title: 2006 Plymouth City Council election
text: # 2006 Plymouth City Council election
  
  The 2006 Plymouth City Council election was held on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election on the day, with an additional seat in Southway Ward remaining vacant until a by-election on 22 June. After the election, Labour were reduced to 28 out of the 56 filled seats, thus temporarily losing control of the council to No Overall Control. However, Labour won the Southway by-election on 22 June, thus restoring their overall control of the council.
  
  ## Overall results
  
  2006 Plymouth City Council Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 63.2 | 39.6% | 24,088 |
  | | Labour | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 36.8 | 27.9% | 16,988 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 19.5% | 11,864 |
  | | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 6.3% | 3,835 |
  | | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.0% | 2,422 |
  | | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.5% | 1,495 |
  | | Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2% | 112 |
  | Total | Total | 19 | | | | | | 60,804 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Budshead
  
  Budshead 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Grant Monahan | 1,260 | 37.8% |
  | | Labour | Bill Coleman | 1,052 | 31.5% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Janet Crocker | 541 | 16.2% |
  | | UKIP | Carole Bragg | 483 | 14.5% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 6.2% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,336 | 35.7% |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Compton
  
  Compton 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ted Fry | 1,830 | 51.3% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Steven Smith | 840 | 23.6% |
  | | Labour | Thomas Taylor | 549 | 15.4% |
  | | Green | Nicola Bannon | 345 | 9.7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 990 | 27.8% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,564 | 38.5% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Devonport
  
  Devonport 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | William Stevens | 968 | 34.5% |
  | | Conservative | Jim Bell | 802 | 28.6% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Radmore | 396 | 14.1% |
  | | Independent | William Goffin | 363 | 12.9% |
  | | Green | Wendy Miller | 163 | 5.8% |
  | | Respect | Andrew Symons | 112 | 4.0% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 5.9% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,804 | 29.3% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Drake
  
  Drake 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Steven Ricketts | 488 | 30.4% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Christina MacCullie | 361 | 22.5% |
  | | Labour | Mark Coker | 323 | 20.1% |
  | | Independent | David Santillo | 317 | 19.8% |
  | | Green | Colin Bannon | 116 | 7.2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 7.9% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,605 | 26.5% |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
  
  ### Efford and Lipson
  
  Efford and Lipson 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Andrew Kerswell | 1,149 | 37.9% |
  | | Conservative | Mary Orchard | 885 | 29.2% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lilli Miller | 715 | 23.6% |
  | | Green | Tean Mitchell | 284 | 9.4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 8.7% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,033 | 31.8% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Eggbuckland
  
  Eggbuckland 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ian Bowyer | 1,624 | 39.8% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lee Finn | 1,037 | 25.4% |
  | | Labour | Debbie Roche | 921 | 22.6% |
  | | UKIP | Malcolm Hipwell | 355 | 8.7% |
  | | Green | Colin Trier | 139 | 3.4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 587 | 14.4% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,076 | 41.1% |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Ham
  
  Ham 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ian Gordon | 1,233 | 39.5% |
  | | Conservative | Lynda Bowyer | 753 | 24.2% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Goldthorp | 498 | 16.0% |
  | | UKIP | Julia Langmaid | 479 | 15.4% |
  | | Green | Melanie Roach | 155 | 5.0% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 480 | 15.4% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,118 | 32.4% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Honicknowle
  
  Honicknowle 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Pauline Purnell | 1,191 | 38.7% |
  | | Conservative | Eileen Willey | 666 | 21.7% |
  | | UKIP | Michael Parr | 626 | 20.4% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Hirst | 593 | 19.3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | 17.1% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,076 | 31.0% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Moor View
  
  Moor View 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Michael Foster | 1,320 | 40.3% |
  | | Labour | Michael Fox | 1,214 | 37.1% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Shepherdson | 740 | 22.6% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 3.2% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,274 | 35.3% |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Peverell
  
  Peverell 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Martin Leaves | 2,219 | 54.4% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Earl | 861 | 21.1% |
  | | Labour | Anthony Portman | 617 | 15.1% |
  | | Green | Don Allen | 381 | 9.3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,358 | 33.3% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,078 | 41.1% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Plympton Chaddlewood
  
  Plympton Chaddlewood 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Glenn Jordan | 964 | 55.5% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert McVicar | 457 | 26.3% |
  | | Labour | Ross Burns | 315 | 18.1% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 507 | 29.2% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,736 | 28.9% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Plympton St Mary
  
  Plympton St Mary 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | David James | 1,862 | 48.0% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Rowe | 928 | 23.9% |
  | | UKIP | James Sanderson | 548 | 14.1% |
  | | Labour | John Sewell | 538 | 13.9% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | 24.1% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,876 | 40.3% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Plymstock Dunstone
  
  Plymstock Dunstone 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Vivien Pengelly | 2,434 | 62.7% |
  | | Labour | Simon Barrett | 543 | 14.0% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Steven Turner | 539 | 13.9% |
  | | UKIP | Hugh Williams | 366 | 9.4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,891 | 48.7% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,882 | 39.9% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Plymstock Radford
  
  Plymstock Radford 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Wendy Foster | 1,801 | 48.0% |
  | | Independent | Roger Dodd | 656 | 17.5% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Justin Robbins | 453 | 12.1% |
  | | Labour | John Davey | 442 | 11.8% |
  | | UKIP | Alan Skuse | 401 | 10.7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,145 | 30.5% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,753 | 39.8% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### St Budeaux
  
  St Budeaux 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sallyanne Letcher | 1,178 | 40.0% |
  | | Conservative | Brian Roberts | 681 | 23.1% |
  | | UKIP | Thomas Williams | 577 | 19.6% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Raymond McSweeney | 506 | 17.2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | 16.9% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,942 | 31.7% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### St Peter and the Waterfront
  
  St Peter and the Waterfront 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Susan McDonald | 1,058 | 37.7% |
  | | Conservative | Sally Stephens | 928 | 33.0% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Janes | 460 | 16.4% |
  | | Green | Clare O'Neill | 205 | 7.3% |
  | | Independent | Jo Jo | 159 | 5.7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | 4.6% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,810 | 30.8% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Southway
  
  Southway 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Thomas Browne | 1,400 | 40.2% |
  | | Labour | James Kirk | 1,371 | 39.4% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Terrance O'Connor | 712 | 20.4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 0.8% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,483 | 37.4% |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Stoke
  
  Stoke 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Jill Dolan | 1,358 | 39.0% |
  | | Labour | Mark Lowry | 1,232 | 35.4% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Emma Swann | 552 | 15.9% |
  | | Green | Hannah Ross | 338 | 9.7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | 3.6% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,480 | 36.4% |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Sutton and Mount Gould
  
  Sutton and Mount Gould 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mary Aspinall | 1,094 | 38.0% |
  | | Conservative | Edmund Shillabeer | 813 | 28.2% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter York | 675 | 23.5% |
  | | Green | Louise Parker | 296 | 10.3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 281 | 9.8% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,878 | 30.4% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  