The 2006 Colchester Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Colchester

Colchester (borough)

Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.The borough was formed...

 District

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...

 Council in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, England

England

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. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control

No overall control

Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...

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After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative
  Conservative Party (UK)
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   30
• Liberal Democrat 21
• Labour
  Labour Party (UK)
  The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
  
  7
• Others 2

Ward results

BERECHURCH

Charles Essex Bather (Green) 134

John Antony Cooke (Lab) 587

Pauline Sandra Hazell (Con) 328

Terence Richard Sutton (Lib Dem) 767 ELECTED



BIRCH AND WINSTREE

Kevin Paul Bentley (Con) 1,224 ELECTED

Samuel James Elliott (Green) 108

Jonathan Murray Edward Longman (Lib Dem) 325

Jeannine Lara McAndrew (Ind) 53

Abigail Sarah Tootal (Lab) 128



CASTLE

Christopher Basil Hall (Lib Dem) 1,122 ELECTED

Peter James Lynn (Green) 522

Stephen James Miller (Ind) 57

Benjamin John Winbolt Twitchen (Con) 418

Mark Antony Warner (Lab) 187


CHRIST CHURCH

Andrew Tryman Bright (Con) 468

Alexander Dominic Browne Cave (Green) 245

Nicholas Anthony Silverwood Cope (Lib Dem) 615 ELECTED

David Alexander Hough (Lab) 79



FORDHAM AND STOUR

Christopher Derrick Aldous (Lab) 119

Christopher John Arnold (Con) 942 ELECTED

Clarice Elizabeth Mort (Green) 114

Jack George Pooley (Ind) 63

Barry Ronald Woodward (Lib Dem) 176



HARBOUR

Anne Allan (Con) 216

Patricia Mary Blandon (Lib Dem) 762 ELECTED

Timothy Richard Glover (Green) 77

Rossanna Trudgian (Lab) 139



HIGHWOODS

Keith Brooke (Green) 84

Susan Harper (Con) 293

David Nigel Offen (Lib Dem) 299

Gerard Paul Oxford (Ind) 1,147 ELECTED

Julia Thomas (Lab) 148



LEXDEN

Peter Charles Appleton (Green) 105

Luke Michael Powell Dopson (Lab) 103

Susan Helen Francis (Ind) 73

Gwendoline Irma Rosanna Ilott (Lib Dem) 385

Sonia Jean Lewis (Con) 1,282 ELECTED



MILE END

Mary Hilda Bryan (Green) 130

Edmund Chinnery (Ind) 46

Janet Rosehart Smith (Lab) 125

Nicholas Edwin Taylor (Con) 939 ELECTED

Michael Turrell (Lib Dem) 791



NEW TOWN

Scott John Harris (Lab) 206

Theresa Margaret Anne Higgins (Lib Dem) 1029 ELECTED

Maria Iacovou (Green) 339



PRETTYGATE

Michael Edward Dale (Lab) 186

Susan Amanda Jayne Lissimore (Con) 1,368 ELECTED

Beverley Ann Lillian Maltby (Green) 115

Paul Robert Sheppard (Lib Dem) 885



PYEFLEET

Carolyn Catney (Lib Dem) 108

Robert Alec Davidson (Con) 532 ELECTED

Tobie George Glenny (Green) 67

Barbara Rosemary Nichols (Lab) 60

Timothy John Oxton (Ind) 100



SHRUB END

Linda Ann Barton (Lib Dem) 793 ELECTED

David John Canning (Lab and Co-operative) 370

Winifred Foster (Con) 637

Walter Schwarz (Green) 90



ST ANDREW'S

Sophie Harriet Lovejoy (Green) 87

Peter Edwin Simpson (Lib Dem) 504

Alexander James Wilson (Con) 215

Julie Ann Young (Lab) 922 ELECTED



ST ANNE'S

Lucy Glover (Green) 166

Michael John Hogg (Lib Dem) 1,071 ELECTED

Shahid Husain (Con) 284

Kim Alan Naish (Lab) 546



ST JOHN'S

Annick Collins-Leyssen (Green) 79

Raymond John Gamble (Lib Dem) 1,105 ELECTED

Simon Peter Lucas (Con) 523

Hugh Leslie Thomas (Lab) 82



STANWAY

Pamela Elizabeth Nelson (Green) 125

Gaye Patricia Pyman (Con) 1,000 ELECTED

John Spademan (Lab) 193

Colin Leslie Sykes (Lib Dem) 956



TIPTREE

Katherine Helen Bamforth (Green) 110

Helen Joyce Bunney (Ind) 271

John Frederick Elliott (Con) 974 ELECTED

Audrey Mary Spencer (Lab) 261

John William Stevens (Lib Dem) 173



WEST BERGHOLT & EIGHT ASH GREEN

Roger Edwin Bamforth (Green) 158

John Kenneth Stevens (Lib Dem) 253

Dennis Willetts (Con) 919 ELECTED

Ian John Yates (Lab) 114



WEST MERSEA

John Eric Coombes (Ind) 176

Christopher James Fox (Green) 206

John Gilbert Jowers (Con) 1,389 ELECTED

James William Spencer (Lab) 199