2006 Westminster City Council election

2006 Westminster City Council election
All 60 seats to Westminster City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	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;

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]

Election result

Westminster Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	48	80.0	56.4	24,190	0.9
Labour	12	20.0	23.7	10,172	4.3
Liberal Democrats	0	0.0	16.5	7,059	3.1
Green	0	0.0	1.5	623	0.0
Respect	0	0.0	1.3	565	New
Independent	0	0.0	0.5	209	New
UKIP	0	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

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

[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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