2006 Greenwich London Borough Council election

Second-tier local general election in London, England

2006 Greenwich Council election

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4 May 2006

2010 →

All 51 seats to Greenwich London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	36	13	2
Seat change	2	4	2
Popular vote	23,847	17,128	11,535
Percentage	38.1%	27.4%	18.5%
Swing	8.7%	1.4%	1.8%

Map of the results of the 2006 Greenwich council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Greenwich Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.

Greenwich local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010.

Election result

Greenwich Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	36	1	3	2	70.6	38.1	23,847	8.7
Conservative	13	4	0	4	25.5	27.4	17,128	1.4
Liberal Democrats	2	0	2	2	5.9	18.5	11,535	1.8
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.0	5,026	4.9
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	1,520	2.0
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	1,455	1.2
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	976	New
Thamesmead Community Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	525	New
CPA	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	501	0.4

Ward results

Abbey Wood

Abbey Wood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clive Mardner	1,292	40.4
	Labour	Stephen Offord	1,191
	Labour	Jagir Kaur Sekhon	1,121
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Headon	764	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bonnie Soanes	696
	Independent	June Milner	624	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eder Nteyoho	622
	Independent	Ismail Danesi	612
	Independent	Anthony Ward	593
	Conservative	Emily Head	519	16.2
	Conservative	Jennifer Jones	513
	Conservative	Malcolm Reid	486
Turnout				32.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackheath Westcombe

Blackheath Westcombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brighty	1,496	33.9
	Conservative	Alexander Wilson	1,492
	Labour	Alexander Grant	1,461	33.1
	Labour	Jean Bloch	1,383
	Conservative	Peter Whittle	1,355
	Labour	Silke Thomson-Pottebohm	1,232
	Green	Trevor Allman	801	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Smart	655	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Smith	624
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Spence	607
Turnout				44.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Charlton

Charlton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Gillman	1,638	42.4
	Labour	Allan MacCarthy	1,494
	Labour	Gary Parker	1,316
	Green	Philip Connolly	697	18.0
	Conservative	Daniel Cocker	676	17.5
	Green	David Sharman	671
	Conservative	Hugh O'Leary	569
	Green	Arthur Hayles	544
	Conservative	John Letizia	519
	Liberal Democrats	Justine McGuinness	476	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Steves	445
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stockley	388
	UKIP	David Warwicker	255	6.6
	CPA	Peter Vickers	122	3.2
Turnout				37.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldharbour and New Eltham

Coldharbour and New Eltham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hills	1,942	48.7
	Conservative	Amanda Brinkhurst	1,877
	Conservative	Christopher Taylor	1,809
	Labour	Penelope Daniel	1,000	25.1
	Labour	David Reader	949
	Labour	Julie Grimble	911
	UKIP	Clifford Adams	566	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Lewis	483	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Mooney	469
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gentry	431
Turnout				39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eltham North

Eltham North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Spencer Drury	2,344	40.0
	Conservative	Dermot Poston	2,164
	Conservative	Nigel Fletcher	2,096
	Labour	Maresa Kingston	1,220	20.8
	Labour	Christine Walker	1,165
	Labour	Janice Marnham	1,084
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Randall	1,083	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea Gent	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Spence	871
	UKIP	Arnold Tarling	634	10.8
	Green	Marek Powley	584	10.0
Turnout				50.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eltham South

Eltham South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eileen Glover	1,668	44.2
	Conservative	Peter King	1,611
	Conservative	Liz Truss	1,443
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pattenden	1,386	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lewis	1,284
	Liberal Democrats	Elliot Shubert	1,168
	Labour	John Littlefield	720	19.1
	Labour	Terence Malone	693
	Labour	John Twidale	667
Turnout				40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Eltham West

Eltham West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Freeman	1,429	38.7
	Labour	Michael Hayes	1,409
	Labour	Raymond Walker	1,322
	BNP	Roberta Woods	976	26.5
	Conservative	Albert Frost	580	15.7
	Conservative	Catherine Culbert	552
	Conservative	Michael Hoskin	539
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Cox	371	10.1
	Independent	Gerald McWilliams	332	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Nicholls	284
	Independent	Mutiu Olukoga	281
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Ward	257
Turnout				36.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Glyndon

Glyndon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Austen	1,796	60.0
	Labour	Paul Tyler	1,597
	Labour	John Wakefield	1,459
	Liberal Democrats	Leonie Barron	665	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jenkins	595
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Greville	532
	Conservative	David Branch	530	17.7
	Conservative	Sean Pearson	522
	Conservative	Richard Shackleton	468
Turnout				30.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenwich West

Greenwich West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen O'Mara	1,406	35.5
	Labour	David Grant	1,304
	Labour	Margaret Mythen	1,189
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Miller	1,106	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Smith	1,034
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Hill	920
	Green	Robin Stott	754	19.1
	Conservative	Simon Gallie	691	17.5
	Conservative	Robert Dougans	632
	Conservative	Asif Bhatti	552
Turnout				35.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kidbrooke with Hornfair

Kidbrooke with Hornfair
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graeme Coombes	1,305	36.8
	Labour	Norman Adams	1,250	35.3
	Conservative	Andy Jennings	1,235
	Labour	David Gardner	1,220
	Labour	Ann Jefferson	1,194
	Conservative	Jackie Doyle-Price	1,187
	Green	Jasmine Deol	503	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Green	484	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dickson	476
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Potter	408
Turnout				35.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Middle Park and Sutcliffe

Middle Park and Sutcliffe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Woodcraft	1,461	39.7
	Labour	Clare Morris	1,404	38.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Webbewood	1,368
	Labour	Peter Challis	1,367
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gerrard	1,357
	Labour	Barry Taylor	1,283
	Conservative	Janine Stevens	817	22.2
	Conservative	Ryan Acty	814
	Conservative	James Ford	773
Turnout				40.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peninsula

Peninsula (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Mills	1,387	39.9
	Labour	Richard Quibell	1,153
	Labour	Christopher Roberts	1,125
	Green	Lucy Early	877	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Cunliffe	610	17.5
	Conservative	Duncan McCourt	603	17.3
	Conservative	Robert Kerby	599
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Wainwright	589
	Liberal Democrats	Denys Robinson	543
	Conservative	James Worron	532
Turnout				35.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plumstead

Plumstead (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angela Cornforth	1,651	46.7
	Labour	Kanta Patel	1,389
	Labour	Sajid Jawaid	1,380
	Conservative	Simon Emmett	808	22.8
	Conservative	Philip Hendren	767
	Conservative	Stephen Hartigan	755
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Toole	683	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Biljana Glusica	514
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Rauf	499
	Independent	Harbhajan Singh	395	11.2
Turnout				33.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shooters Hill

Shooters Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Kelly	1,589	41.9
	Labour	Danny Thorpe	1,540
	Labour	Denise Hyland	1,527
	Conservative	Linda Cunningham	1,409	37.1
	Conservative	Liz Drury	1,393
	Conservative	Simon Tee	1,326
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Derrick-Reeve	796	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Ottery	736
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Westcombe	660
Turnout				42.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thamesmead Moorings

Thamesmead Moorings (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Brooks	1,338	45.6
	Labour	Jacqueline Smith	1,165
	Labour	Peter Kotz	1,122
	Conservative	Toks Bailey	525	17.9
	Thamesmead Community Party	Julie Dixon	525	17.9
	Conservative	James Flynn	520
	Conservative	Laura Murphy	505
	Thamesmead Community Party	Craig Honeyman	461
	Thamesmead Community Party	Gary Redding	407
	CPA	Lanre Joda	379	12.9
	CPA	Stephen Hammond	321
	CPA	Chipo Maporisa	266
	Independent	Charles Soyoye	169	5.8
Turnout				25.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolwich Common

Woolwich Common (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Beverley Jones	1,654	61.9
	Labour	Rajwant Singh Sidhu	1,537
	Labour	Harpinder Singh	1,449
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Fromings	512	19.2
	Conservative	Graham Brinkhurst	506	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Powis	481
	Conservative	Derek Williams	471
	Conservative	Lela Sisauri	446
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Durham	440
Turnout				28.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolwich Riverside

Woolwich Riverside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Barwick	1,612	51.5
	Labour	Terry Hales	1,483
	Labour	John Fahy	1,422
	Green	Elizabeth Angas	810	25.9
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	709	22.6
	Conservative	Christopher Jones	639
	Conservative	Stuart Barrow	499
Turnout				28.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"Local Election Results 2006 - Greenwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
"London Borough of Greenwich Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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