2006 Hart District Council election
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The 2006 Hart Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
[edit]The results saw 2 seats change hands with the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH) group winning them both.[3] One gain saw the Conservatives lose the seat of Church Crookham East, which Peter Hutcheson had held for the Conservatives for over 20 years, to the CCH.[3] The other gain saw the CCH win Crondall by 2 votes over the Conservatives, gaining the seat which had formerly been held by Independent Norman Lambert.[3] Lambert had resigned from the Conservative group in 2005 after admitting making false claims for council tax and housing benefit.[4] The changes meant that the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council with 16 seats but were vulnerable to a coalition among the other groups.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 39.35%.[5]
Following the election the Conservative administration of the council, which had run the council for the previous 8 years, was voted out.[6] They were replaced by a new Coalition Political Group, which was formed by the 12 Liberal Democrats, 5 Community Campaign (Hart) councillors and 1 of the 2 Independents, Denis Gotel.[6] The leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, David Neighbour, became leader of the new group and the new leader of the council.[6]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 46.2 | 42.9 | 8,158 | -2.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 | 26.5 | 5,025 | -4.8% | |
CCH | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 23.1 | 15.6 | 2,967 | +0.6% | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15.4 | 9.4 | 1,788 | +4.0% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 418 | +0.7% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 323 | +1.7% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 318 | +0.6% |
Ward results
[edit]Church Crookham East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCH | Gillian Butler | 887 | 54.8 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Christopher Butler | 643 | 39.7 | −5.1 | |
Labour | Sarah Snape | 88 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 244 | 15.1 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,618 | 43.4 | −0.3 | ||
CCH gain from Conservative | Swing |
Church Crookham West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCH | Simon Ambler | 1,001 | 69.2 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Hall | 396 | 27.4 | −9.0 | |
Labour | Mitchell Wensley | 50 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 605 | 41.8 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,447 | 38.8 | +2.8 | ||
CCH hold | Swing |
Crondall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCH | John Bennison | 590 | 50.1 | +19.9 | |
Conservative | David Evans | 588 | 49.9 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,178 | 40.3 | −4.5 | ||
CCH gain from Conservative | Swing |
Fleet Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Denis Gotel | 726 | 47.6 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Virginia Heffernan | 702 | 46.0 | −6.1 | |
Labour | John Davies | 97 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 24 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,525 | 37.7 | −1.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Fleet North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Parker | 850 | 55.8 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria Van Dolen | 672 | 44.2 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 178 | 11.7 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,522 | 34.2 | +10.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fleet Pondtail
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sharyn Wheale | 912 | 46.9 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Fisher | 836 | 43.0 | −25.5 | |
Independent | David Green | 160 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Sheila Stone | 37 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 76 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,945 | 54.1 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fleet West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Appleton | 782 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Davies | 623 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Griffin | 525 | |||
CCH | Peter Keep | 489 | |||
Green | Maria Keith | 232 | |||
Turnout | 2,651 | 39.1 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Frogmore and Darby Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Harward | 992 | 70.7 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Nigel Milton-Tomkins | 326 | 23.2 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Joyce Still | 85 | 6.1 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 666 | 47.5 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,403 | 35.0 | +11.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hartley Wintney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Susan Band | 902 | 54.4 | +54.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Dommett | 438 | 26.4 | +2.1 | |
BNP | Roger Robertson | 318 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Majority | 464 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,658 | 44.2 | +13.9 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Glen | 1,448 | 73.4 | +16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Robinson | 526 | 26.6 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 922 | 46.7 | +24.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,974 | 34.2 | −3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Long Sutton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sarah Wallis | 452 | 71.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Carter | 92 | 14.5 | ||
Green | Lars Mosesson | 91 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 360 | 56.7 | |||
Turnout | 635 | 36.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Yateley North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Ive | 944 | 65.5 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Dawson | 436 | 30.3 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Mary Jenkins | 61 | 4.2 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 508 | 35.3 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,441 | 38.1 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections: Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
- ^ a b c d "Community charge as toppled Tories lose Hart". gethampshire. 9 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Disgraced councillor loses key power post". gethampshire. 28 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Election Results for 4 May 2006". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Coalition takes over at Hart council". gethampshire. 16 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Local elections". The Times. 5 May 2006. p. 9.
Preceded by 2004 Hart Council election |
Hart local elections | Succeeded by 2007 Hart Council election |