2006 Redditch Borough Council election

2006 elections to Redditch Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
Redditch Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 5 0 2 -2 50.0 34.3 6,449 -4.7%
  Conservative 4 1 0 +1 40.0 40.2 7,564 +2.6%
  BNP 1 1 0 +1 10.0 4.7 890 +4.7%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 20.7 3,894 -1.6%

Ward results
Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin MacMillan 578 34.7
Labour Alan Mason 545 32.7
Liberal Democrats John Stanley 543 32.6
Majority 33 2.0
Turnout 1,666 42.0 -3.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Astwood Bank & Feckenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Chalk 1,112 63.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Pollard 337 19.1
Labour Robin King 312 17.7
Majority 775 44.0
Turnout 1,761 40.1 -1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Batchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Betty Passingham 787 43.5
Conservative Dawn Shanahan 697 38.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hennessey 325 18.0
Majority 90 5.0
Turnout 1,809 31.9 +2.4
Labour hold Swing
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Taylor 832 49.4
Conservative Paul Swansborough 606 36.0
Liberal Democrats Adam Isherwood 247 14.7
Majority 226 13.4
Turnout 1,685 39.5 +0.9
Labour hold Swing
Church Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hunt 865 45.1
Conservative Jason Allbutt 626 32.6
Liberal Democrats David Gee 428 22.3
Majority 239 12.5
Turnout 1,919 32.0 -1.2
Labour hold Swing
Crabbs Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smith 1,014 61.6
Labour Richard Timney 344 20.9
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Cummings 288 17.5
Majority 670 40.7
Turnout 1,646 37.9 +0.6
Conservative hold Swing
Greenlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phiip Mould 822 45.9
Conservative Kathleen Banks 605 33.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pitt 365 20.4
Majority 217 12.1
Turnout 1,792 30.1 +1.1
Labour hold Swing
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Boyd-Carpenter 1,276 52.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Ashall 682 27.8
Labour John Fisher 494 20.1
Majority 594 24.2
Turnout 2,452 36.7 +0.0
Conservative hold Swing
Lodge Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Fry 570 46.3
Conservative Gordon Craig 437 35.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Webster 225 18.3
Majority 133 10.8
Turnout 1,232 34.1 -1.3
Labour hold Swing
Winyates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP David Enderby 890 31.4
Labour Albert Wharrad 878 31.0
Conservative Anita Clayton 613 21.6
Liberal Democrats Karen Weston 454 16.0
Majority 12 0.4
Turnout 2,835 44.0 +7.9
BNP gain from Labour Swing

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