2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election

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20 of the 60 seats on Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	12	6	2
Seats after	30	20	10
Seat change	5	4	1
Popular vote	21,065	16,043	12,725
Percentage	41.6%	31.7%	25.1%
Swing	3.2%	1.1%	3.8%

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

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.98%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	12	6	1	+5	60.0	41.6	21,065	+3.2%
Labour	6	1	5	-4	30.0	33.4	16,877	+1.1%
Conservative	2	1	2	-1	10.0	23.5	11,881	-3.8%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	660	+0.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	122	New

Ward results

Balderstone & Kirkholt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Mulgrew	957	46.5	+25.1
	Labour	Steven Burke	660	32.1	−14.6
	Conservative	Linda Butler	439	21.4	−10.5
Majority			297	14.4
Turnout			2,056	28.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Hobhouse	1,593	50.7	+14.1
	Labour	Sylvia Diggle	1,193	37.9	+23.7
	Conservative	Valerie Godson	359	11.4	−38.0
Majority			400	12.8
Turnout			3,145	41.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Castleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davison	1,399	57.6	−2.8
	Labour	Colin Thompson	646	26.6	+5.0
	Conservative	Ronald Crossley	384	15.8	−2.6
Majority			753	31.0
Turnout			2,429	32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Rochdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibrar Khan	1,763	49.1	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Shah Wazir	1,472	41.0	−13.0
	Conservative	Roger Howarth	354	9.9	−3.0
Majority			291	8.1
Turnout			3,589	47.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Murphy	900	41.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Brady	845	38.7	−12.2
	Conservative	Susan Pawson	438	20.1	+20.1
Majority			55	2.5
Turnout			2,183	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	1,250	39.0	−15.1
	Conservative	Andrew Neilson	738	23.0	−7.3
	BNP	Donald Mooney	660	20.6	+20.6
	Labour	Abdul Chowdry	434	13.5	−2.1
	Green	Samir Chatterjee	122	3.8	+3.8
Majority			512	16.0
Turnout			3,204	41.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hopwood Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Wardle	1,267	53.2	+9.0
	Conservative	Peter Burt	761	31.9	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcome Heard	355	14.9	−6.0
Majority			506	21.3
Turnout			2,383	29.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Birkett	1,218	45.3	+6.6
	Labour	Tom Stott	1,158	43.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Philip Grantham	314	11.7	−12.5
Majority			60	2.3
Turnout			2,690	34.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Littleborough Lakeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Maguire	1,293	53.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Frank Mills	785	32.5	−2.0
	Labour	Derek Snowden	339	14.0	−0.3
Majority			508	21.0
Turnout			2,417	30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milkstone & Deeplish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Coric	1,931	54.0	−10.9
	Labour	Imtiaz Ahmed	1,379	38.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Mudassar Razzaq	266	7.4	+2.1
Majority			552	15.4
Turnout			3,576	47.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milnrow & Newhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Whittle	1,298	55.2	+2.1
	Conservative	Michael Butler	581	24.7	+5.4
	Labour	Geoffrey Coady	472	20.1	−7.5
Majority			717	30.5
Turnout			2,351	30.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wera Hobhouse	1,327	49.2	+16.3
	Conservative	Paul Chadwick	1,109	41.1	−11.5
	Labour	Muhammad Malik	263	9.7	−4.4
Majority			218	8.1
Turnout			2,699	36.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

North Heywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rush	1,034	50.0	+19.5
	Labour	Nick Maher	748	36.2	−10.1
	Conservative	Norman Warwick	285	13.8	−9.4
Majority			286	13.8
Turnout			2,067	28.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

North Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Robertson	811	43.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Lever	564	30.5	−1.1
	Conservative	David Harris	475	25.7	−3.0
Majority			247	13.3
Turnout			1,850	23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Smallbridge & Firgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Akram	817	40.8	−2.5
	Labour	Lorraine Butterworth	769	38.4	+4.2
	Conservative	Keith Taylor	417	20.8	−1.7
Majority			48	2.4
Turnout			2,003	26.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

South Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Holly	1,261	42.9	+2.0
	Labour	Peter Williams	1,242	42.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Guisbourne-Hilton	439	14.9	−4.2
Majority			19	0.7
Turnout			2,942	37.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spotland & Falinge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Clegg	1,713	63.5	+2.4
	Labour	James Brown	592	22.0	+0.1
	Conservative	Steven Scholes	391	14.5	−2.4
Majority			1,121	41.5
Turnout			2,696	33.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wardle & West Littleborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Clegg	1,652	68.0	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Rodgers	477	19.6	−3.9
	Labour	Pauline Mann	299	12.3	−1.7
Majority			1,175	48.4
Turnout			2,428	34.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Heywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan McCarthy	954	47.2	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Brophy-Lee	585	28.9	+28.9
	Conservative	Kathryn Burt	484	23.9	−4.9
Majority			369	18.3
Turnout			2,023	23.9
	Labour hold		Swing

West Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Parker	988	54.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Guisbourne-Hilton	498	27.3	+27.3
	Conservative	David Pawson	388	21.3	−2.1
Majority			490	26.9
Turnout			1,824	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing

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