London local elections, 2006

London local elections, 2006

4 May 2006
All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs
First party Second party Third party   Menzies Campbell Leader David Cameron Tony Blair Menzies Campbell Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Leader since 6 December 2005 21 July 1994 2 March 2006 Councils 14 7 3 Councils +/– 6 8 0 Councillors 785 685 317 Councillors +/– 132 181 8

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London borough councils by political control following election

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 May 2006. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.

All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2002.

Council results

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Barking and Dagenham		Labour		Labour	Details
Barnet		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Bexley		Labour		Conservative	Details
Brent		Labour		No overall control	Details
Bromley		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Camden		Labour		No overall control	Details
Croydon		Labour		Conservative	Details
Ealing		Labour		Conservative	Details
Enfield		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Greenwich		Labour		Labour	Details
Hackney		Labour		Labour	Details
Hammersmith and Fulham		Labour		Conservative	Details
Haringey		Labour		Labour	Details
Harrow		No overall control		Conservative	Details
Havering		No overall control		Conservative	Details
Hillingdon		No overall control		Conservative	Details
Hounslow		Labour		No overall control	Details
Islington		Liberal Democrat		No overall control	Details
Kensington and Chelsea		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Kingston upon Thames		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat	Details
Lambeth		No overall control		Labour	Details
Lewisham		Labour		No overall control	Details
Merton		Labour		No overall control	Details
Newham		Labour		Labour	Details
Redbridge		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Richmond upon Thames		Conservative		Liberal Democrat	Details
Southwark		No overall control		No overall control	Details
Sutton		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat	Details
Tower Hamlets		Labour		Labour	Details
Waltham Forest		No overall control		No overall control	Details
Wandsworth		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Westminster		Conservative		Conservative	Details

Overall councillor numbers

The largest party in terms of councils and councillors became the Conservative Party after this election, with losses by the Labour Party and a small increase in share of the vote to the Liberal Democrats. Smaller national parties made significant gains, with the British National Party and Respect having the second-largest number of councillors in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Tower Hamlets (respectively). The Green Party also saw its gains concentrated on one area to achieve the third most councillors in the London Borough of Lewisham. Scattered across boroughs, unaffiliated residents groups won 24 council seats.

London local elections 2006 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Net Gain/Loss
	Conservative	785	+132
	Labour	685	-181
	Liberal Democrat	317	+8
	Respect	15	+12
	BNP	13	+13
	Green	12	+10
	Christian Peoples	3	+2
	Socialist Alternative	2	0
	Local	24
	Independent	5

Mayoral results

In three London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.

Mayoralty	2002		2006
Hackney #E4003B	Jules Pipe (Labour) #E4003B	Jules Pipe (Labour)
Lewisham #E4003B	Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) #E4003B	Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
Newham #E4003B	Robin Wales (Labour) #E4003B	Robin Wales (Labour)

Borough result maps

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  Barking and Dagenham 2006 results map

• Barnet UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Barnet 2006 results map

• Bexley London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Bexley 2006 results map

• Brent London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Brent 2006 results map

• Bromley London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Bromley 2006 results map

• Camden UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Camden 2006 results map

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  Croydon 2006 results map

• Ealing London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Ealing 2006 results map

• Enfield UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Enfield 2006 results map

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  Greenwich 2006 results map

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  Hackney 2006 results map

• Hammersmith and Fulham London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Hammersmith and Fulham 2006 results map

• Haringey London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Haringey 2006 results map

• Harrow London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Harrow 2006 results map

• Havering London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Havering 2006 results map

• Hillingdon London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Hillingdon 2006 results map

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  Hounslow 2006 results map

• Islington UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Islington 2006 results map

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  Kensington and Chelsea 2006 results map

• Kingston upon Thames London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Kingston upon Thames 2006 results map

• Lambeth London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Lambeth 2006 results map

• Lewisham London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Lewisham 2006 results map

• Merton London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Merton 2006 results map

• Newham London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Newham 2006 results map

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  Redbridge 2006 results map

• Richmond upon Thames London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Richmond upon Thames 2006 results map

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  Southwark 2006 results map

• Sutton London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Sutton 2006 results map

• Tower Hamlets London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Tower Hamlets 2006 results map

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  Waltham Forest 2006 results map

• Wandsworth London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Wandsworth 2006 results map

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  Westminster 2006 results map

• Greater London UK local election 2006 map.svg

  Greater London 2006 results map

References

• http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2006.htm
• http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/2006schedule.cfm
• www.alg.gov.uk, by the Association of London Government, 15 February 2006, retrieved 12 March 2006.
• "Party leaders put to the test with a capital campaign", by Patrick Wintour and Hugh Muir, The Guardian, Friday 17 February 2006, retrieved 12 March 2006.
• http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2006/02/17/london_boroughs_1702.pdf