# 2006 Eastleigh Borough Council election

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 34
* Conservative 7
* Labour 3

## Election result

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 81.3 | 48.5 | 15,340 | +2.9% |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 12.5 | 34.0 | 10,743 | +2.9% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 11.6 | 3,654 | -2.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 1,665 | -4.2% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 227 | +0.5% |

## Ward results

Botley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Fraser | 1,146 | 66.8 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Martin Briggs | 419 | 24.4 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth McKay | 78 | 4.5 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Kosted | 72 | 4.2 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 727 | 42.4 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,715 | 46.7 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bursledon & Old Netley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Millar | 1,028 | 53.1 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | John Milne | 698 | 36.0 | +5.5 |
| | UKIP | Beryl Humphrey | 114 | 5.9 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Elsie Truscott | 97 | 5.0 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 430 | 17.1 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,937 | 34.4 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Chandler's Ford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Holden-Brown | 890 | 54.2 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | Doretta Cocks | 575 | 35.0 | −10.5 |
| | UKIP | Paul Webber | 94 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Clayton | 84 | 5.1 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 315 | 19.2 | +17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,643 | 43.9 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Chandler's Ford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Broadhurst | 1,077 | 55.7 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Simmonds | 685 | 35.4 | +0.1 |
| | UKIP | Ann Bays | 91 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Philip Grice | 81 | 4.2 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 392 | 20.3 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,934 | 44.5 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Irish | 951 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deepak Gupta | 845 | | |
| | Labour | Christine Hadley | 772 | | |
| | Labour | William Luffman | 733 | | |
| | Conservative | Robert Quane | 593 | | |
| | Conservative | Judith Grajewski | 513 | | |
| | UKIP | Stephen Challis | 214 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,621 | 34.8 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Sollitt | 1,081 | 51.9 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Jayne Hellier | 529 | 25.4 | −9.2 |
| | Labour | Edward White | 280 | 13.4 | −5.9 |
| | UKIP | Neil Smith | 193 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 552 | 26.5 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,083 | 34.4 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Luffman | 970 | 42.7 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Kyrle | 775 | 34.1 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Felicity Smith | 298 | 13.1 | −1.1 |
| | Independent | Samuel Snook | 227 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 195 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,270 | 38.5 | −1.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Fair Oak and Horton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Spearey | 1,053 | 46.4 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Rhodes | 903 | 39.8 | +11.9 |
| | Labour | John Sorley | 168 | 7.4 | −2.2 |
| | UKIP | George McGuinness | 143 | 6.3 | −10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | 6.6 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,267 | 34.5 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hedge End Grange Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Bloom | 1,019 | 61.2 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Philp | 562 | 33.7 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | George Carter | 46 | 2.8 | −1.3 |
| | UKIP | Caroline Bradbeer | 39 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | 27.5 | +13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,666 | 38.5 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hedge End St. Johns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Skinner | 1,298 | 50.9 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Hall | 1,006 | 39.5 | +7.6 |
| | UKIP | Michale O'Donoghue | 246 | 9.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | 11.4 | −9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,550 | 43.5 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hedge End Wildern :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith House | 920 | 58.5 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hudson | 550 | 35.0 | −5.5 |
| | UKIP | Frederick Estall | 103 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 23.5 | +11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,573 | 38.6 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hiltingbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Caldwell | 1,326 | 63.3 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Child | 587 | 28.0 | −5.7 |
| | UKIP | Marion Stewart | 109 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Beryl Addison | 73 | 3.5 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 35.3 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,095 | 51.0 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hiltingbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Davidovitz | 994 | 50.6 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grahame Smith | 839 | 42.7 | −5.2 |
| | UKIP | Vivienne Young | 79 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin Butt | 53 | 2.7 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 7.9 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,965 | 48.1 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West End North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bruce Tennent | 871 | 54.0 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | Neville Dickinson | 577 | 35.8 | −11.1 |
| | Labour | Edith Durham | 100 | 6.2 | −2.6 |
| | UKIP | Daniel Bradbeer | 64 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 18.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,612 | 41.2 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
West End South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Sortwell | 960 | 56.5 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Reginald Campbell | 515 | 30.3 | −11.4 |
| | Labour | Daniel Clarke | 125 | 7.4 | −2.9 |
| | UKIP | Peter Stewart | 98 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 | 26.2 | +19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,698 | 37.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |