The 2006 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of
Brent London Borough
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Council in
London
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,
England
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. The whole council was up for election and the
Labour Party lost overall control of the council to
no overall control.
Background
Since the
last election in 2002, a
Conservative
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councillor
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Canada
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, Carol Shaw of
Brondesbury Park
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ward
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, had defected to the
Liberal Democrats,
while in April 2006, Labour councillor, Jonathan Davies of
Queen's Park ward; also joined the Liberal Democrats.
In the Brent area, the Liberal Democrats had also gained the parliamentary seat of
Brent East from Labour at a
2003 by-election and held the seat at the
2005 general election.
The defections meant that before the election Labour had 34 seats on the council, compared to 15 for the Conservatives and 11 for the Liberal Democrats.
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Election result
The Liberal Democrats gained 18 seats to leave no party with a majority on the council, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 27 councillors.[ who suffered a net loss of 14 seats.]Bob Blackman
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deputy leader.
Ward results
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2006
2006
2006 London Borough council elections