title: 2006 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
text: # 2006 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
  
  Elections to Kingston upon Thames Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats held overall control, the first time any political party has retained control of the council since 1982.
  
  ## Election result
  
  Kingston upon Thames Local Election Result 2006 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | 25 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 52.0 | 38.5 | 18,875 | 8.9 |
  | Conservative | 21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 43.8 | 40.8 | 19,992 | 5.8 |
  | Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 4,822 | 1.9 |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 8.2 | 3,994 | 5.3 |
  | CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1,114 | 0.7 |
  | Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 95 | 0.2 | New |
  | Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 80 | New |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Alexandra
  
  Alexandra (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Richard Hudson | 1,453 | 45.4 | +5.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Berry* | 1,446 | 45.2 | -6.6 |
  | | Conservative | Ian George | 1,413 | 44.2 | +3.8 |
  | | Conservative | Andrea Knowles | 1,404 | 43.9 | +4.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Franks* | 1,376 | 43.0 | -4.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wydeeswaran Thayalan | 1,331 | 41.6 | -5.6 |
  | | Labour | Bill Bennett | 208 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
  | | Labour | Lawrence Green | 205 | 6.4 | -1.1 |
  | | Labour | Geoff Parnell | 172 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,211 | 51.0 | +8.2 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### Berrylands
  
  Berrylands (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Frances Moseley | 1,555 | 47.1 | +11.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert Steed | 1,456 | 44.1 | +8.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rohan Yoganathan | 1,400 | 42.4 | +7.9 |
  | | Conservative | Kevin Davis* | 1,394 | 42.2 | -7.1 |
  | | Conservative | David Booth* | 1,347 | 40.8 | -2.8 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Sartor | 1,337 | 40.5 | -3.2 |
  | | Green | William Dawbarn | 329 | 10.0 | N/A |
  | | Labour | Tom Cashman | 194 | 5.9 | -7.4 |
  | | Labour | John Lee | 172 | 5.2 | -7.9 |
  | | Labour | Sheilla Bhatti | 152 | 4.6 | -7.3 |
  | | CPA | Sarah Daniell | 97 | 2.9 | -1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,311 | 51.5 | +13.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Beverley
  
  Beverley (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Donald Jordan* | 1,398 | 46.8 | -8.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Simon James* | 1,391 | 46.5 | -7.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Derek Osbourne* | 1,385 | 46.3 | -9.5 |
  | | Conservative | Mike Head | 972 | 32.5 | +0.6 |
  | | Conservative | Rosemary Salusbury | 936 | 31.3 | -0.4 |
  | | Conservative | John Tuthill | 874 | 29.2 | -0.8 |
  | | Green | Christopher Walker | 416 | 13.9 | N/A |
  | | Labour | Max Freedman | 284 | 9.5 | +1.5 |
  | | Labour | Marian Darke | 275 | 9.2 | +1.8 |
  | | Labour | Duncan Braithwaite | 268 | 9.0 | +0.6 |
  | | CPA | Douglas Gibbons | 125 | 4.2 | +0.3 |
  | | CPA | Diana Glencross | 93 | 3.1 | N/A |
  | | CPA | Esther Stewart | 80 | 2.7 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,999 | 48.4 | +1.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Canbury
  
  Canbury (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Geoffrey Austin | 1,305 | 40.4 | +14.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Ryder-Mills | 1,290 | 39.9 | -3.7 |
  | | Conservative | David Glasscock | 1,254 | 38.8 | +14.3 |
  | | Conservative | Romana Chohan | 1,225 | 37.9 | +13.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lally Malik | 1,199 | 37.1 | -4.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Heap | 1,143 | 35.4 | -3.8 |
  | | Green | Carol Vagg | 543 | 16.8 | +8.0 |
  | | Labour | Norma Brewer | 403 | 12.5 | -11.1 |
  | | Labour | Richard Hyde | 358 | 11.1 | -11.0 |
  | | Labour | Christopher Priest | 347 | 10.7 | -11.1 |
  | | Socialist | Oliver Bond | 80 | 2.5 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,241 | 43.8 | +0.5 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### Chessington North and Hook
  
  Chessington North and Hook (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Reid* | 1,156 | 45.3 | -24.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sue Baker* | 1,143 | 44.8 | -23.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mary Reid* | 1,141 | 44.7 | -24.4 |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Day | 1,123 | 44.0 | +22.9 |
  | | Conservative | Irene Suckling | 992 | 38.9 | +18.9 |
  | | Conservative | Nithyalakshmy Kumpeson | 963 | 37.8 | +17.9 |
  | | Labour | Judith Cowley | 217 | 8.5 | +1.6 |
  | | Labour | Steve Kearney | 200 | 7.8 | +1.4 |
  | | Labour | Tony Cottrell | 191 | 7.5 | +1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,570 | 42.9 | +2.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Chessington South
  
  Chessington South (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Bamford* | 1,272 | 50.5 | -8.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Shiraz Mirza* | 1,216 | 48.2 | -4.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Kevin O'Connor | 1,170 | 46.4 | -9.7 |
  | | Conservative | Daniel Goodger | 916 | 36.3 | +7.3 |
  | | Conservative | Amanda Birch | 898 | 35.6 | +7.1 |
  | | Conservative | Malcolm Johnson | 800 | 31.7 | +3.4 |
  | | Labour | Pauline Kearney | 277 | 11.0 | +3.8 |
  | | Labour | Jeffrey Hanna | 263 | 10.4 | +3.1 |
  | | Labour | Shaun McLoughlin | 241 | 9.6 | +2.7 |
  | | Socialist Labour | John Hayball | 95 | 3.8 | N/A |
  | | CPA | Anthony May | 95 | 3.8 | +1.7 |
  | | CPA | Susan May | 79 | 3.1 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,208 | 46.6 | +7.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Coombe Hill
  
  Coombe Hill (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Robin Codd* | 1,726 | 69.0 | +2.6 |
  | | Conservative | David Edwards* | 1,663 | 66.5 | +2.0 |
  | | Conservative | Eric Humphrey* | 1,599 | 63.9 | +0.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Grender | 434 | 17.3 | -1.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Oates | 405 | 16.2 | -2.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Vijay Solanki | 343 | 13.7 | -4.5 |
  | | Green | James Humphreys | 251 | 10.0 | +3.9 |
  | | Labour | Roger Price | 231 | 9.2 | +1.6 |
  | | Labour | Wendy Malseed | 216 | 8.6 | +0.6 |
  | | Labour | Daljit Sehbai | 181 | 7.2 | +0.5 |
  | | CPA | Lydia Fowler | 83 | 3.3 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,502 | 38.0 | +6.8 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Coombe Vale
  
  Coombe Vale (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Adrian Holder | 1,624 | 51.4 | +10.5 |
  | | Conservative | James White | 1,596 | 50.5 | +9.6 |
  | | Conservative | Robert-John Tasker | 1,550 | 49.1 | +9.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Julie Haines* | 1,028 | 32.5 | -9.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Celia Osbourne | 922 | 29.2 | -12.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Jones | 832 | 26.3 | -12.8 |
  | | Green | Nighat Taimuri | 291 | 9.2 | +5.5 |
  | | Labour | Daniel Haynes | 276 | 8.7 | +2.0 |
  | | Labour | Nora Pearce | 239 | 7.6 | +1.2 |
  | | Labour | Helen Williams | 237 | 7.5 | +3.0 |
  | | CPA | Peter Flower | 222 | 7.0 | -0.5 |
  | | CPA | David Campanale | 152 | 4.8 | -2.5 |
  | | CPA | Paul Jacobs | 107 | 3.4 | -3.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,165 | 51.2 | +3.2 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Grove
  
  Grove (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Christine Hitchcock* | 1,186 | 47.8 | -10.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rachel O'Connor | 1,059 | 42.7 | -15.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bart Ricketts* | 1,000 | 40.3 | -13.0 |
  | | Conservative | Terence Bowers | 881 | 35.5 | +7.5 |
  | | Conservative | David Salisbury | 814 | 32.8 | +5.4 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Mentz | 782 | 31.5 | +5.3 |
  | | Green | Terry James | 452 | 18.2 | +11.5 |
  | | Labour | Amanda Fitzgerald | 231 | 9.3 | +2.8 |
  | | Labour | Margaret Oldroyd | 205 | 8.3 | +2.8 |
  | | Labour | Laurie South | 203 | 8.2 | +2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,491 | 38.5 | +2.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Norbiton
  
  Norbiton (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Steven Mama* | 971 | 39.0 | -3.6 |
  | | Labour | Sheila Griffin* | 944 | 37.9 | +0.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Shelton | 925 | 37.1 | +4.8 |
  | | Labour | Nick Parrott | 914 | 36.7 | -2.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Tilley | 805 | 32.3 | +2.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Bamford | 788 | 31.6 | +2.1 |
  | | Conservative | Leslie Blake | 463 | 18.6 | +1.0 |
  | | Conservative | Jane Cox | 410 | 16.5 | +0.2 |
  | | Conservative | Gavin French | 401 | 16.1 | -2.4 |
  | | Green | Martin Hall | 316 | 12.7 | +5.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,494 | 43.5 | +7.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Old Malden
  
  Old Malden (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | David Fraser | 1,555 | 47.0 | +13.7 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Amson | 1,480 | 44.8 | +10.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian McDonald* | 1,471 | 44.5 | -14.5 |
  | | Conservative | Geoffrey Clements | 1,464 | 44.3 | +24.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ghazala Hayat* | 1,395 | 42.2 | -11.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mary Watts | 1,272 | 38.5 | -17.5 |
  | | Labour | Robert Kellett | 241 | 7.3 | +1.8 |
  | | Labour | George Pearson | 223 | 6.7 | +1.2 |
  | | Labour | Francis White | 191 | 5.8 | +0.6 |
  | | CPA | Roger Glencross | 134 | 4.1 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,322 | 50.6 | +7.5 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### St James
  
  St James (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Mary Clark | 1,689 | 59.1 | +11.4 |
  | | Conservative | Howard Jones* | 1,603 | 56.1 | +11.3 |
  | | Conservative | Kenneth Smith | 1,580 | 55.3 | +15.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Iris Grender | 773 | 27.0 | -14.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert Eyre-Brook | 732 | 25.6 | -12.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Goodship | 704 | 24.6 | -14.4 |
  | | Labour | Iris Clifford | 316 | 11.1 | +0.6 |
  | | Labour | Gerry Jones | 301 | 10.5 | +3.4 |
  | | Labour | John Knowles | 258 | 9.0 | +1.1 |
  | | CPA | Eleanor Glencross | 103 | 3.6 | -1.6 |
  | | CPA | Philippa Glencross | 83 | 2.9 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,875 | 47.3 | +9.5 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### St Mark's
  
  St Mark's (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Shard* | 1,448 | 53.4 | -17.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Barry O'Mahony* | 1,403 | 51.7 | -18.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mylvaganam Yoganathan* | 1,389 | 51.2 | -17.2 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Burden | 879 | 32.4 | +10.4 |
  | | Conservative | David Hutchinson | 864 | 31.8 | +10.6 |
  | | Conservative | James Pirret | 844 | 31.1 | +9.9 |
  | | Green | Wayne George | 388 | 14.3 | N/A |
  | | Labour | Sandra Coombs | 170 | 6.3 | +1.0 |
  | | Labour | Katie Hill | 163 | 6.0 | +1.1 |
  | | Labour | Niranjan Jayasundera | 117 | 4.3 | -0.4 |
  | | CPA | Mark Newell | 57 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,720 | 37.3 | +1.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Surbiton Hill
  
  Surbiton Hill (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Nicholas Kilby | 1,578 | 51.6 | +7.7 |
  | | Conservative | Janet Bowen-Hitchings* | 1,570 | 51.3 | +6.4 |
  | | Conservative | Paul Johnston* | 1,511 | 49.4 | +6.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adam Melville | 959 | 31.4 | -8.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Helen Thorne | 900 | 29.4 | +9.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Umesh Parekh | 790 | 25.8 | -11.5 |
  | | Green | David Barnsdale | 444 | 14.5 | N/A |
  | | Labour | David Cooper | 286 | 9.3 | -3.8 |
  | | Labour | Michael Cowley | 245 | 8.0 | -4.0 |
  | | Labour | Rosemary Vase | 243 | 7.9 | -3.7 |
  | | CPA | Kenneth Scrimshaw | 97 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,063 | 44.2 | +9.7 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Tolworth and Hook Rise
  
  Tolworth and Hook Rise (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rolson Davies* | 1,724 | 63.1 | +4.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Vicki Harris* | 1,619 | 59.2 | +3.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lee* | 1,563 | 57.2 | +3.1 |
  | | Conservative | Susan Hudson | 690 | 25.2 | +6.7 |
  | | Conservative | Mavis Cracknell | 682 | 25.0 | +6.6 |
  | | Conservative | Maureen Hutchinson | 647 | 23.7 | +5.3 |
  | | Labour | Anna Ring | 215 | 7.9 | -10.8 |
  | | Labour | Gabriel Abulafia | 214 | 7.8 | -10.6 |
  | | Labour | Peter Walker | 193 | 7.1 | -11.1 |
  | | CPA | Doreen Scrimshaw | 101 | 3.7 | +0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,749 | 42.6 | +0.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Tudor
  
  Tudor (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | David Cunningham* | 1,744 | 58.0 | +0.2 |
  | | Conservative | Dennis Doe* | 1,609 | 53.5 | -1.2 |
  | | Conservative | Frank Thompson* | 1,569 | 52.1 | -0.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Fran Coyne | 810 | 26.9 | +3.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard Lillicrap | 722 | 24.0 | -0.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Susan Goodship | 669 | 22.2 | +0.9 |
  | | Green | Helen Pitchforth | 564 | 18.7 | +9.2 |
  | | Labour | Michael Butcher | 302 | 10.0 | -1.2 |
  | | Labour | Brian Morris | 250 | 8.3 | -3.2 |
  | | Labour | Warren Kloman | 183 | 6.1 | -4.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,014 | 47.7 | +7.8 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  