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2006 Newham London Borough Council election

2006 local election in England

Field	Value
election_name	2006 Newham Council election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	Labour Party (UK)
previous_election	2002 Newham Council election
previous_year	2002
next_election	2010 Newham Council election
next_year	2010
seats_for_election	All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
election_date	4 May 2006
image1	Lab
party1	Labour Party (UK)
last_election1	59 seats, 49.3%
seats1	54
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	29,389
percentage1	41.4
swing1	7.9%
image2	Resp
party2	RESPECT The Unity Coalition
last_election2	Did not stand
seats2	3
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	16,459
percentage2	23.2
swing2	New party
image3	CPA
party3	Christian Peoples Alliance
last_election3	1 seat, 4.5%
seats3	3
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	7,621
percentage3	10.7
swing3	6.2%
map_image	Newham London UK local election 2006 map.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Map of the results of the 2006 Newham council election. Christian Peoples Alliance in purple, Labour in red and Respect in light red.
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_party	Labour Party (UK)

31 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Newham London Borough Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council, including the directly elected mayor, was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party maintained control of the council.

Election result

|seats % = 90.0 |votes % = 41.4 |plus/minus = -7.9 |seats % = 5.0 |votes % = 23.2 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 14.3 |plus/minus = -5.6 |seats % = 5.0 |votes % = 10.7 |plus/minus = +6.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 5.7 |plus/minus = -6.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.9 |plus/minus = -1.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.5 |plus/minus = -2.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = |}

Background

A total of 237 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative party also ran a full slate and the Liberal Democrats ran 10 candidates. Respect, running for the first time, also ran a full slate. Other candidates running were 12 Greens, 29 Christian Peoples Alliance, and 6 Independents.

Results by ward

Beckton

|reg. electors = 9,518

Boleyn

|reg. electors = 9,478

Canning Town North

|reg. electors = 9,729

Canning Town South

|reg. electors = 8,661

Custom House

|reg. electors = 9,065

East Ham Central

|reg. electors = 9,650

East Ham North

|reg. electors = 9,382

East Ham South

|reg. electors = 9,356

Forest Gate North

|reg. electors = 9,558

Forest Gate South

|reg. electors = 10,117

Green Street East

|reg. electors = 9,874

Green Street West

|reg. electors = 9,522

Little Ilford

|reg. electors = 9,451

Manor Park

|reg. electors = 9,596

Plaistow North

|reg. electors = 8,711

Plaistow South

|reg. electors = 9,919

Royal Docks

|reg. electors = 7,018

Stratford and New Town

|reg. electors = 10,170

Wall End

|reg. electors = 9,727

West Ham

|reg. electors = 9,200

By-elections between 2006 and 2010

Royal Docks

|reg. electors = The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Simon Tucker.

References

"London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006". London Residuary Body.
"London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010". Plymouth University.
"London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010". London Residuary Body.

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