2006 Fareham Borough Council election

The 2006 Fareham Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2006 Fareham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 22
• Liberal Democrat 9[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives keep control of the council, after the party defended all the seats they had been holding.[3] The Liberal Democrats held the 6 seats they had been defending, while Labour failed to win any seats with their vote share dropping to 8%.[3] This meant the Conservatives had 22 seats, compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats.[4] The first British National Party candidate standing in Fareham[5] finished with more votes than either of the Labour candidates in Portchester East and said the party would contest more seats at the next election.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 40.86%,[6] similar to the turnout in 2004.[3]

Fareham Local Election Result 2006[6][7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	0	0	62.5	51.8	19,735	-3.6%
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0	0	37.5	37.0	14,074	+4.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	3,096	-3.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	633	+1.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	389	+1.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	148	+0.4%

Ward results

Fareham East[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Murray	1,173	50.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Raymond Ellis	998	42.9	+0.9
	Labour	Edgar Webb	158	6.8	-2.4
Majority			175	7.5	+0.7
Turnout			2,329	42.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fareham North[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pamela Bryant	1,544	66.6	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Baker	371	16.0	-6.1
	Green	David Harrison	226	9.8	+1.2
	Labour	Alan Mayes	176	7.6	-3.4
Majority			1,173	50.6	+14.4
Turnout			2,317	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham North West[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	1,233	64.0	+17.4
	Conservative	Timothy Geoghegan	545	28.3	-12.4
	Labour	Angela Carr	149	7.7	-5.1
Majority			688	35.7	+29.8
Turnout			1,927	36.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fareham South[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dennis Steadman	886	51.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Leonard	512	29.5	+5.4
	Labour	James Carr	338	19.5	-6.6
Majority			374	21.5	-2.1
Turnout			1,736	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham West[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leslie Keeble	1,763	71.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Savage	495	20.0	-2.5
	Labour	Cameron Crouchman	215	8.7	-1.8
Majority			1,268	51.3	+6.8
Turnout			2,473	45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill Head[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Mandry	1,712	62.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Cannon	675	24.8	+0.9
	Green	Joseph D'Souza	181	6.6	+6.6
	Labour	Janet Gay	155	5.7	-2.4
Majority			1,037	38.1	-6.0
Turnout			2,723	45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Locks Heath[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Godrich	1,371	65.3	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Englefield	545	25.9	-0.7
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	185	8.8	-1.7
Majority			826	39.3	+3.0
Turnout			2,101	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Gate[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Bayford	1,343	71.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Haysom	343	18.3	-1.3
	Labour	Brenda Caines	189	10.1	-2.4
Majority			1,000	53.3	+5.0
Turnout			1,875	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portchester East (2)[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Price	2,394
	Liberal Democrats	Diana East	2,105
	Conservative	Bernard Munden	939
	Conservative	Charles Livingstone	820
	BNP	Roger Knight	389
	Labour	Stuart Rose	345
	Labour	Richard Ryan	320
Turnout			7,312	44.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Portchester West[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ernest Crouch	1,196	47.1	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Barton	1,011	39.8	-1.1
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	185	7.3	-1.6
	UKIP	Peter White	148	5.8	+5.8
Majority			185	7.3	-2.0
Turnout			2,540	44.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sarisbury[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sean Woodward	1,483	80.3	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Savage	195	10.6	-8.3
	Green	Nicola Graham	93	5.0	+5.0
	Labour	Clive Coldwell	76	4.1	-5.0
Majority			1,288	69.7	+13.7
Turnout			1,847	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stubbington[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	James Forrest	1,240	48.7	+2.1
	Conservative	Christopher Thomas	1,174	46.1	-0.9
	Labour	Ian Christie	130	5.1	-1.3
Majority			66	2.6
Turnout			2,544	45.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Titchfield[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Constance Hockley	1,508	70.1	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Chaloner	393	18.3	-4.7
	Labour	Michael Prior	249	11.6	-0.5
Majority			1,115	51.9	+10.0
Turnout			2,150	38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Titchfield Common[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Englefield	1,134	54.0	+14.0
	Conservative	Stephen Mcsevich	856	40.8	-10.3
	Labour	Andrew Mooney	109	5.2	-3.7
Majority			278	13.2
Turnout			2,099	40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warsash[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Trevor Cartwright	1,597	76.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Herron	255	12.1	-6.7
	Green	Lois Tarbet	133	6.3	+6.3
	Labour	June Stevenson	117	5.6	-4.5
Majority			1,342	63.8	+11.4
Turnout			2,102	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections: Fareham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
2. Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
3. "Fareham Borough Council Results 2006". The News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
4. "Status quo maintained as leaders take delight". Southern Daily Echo. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
5. "Who's your candidate in local elections?". The Portsmouth Evening News. 5 April 2006.
6. "Election of borough councillors : 4 May 2006" (PDF). Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
7. "Local elections". The Times. 5 May 2006. p. 9.

Preceded by 2004 Fareham Council election

Fareham local elections

Succeeded by 2008 Fareham Council election