Merton London Borough Council election, 2006
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All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout |
42.9% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 2006 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 4 May 2006. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.[2]
The Conservatives became the largest party in Merton, forming a minority administration. The incumbent Labour majority administration was defeated.
Results
The Conservatives gained five seats, becoming the largest party in Merton and defeating the incumbent majority Labour administration. However, the Conservatives fell one seat short of a majority, so they established a minority administration under no overall control.
The Merton Park Ward Residents' Association maintained its three councillors in Merton Park.
In terms of seat changes, the Conservatives gained three councillors from Labour in Abbey and one each from Labour in the wards of Dundonald and Trinity.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 30 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | 44.6% | 72,559 | |||
Labour | 27 | 0 | 5 | 45.0% | 34.8% | 56,664 | |||
Merton Park Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0% | 3.0% | 4,815 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12.0% | 19,493 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3.8% | 6,226 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.7% | 1,092 | ||
Pensions Action Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.5% | 788 | n/a | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.3% | 457 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.4% | 583 | n/a |
References
- ↑ "London Datastore". data.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- 1 2 "Merton Council Elections 2006" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "Merton Council Elections 2006" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2018.