2006 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon Council Election, 2006

4 May 2006
All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Mike Fisher Tony Newman Party Conservative Labour Leader since 2005 2005 Leader's seat Shirley Woodside Last election 32 seats, 45.2% 37 seats, 38.0% Seats won 43 27 Seat change 11 10 Popular vote 49,341 28,534 Percentage 44.8% 25.9% Swing 0.4% 12.1%
Map of the results of the 2006 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Leader of the Council before election Tony Newman Labour Elected Leader Mike Fisher Conservative

Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party lost control of the council to the Conservative Party for the first time since 1994.

Election result

Croydon Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	11	0	+11	61.4	44.8	49,341	-0.4
	Labour	27	0	10	-10	38.6	25.9	28,534	-12.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0.0	13.4	14,778	+1.2
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.2	10,165	+8.9
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.1	3,405	+2.0
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	1,464	N/A
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	1,083	-0.7
	Pensions Action Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	406	N/A
	People's Choice	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	281	-0.9
	Croydon Ratepayers Against Croydon Council	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	229	N/A
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	177	N/A

Political make-up

Party political make-up of Croydon Council

	Party	Seats		Current Council
		2002	2006
	Conservatives	31	43
	Labour	37	27
	Lib Dems	1	0

Ward results

A-C

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Price	1,948	37.2
	Conservative	Maria Garcia de la Huerta	1,842
	Conservative	Russell Jackson	1,793
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	1,672	32.0
	Labour	Amanda Campbell	1,653
	Labour	Mark Watson	1,607
	Green	Mario Barnsley	850	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rogers	760	14.5
Majority			170
Turnout			4,437	40.0
Registered electors			11,087
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ashburton

Ashburton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay Frost	2,513	49.4
	Conservative	Eddy Arram	2,431
	Conservative	Avril Slipper	2,390
	Labour	Rona MacDonald	1,057	20.8
	Labour	Peter Spalding	971
	Labour	Jitinder Singh	904
	Green	Bernice Golberg	628	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nirma Ramful	550	10.8
	UKIP	Jeanette Nathan	336	6.6
Majority			1,333
Turnout			4,324	42.7
Registered electors			10,115
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Rajendran	1,846	48.0
	Labour	Paula Shaw	1,805
	Labour	Greta Sohoye	1,670
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	1,117	29.0
	Conservative	John Tooze	861
	Conservative	Alan Winborn	774
	Green	Susan Parsons	581	15.1
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	305	7.9
Turnout			3,407	32.9
Registered electors			10,333
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1,777	50.2
	Labour	Mike Selva	1,600
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed	1,576
	Conservative	Ian Parker	1,076	30.4
	Conservative	Patrick Ratnaraja	1,073
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	975
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Mohiuddin	513	14.5
	Communist	Peter Latham	177	5.0
Turnout			3,426	31.5
Registered electors			10,885
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Wright	3,393	61.5
	Conservative	Brian Udell	3,321
	Conservative	Terry Lenton	3,102
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Atkins	2,124	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hargrave	1,817
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Knight	1,765
Turnout			5,350	56.8
Registered electors			9,412
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coulsdon West

Coulsdon West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Osland	2,706	59.4
	Conservative	Gavin Barwell	2,685
	Conservative	Brian Cakebread	2,640
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Bristow	775	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Callen	745
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Glaister	627
	Labour	Sarah Ward	481	10.6
	Labour	Richard Ackland	475
	Labour	Lee Findell	435
	Green	Andrew Lindsay	429	9.4
	The People's Choice	Sheila Lockwood	168	3.7
Turnout			4,226	42.8
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croham

Croham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Gatland	2,590	51.2
	Conservative	Michael Neal	2,418
	Conservative	Jason Perry	2,378
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bishopp	861	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sheelagh Crampton	739
	Labour	Laura Doughty	722	14.3
	Labour	Paul Anderson	697
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Maxfield	609
	Green	Stephen Harris	569	11.2
	Labour	James Mburu	566
	UKIP	William Bailey	206	4.1
	The People's Choice	Evelyn Lane	113	2.2
	The People's Choice	Debra Cannam	112
	The People's Choice	Mark Samuel	96
Turnout			4,460	41.4
Registered electors			10,785
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

F-N

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vidhi Mohan	2,070	44.7
	Conservative	Susan Winborn	2,042
	Conservative	David Fitze	2,010
	Labour	Peter Horah	870	18.8
	Labour	Yvonne Gosling	834
	Labour	Dominic O'Donnell	807
	Liberal Democrats	Jill George	640	13.8
	Green	Julia Barnsley	629	13.6
	UKIP	Edwin Wigley	226	4.9
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	200	4.3
Turnout			3,808	37.6
Registered electors			10,127
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Hall	949	35.1
	Labour	Carole Bonner	862
	BNP	Matthew Bedford	692	25.6
	Conservative	Roland Petit	667	24.7
	Conservative	Andrew Stranack	477
	UKIP	Lynnda Robson	213	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Jefkins	180	6.7
Turnout			2,293	34.2
Registered electors			6,697
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Mead	3,076	62.7
	Conservative	Helen Pollard	2,936
	Conservative	Enley Taylor	2,749
	Labour	Sarah Jones	761	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cleary	654	13.3
	Labour	Moira O'Donnell	642
	Labour	Romney Tansley	598
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ladanyi	529
	UKIP	Andrew Paice	411	8.4
Turnout			4,405	44.7
Registered electors			9,863
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kenley

Kenley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Buttinger	2,631	57.5
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	2,530
	Conservative	Steve Hollands	2,523
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Catto	757	16.5
	Green	Tom Voute	729	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Evans	650
	Labour	Joy Prince	461	10.1
	Labour	Mohammed Mir	406
Turnout			4,367	41.7
Registered electors			10,473
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Addington

New Addington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Kirby	1,356	38.0
	Labour	George Ayres	1,257
	Conservative	Peter Kirby	1,046	29.3
	Conservative	Anthony Pearson	1,040
	BNP	Clifford May	772	21.6
	UKIP	Ian Edwards	256	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Offer	139	3.9
Turnout			3,228	44.8
Registered electors			7,198
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Norbury

Norbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Mansell	2,434	46.4
	Labour	Shafi Khan	2,428
	Labour	Sherwan Chowdhury	2,333
	Conservative	Gloria Hutchens	1,751	33.4
	Conservative	Tirena Gunter	1,679
	Conservative	Adam Kellett	1,557
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Held	553	10.5
	Green	Michael O'Sullivan	511	9.7
Turnout			4,784	43.6
Registered electors			10,978
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

P-S

Purley

Purley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bass	2,768	53.9
	Conservative	Derek Millard	2,631
	Conservative	Donald Speakman	2,488
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Austin	786	15.3
	Labour	Colin Bagnall	700	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Burnett	670
	Green	Simon Desorgher	599	11.7
	Labour	Maria Khan	528
	Labour	Suren Pandita	495
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	280	5.5
Turnout			4,159	41.0
Registered electors			10,161
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	3,567	72.7
	Conservative	Timothy Pollard	3,470
	Conservative	Yvette Hopley	3,447
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Howard	570	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Gauge	562
	Labour	Daniel Harvey	429	8.7
	Labour	Barry Buttigieg	393
	Labour	Tejinder Madhar	369
	UKIP	Alan Smith	338	6.9
Turnout			4,700	48.6
Registered electors			9,663
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selhurst

Selhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Godfrey	1,652	44.5
	Labour	Toni Letts	1,597
	Labour	Gerry Ryan	1,452
	Conservative	Margaret Bird	906	24.4
	Conservative	Audrey Terrey	893
	Conservative	William Proudfoot	861
	Green	Megan Braid-Pittordou	588	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Roulstone	570	15.3
Turnout			3,220	31.4
Registered electors			10,259
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Selsdon and Ballards

Selsdon and Ballards (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Bashford	3,396	67.9
	Conservative	Dudley Mead	3,357
	Conservative	Phil Thomas	3,215
	Liberal Democrats	John Jefkins	651	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Burnett	625
	Labour	Peter Hopson	535	10.7
	Labour	Rae Goonetilleke	451
	UKIP	Claire Smith	416	8.3
	Labour	Femi Yusoof	373
Turnout			4,719	50.4
Registered electors			9,355
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shirley

Shirley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Marshall	3,270	50.8
	Conservative	Richard Chatterjee	2,924
	Conservative	Mike Fisher	2,888
	Independent	Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya	1,083	16.8
	Labour	Norman Glass	896	13.9
	Labour	Mark Justice	869
	Labour	Lorraine Walters	799
	Liberal Democrats	Paul West	603	9.4
	Green	Ian Dixon	590	9.2
Turnout			5,014	48.1
Registered electors			10,422
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bennett	1,670	34.8
	Conservative	Luke Clancy	1,523
	Labour	Jane Avis	1,492	31.1
	Labour	Kathy Bee	1.393
	Labour	Andy Bagnall	1,385
	Conservative	Mohammed Quadir	1,271
	Green	Tim Fernandes-Bonnar	717	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	684	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	616
	UKIP	Brian Hutchings	233	4.9
Turnout			3,997	37.2
Registered electors			10,732
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

T-W

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Clouder	1,644	43.6
	Labour	Matthew Kyeremeh	1,427
	Labour	Louisa Woodley	1,421
	Conservative	Florence Evans	902	23.9
	Conservative	Melanie Hutchens	833
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Cope	819	21.7
	Conservative	Michele O'Connell	776
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Dering	697
	Liberal Democrats	Tomas Howard-Jones	638
	Green	Michael Tink	408	10.8
Turnout			3,445	31.5
Registered electors			10,920
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Askey	1,650	39.2
	Labour	Pat Ryan	1,637	38.9
	Conservative	George Filbey	1,566
	Labour	Alisa Flemming	1,561
	Conservative	Clare Hilley	1,489
	Labour	Ian Payne	1,461
	Green	Anna Martin	732	17.4
	Green	Shasha Khan	729
	Green	Tom Real	527
	UKIP	Joan Tyndall	185	4.4
Turnout			4,092	37.9
Registered electors			10,795
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Waddon

Waddon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Harris	2,335	43.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Driver	2,285
	Conservative	Simon Hoar	2,215
	Labour	Alison Butler	2,040	37.8
	Labour	Charlotte McAree	1,973
	Labour	Paul Smith	1,942
	Green	Mary Davey	485	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Hargrave	402	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Gauge	395
	Pensions Action Alliance	Eileen Daisley	135	2.5
	Pensions Action Alliance	Alan Crawley	133
	Pensions Action Alliance	Helen Crawley	117
Turnout			5,077	45.8
Registered electors			11,096
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	1,660	42.5
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	1,521
	Labour	Mike Mogul	1,387
	Conservative	Christina Blair	1,115	28.6
	Conservative	Mehmet Bezginsoy	919
	Conservative	Bilgin Duven	916
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmud Ahsanollah	590	15.1
	Green	Santheya Natarajan	539	13.8
Turnout			3,386	31.4
Registered electors			10,790
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodside

Woodside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Jewitt	1,463	33.9
	Labour	Tony Newman	1,415
	Labour	Paul Scott	1,225
	Conservative	Benjamin Grainger	1,178	27.3
	Conservative	Desmond Wright	1,059
	Conservative	Stephen Ghero	987
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia West	597	13.8
	Green	Ivonne Fernandes-Bonnar	581	13.5
	Pensions Action Alliance	David Young	271	6.3
	Croydon Ratepayers Against Croydon Council	Colin Cole	229	5.3
	Pensions Action Alliance	Daphne Akeroyd	211
	Pensions Action Alliance	John Akeroyd	168
Turnout			3,485	33.8
Registered electors			10,314
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wards

There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives, giving the newly elected council's political composition as:

Ward	Members elected in 2006
Addiscombe	Russell Jackson (Con)
	Andrew Price (Con)
	Maria Garcia de la Huerta (Con)
Ashburton	Lindsay Frost (Con)
	Eddy Arram (Con)
	Avril Slipper (Con)
Bensham Manor	Raj Rajendran (Lab)
	Greta Sohoye (Lab)
	Alison Butler (Lab)
Broad Green	Stuart Collins (Lab)
	Mike Selva (Lab)
	Manju Shahul-Hameed (Lab)
Coulsdon East	Christopher Wright (Con)
	Brian Udell (Con)
	Terry Lenton (Con)
Coulsdon West	David Osland (Con)
	Gavin Barwell (Con)
	Brian Cakebread (Con)
Croham	Maria Gatland (Con)
	Michael Neal (Con)
	Jason Perry (Con)
Fairfield	Vidhi Mohan (Con)
	Susan Winborn (Con)
	David Fitze (Con)
Fieldway	Simon Hall (Lab)
	Carole Bonner (Lab)
Heathfield	Margaret Mead (Con)
	Helen Pollard (Con)
	Enley Taylor (Con)
Kenley	Jan Buttinger (Con)
	Steve O'Connell (Con)
	Steve Hollands (Con)
New Addington	Brenda Kirby (Lab)
	George Ayres (Lab)
Norbury	Maggie Mansell (Lab)
	Shafi Khan (Lab)
	Sherwan Chowdhury (Lab)
Purley	Graham Bass (Con)
	Derek Millard (Con)
	Donald Speakman (Con)
Sanderstead	Lynne Hale (Con)
	Timothy Pollard (Con)
	Yvette Hopley (Con)
Selhurst	Timothy Godfrey (Lab)
	Toni Letts (Lab)
	Gerry Ryan (Lab)
Selsdon and Ballards	Dudley Mead (Con)
	Sara Bashford (Con)
	Phil Thomas (Con)
Shirley	Janet Marshall (Con)
	Richard Chatterjee (Con)
	Mike Fisher (Con)
South Norwood	Susan Bennett (Con)
	Luke Clancy (Con)
	Jane Avis (Lab)
Thornton Heath	Pat Clouder (Lab)
	Matthew Kyeremeh (Lab)
	Louisa Woodley (Lab)
Upper Norwood	Robert Askey (Con)
	Pat Ryan (Lab)
	George Filbey (Con)
Waddon	Tony Harris (Con)
	Jonathan Driver (Con)
	Simon Hoar (Con)
West Thornton	Raj Chandarana (Lab)
	Bernadette Khan (Lab)
	Mike Mogul (Con)
Woodside	Karen Jewitt (Lab)
	Tony Newman (Lab)
	Paul Scott (Lab)

References

• Election report from Croydon Council (Dead link)
• OMRLP Croydon Branch

External links

• Tories celebrate election victory Archived 15 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Croydon Advertiser, 5 May 2006.
• Labour kicked in the ballots, Croydon Guardian, 5 May 2006.
• In Search of Selsdon Man, The Guardian, 27 April 2006.
• Croydon Conservatives
• Croydon Labour councillors
• Croydon Co-operative Party
• Croydon Green Party