2006 Tamworth Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2006 Tamworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.3%

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 21
• Labour 8
• Independent 1

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	5	0	+5	80.0	50.9	9,425	+7.9%
	Labour	2	0	5	-5	20.0	41.5	7,673	+4.2%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	7.6	1,402	-3.7%

Ward results

Amington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Garner	1,136	56.6	+9.2
	Labour	Timothy Healy	870	43.4	+9.9
Majority			266	13.2	−0.7
Turnout			2,006	33.1	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Summers	921	57.0	+20.2
	Labour	Nigel Brindley	694	43.0	+8.2
Majority			227	14.0	+12.0
Turnout			1,615	29.2	+0.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bolehall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Norchi	1,111	61.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Andrew James	701	38.7	−4.8
Majority			410	22.6	+9.6
Turnout			1,812	33.4	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Ingley	1,017	50.3	+6.9
	Labour	Marion Couchman	757	37.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	246	12.2	−8.5
Majority			260	12.8	+5.2
Turnout			2,020	35.7	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Glascote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Peaple	728	53.6	+14.8
	Conservative	Debra James	630	46.4	+22.3
Majority			98	7.2	+5.5
Turnout			1,358	23.9	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Mercian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Boughton	833	42.0	−0.1
	Labour	William Fuller	671	33.8	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Blake	479	24.2	+2.2
Majority			162	8.2	+1.9
Turnout			1,983	37.0	−0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Gant	1,116	50.7	−0.5
	Labour	Karen Hirons	726	33.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blake	360	16.3	−2.7
Majority			390	17.7	−3.6
Turnout			2,202	39.5	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Pritchard	827	56.7	+20.9
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	632	43.3	+12.1
Majority			195	13.4	+10.6
Turnout			1,459	25.0	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Oates	1,109	54.4	+5.7
	Labour	David Foster	613	30.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	317	15.5	−6.9
Majority			496	24.3	+4.5
Turnout			2,039	34.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Bates	1,135	56.6	+6.4
	Labour	Mary Lewis	871	43.4	−6.4
Majority			264	13.2	+12.8
Turnout			2,006	31.4	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2006 Tamworth election result
• Ward results