Croydon Council election 2006
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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
.
on May 4, 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:
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were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
lost control of the council to the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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Election result
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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 electionLondon local elections 2006
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....
on May 4, 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 (Lab) | |
| Fairfield | Vidhi Mohan (Con) |
| Susan Winborn (Con) | |
| David Fitze (Con) | |
| Fieldway | Simon Hall (Lab) |
| Carole Bonner (Lab) | |
| Heathfield | Linda Bailey (Con) |
| Sharon Massey (Con) | |
| Andy John Waters (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) | |
| Toni Letts (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) | |
External links
- Tories celebrate election victory, Croydon AdvertiserCroydon AdvertiserThe Croydon Advertiser is a weekly newspaper covering the London Borough of Croydon, South London, and surrounding areas. It is the third-highest selling paid-for weekly paper in London...
, 5 May 2006. - Labour kicked in the ballots, Croydon GuardianCroydon GuardianThe Croydon Guardian is a weekly free local newspaper covering the London Borough of Croydon, South London, and surrounding areas. The newspaper is published once a week, every Wednesday, and is distributed free of charge in the borough of Croydon. It is sold for 50p at newsagents and other shops...
, 5 May 2006. - In Search of Selsdon Man, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 27 April 2006. - Croydon Conservatives
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