# 2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

The 2006 Wandsworth Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Conservatives were always expected to hold control and the low rates of council tax in Wandsworth were used as an example by the Conservatives in neighbouring councils such as Hammersmith and Fulham. During the campaign one Labour candidate, Nick Bowes, had said that the party was being well beaten and described the campaign as being "miserable, exhausting and lonely".

## Election result

Wandsworth Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 51 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 85.0 | 51.0 | 41,617 | 2.4 |
| Labour | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 15.0 | 24.2 | 19,734 | 7.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 10,722 | 6.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 8,747 | 0.7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 719 | 0.7 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 136 | New |

## Ward results
### Balham

Balham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Forbes | 2,284 | 55.8 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Usher | 2,171 | |
| | Conservative | Russell King | 2,090 | |
| | Labour | Jennifer Hill | 695 | 17.0 |
| | Labour | Martin Tupper | 668 | |
| | Green | Siobhan Vitelli | 637 | 15.6 |
| | Labour | Kiran O'Keeffe | 616 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Green | 474 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Gibbs | 465 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bedford

Bedford (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Antonia Dunn | 1,960 | 44.4 |
| | Conservative | Stewart Finn | 1,929 | |
| | Conservative | Sheldon Wilkie | 1,836 | |
| | Labour | Peter Carpenter | 1,093 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | James Heath | 1,093 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Speck | 1,062 | |
| | Green | John Rattray | 750 | 17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henrietta Norman | 521 | 11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Williams | 464 | |
| | Independent | Simon Phillips | 95 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Earlsfield

Earlsfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Angela Graham | 2,306 | 61.7 |
| | Conservative | Marc Hope | 2,206 | |
| | Conservative | Charles McNaught-Davis | 2,006 | |
| | Labour | Nicola Brown | 853 | 22.8 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Evetts | 799 | |
| | Labour | James Sachon | 589 | |
| | Green | Graham Humphreys | 577 | 15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### East Putney

East Putney (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Leslie McDonnell | 2,450 | 60.4 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Larsson | 2,387 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Prichard | 2,241 | |
| | Green | Felicity Dwyer | 582 | 14.3 |
| | Labour | Eileen Flanagan | 536 | 13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Underwood | 489 | 12.1 |
| | Labour | Victoria Anifowoshe | 482 | |
| | Labour | Eayad El-Miqdadi | 467 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerard Walter | 352 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cyril Richert | 322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Graham | 2,085 | 55.5 |
| | Conservative | Piers McCausland | 1,941 | |
| | Conservative | James Thom | 1,891 | |
| | Labour | Beverley Saunders | 668 | 17.8 |
| | Labour | Brendan McMullan | 664 | |
| | Green | Martin Williams | 590 | 15.7 |
| | Labour | Brian Tomlinson | 575 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Lowe | 413 | 11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Warren | 404 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Furzedown

Furzedown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Claire Clay | 2,033 | 41.1 |
| | Labour | John Farebrother | 2,012 | 40.7 |
| | Labour | Judith Gasser | 2,010 | |
| | Labour | Mark Thomas | 1,869 | |
| | Conservative | Sean Worth | 1,856 | |
| | Conservative | William Morgan | 1,837 | |
| | Green | Michael Day | 584 | 11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Jones | 316 | 6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Giles | 298 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Rodgers | 274 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Graveney

Graveney (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Gibbons | 1,547 | 34.2 |
| | Labour | Rex Osborn | 1,464 | |
| | Labour | Belinda Randall | 1,422 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Dearden | 1,244 | 27.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norsheen Bhatti | 1,213 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Ambache | 1,111 | |
| | Conservative | Melanie Kelly | 1,006 | 22.3 |
| | Conservative | John Locker | 952 | |
| | Conservative | Jhansi Ridgeon | 848 | |
| | Green | Timothy Turner | 489 | 10.8 |
| | Independent | Vallipuram Kulendran | 231 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Latchmere

Latchmere (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anthony Belton | 1,778 | 44.5 |
| | Labour | Leonie Cooper | 1,772 | |
| | Labour | Maurice Johnson | 1,687 | |
| | Conservative | Philippa Hill | 1,671 | 41.8 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Desborough-Hurst | 1,668 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Walsh | 1,482 | |
| | Green | Marian Hoffman | 545 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Nightingale

Nightingale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sarah McDermott | 2,102 | 49.4 |
| | Conservative | Ian Hart | 2,021 | |
| | Conservative | Ravindra Govindia | 2,019 | |
| | Green | Bruce Mackenzie | 802 | 18.8 |
| | Labour | Kathleen Anderson | 773 | 18.2 |
| | Labour | Rhian Williams | 616 | |
| | Labour | Alexander Lisinge | 614 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Shields | 579 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Fennelly | 536 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Northcote

Northcote (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Philip Beddows | 2,339 | 56.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Dawson | 2,293 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Johnson | 2,221 | |
| | Green | Guy Evans | 686 | 16.5 |
| | Labour | Karen Byrne | 649 | 15.6 |
| | Labour | Shalu Kanal | 555 | |
| | Labour | Paul Nolan | 482 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Green | 477 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Cronin | 456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Queenstown

Queenstown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derdre Church | 1,793 | 44.2 |
| | Conservative | Michael Todd | 1,769 | |
| | Conservative | David Walden | 1,666 | |
| | Labour | Bindu Joshi | 1,362 | 33.5 |
| | Labour | Olugbeminiyi Ijaola | 1,346 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Lodge | 1,336 | |
| | Green | Caroline Austin | 586 | 14.4 |
| | Independent | Brian Barnes | 320 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Roehampton and Putney Heath

Roehampton and Putney Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Scott Caisley | 1,872 | 49.8 |
| | Conservative | Penelope Bradford | 1,811 | |
| | Conservative | Adrian Knowles | 1,737 | |
| | Labour | Donald Roy | 1,275 | 33.9 |
| | Labour | Amanda Webster | 1,196 | |
| | Labour | John Russell | 1,186 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Shelmerdine | 322 | 8.6 |
| | Green | Michael Turner | 290 | 7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Brown | 245 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Godfrey Shocket | 232 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Cousins | 2,036 | 54.3 |
| | Conservative | John Ellis | 2,024 | |
| | Conservative | John Senior | 1,883 | |
| | Labour | Essie Linton | 811 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Boyd | 742 | |
| | Labour | Aaron Quinn | 672 | |
| | Green | Vincent Pollard | 517 | 13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Porter | 388 | 10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alef Rosenbaum | 327 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Southfields

Southfields (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Nickels | 2,285 | 52.3 |
| | Conservative | Lucy E. Allan | 2,232 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Reeve | 2,207 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Ahmed | 867 | 19.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Towner | 761 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Burrett | 690 | |
| | Labour | Josephine Simpson | 680 | 15.6 |
| | Labour | Trevor Smith | 654 | |
| | Labour | Raskai Amole | 617 | |
| | Green | Dorothy Horsler | 460 | 10.5 |
| | Independent | Edward Larkin | 73 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St Mary's Park

St Mary's Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mark Davies | 2,048 | 56.5 |
| | Conservative | Tessa Strickland | 2,003 | |
| | Conservative | John Hallmark | 2,000 | |
| | Labour | Edward Ainsworth | 705 | 19.4 |
| | Labour | Sally Gear | 697 | |
| | Labour | Peter Taylor | 696 | |
| | Green | Hugo Charlton | 517 | 14.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David McCullough | 355 | 9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Owen-Jones | 353 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Thamesfield

Thamesfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Lister | 2,470 | 60.0 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Torrington | 2,446 | |
| | Conservative | James Maddan | 2,423 | |
| | Labour | Emily Robinson | 595 | 14.5 |
| | Labour | Christopher Locke | 581 | |
| | Green | Monica Vickery | 553 | 13.4 |
| | Labour | Ewen Mitchell | 546 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jefferey | 498 | 12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moira Sanders | 447 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martha Zantides | 391 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Tooting

Tooting (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Susan John-Richards | 1,707 | 38.9 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Jacob | 1,682 | |
| | Labour | Nicholas Bowes | 1,643 | 37.4 |
| | Labour | Elisabeth Davies | 1,616 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Maxwell Scott | 1,596 | |
| | Labour | Stuart King | 1,560 | |
| | Green | Sarah Henderson | 507 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Clifton | 399 | 9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jaya Patel | 393 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christian Moon | 368 | |
| | Communist | Philip Brand | 136 | 3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wandsworth Common

Wandsworth Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Katharine Tracey | 2,657 | 59.9 |
| | Conservative | Maurice Heaster | 2,628 | |
| | Conservative | Henry Pugh | 2,623 | |
| | Green | Albert Vickery | 629 | 14.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Dolan | 625 | 14.1 |
| | Labour | Anna Turley | 553 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Patterson | 524 | 11.8 |
| | Labour | Mark Panto | 496 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Hill

West Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Howlett | 2,149 | 58.3 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Cuff | 1,992 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Grimston | 1,964 | |
| | Labour | Carol Anderton | 677 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | John Slater | 568 | |
| | Labour | Alexander Guite | 561 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Devons | 438 | 11.9 |
| | Green | Tomasz Sokolowski | 421 | 11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laurence Spicer | 319 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ward | 285 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Putney

West Putney (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ruth Stokes | 2,364 | 66.3 |
| | Conservative | Jane Cooper | 2,361 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Penfold | 2,317 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Booker | 757 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | Pauline Brueseke | 650 | |
| | Labour | John Slinger | 587 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Shocket | 443 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Ryan | 422 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Williams | 373 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |