2006 Westminster City Council election

The 2006 Westminster City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party remained in control of the council with no seat changes between the Conservatives and Labour.[1][2]

2006 Westminster City Council election
4 May 2006
All 60 seats to Westminster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won 48 12
Seat change Steady0 Steady0
Popular vote 24,190 10,172
Percentage 56.4% 23.7%
Swing Increase0.9% Decrease 4.3%
Map of the results of the 2006 Westminster council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Election result
Westminster Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 0 0 Steady0 80.0 56.4 24,190 Increase0.9
  Labour 12 0 0 Steady0 20.0 23.7 10,172 Decrease4.3
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 16.5 7,059 Increase3.1
  Green 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.5 623 Steady0.0
  Respect 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.3 565 New
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 209 New
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 67 New

Ward results

Abbey Road
Abbey Road (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Warner 1,490 68.9
Conservative Cyril Nemeth 1,483
Conservative Kevin Gardner 1,456
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 345 16.0
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wheeler 330
Labour Katharine Hoskyns 326 15.1
Labour Margherita Rendel 306
Labour Patrick Griffin 302
Liberal Democrats Gareth Evans 281
Turnout 30.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bayswater
Bayswater (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Brahams 1,107 50.2
Conservative Brian Connell 1,100
Conservative Suhail Rahuja 1,035
Liberal Democrats Susan Baring 768 34.8
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Way 644
Liberal Democrats Martin Thompson 627
Labour Damian Kahya 330 15.0
Labour Enid Whitehead 319
Labour Assiya Yousef 316
Turnout 30.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bryanston and Dorset Square
Bryanston and Dorset Square (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carolyn Keen 1,266 57.6
Conservative Audrey Lewis 1,250
Conservative Angela Hooper 1,187
Green Heber Micelli 352 16.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bonar 317 14.4
Liberal Democrats Neil Balmer 263
Labour Brenda Buxton 262 11.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Pilkington 256
Labour Derek Buckland 247
Labour Ian Deacon 233
Turnout 27.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Church Street
Church Street (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Toki 1,099 39.5
Labour Barbara Grahame 1,078
Labour Antony Mothersdale 979
Conservative Abdus Hamid 807 29.0
Conservative Mesbah Uddin 794
Conservative Alexander Shaw 663
Respect Yvonne Ridley 565 20.3
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Castles 310 11.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Evans 278
Liberal Democrats Artemis Nicolaou 209
Turnout 34.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Churchill
Churchill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Richardson 1,411 59.3
Conservative Andrew Havery 1,393
Conservative Nicholas Yarker 1,339
Labour Alastair Dick 669 28.1
Labour Matthew Williams 612
Labour Luke Pollard 599
Liberal Democrats Michael Holmans 298 12.5
Liberal Democrats Albert Kemp 285
Liberal Democrats Rhoda Torres 275
Turnout 38.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harrow Road
Harrow Road (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Bush 1,036 52.6
Labour Guthrie McKie 899
Labour Sharan Tabari 877
Conservative Mehfuz Ahmed 523 26.5
Conservative Peter Prendergast 520
Conservative Christopher Lees 520
Liberal Democrats Shamsu Miah 411 20.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy 369
Liberal Democrats Winston Fletcher 325
Turnout 26.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Park
Hyde Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Batty 1,230 66.7
Conservative Colin Barrow 1,194
Conservative Jean-Paul Floru 1,176
Liberal Democrats Warren Edwardes 335 18.2
Liberal Democrats Jane Smithard 289
Labour Louis Al-Dhahir 278 15.1
Labour Corey Lee Koo 267
Liberal Democrats Esther Stansfield 264
Labour Joseph Ogden 260
Turnout 36.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Knightsbridge and Belgravia
Knightsbridge and Belgravia (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Blois 1,272 84.1
Conservative Philippa Roe 1,270
Conservative Anthony Devenish 1,263
Liberal Democrats Rachel Jagger 145 9.6
Liberal Democrats Elke Ulmer-Kracht 135
Liberal Democrats Patrick Leavey 131
Labour Josephine Abercrombie 95 6.3
Labour Margaret Cavalla 79
Labour Peter Cavalla 66
Turnout 25.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster Gate
Lancaster Gate (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Burbridge 1,270 64.7
Conservative Robert Davis 1,258
Conservative Simon Milton 1,218
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray 348 17.7
Labour Amia Ismail 346 17.6
Liberal Democrats Monica Wilson 335
Labour Tony Rea 330
Liberal Democrats Margaret Nicholson 326
Labour Victoria Wegg-Prosser 323
Turnout 24.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Little Venice
Little Venice (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melvyn Caplan 1,266 63.8
Conservative Margaret Doyle 1,248
Conservative Ian Adams 1,246
Labour David Obaze 405 20.4
Labour John Edwards 402
Labour Andrew Blick 399
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wardle 312 15.7
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Swan 281
Liberal Democrats Philip Wardle 271
Turnout 29.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Maida Vale
Maida Vale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jan Prendergast 1,489 64.2
Conservative Alastair Moss 1,406
Conservative Lee Rowley 1,357
Labour Mark Davies 535 23.1
Labour Peter Denton 522
Labour Adam Kravitz 497
Liberal Democrats Anne Couchman 294 12.7
Liberal Democrats Neville Farmer 263
Liberal Democrats Zena Lutrin 247
Turnout 33.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marylebone High Street
Marylebone High Street (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harvey Marshall 1,333 69.2
Conservative Mark Page 1,264
Conservative Michael Vearncombe 1,257
Labour Hugh Robertson 300 15.6
Liberal Democrats David Brewin 294 15.3
Liberal Democrats Dick Taverne 284
Labour Paul McDermott 274
Liberal Democrats Thomas Kiehl 269
Labour David Worton 233
Turnout 28.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Queen's Park
Queen's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie Taylor 1,156 52.5
Labour Mushtaq Qureshi 1,114
Labour Paul Dimoldenberg 1,113
Conservative Koysor Ahmed 660 29.9
Conservative Mian Afzal 644
Conservative Abeer Maghribi 563
Liberal Democrats James Oates 388 17.6
Liberal Democrats Susan Stephen 365
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bliss 356
Turnout 29.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park
Regent's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Astaire 1,441 65.8
Conservative Gwyneth Hampson 1,412
Conservative Timothy Joiner 1,386
Labour Seana De Carne 432 19.7
Labour Paul Thompson 401
Labour Francis Prideaux 367
Liberal Democrats Herbert Hartwell 317 14.5
Liberal Democrats Sophia Service 279
Liberal Democrats Marianne Taylor 262
Turnout 29.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St James's
St James's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Mitchell 1,304 64.0
Conservative Louise Hyams 1,290
Conservative Alexander Nicoll 1,216
Labour David Cole 372 18.3
Liberal Democrats Marie-Louise Rossi 360 17.7
Labour Mair Garside 343
Labour Owain Garside 335
Liberal Democrats David Hughes 307
Liberal Democrats John Stevens 305
Turnout 29.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tachbrook
Tachbrook (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Bradley 1,504 63.3
Conservative Angela Harvey 1,475
Conservative Nicholas Evans 1,464
Labour Hatty Cadman 494 20.8
Labour Markus Campbell-Savours 454
Labour William Thomson 451
Liberal Democrats Victoria Adamson 378 15.9
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hayes 327
Liberal Democrats David Wilks 285
Turnout 36.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Vincent Square
Vincent Square (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 1,596 64.7
Conservative Steven Summers 1,563
Conservative Danny Chalkley 1,544
Labour Gillian Guy 457 18.5
Labour Peter Heap 422
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lang 415 16.8
Labour Alen Mathewson 411
Liberal Democrats Janice Taverne 355
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Hobbins 354
Turnout 35.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warwick
Warwick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicola Aiken 1,608 70.5
Conservative Edward Argar 1,560
Conservative Christabel Flight 1,500
Liberal Democrats Anthony Brett-Jones 362 15.9
Labour Linda Davies 310 13.6
Liberal Democrats Melissa Foux 287
Labour Lynda Giddings 267
Liberal Democrats Panayiota Nicolaou 262
Labour Daphne Segre 261
Turnout 32.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West End
West End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glenys Roberts 1,011 50.5
Conservative Ian Wilder 958
Conservative Frixos Tombolis 883
Labour David Bieda 379 18.9
Labour Damian Dewhirst 298
Liberal Democrats Morag Beattie 275 13.7
Green Tristan Smith 271 13.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Steers 263
Labour Alon Or-Bach 261
Liberal Democrats Mark Blackburn 219
UKIP Colin Merton 67 3.3
Turnout 25.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Westbourne
Westbourne (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Boothroyd 891 42.7
Labour Vinod D'Cruz 837
Labour Papya Qureshi 750
Conservative Paul Miller 602 28.8
Conservative Robert Rigby 542
Conservative Flossy Keelson-Anfu 541
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Taylor 387 18.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Williams 321
Liberal Democrats Vera Williams 298
Independent Abdulla Dharamsi 209 10.0
Turnout 24.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "Local Election Results 2006 - Westminster". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. "Westminster City Council Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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