2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

• Liberal Democrat 30
• Labour 20
• Conservative 10

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	12	4	1	+3	60.0	41.6	21,065	-0.2%
	Labour	6	1	5	-4	30.0	33.4	16,877	+0.1%
	Conservative	2	1	0	+1	10.0	23.5	11,881	-0.6%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	660	+0.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	122	+0.2%

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 hold		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 hold		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

External links

• 2006 Rochdale results