Elections to
Croydon Council
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were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the
2002 election. The
Labour Party lost control of the council to the
Conservative Party
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for the first time since
1994
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Election result
Political make-up
Ward results
A-C
Addiscombe
Ashburton
Bensham Manor
Broad Green
Coulsdon East
Coulsdon West
Croham
F-N
Fairfield
Fieldway
Heathfield
Kenley
New Addington
Norbury
P-S
Purley
Sanderstead
Selhurst
Selsdon and Ballards
Shirley
South Norwood
T-W
Thornton Heath
Upper Norwood
Waddon
West Thornton
Woodside
Wards
There are 24 wards which represent
Croydon Council
Croydon London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Croydon is divided into 28 wards, electing 70 co ...
. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the
election
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on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives, giving the newly elected council's political composition as:
References
Election reportfrom Croydon Council (Dead link)
OMRLP Croydon Branch
External links
, ''
Croydon Advertiser
''The Croydon Advertiser'' (with locally branded editions) is a paid-for weekly newspaper with five editions covering the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton and two neighbouring towns and with a free up-to-the-minute maintained web presence.
Ci ...
'', 5 May 2006.
Labour kicked in the ballots ''
Croydon Guardian
The ''Sutton & Croydon Guardian'', also known as '' Your Local Guardian'', is a weekly free local newspaper published by Newsquest that covers the South London boroughs of Sutton and Croydon as well as surrounding areas. The newspaper is publis ...
'', 5 May 2006.
In Search of Selsdon Man ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', 27 April 2006.
Croydon ConservativesCroydon Labour councillorsCroydon Co-operative PartyCroydon Green Party
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2006
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2006 London Borough council elections