2006 London local elections

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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 London Conservatives slightly increased their vote share, made 131 council seat gains and won control of 6 new councils, while London Labour saw its vote share decline by 6% and lost 8 councils and 182 seats. The 2006 result was one of Labour's worst local election results in London, with its share of the vote (27.9%), its number of council seats (684) and number of councils (7) all at their lowest levels since 1968. Conversely, the Conservatives won the most seats, the most councils and the most votes in London for the first time since 1982.

The Labour decline was also accompanied by a rise in the number of minor party councillors, mostly concentrated in specific local authorities. Respect won 15 council seats, the British National Party won 14 and the London Green Party won 12. The Christian Peoples Alliance and the Socialist Party also won two seats each. In total, the election saw 76 minor party or independent councillors elected in London, a figure which remains the highest on record.

Altogether, minor parties and independents won 17% of the vote, the highest ever vote share for 'other' parties until the local elections of 2014.

Results summary

Party^[1]^[2]		Votes won	% votes	Change	Seats	% seats	Change	Councils	Change
	Conservative	746,177	34.9	+0.8	785	42.2	+133	14	+6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	596,570	27.9	-6.0	684	36.8	-182	7	-8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	443,772	20.7	+0.1	316	17.0	+9	3	±0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	169,160	7.9	+2.4	12	0.6	+11	0	±0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	38,662	1.8	n/a	15	0.8	+15	0	±0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	21,625	1.0	+0.6	14	0.8	+14	0	±0
	Others	123,713	5.8	+0.4	35	1.9	+2	0	±0
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Turnout: 2,284,882 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 38.9% (+7.1%).^[3]

Council results

Council	Previous control		Result
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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.^[4]

London local elections 2006 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Gain/loss
	Script error: No such module "political party".	785	+132
	Script error: No such module "political party".	685	-181
	Script error: No such module "political party".	317	+8
	Script error: No such module "political party".	15	+12
	Script error: No such module "political party".	14	+14
	Script error: No such module "political party".	12	+10
	Script error: No such module "political party".	3	+2
	Script error: No such module "political party".	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
Hackney	Jules Pipe (Labour)	Jules Pipe (Labour)
Lewisham	Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)	Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
Newham	Robin Wales (Labour)	Robin Wales (Labour)

Ward result maps

London-wide

The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.

2006 London local elections results map

By borough

Barking and Dagenham 2006 results map

Barking and Dagenham 2006 results map
Barnet 2006 results map

Barnet 2006 results map
Bexley 2006 results map

Bexley 2006 results map
Brent 2006 results map

Brent 2006 results map
Bromley 2006 results map

Bromley 2006 results map
Camden 2006 results map

Camden 2006 results map
Croydon 2006 results map

Croydon 2006 results map
Ealing 2006 results map

Ealing 2006 results map
Enfield 2006 results map

Enfield 2006 results map
Greenwich 2006 results map

Greenwich 2006 results map
Hackney 2006 results map

Hackney 2006 results map
Hammersmith and Fulham 2006 results map

Hammersmith and Fulham 2006 results map
Haringey 2006 results map

Haringey 2006 results map
Harrow 2006 results map

Harrow 2006 results map
Havering 2006 results map

Havering 2006 results map
Hillingdon 2006 results map

Hillingdon 2006 results map
Hounslow 2006 results map

Hounslow 2006 results map
Islington 2006 results map

Islington 2006 results map
Kensington and Chelsea 2006 results map

Kensington and Chelsea 2006 results map
Kingston upon Thames 2006 results map

Kingston upon Thames 2006 results map
Lambeth 2006 results map

Lambeth 2006 results map
Lewisham 2006 results map

Lewisham 2006 results map
Merton 2006 results map

Merton 2006 results map
Newham 2006 results map

Newham 2006 results map
Redbridge 2006 results map

Redbridge 2006 results map
Richmond upon Thames 2006 results map

Richmond upon Thames 2006 results map
Southwark 2006 results map

Southwark 2006 results map
Sutton 2006 results map

Sutton 2006 results map
Tower Hamlets 2006 results map

Tower Hamlets 2006 results map
Waltham Forest 2006 results map

Waltham Forest 2006 results map
Wandsworth 2006 results map

Wandsworth 2006 results map
Westminster 2006 results map

Westminster 2006 results map

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2006 London local elections

Contents

Results summary

Council results

Overall councillor numbers

Mayoral results

Ward result maps

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References

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