481	32.7
Total votes			1,469	100
	Conservative hold

Condover

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Hendry	516	57.3
	Independent	Edna Francis	385	42.7
Total votes			901	100
	Conservative gain from Independent

Copthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Nutting	968	52.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hamer	632	34.4
	Labour	Charles Wilson	143	7.8
	Green	Huw Peach	93	5.1
Total votes			1,836	100
	Conservative hold

Harlescott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eileen Sandford	812	52.7
	Labour	Ioan Jones	488	31.7
	BNP	Karl Foulkes	171	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Woolland	70	4.5
Total votes			1,541	100
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lawley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jill Chaplin	Unopposed	N/A
	Conservative hold

Monkmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Durnell	681	48.5
	Labour	Lou Gladden	484	34.5
	Conservative	Anthony Randall	238	17.0
Total votes			1,403	100
	Liberal Democrats hold

Porthill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Chebsey	901	51.2
	Conservative	Clive Pugh	636	36.1
	Green	Keith O'Neill	118	6.7
	Labour	Stacey Dower	105	6.0
Total votes			1,760	100
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Rea Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Sheppard	978	59.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Ryder	419	25.5
	Green	Jonathan Brown	124	7.6
	Labour	Christine Griffiths	121	7.4
Total votes			1,642	100
	Conservative hold

Severn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Armstrong	519	78.9
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Cook	139	21.1
Total votes			658	100
	Conservative hold

Sundorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Allaway	564	58.3
	Conservative	Ian Lloyd-Jones	252	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Dowse	151	15.6
Total votes			967	100
	Labour hold

Sutton and Reabrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Parsons	959	58.0
	Conservative	Keith Roberts	453	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Roverts	147	8.9
	BNP	Helen Foulkes	95	5.7
Total votes			1,654	100
	Labour hold