Purbeck Council election, 2006

Elections to Purbeck Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 48.1%

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 14
*Liberal Democrat 8
*Independent 1
*Vacant 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 66.7
votes % = 54.0
votes = 5,350
plus/minus = +4.8%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 22.2
votes % = 35.1
votes = 3,480
plus/minus = -1.9%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 11.1
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = +0.0%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 10.9
votes = 1,079
plus/minus = +1.6%

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Wharf
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Cake
votes = 487
percentage = 69.5
change = +18.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Critchley
votes = 146
percentage = 20.8
change = -10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Killingback
votes = 68
percentage = 9.7
change = -8.0Election box majority
votes = 341
percentage = 48.7
change = +28.6Election box turnout
votes = 701
percentage = 45.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Lovell
votes = 485
percentage = 71.9
change = +18.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Fazekas
votes = 130
percentage = 19.3
change = -21.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leigh van de Zande
votes = 60
percentage = 8.9
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 355
percentage = 52.6
change = +40.6Election box turnout
votes = 675
percentage = 51.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Peacock
votes = 796
percentage = 51.9
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Gibb
votes = 739
percentage = 48.1
change = -8.5Election box majority
votes = 57
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,535
percentage = 52.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Mills
votes = 396
percentage = 71.4
change = +71.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jon Davey
votes = 159
percentage = 28.6
change = -1.5Election box majority
votes = 237
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 555
percentage = 50.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gloria Marsh
votes = 965
percentage = 58.2
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Wootton
votes = 537
percentage = 32.4
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Holmes
votes = 157
percentage = 9.5
change = -1.7Election box majority
votes = 428
percentage = 25.8
change = +4.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,659
percentage = 49.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Suttle
votes = 894
percentage = 46.0
change = +10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anita Chennell
votes = 532
percentage = 27.4
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cherry Bartlett
votes = 516
percentage = 26.6
change = -3.4Election box majority
votes = 362
percentage = 18.6
change = +13.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,942
percentage = 41.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Budd
votes = 1,339
percentage = 60.4
change = +11.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Jaeger
votes = 879
percentage = 39.6
change = -11.3Election box majority
votes = 460
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,218
percentage = 47.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Barnes
votes = 505
percentage = 80.9
change = +23.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Redmond
votes = 119
percentage = 19.1
change = +19.1Election box majority
votes = 386
percentage = 61.8
change = +47.2Election box turnout
votes = 624
percentage = 47.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3737.stm 2006 Purbeck election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc06/pages/Purbeck/results2006.html Ward results]

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