Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

The 2006 Gateshead Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, in England. It was held on the same day as other English local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with the poll coming two years after boundary changes in the previous election which had necessitated the whole council facing voters at once. The Labour Party retained control, and a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in Winlaton and High Spen was the only change in the level of party representation on the council. Turnout was 37.0%, lower than the 47.7% achieved in 2004. In total, 79 candidates stood for election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also eight British National Party candidates, one United Kingdom Independence Party candidate and four independents.

Overall result

Gateshead Council election, 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	42		1	−1	63.6	44.6	23,678
	Liberal Democrat	23	1		+1	34.8	37.5	19,925
	Liberal	1			0	1.5	2.8	1,483
	Conservative	0			0	0	9.6	5,083
	BNP	0			0	0	3.7	1,941
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.3	143
	Independent	0			0	0	1.7	885

Ward results

Birtley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Foy (incumbent)	1,161	51.5
	Liberal	Betty Gallon	916	40.6
	Conservative	Andrea Gatiss	179	7.9
Majority			245	10.9%
Voter turnout			35.8%%
	Labour hold

Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathryn Ferdinand (incumbent)	1,175	56.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gardner	726	34.7
	Conservative	Mark Anthony Watson	194	9.3
Majority			449	21.4%
Voter turnout			31.4%%
	Labour hold

Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angela Armstrong	858	54.3
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Stanley Allen	323	20.5
	BNP	Kevin Robert Bell	219	13.9
	Conservative	Adrian Anderson	179	11.3
Majority			535	33.9%
Voter turnout			30.9%%
	Labour hold

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen Chaplin (incumbent)	1,738	58.5
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Callender	995	33.5
	Conservative	Allan Davidson	236	7.9
Majority			743	25.0%
Voter turnout			41.8%%
	Labour hold

Chowdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen Goldsworthy (incumbent)	1,357	51.0
	Liberal Democrat	Glenys Marie Goodwill	720	27.1
	Conservative	Michael Anthony Crossman	579	21.8
Majority			637	24.0%
Voter turnout			37.5%%
	Labour hold

Crawcrook and Greenside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Elizabeth Danys (incumbent)	1,463	53.8
	Labour	Helen Elizabeth Hughes	1,049	38.6
	Conservative	Leonard Davidson	207	7.6
Majority			414	15.2%
Voter turnout			41.2%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Deckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Gannon (incumbent)	1,014	49.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Michael Mariner Johnson	453	22.3
	BNP	Kevin Scott	332	16.3
	Conservative	Trevor Charles Murray	232	11.4
Majority			561	27.6%
Voter turnout			30.9%%
	Labour hold

Dunston and Teams
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick John Rice (incumbent)	984	54.3
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Robson	321	17.7
	BNP	Terrence Jopling	242	13.3
	Conservative	Ada Callanan	162	8.9
	Independent	Robert David Latham	104	5.7
Majority			663	36.6%
Voter turnout			30.3%%
	Labour hold

Dunston Hill and Whickham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Allison Elizabeth Ilderton Chatto (incumbent)	1,535	51.2
	Labour	Gary Robert Haley	1,203	40.1
	Conservative	John Callanan	262	8.7
Majority			332	11.1%
Voter turnout			44.2%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Felling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Dick (incumbent)	1,067	61.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Paul Lucas	319	18.4
	BNP	Keith Edward McFarlane	203	11.7
	Conservative	John Steven Wraith	144	8.3
Majority			748	43.1%
Voter turnout			30.4%%
	Labour hold

High Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Richmond (incumbent)	1,031	56.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ann McCarthy	300	16.4
	Conservative	June Murray	182	9.9
	BNP	Ronald William Fairlamb	174	9.5
	UKIP	William James Edward Batty	143	7.8
Majority			731	39.9%
Voter turnout			29.3%%
Rejected ballots			4
	Labour hold

Lamesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Kelly Foy	1,217	50.0
	Liberal	Andrew Colin Dixon	567	23.3
	Independent	Brian Weatherburn	454	18.6
	Conservative	Sheila Everatt	197	8.1
Majority			650	26.7%
Voter turnout			36.9%%
	Labour hold

Lobley Hill and Bensham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Michael Dodds (incumbent)	996	39.4
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Craig	904	35.7
	BNP	George Bainbridge	272	10.8
	Independent	Margaret Duddin	181	7.2
	Conservative	Hazel Sarah Anderson	176	7.0
Majority			92	3.6%
Voter turnout			35.6%%
	Labour hold

Low Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Jevon (incumbent)	1,867	61.7
	Labour	Joseph William Lisle	730	24.1
	Conservative	Paul Sterling	433	14.3
Majority			1,137	37.5%
Voter turnout			43.5%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Pelaw and Heworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway (incumbent)	1,467	59.4
	Labour	Jim McWilliams	870	35.2
	Conservative	Maureen Moor	133	5.4
Majority			597	24.2%
Voter turnout			38.0%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Margaret McHatton (incumbent)	1,714	64.5
	Labour	Brenda Clelland	763	28.7
	Conservative	Antoinette Margaret Sterling	179	6.7
Majority			951	35.8%
Voter turnout			42.6%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Saltwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Mitchinson (incumbent)	1,089	55.8
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Spours	342	17.5
	Conservative	Edward Bohill	207	10.6
	BNP	Kenneth Hutton	168	8.6
	Independent	Joanne McLeod Smailes	146	7.5
Majority			747	38.3%
Voter turnout			31.5%%
	Labour hold

Wardley and Leam Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter James Mole (incumbent)	1,248	56.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Paul Diston	713	32.1
	Conservative	Karl Gatiss	258	11.6
Majority			535	24.1%
Voter turnout			35.7%%
	Labour hold

Whickham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Thomas Craig (incumbent)	1,647	62.1
	Labour	Jennifer Anne Peace	788	29.7
	Conservative	Elaine Robertson	218	8.2
Majority			859	32.4%
Voter turnout			40.6%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Whickham South and Sunniside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Marilynn Ord (incumbent)	1,928	66.3
	Labour	Peter De-Vere	618	21.2
	Conservative	John Robertson	364	12.5
Majority			1,310	45.0%
Voter turnout			42.4%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Windy Nook and Whitehills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Graham (incumbent)	1,430	58.7
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Walker	501	20.5
	BNP	Michael Cassidy	331	13.4
	Conservative	Eric Young	176	7.2
Majority			929	38.1%
Voter turnout			32.0%%
	Labour hold

Winlaton and High Spen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Graham	1,687	53.3
	Labour	Julie Simpson (incumbent)	1,292	40.8
	Conservative	Thomas Edward Button	186	5.9
Majority			395	12.5%
Voter turnout			45.9%%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

References

Preceded by Gateshead Council election, 2004

Gateshead local elections

Succeeded by Gateshead Council election, 2007