The 2006 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of
Barnet London Borough Council
Barnet London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 within London. Barnet is divided into 21 wards, each electing three councillors.
The cou ...
in
London
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, England. The whole council was up for election and the
Conservative party
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stayed in overall control of the council.
Background
The
last election in 2002 saw the Conservatives gain a majority of seats after winning 33 seats, compared to 24 for
Labour
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and 6
Liberal Democrats.
In December 2005 the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in
High Barnet
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from the Conservatives in a
by-election
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, after having come third in the
ward
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in 2002.
This meant that before the election the Conservatives had 31 seats, the Labour party 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and 1, formerly Conservative, seat was vacant.
[
A total of 219 candidates stood in the election for the 63 seat being contested across 21 wards.][ These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberal Democrats had 3 candidates in all but one ward.][ Other candidates included the ]Green Party
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who stood at least one candidate in each ward, as well as 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party
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, 1 Victory United candidate and 2 independents.[ 14 ]councillor
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Canada
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s did not stand for re-election and a further 1, Daniel Hope, stood in a different ward.[
]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority to 11 after winning 37 of the 63 seats.[ This turnout included 33,892 ]postal votes
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, a rise from 29,195 in 2002.[
Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Brian Salinger, lost a ]vote of no confidence
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in the Conservative group by 21 votes to 16 and was replaced as leader by his deputy Mike Freer
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.
Ward results
Brunswick Park
Burnt Oak
Childs Hill
Colindale
Coppetts
East Barnet
East Finchley
Edgware
Finchley Church End
Garden Suburb
Golders Green
Hale
Hendon
High Barnet
Mill Hill
Oakleigh
Totteridge
Underhill
West Finchley
West Hendon
Woodhouse
By-elections between 2006 and 2010
East Barnet
Cllr. Olwen Evans died on 25 December 2006 after a long battle with cancer. She had served East Barnet Ward as a councillor for 24 years (1978-1994 and 1998–2006).
Hale
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Jane Ellison
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.
Edgware
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard F. Weider.
Totteridge
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Caroline S. Margo.
References
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2006
2006 London Borough council elections