2006 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 18
Conservative 15
Liberal Democrat 1

Election results[]

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election, 2006 - Summary
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	8	4	0	+4	47.1	51.3	15,555
Labour	9	0	4	-4	52.9	38.0	11,532
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	2,750
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	257
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	223

Ward results[]

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Phillips	736	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mish Whitmore	676	35.7
	Conservative	David Ellis	480	25.4
Majority			60
Turnout			1892
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Arbury Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sonja Wilson	616	45.7
	Labour	Jill Shephard	463	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Dutton	269	20
Majority			153
Turnout			1348
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Attleborough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Gilbert	833	48.4
	Labour	Gerald Hancock	515	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Hannon	373	21.7
Majority			318
Turnout			1721
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Barpool Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Francis McGale	762	54.7
	Conservative	Dharmy Patel	632	45.3
Majority			130
Turnout			1394
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Bede Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Hancox	924	59.4
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	760	40.6
Majority			292
Turnout			1556
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Bulkington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Des O'Brien	1,552	70.1
	Labour	Jeff Hunt	663	29.9
Majority			889
Turnout			2215
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Camp Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Harvey	644	52.4
	Conservative	Elaine Grant	585	47.6
Majority			59
Turnout			1229
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Exhall Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Kenning	750	39.5
	Conservative	Reg Lovick	653	34.4
	Socialist Alternative	Margaret Hunter	257	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Field	240	12.6
Majority			97
Turnout			1900
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Galley Common Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Grant	967	61.2
	Labour	Alan Clarke	612	38.8
Majority			355
Turnout			1579
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Heath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Lobbett	808	50.2
	Labour	John Glass	802	49.8
Majority			6
Turnout			1610
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Kingswood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoff Ashford	551	43.5
	Conservative	John Waine	493	38.9
	Independent	Keith Kondakor	223	17.6
Majority			58
Turnout			1267
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Poplar Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Copland	810	45.3
	Conservative	Damon Brown	631	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Moore	346	19.4
Majority			179
Turnout			1787
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Slough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Lloyd	792	42.9
	Conservative	John Carolan	708	38.4
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Mills	346	18.7
Majority			84
Turnout			1846
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: St. Nicolas Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Bryden	1,441	61.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lee	500	21.3
	Labour	June Tandy	406	17.3
Majority			941
Turnout			2347
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Weddington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Smith	1,809	74.7
	Labour	Jeanette Clarke	614	25.3
Majority			1195
Turnout			2423
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Wembrook Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Shephard	911	56.5
	Conservative	Stephen Paxton	700	43.5
Majority			211
Turnout			1611
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2006: Whitestone Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marcus Jones	1,887	76.6
	Labour	Philip Johnston	577	23.4
Majority			1310
Turnout			2464
	Conservative hold		Swing

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