2006 Bexley London Borough Council election

2006 Bexley Council election
All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2006 Bexley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2006 Bexley Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England.^[1]^[2] The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.

Election result

Bexley local election result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	54	24	0	24	85.7	50.0	37,564	8.4
Labour	9	0	23	23	14.3	24.7	18,539	8.3
Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.0	11.6	8,732	3.4
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.1	3,864	2.8
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.8	2,869	1.8
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	2,027	2.7
Thamesmead Community Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	628	New
Orange Squash	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	583	New
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	392	New

Ward results

Barnehurst

Barnehurst (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William McEwen	2,333	58.4
	Conservative	Richard Gillespie	2,223
	Conservative	Simon Windle	2,188
	Labour	Charan Gill	735	18.4
	Labour	John Husband	685
	Labour	Derek Steedman	653
	UKIP	Barrie Thomas	513	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Morpurgo	411	10.3
Turnout				45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belvedere

Belvedere (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Leaf	1,287	43.0
	Labour	Daniel Francis	1,268	42.4
	Conservative	John Fuller	1,256
	Labour	Janet White	1,168
	Conservative	Gooroodev Nangon	1,050
	Labour	John Pegg	1,041
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Morpurgo	439	14.7
Turnout				35.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Blackfen and Lamorbey

Blackfen and Lamorbey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Beckwith	1,830	51.8
	Conservative	Peter Craske	1,804
	Conservative	Katherine Perrior	1,777
	UKIP	Michael Barnbrook	821	23.2
	UKIP	John Dunford	669
	UKIP	George Wright	664
	Labour	Carole Borella	494	14.0
	Labour	Bernard Justham	440
	Labour	Josephine Chodha	437
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen La Roche	391	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	John La Roche	363
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Scopes	355
Turnout				44.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blendon and Penhill

Blendon and Penhill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Cammish	2,445	73.3
	Conservative	Graham D'Amiral	2,364
	Conservative	Nicholas O'Hare	2,287
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Jaques	450	13.5
	Labour	David Prior	441	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kaye Cudmore	430
	Liberal Democrats	John Cudmore	415
	Labour	Gerda Slater	400
	Labour	Stuart Slater	387
Turnout				42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brampton

Brampton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald French	2,596	59.9
	Conservative	Teresa O'Neill	2,537
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	2,406
	Labour	Joanne Browning	802	18.5
	Labour	Christopher Kirby	734
	Labour	John Perry	710
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Standen	531	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hall	515
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Wagstaff	431
	UKIP	William Jenner	404	9.3
Turnout				50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Ashmole	2,205	63.9
	Conservative	Ian Clement	2,188
	Conservative	Leonard Newton	2,098
	Labour	Stephanie David	733	21.2
	Labour	Floyd Millen	633
	Labour	Peter West	621
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Hall	513	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Hall	501
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Lockington	443
Turnout				42.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colyers

Colyers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Brockwell	1,506	44.7
	Conservative	David Cammish	1,415
	Conservative	David Hurt	1,349
	Labour	Ronald Browning	1,175	34.9
	Labour	Patricia Ball	1,165
	Labour	Peter Kilner	1,163
	Independent	Sally Briant	397	11.8
	Independent	Dianne Joyce	387
	Independent	Joanne Wilfort	321
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Thick	293	8.7
Turnout				40.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cray Meadows

Cray Meadows (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cheryl Bacon	1,947	53.3
	Conservative	Rosaline Downing	1,903
	Conservative	Donald Massey	1,865
	Labour	Helen Cash	1,065	29.2
	Labour	Stefano Borella	1,019
	Labour	Michael O'Neill	995
	Independent	Barry Parfett	640	17.5
	Independent	Elaine Cheeseman	631
	Independent	Laurence Williams	611
Turnout				46.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Crayford

Crayford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geraldene Lucia-Hennis	1,378	36.5
	Conservative	Howard Marriner	1,345
	Conservative	Melvin Seymour	1,286
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,180	31.3
	Labour	Tonya Kelsey	1,147
	Labour	Trevor Perrin	1,058
	BNP	Stephen James	786	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Buckley	430	11.4
Turnout				42.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Danson Park

Danson Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Bailey	2,011	59.3
	Conservative	Sharon Massey	2,002
	Conservative	John Waters	1,985
	Liberal Democrats	James McVeigh	915	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hurren	875
	Liberal Democrats	Tejinder Singh Aulakh	815
	Labour	Alan Scutt	466	13.7
	Labour	Linda Husband	453
	Labour	Peter Hollamby	453
Turnout				44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Wickham

East Wickham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Catterall	1,362	32.0
	Conservative	Michael Tarrant	1,340
	Conservative	James Hunt	1,234
	Labour	John Lawrenson	937	22.0
	Labour	Richard Everitt	860
	Labour	Sylvia Malt	833
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pickett	681	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Sexton	604
	BNP	Sheila Clark	601	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Surinder Singh Manak	564
	English Democrat	John-Anthony Fitzpatrick	392	9.2
	UKIP	Malcolm Clarke	289	6.8
	UKIP	Pamela Perrin	211
	UKIP	Christopher Marshall	209
Turnout				45.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Erith

Erith (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Ball	1,066	36.0
	Labour	Margaret O'Neill	939
	Conservative	Bernard Clewes	884	29.9
	Conservative	James Douglas	850
	Labour	Munir Malik	833
	Conservative	Priti Patel	653
	Independent	Stephen West	574	19.4
	Independent	Rita Grootendorst	506
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Jamieson	434	14.7
Turnout				32.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Falconwood and Welling

Falconwood and Welling (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Betts	2,074	48.1
	Conservative	Peter Catterall	1,854
	Conservative	Valerie Clark	1,721
	BNP	James Seadon	1,001	23.2
	Labour	Stephen Perfect	640	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew O'Gorman	593	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Shrimpton	588
	Labour	Mavis Persaud	540
	Liberal Democrats	Gurdeepak Singh Chaggar	540
	Labour	Carol Pieri	517
Turnout				48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lesnes Abbey

Lesnes Abbey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Davey	1,860	42.5
	Conservative	Margaret Hurt	1,710
	Conservative	Kirsty Duncombe	1,707
	Labour	Ronald Brown	1,450	33.1
	Labour	Samuel Blake	1,422
	Labour	Corinna Huxley	1,253
	Orange Squash	Gary Cripps	583	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hofford	482	11.0
Turnout				45.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Longlands

Longlands (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gareth Bacon	1,966	55.0
	Conservative	Kenneth McAndrew	1,956
	Conservative	Michael Slaughter	1,921
	Independent	Michael Lowe	633	17.7
	Labour	Clifford Judge	517	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Brooks	456	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Shrimpton	449
	Labour	Garth Pilling-Lindsell	446
	Labour	Philip Scrivener	434
	Liberal Democrats	John Brooks	431
Turnout				43.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North End

North End (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Eastaugh	1,093	36.0
	Labour	Brenda Langstead	1,070
	Labour	Alan Deadman	962
	Conservative	Sylvia Cassells	637	21.0
	Conservative	Bernard Gillespie	601
	Independent	Simon Goding	553	18.2
	Conservative	Edgar Silvester	498
	BNP	John Bowles	481	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	William Shrimpton	269	8.9
Turnout				31.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Northumberland Heath

Northumberland Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Fuller	1,975	52.7
	Conservative	Peter Reader	1,913
	Conservative	Alex Sawyer	1,806
	Labour	Geoffrey Hacker	1,280	34.1
	Labour	Kathryn Smith	1,236
	Labour	Edward Akuamoah-Boateng	1,202
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bargery	496	13.2
Turnout				46.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Campbell	2,596	72.5
	Conservative	Alan Downing	2,546
	Conservative	Colin Tandy	2,472
	Labour	Joseph Riches	493	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Nurse	491	13.7
	Labour	Broderick Bassett	487
	Labour	Teresa Pearce	481
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicolle	454
	Liberal Democrats	Shule Basaran	413
Turnout				45.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Michael's

St Michael's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Pollard	2,062	57.0
	Conservative	Raymond Sams	1,907
	Conservative	Matthew Scott	1,890
	Labour	Wendy Perfect	1,101	30.4
	Labour	Grant Blowers	1,090
	Labour	Matthew Murphy	1,023
	Liberal Democrats	Janette Codd	457	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Wright	450
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Codd	413
Turnout				46.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sidcup

Sidcup (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Aileen Beckwith	2,127	57.1
	Conservative	Jacqueline Evans	2,099
	Conservative	June Slaughter	2,090
	Independent	Graham Holland	1,067	28.6
	Independent	Robert Griffiths	966
	Independent	David Gorton	850
	Labour	Colin Dawes	532	14.3
	Labour	Robert Bedwell	523
	Labour	Doreen Ives	470
Turnout				44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thamesmead East

Thamesmead East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Bauer	1,071	49.1
	Labour	Harbans Singh Buttar	983
	Labour	Harry Persaud	956
	Thamesmead Community Party	Jenny Bellinger	628	28.8
	Thamesmead Community Party	Jeremy Cotton	573
	Thamesmead Community Party	Anthony Cusack	544
	Conservative	Irene Reader	483	22.1
	Conservative	Irma Nangon	438
	Conservative	Philip Read	228
Turnout				26.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local Election Results 2006". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[1] "Local Election Results 2006". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[2] "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

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