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2006 Croydon London Borough Council election

2006 local election in England

Field	Value
election_name	Croydon Council Election, 2006
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2002 Croydon London Borough Council election
previous_year	2002
election_date	4 May 2006
next_election	2010 Croydon London Borough Council election
next_year	2010
seats_for_election	All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council
majority_seats	36
leader1	Mike Fisher
leader_since1	2005
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
leaders_seat1	Shirley
last_election1	32 seats, 45.2%
seats1	43
seat_change1	11
popular_vote1	49,341
percentage1	44.8%
swing1	0.4%
leader2	Tony Newman
party2	Labour Party (UK)
leader_since2	2005
leaders_seat2	Woodside
last_election2	37 seats, 38.0%
seats2	27
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	28,534
percentage2	25.9%
swing2	12.1%
map_image	Croydon London UK local election 2006 map.svg
map_size	330px
map_caption	Map of the results of the 2006 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
title	Leader of the Council
posttitle	Elected Leader
before_election	Tony Newman
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Mike Fisher
after_party	Conservative Party (UK)

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.

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 election, there was a defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives.

Election result

Political make-up

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

Ward results

A-C

Addiscombe

|reg. electors = 11,087

Ashburton

|reg. electors = 10,115

Bensham Manor

|reg. electors = 10,333

Broad Green

|reg. electors = 10,885

Coulsdon East

|reg. electors = 9,412

Coulsdon West

|reg. electors =

Croham

|reg. electors = 10,785

F-N

Fairfield

|reg. electors = 10,127

Fieldway

|reg. electors = 6,697

Heathfield

|reg. electors = 9,863

Kenley

|reg. electors = 10,473

New Addington

|reg. electors = 7,198

Norbury

|reg. electors = 10,978

P-S

Purley

|reg. electors = 10,161

Sanderstead

|reg. electors = 9,663

Selhurst

|reg. electors = 10,259

Selsdon and Ballards

|reg. electors = 9,355

Shirley

|reg. electors = 10,422

South Norwood

|reg. electors = 10,732

T-W

Thornton Heath

|reg. electors = 10,920

Upper Norwood

|reg. electors = 10,795

Waddon

|reg. electors = 11,096

West Thornton

|reg. electors = 10,790

Woodside

|reg. electors = 10,314

References

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

References

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