# 2006 Hull City Council election

The 2006 Hull City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 27.3%.
Before the election in April 2006 the national Labour government removed their "statutory direction" of the council which had been put in place in 2003 after inspectors criticised the performance of the council. The council was now described as having made adequate progress, but the opposition Liberal Democrats criticised the timing of the announcement during the campaign for the local elections.
The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council after gaining 4 seats including defeating the Labour Lord Mayor, Bryan Bradley. However immediately after the election they were not confident they would be able to get enough support from other parties to take control from Labour. Following the election the 2 Liberal and 3 of the various independent councillors met with the Labour leader of the council to discuss supporting them as they preferred Labour to the Liberal Democrats. However it was reported that regional Labour party officials told the party to go into opposition raising the possibility that neither party would form the administration.
At the council meeting on 18 May the Liberal Democrats managed to get elected into power by one vote after receiving the support of 4 councillors from other groups, including the former Labour leader of the council Colin Inglis. He had promised to oppose Labour forming the administration if 2 of the councillors who had been involved in removing him as leader were part of any Labour cabinet.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 26
* Labour 25
* Conservative 2
* Hull Independents 2
* Independent 2
* Liberal Party 2

## Election result

Hull Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 50.0 | 43.6 | 19,076 | +6.2% |
| Labour | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 14,585 | -1.0% |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11.4 | 5,011 | +0.2% |
| Hull Independents | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1,908 | +4.4% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1,327 | -3.9% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1,108 | +0.5% |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.8 | 353 | +0.8% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 143 | -6.8% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 103 | +0.0% |
| Veritas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 102 | +0.2% |
| Mums' Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 69 | +0.2% |

## Ward results

Avenue :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simone Butterworth | 1,441 | 50.5 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Graham Petrini | 690 | 24.2 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Basil Bulmer | 229 | 8.0 | −2.5 |
| | Hull Independents | Ginette Andrew | 210 | 7.4 | +2.2 |
| | Independent | Haris Livas-Dawes | 179 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Carl Wagner | 103 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | 26.3 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,852 | 31.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Boothferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ellis | 1,626 | 57.6 | +16.2 |
| | Labour | Freda Longbottom | 716 | 25.4 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Karen Woods | 482 | 17.1 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 910 | 32.2 | +17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,824 | 29.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bransholme East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Hull Independents | Anita Harrison | 867 | 64.2 | +23.9 |
| | Labour | Daniel McIntyre | 291 | 21.5 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Bristow | 115 | 8.5 | −12.0 |
| | Veritas | Harold Nielson | 78 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 576 | 42.7 | +35.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,351 | 22.4 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Bransholme West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leonard Bird | 625 | 61.3 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Welton | 394 | 38.7 | +25.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 231 | 22.6 | −33.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,019 | 17.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bricknell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Fareham | 1,607 | 65.7 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Kay Vandebriele | 434 | 17.7 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bell | 406 | 16.6 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,173 | 48.0 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,447 | 38.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Derringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hull | 1,110 | 42.3 | +33.3 |
| | Hull Independents | Chris Jarvis | 831 | 31.7 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Simon Kelsey | 436 | 16.6 | −9.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Abraham | 153 | 5.8 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal | David Harris | 93 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 10.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,623 | 29.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Drypool :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sloan | 1,595 | 55.6 | +15.6 |
| | Labour | Jill Wareing | 1,050 | 36.6 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | James Parker | 223 | 7.8 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 19.0 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,868 | 30.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal | Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Holderness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Baker | 1,967 | 64.9 | +9.8 |
| | Labour | Martin Mancey | 768 | 25.3 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Albert Greendale | 295 | 9.7 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,199 | 39.6 | +16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,030 | 30.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Taylor | 2,017 | 61.0 | +9.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Clark | 997 | 30.1 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Clark | 224 | 6.8 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | John Reeve | 71 | 2.1 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,020 | 30.9 | +15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,309 | 34.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Longhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alice Hewitt | 1,033 | 52.2 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Godden | 614 | 31.0 | +14.3 |
| | Conservative | Robert Brown | 332 | 16.8 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 419 | 21.2 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,979 | 23.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Marfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sean Chaytor | 1,023 | 60.5 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Matthews | 452 | 26.7 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | John Abbott | 217 | 12.8 | +12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 571 | 33.8 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,692 | 19.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Myton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Branson | 1,103 | 52.3 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Woodward | 413 | 19.6 | +2.2 |
| | BNP | Terry Symons | 342 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Colin Baxter | 252 | 11.9 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 690 | 32.7 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,110 | 22.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damian Walker | 974 | 52.3 | +35.3 |
| | Labour | Bryan Bradley | 582 | 31.2 | −5.3 |
| | BNP | Jonathan Mainprize | 211 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| | Conservative | David Thompson | 73 | 3.9 | −6.2 |
| | Veritas | Peter Mawer | 24 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 392 | 21.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,864 | 21.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Orchard Park and Greenwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Terence Geraghty | 1,077 | 52.6 | +22.4 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Nicholson | 716 | 35.0 | −18.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Simpson | 157 | 7.7 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | Ian Brown | 98 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,048 | 22.5 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Pickering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abigail Walker | 1,436 | 47.3 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Alan Gardiner | 859 | 28.3 | −5.5 |
| | BNP | Edward Scott | 451 | 14.9 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Reginald Britton | 181 | 6.0 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | Alan Monkman | 108 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,035 | 33.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Andrews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nadine Fudge | 467 | 37.0 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Blexill | 419 | 33.2 | −18.5 |
| | Liberal | Patricia Penna | 152 | 12.0 | +12.0 |
| | BNP | Alan Siddle | 104 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| | Mums' Army | Karen Rouse-Deane | 69 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Cook | 51 | 4.0 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,262 | 23.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Southcoates East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Gemmel | 573 | 55.4 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Morrell | 213 | 20.6 | +0.7 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Goss | 143 | 13.8 | +13.8 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Percy | 106 | 10.2 | +10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | 34.8 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,035 | 18.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Southcoates West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Brady | 824 | 49.8 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Uzzell | 751 | 45.4 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Fisher | 79 | 4.8 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 4.4 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,654 | 27.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sutton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hepton | 1,827 | 63.3 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Noble | 807 | 27.9 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Airey | 254 | 8.8 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,020 | 35.4 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,888 | 30.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
University :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Randall | 1,149 | 60.6 | +12.9 |
| | Labour | Robert Silby | 591 | 31.2 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Dear | 155 | 8.2 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 558 | 29.4 | +24.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,895 | 32.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
No elections were held in Beverley, Kings Park and Newland wards.