2006 Eastbourne Borough Council election

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 14 seats compared to 13 for the Liberal Democrats, after the Conservatives took control at the 2004 election. 9 seats were contested by a total of 36 candidates, with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour Party and Green Party contesting every seat. 2 Liberal Democrat councillors stood down at the election, Chris Berry and Beryl Healy, from Langney and Devonshire wards respectively.

A major issue at the election was parking in Eastbourne, as well as a campaign to save the local hospital from closure.

Election result

The Conservatives stayed in control of the council after gaining one seat from the Liberal Democrats. The only change came in Old Town ward, where Conservative Anne Angel gained the seat with a majority of 253, defeating Liberal Democrat Maurice Skilton, who had been a councillor for over 40 years. Meanwhile, Labour was in fourth place in every ward but one, behind the Green Party. Overall turnout at the election was 40.70%, compared to 40.97% in 2004.

|seats % = 55.6 |votes % = 46.5 |plus/minus = -3.8 |seats % = 44.4 |votes % = 40.5 |plus/minus = +4.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 7.9 |plus/minus = 0.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 5.1 |plus/minus = -0.8

Ward results

References

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