2006 Hart District Council election

2006 Hart District Council election

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13 of 35 seats to Hart District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 18 12 Seats won 6 3 Seats after 16 12 Popular vote 7,535 5,025 Percentage 41.0 27.3   Third party Fourth party   Party Community Campaign Hart Independent Seats before 2 2 Seats won 3 2 Seats after 5 2 Popular vote 2,967 1,788 Percentage 16.1 9.7
Results by Ward
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

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:

• Conservative 16
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Community Campaign (Hart) 5
• Independent 2^[2]

Election result[]

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]

Hart Local Election Result 2006^[5][7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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%
	Community Campaign Hart	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[]

Church Crookham East[]

Church Crookham East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Campaign Hart	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
	Community Campaign Hart gain from Conservative		Swing

Church Crookham West[]

Church Crookham West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Campaign Hart	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
	Community Campaign Hart hold		Swing

Crondall[]

Crondall^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Campaign Hart	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
	Community Campaign Hart gain from Conservative		Swing

Fleet Central[]

Fleet Central^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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[]

Fleet North^[5]

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[]

Fleet Pondtail^[5]

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[]

Fleet West (2)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Appleton	782
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	623
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Griffin	525
	Community Campaign Hart	Peter Keep	489
	Green	Maria Keith	232
Turnout			2,651	39.1	-2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green[]

Frogmore and Darby Green^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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[]

Hartley Wintney^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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[]

Hook^[5]

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[]

Long Sutton^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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[]

Yateley North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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[]

Preceded by 2004 Hart Council election

Hart local elections

Succeeded by 2007 Hart Council election