# 2006 Havering London Borough Council election

Elections for Havering London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006.
In London council elections, the entire council is elected every four years, as opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years. In this election, the Conservatives took control of the council after gaining 8 seats.

## Electoral arrangements

New ward boundaries established in 2002 were used for the second time. 54 councillors were elected from 18 wards. Each ward returned three councillors.
Polling took place on 4 May 2006.

## Summary of results

Havering Council election result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 34 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 63.0 | 36.7 | 26,940 | 0.5 |
| Residents | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24.1 | 30.6 | 22,372 | 5.2 |
| Labour | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3.7 | 15.4 | 11,269 | 9.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1,761 | 3.7 |
| BNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1,591 | New |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2,954 | 3.7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.3 | 2,456 | 2.6 |
| National Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2,153 | 0.7 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,837 | 1.8 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Benham | 1,813 | 45.8 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Osborne | 1,745 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Tebbutt | 1,708 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Kruzycka | 762 | 19.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Kruzycki | 721 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Taffs | 666 | |
| | Labour | Jaqueline Fingleson | 602 | 15.2 |
| | Labour | Ian James | 574 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Jaques | 534 | |
| | Residents | Eamonn Mahon | 477 | 12.1 |
| | Residents | Robert Taylor | 415 | |
| | Residents | Ronald Couzens | 407 | |
| | Green | James Caspell | 301 | 7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Cranham

Cranham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | June Alexander | 3,109 | 63.9 |
| | Residents | Gillian Ford | 3,023 | |
| | Residents | Clarence Barrett | 3,014 | |
| | Conservative | Catherine Bull | 1,012 | 20.8 |
| | Conservative | Terence Monk | 913 | |
| | Conservative | Marc Hand | 838 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Lindsay | 378 | 7.8 |
| | Labour | Patrick Chalk | 375 | |
| | Labour | John McKernan | 356 | |
| | Green | David Voak | 269 | 5.5 |
| | National Liberal | Graham Littlechild | 99 | 2.0 |
| | National Liberal | Joan Morrison | 86 | |
| | National Liberal | Edgar Smith | 75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.1 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |

### Elm Park

Elm Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Grantham | 1,448 | 37.8 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Evans | 1,421 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Oddy | 1,420 | |
| | National Liberal | Joyce Pammen | 989 | 25.8 |
| | Labour | Graham Carr | 957 | 25.0 |
| | National Liberal | Graham Williamson | 954 | |
| | Labour | Ray Harris | 946 | |
| | Labour | Janet Davis | 938 | |
| | National Liberal | Keith Roberts | 857 | |
| | Green | Gerald Haines | 440 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Emerson Park

Emerson Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Ramsey | 2,495 | 61.8 |
| | Conservative | Steven Kelly | 2,373 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Rochford | 2,291 | |
| | Residents | Jacqueline Long | 679 | 16.8 |
| | Residents | John Corrigan | 675 | |
| | Residents | Giovanni Anastasi | 597 | |
| | Labour | Terence Hughes | 470 | |
| | Labour | Frances Chalk | 470 | 11.6 |
| | Labour | Sean Willis | 425 | |
| | UKIP | Sunita Seenath | 214 | 5.3 |
| | Independent | Julia Fraser | 179 | 4.4 |
| | Independent | Robert Samson | 151 | |
| | Independent | Gregory Segal | 100 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Gooshays

Gooshays (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Alan Bailey | 996 | 28.2 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Bull | 952 | 27.0 |
| | Conservative | Keith Wells | 916 | |
| | Labour | Yvonne Cornell | 915 | 25.9 |
| | Labour | Brian Eagling | 912 | |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Ramsey | 885 | |
| | Labour | Jeffery Stafford | 814 | |
| | UKIP | Florence Leverett | 379 | 10.7 |
| | UKIP | Bryan Woolerton | 321 | |
| | Residents | Jonathon Holt | 199 | 5.6 |
| | Residents | Jacqueline Williams | 162 | |
| | Residents | John Parker | 157 | |
| | Independent | Guy Stevens | 88 | 2.5 |
| | Independent | Wendy Stevens | 84 | |
| | Independent | Haydn Kent | 78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.0 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Hacton

Hacton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | Ray Morgon | 2,341 | 52.3 |
| | Residents | Barbara Reith | 2,322 | |
| | Residents | Stephen Whittaker | 2,035 | |
| | Conservative | Ruth Edes | 1,181 | 26.4 |
| | Labour | Julia Darvill | 524 | 11.7 |
| | Labour | Susan Jiggens | 523 | |
| | Labour | Allen Roach | 500 | |
| | National Liberal | Gary Roberts | 272 | 6.1 |
| | National Liberal | Nakkeeran Arasaratnam | 190 | |
| | Independent | Pramjit Singh Sadra | 162 | 3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.1 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |

### Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lesley Kelly | 1,047 | 24.7 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Light | 1,036 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Coles | 999 | 23.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Coles | 969 | |
| | Residents | Patrick Curtis | 968 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | Garry Pain | 936 | |
| | Residents | Ronald Ower | 929 | |
| | Residents | Richard Harrington | 821 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Sanderson | 804 | |
| | Labour | Bunny Eagling | 646 | 15.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Hitchin | 564 | |
| | Labour | Darren Wise | 525 | |
| | National Liberal | David Durant | 353 | 8.3 |
| | National Liberal | Geoffrey Taylor | 339 | |
| | National Liberal | Nicholas Causton | 315 | |
| | Green | Maryla Hart | 227 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Havering Park

Havering Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sandra Binion | 1,617 | 44.3 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Starns | 1,606 | |
| | Residents | Andy Mann | 1,400 | 38.3 |
| | Conservative | Alby Tebbutt | 1,365 | |
| | Residents | Kevin Tonks | 1,230 | |
| | Residents | Jean Gower | 1,224 | |
| | Labour | Peter McInerney | 415 | 11.4 |
| | Labour | Peter White | 404 | |
| | Labour | Pervez Badruddin | 383 | |
| | UKIP | Charles Hawksbee | 221 | 6.0 |
| | UKIP | Harry Parkinson | 179 | |
| | UKIP | Jennie Parkinson | 168 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Residents gain from Conservative | Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Heaton

Heaton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christine Fox | 930 | 29.7 |
| | Labour | Keith Darvill | 902 | 28.8 |
| | Conservative | Gary Adams | 899 | |
| | Labour | Ken Clark | 884 | |
| | Labour | Caroline Wood | 811 | |
| | Conservative | Gary Murphy | 794 | |
| | BNP | Anthony Easton | 595 | 19.0 |
| | UKIP | Colin Rout | 568 | 18.1 |
| | UKIP | Lawrence Webb | 431 | |
| | UKIP | Ian de Wulverton | 401 | |
| | Independent | Terence Burland | 139 | 4.4 |
| | Independent | Damian Wakeman | 122 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Hylands

Hylands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Georgina Galpin | 1,430 | 37.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Gadd | 1,356 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Brace | 1,325 | |
| | Residents | Susan Belcher | 998 | 25.9 |
| | Residents | Jeremy Wilkes | 942 | |
| | Residents | Valerie Morris | 897 | |
| | Labour | Raymond Shaw | 670 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Michael Wood | 637 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Wood | 615 | |
| | UKIP | Kenneth Hayes | 549 | 14.2 |
| | UKIP | Terry Murray | 538 | |
| | UKIP | Alan Scott | 505 | |
| | National Liberal | Philip Davey | 140 | 3.6 |
| | National Liberal | Patricia Frater | 111 | |
| | Independent | Paul Randell | 72 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Mawneys

Mawneys (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Gardner | 1,723 | 43.0 |
| | Conservative | Melvin Wallace | 1,690 | |
| | Conservative | Robby Misir | 1,570 | |
| | Residents | Alexandra Smith | 1,378 | 34.4 |
| | Residents | Derek Price | 1,350 | |
| | Residents | Martin Smith | 1,269 | |
| | Labour | Paul McGeary | 518 | 12.9 |
| | Labour | Patience Eagles | 512 | |
| | Labour | Herbert White | 490 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Joyce | 285 | 7.1 |
| | Independent | William Spink | 105 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Pettits

Pettits (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Armstrong | 2,636 | 54.7 |
| | Conservative | Edward Eden | 2,567 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Gregory | 2,485 | |
| | Residents | Ian Wilkes | 1,385 | 28.7 |
| | Residents | Denis Stevens | 1,379 | |
| | Residents | Duncan Macpherson | 1,282 | |
| | Labour | James Forsyth | 410 | 8.5 |
| | Labour | Ben Kilpatrick | 370 | |
| | Labour | John McCole | 368 | |
| | UKIP | James Fellowes | 207 | 4.3 |
| | Independent | June Watson | 180 | 3.7 |
| | UKIP | Yogendra Sharma | 152 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rainham and Wennington

Rainham and Wennington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ind. Residents | Jeffrey Tucker | 2,211 | 59.2 |
| | Ind. Residents | Coral Jeffery | 1,900 | |
| | Ind. Residents | Mark Stewart | 1,685 | |
| | Labour | Tony Ellis | 870 | 23.3 |
| | Conservative | George Daniels | 651 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Kathleen Vann | 587 | |
| | Labour | Denis O'Flynn | 545 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.9 |
| | Ind. Residents hold | Ind. Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Ind. Residents gain from Labour | Ind. Residents gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Ind. Residents gain from Labour | Ind. Residents gain from Labour | Swing | |
The following by-elections took place in the ward between the 2002 and 2006 elections:
* 2003 (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)
* 2004 (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)

### Romford Town

Romford Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Curtin | 1,925 | 52.6 |
| | Conservative | Wendy Brice-Thompson | 1,902 | |
| | Conservative | Frederick Thompson | 1,781 | |
| | Residents | Edward McKiernan | 812 | 22.2 |
| | Residents | Pamela Wilkes | 769 | |
| | Residents | Julie Porter | 764 | |
| | Labour | Neil Brindley | 724 | 19.8 |
| | Labour | Susan Shaw | 686 | |
| | Labour | Penelope White | 653 | |
| | Independent | Madelaine Marsden | 197 | 5.4 |
| | Independent | Michael Davis | 195 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Mannix | 163 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Residents | John Mylod | 1,585 |
| | Conservative | David Charles | 1,535 |
| | Residents | Brenda Riddle | 1,527 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Ryan | 1,462 |
| | Conservative | Gloria Passannante | 1,388 |
| | Residents | Michael Winter | 1,379 |
| | Labour | Georgina Carr | 703 |
| | Labour | Michael Davis | 616 |
| | Labour | Bryan Vincent | 613 |
| | Independent | Mark Logan | 324 |
| | Independent | Kevin Jones | 304 |
| | National Liberal | John Coles | 300 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing |

### South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | Leonard Long | 878 | 24.5 |
| | Labour | Thomas Binding | 821 | 22.9 |
| | Conservative | John Clark | 812 | 22.6 |
| | Residents | Reginald Whitney | 788 | |
| | Residents | Wendy Clark | 757 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Clark | 742 | |
| | Labour | David Leigh | 741 | |
| | Labour | Rosina Purnell | 733 | |
| | Independent | Wendy Buck | 687 | 19.1 |
| | Independent | Michael-Deon Burton | 656 | |
| | Independent | June Walker | 623 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Gadd | 620 | |
| | Green | Susan Gower | 204 | 5.7 |
| | Green | Guy Gower | 191 | |
| | Residents | Malvin Brown | 186 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.0 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Residents | Labour gain from Residents | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | |

### Squirrel's Heath

Squirrel's Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Cahill | 2,614 | 64.5 |
| | Conservative | Eric Munday | 2,487 | |
| | Conservative | Michael White | 2,423 | |
| | Residents | John Shrimpton | 512 | 12.6 |
| | Residents | Colin Maston | 486 | |
| | Residents | Timothy Williams | 474 | |
| | Labour | Eric Lovett | 440 | 10.9 |
| | Labour | Vineet Gupta | 414 | |
| | Labour | Harry Webb | 401 | |
| | UKIP | Robert Gracie | 270 | 6.7 |
| | Independent | Gregory Campbell | 215 | 5.3 |
| | Independent | Ann Kent | 157 | |
| | Independent | Susan Francis | 130 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Upminster

Upminster (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | Linda Hawthorn | 3,254 | 59.8 |
| | Residents | Muriel Mylod | 3,137 | |
| | Residents | Linda Van den Hende | 2,897 | |
| | Conservative | Claire Palmer | 1,119 | 20.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Pyke | 1,019 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Walsh | 947 | |
| | Green | Melanie Collins | 396 | 7.3 |
| | Labour | David Scott | 304 | 5.6 |
| | Labour | Matthew Carr | 301 | |
| | UKIP | Ted Barrett | 261 | 4.8 |
| | Labour | Diane Willis | 232 | |
| | Independent | Ron Hodgson | 108 | 2.0 |
| | Independent | Alfredo Dias | 72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.6 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |

## By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 2006 and 2010 elections:
* 2007 St Andrew's (Havering) by-election
* 2007 Squirrel's Heath by-election
* 2008 Gooshays by-election
* 2008 South Hornchurch by-election (Independent gain from Residents)
* 2009 St Andrew's (Havering) by-election (Residents gain from Conservative)