# 2006 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

The 2006 Waltham Forest Council elections, were held on 4 May 2006 in Waltham Forest, England. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.
Waltham Forest local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010.
Following the elections, a coalition agreement was formed between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

## Eligibility

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday, 4 May 2006 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible for individuals, such as university students who have a term-time address and a home address, to register to vote at more than one address. The local Electoral Register Office has the discretion to allow this. However, it is important to note that it is still considered an offense to vote more than once in the same local government election.

## Composition before election

| Elected in 2002 | Elected in 2002 | Elected in 2002 | Before election | Before election | Before election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 29 | | Labour | 27 |
| | Conservative | 18 | | Conservative | 18 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 13 | | Liberal Democrats | 15 |

## Election result

Waltham Forest Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 26 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 43.3 | 33.8 | 57,959 |
| Liberal Democrats | 19 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 31.7 | 32.4 | 55,628 |
| Conservative | 15 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 24.0 | 27.7 | 46,981 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 8,094 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,775 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 509 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 270 |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 245 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 178 |

## Results by ward

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2002 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.
Cann Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Phillips | 1,345 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Rayner | 1,338 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Sheppard | 1,197 | |
| | Labour | Shah Ahmed | 1,003 | |
| | Labour | Victoria Baffour-Awuah | 975 | |
| | Labour | Richard Devaney | 914 | |
| | Green | Pat Howie | 337 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Canal | 247 | |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Gosling | 201 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Neilson-Hansen | 200 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Cathall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Milton Martin | 1,117 | |
| | Labour | Shameem Highfield | 1,072 | |
| | Labour | Terence Wheeler | 982 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hunt | 955 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shahid Majid | 940 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clyde Kitson | 933 | |
| | Green | Maureen Measure | 270 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Millington | 178 | |
| | Conservative | Cajetan Iwunze | 159 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Jovcic | 147 | |
| | Independent | Joan Devine | 93 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Butler | 85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Chapel End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Belam | 1,653 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Carey | 1,537 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Macklin | 1,420 | |
| | Labour | David Blunt | 663 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Terry | 632 | |
| | Labour | Sabha Akhtar | 616 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Clarke | 459 | |
| | Conservative | Josephine Gatward | 429 | |
| | Green | Richard Burkett | 419 | |
| | Conservative | John Phelan | 373 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.7% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Chingford Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Arnold | 2,288 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Lewis | 2,279 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Sinclair | 2,199 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Wendon | 622 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Carder | 605 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Paterson | 573 | |
| | Labour | Farah Beg | 359 | |
| | Labour | William Bayliss | 357 | |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Blay | 345 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Endlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Herrington | 2,227 | |
| | Conservative | Mladen Jovcic | 2,063 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Davis | 2,056 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Kennedy | 425 | |
| | Green | Joan Allen | 398 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Carder | 351 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Mudie | 350 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Violet Wells | 345 | |
| | Labour | Miles Washbrook | 329 | |
| | Labour | Frances Manjra | 322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Forest :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Farooq Qureshi | 1,505 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Imran Abrahim | 1,490 | |
| | Labour | Faiz Yunis | 1,289 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Murle Mitchell | 1,268 | |
| | Labour | Kabal Singh Dhillon | 1,159 | |
| | Labour | Gerry Lyons | 1,029 | |
| | Green | Rosalind Bedlow | 534 | |
| | Conservative | Jean Farmer | 508 | |
| | Conservative | Sean Phillips | 414 | |
| | Conservative | Nial Finlayson | 399 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Grove Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tarsem Singh Bhogal | 1,517 | |
| | Labour | Chris Robbins | 1,430 | |
| | Labour | Anna Mbachu | 1,356 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Sullivan | 1,286 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neal Chubb | 1,173 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Olford | 1,171 | |
| | Green | William Measure | 480 | |
| | Conservative | Nicola Devlin | 270 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Gough | 265 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Pryor | 235 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Hale End and Highams Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Beanse | 1,617 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Noel Penstone | 1,462 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Smith-Pryor | 1,453 | |
| | Conservative | Lesley Finlayson | 1,434 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hemsted | 1,363 | |
| | Conservative | Julien Foster | 1,346 | |
| | Labour | Noel Hayes | 437 | |
| | Labour | Ann Molyneux | 404 | |
| | Green | Sallie Poppleton | 367 | |
| | Labour | Martyn Bellamy | 327 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Hatch Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Marion Fitzgerald | 1,651 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Walker | 1,548 | |
| | Conservative | Laurie Braham | 1,478 | |
| | Labour | Martin Dore | 529 | |
| | Labour | Sheila Dore | 526 | |
| | BNP | John Pearce | 509 | |
| | Labour | Shaheen Rafique | 406 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marc Jones | 404 | |
| | Green | Robert Tatam | 380 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Dauncey | 360 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Morgan | 337 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
High Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Liaquat Ali | 1,472 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Johar Khan | 1,468 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James O'Rourke | 1,453 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Raval | 1,372 | |
| | Labour | Diana Murray | 1,349 | |
| | Labour | Narinder Matharoo | 1,224 | |
| | Green | Denethor House | 604 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Stacey | 309 | |
| | Conservative | John Moss | 269 | |
| | Conservative | Rachel Wedderburn | 268 | |
| | Socialist Alternative | Claire Buddle | 245 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Higham Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Meiszner | 1,303 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Woollcott | 1,271 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Smith | 1,188 | |
| | Labour | Karen Bellamy | 1,031 | |
| | Labour | Marcia Douet | 883 | |
| | Labour | Peter Woodrow | 859 | |
| | Green | Liam Kerr | 327 | |
| | Conservative | Jemma Hemsted | 309 | |
| | Conservative | Ayhan Kizil | 258 | |
| | Conservative | Gerald King | 214 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Hoe Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Naz Sarkar | 1,351 | |
| | Labour | Saima Mahmud | 1,314 | |
| | Labour | Eric Sizer | 1,286 | |
| | Green | Stephen Lambert | 785 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Tidmarsh | 605 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Pond | 592 | |
| | Conservative | Sophia Khan | 530 | |
| | Conservative | Tara Draper-Stumm | 475 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Croot | 469 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Tidmarsh | 399 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Larkswood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Buckmaster | 1,653 | |
| | Conservative | John Walter | 1,651 | |
| | Conservative | Eric Williams | 1,545 | |
| | Labour | Carolyn Brown | 476 | |
| | Labour | Anne Garrett | 465 | |
| | Labour | John Brown | 461 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Wenden | 358 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Woolnough | 345 | |
| | Green | Bridget Kerr | 294 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khizar Khan-Lodhi | 290 | |
| | UKIP | Robert Brock | 270 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Lea Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Masood Ahmad | 1,375 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Davies | 1,327 | |
| | Labour | Afzal Akram | 1,240 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nasar Malik | 517 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Lake | 509 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frederick Lake | 471 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Miller | 451 | |
| | Green | Elen Miles | 429 | |
| | Conservative | Mahmood Noman | 360 | |
| | Conservative | Ilkay Halabi | 320 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Leyton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Naheed Qureshi | 1,443 | |
| | Labour | Miranda Grell | 1,427 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Sullivan | 1,424 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Smith | 1,399 | |
| | Labour | Simon Wright | 1,245 | |
| | Labour | Nicholas Russell | 1,242 | |
| | Green | Helen Griffith | 253 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Braham | 216 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Pryor | 176 | |
| | Conservative | Colette Gosling | 167 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Leytonstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marie Pye | 1,431 | |
| | Labour | Clyde Loakes | 1,352 | |
| | Labour | Jenny Gray | 1,274 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nazir Butt | 811 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mahmood Faiz | 802 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marie Valery | 710 | |
| | Green | Mark Dawes | 594 | |
| | Conservative | Helen Johnson | 389 | |
| | Respect | Peter Ashan | 387 | |
| | Respect | Caroline Coleman | 384 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Luker | 370 | |
| | Conservative | Roderick Milroy | 338 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.8% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Markhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Broadley | 1,227 | |
| | Labour | Asim Mahmood | 1,199 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Asghar | 1,174 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Javed Azam | 740 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Munir Hussain | 687 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Blewett | 686 | |
| | Green | Judith Stubbings | 570 | |
| | Respect | Mahtab Aziz | 533 | |
| | Respect | Carole Vincent | 471 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Hemsted | 442 | |
| | Conservative | Bilal Mahmood | 351 | |
| | Conservative | Eylem Kizil | 336 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Gover | 1,710 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Siggers | 1,638 | |
| | Conservative | Laurance Wedderburn | 1,539 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Boyle | 608 | |
| | Labour | Sivakumar Chelliah | 546 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Malik | 540 | |
| | Labour | Aktar Beg | 526 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shahnaz Rashid | 476 | |
| | Labour | Crispin St Hill | 457 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
William Morris :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Geraldine Reardon | 1,421 | |
| | Labour | Adam Gladstone | 1,409 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Wheatley | 1,288 | |
| | Labour | Khevyn Limbajee | 1,253 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Diwan | 1,217 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Jones | 1,144 | |
| | Green | Alexandra Rowe | 496 | |
| | Conservative | Emily Garrett | 322 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Drury | 319 | |
| | Conservative | Tim James | 293 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Wood Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Angela Bean | 1,471 | |
| | Labour | Peter Barnett | 1,383 | |
| | Labour | Richard Sweden | 1,289 | |
| | Conservative | Laura McManus-Andrea | 999 | |
| | Conservative | Halil Halabi | 953 | |
| | Conservative | Aleksander Mazalon | 926 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hatton | 671 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mazhar Iqbal | 593 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Khan | 558 | |
| | Green | Christine Olende | 557 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |