# 2006 Wokingham District Council election

The 2006 Wokingham District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 41
* Liberal Democrat 13

## Campaign

The election saw the United Kingdom Independence Party put forward a candidate in all of the 18 wards which were being contested. This was the first time they had done this and meant they put forward more candidates than Labour who contested 16 of the wards.
During the campaign the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Coling Lawley, received death threats, which led the police launch an investigation.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats. The gains came in Coronation, Loddon and Hillside wards with one of the defeated Liberal Democrats being their leader Coling Lawley who lost by 472 votes in Coronation ward. Overall turnout in the election was 39.8%.
Wokingham Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 15 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 83.3 | 56.3 | 20,353 | +3.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 16.7 | 29.0 | 10,497 | -6.3% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 2,512 | +1.5% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 2,333 | +0.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 291 | +0.4% |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 171 | +0.5% |

## Ward results

Arborfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary Cowan | 541 | 72.7 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bacon | 172 | 23.1 | +10.1 |
| | UKIP | Ronald Bristow | 31 | 4.2 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 49.6 | −15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 744 | 41.1 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bulmershe & Whitegates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sellam Rahmouni | 999 | 43.8 | |
| | Conservative | Tanya De Hoedt | 727 | 31.9 | |
| | Labour | Gregory Bello | 338 | 14.8 | |
| | UKIP | Peter Williams | 216 | 9.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 11.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,280 | 38.7 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coronation :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Baker | 1,285 | 56.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Coling Lawley | 813 | 36.0 | |
| | Labour | Jasdip Garcha | 88 | 3.9 | |
| | UKIP | Amy Thornton | 72 | 3.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 472 | 20.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,258 | 52.8 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Emmbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Deborah Lewis | 1,448 | 54.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Malvern | 757 | 28.5 | |
| | UKIP | Ann Davis | 277 | 10.4 | |
| | Labour | Anna Rogerson | 171 | 6.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 691 | 26.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,653 | 44.6 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Evendons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Denis Morgan | 1,367 | 58.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Harley | 639 | 27.2 | |
| | UKIP | Franklin Carstairs | 197 | 8.4 | |
| | Labour | Franco Valente | 144 | 6.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 728 | 31.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,347 | 37.0 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Finchampstead North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Stanton | 1,363 | 71.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roland Cundy | 382 | 19.9 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Gordon | 116 | 6.0 | |
| | Labour | Pippa White | 57 | 3.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 981 | 51.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,918 | 46.8 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Finchampstead South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Weeks | 1,221 | 68.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James May | 351 | 19.8 | |
| | UKIP | Leslie Huntley | 113 | 6.4 | |
| | Labour | Roger Hayes | 86 | 4.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 870 | 49.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,771 | 42.0 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hawkedon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Firmager | 1,152 | 59.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Orchard | 505 | 26.3 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Pluves | 175 | 9.1 | |
| | UKIP | Vincent Pearson | 91 | 4.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 33.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,923 | 30.9 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hillside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bradley | 1,303 | 46.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tania Christidis | 1,109 | 39.8 | |
| | Labour | David Sharp | 183 | 6.6 | |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Peter Owen | 120 | 4.3 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Findlay | 70 | 2.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,785 | 42.6 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Loddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Abdul Loyes | 941 | 45.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Jewell | 736 | 35.7 | |
| | Labour | Alberto Troccoli | 241 | 11.7 | |
| | UKIP | William Brooks | 144 | 7.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 9.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,062 | 33.6 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Maiden Erlegh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Swaddle | 1,295 | 52.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Smith | 735 | 29.6 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Rupert | 173 | 7.0 | |
| | Green | David Hogg | 164 | 6.6 | |
| | UKIP | David Lamb | 112 | 4.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 22.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,479 | 34.7 | −4.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Norreys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Lee | 1,452 | 63.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Harper | 390 | 17.1 | |
| | Labour | John Woodward | 228 | 10.0 | |
| | UKIP | Keith Knight | 209 | 9.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,062 | 46.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,279 | 37.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Schutz | 1,398 | 73.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Alder | 357 | 18.8 | |
| | UKIP | Geoffrey Bulpit | 75 | 3.9 | |
| | Labour | Richard Fort | 72 | 3.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,041 | 54.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,902 | 47.0 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shinfield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barrie Patman | 969 | 65.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Rolls | 203 | 13.8 | |
| | Green | Marjory Bisset | 127 | 8.6 | |
| | Labour | Julianne Grafton | 112 | 7.6 | |
| | UKIP | Joan Huntley | 59 | 4.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 766 | 52.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,470 | 35.7 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Lake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Rowland | 724 | 45.9 | |
| | Conservative | Parvindar Batth | 611 | 38.7 | |
| | Labour | Paul Sharples | 134 | 8.5 | |
| | UKIP | David Hill | 108 | 6.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,577 | 35.8 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Swallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Munro | 637 | 76.2 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denis Thair | 144 | 17.2 | −3.3 |
| | UKIP | Jeremy Allison | 55 | 6.6 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | 59.0 | +11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 836 | 43.2 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Winnersh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Prue Bray | 1,199 | 47.9 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Sefton | 1,083 | 43.2 | |
| | UKIP | Anthony Pollock | 109 | 4.4 | |
| | Labour | Keith Wilson | 63 | 2.5 | |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Colin Forrestal | 51 | 2.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,505 | 42.6 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wokingham Without :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angus Ross | 1,560 | 65.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bristow | 282 | 11.9 | |
| | UKIP | Graham Widdows | 279 | 11.8 | |
| | Labour | Rosemary Chapman | 247 | 10.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,278 | 54.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,368 | 40.3 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |