2006 Brent London Borough Council election

The 2006 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

2006 Brent London Borough Council election

← 2002 4 May 2006 2010 →
All 63 seats to Brent London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative Last election 9 seats, 16.9% 35 seats, 42.5% 16 seats, 32.2% Seats won 27 21 15 Seat change 18 14 4 Popular vote 20,744 25,681 20,410 Percentage 27.8% 34.4% 27.3% Swing 10.9% 8.1% 4.9%
Map of the results of the 2006 Brent London Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

Background

Since the last election in 2002, a Conservative councillor, Carol Shaw of Brondesbury Park ward, had defected to the Liberal Democrats,^[2] while in April 2006, Labour councillor, Jonathan Davies of Queen's Park ward; also joined the Liberal Democrats.^[3] 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.^[4][5] 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.^[1]

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.^[6][7] The Liberal Democrat gains were mainly at the expense of Labour,^[6] who suffered a net loss of 14 seats.^[8]

Following the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives took control of the council, with Liberal Democrat Paul Lorber becoming the leader of the council and Conservative Bob Blackman deputy leader.^[9]

Brent local election result 2006^[10]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	27	18	0	18	42.9	27.8	20,744	10.9
	Labour	21	2	16	14	33.3	34.4	25,681	8.1
	Conservative	15	3	7	4	23.8	27.3	20,410	4.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.1	6,820	3.1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	537	New
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	463	New

Ward results

Alperton (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Brown	1,624	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal Chavda	1,560
	Liberal Democrats	James Allie	1,481
	Labour	Harbi Farah	1,126	30.5
	Labour	Benjamin Ogunro	1,061
	Labour	Leon Turini	1,033
	Conservative	Jaydutt Desai	790	21.4
	Conservative	Ramnik Parmar	699
	Conservative	Shailesh Shukla	645
	Green	Ali Jazerli	151	4.1
Turnout			9,044	41	+4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barnhill (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James O'Sullivan	1,622	47.8
	Conservative	Suresh Kansagra	1,460
	Conservative	Irwin Colle	1,435
	Labour	Judith Beckham	1,012	29.8
	Labour	Shafique Choudhary	872
	Labour	Peter Coghill	851
	Liberal Democrats	Shashi Makhija	386	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Marcos	386
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Shuttleworth	377
	Green	Aatif Nawaz	374	11.0
Turnout			8,775	33	+0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brondesbury Park (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Shaw	1,554	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cummins	1,249
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Pagnamenta	1,075
	Conservative	William Duffin	710	20.7
	Conservative	Joan Padro	663
	Conservative	John Warren	647
	Labour	Steven Mitchell	517	15.0
	Labour	Robert Dignan	494
	Green	Simon Collins	460	13.4
	Labour	John Iloba	445
	Independent	Maurice Morris	197	5.7
	Independent	Michael Fedonos	194
Turnout			8,205	40	+11
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Dollis Hill (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lena Ahmed	1,177	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Castle	1,079	34.0
	Labour	Ralph Fox	1,052
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Sisson	1,042
	Liberal Democrats	Haththimuni De Silva	1,021
	Labour	Abdul Sattar-Butt	1,007
	Conservative	Manubhai Makwana	727	22.9
	Conservative	Annesley Abercorn	720
	Conservative	Brian Cattell	693
	Green	Rosie Leventon	187	5.9
Turnout			8,705	39	+9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dudden Hill (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Clues	1,460	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pawan Gupta	1,277
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal Hirani	1,195
	Labour	Mohammad Choudry	1,163	32.5
	Labour	Patricia Harrison	1,099
	Labour	Michael Lyon	1,017
	Conservative	Mohammed Alghoul	579	16.2
	Conservative	Jason McKee	551
	Conservative	Manal Elfeitury	527
	Green	Clare Homer	381
Turnout			9,249	38	+10
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Fryent (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Crane	1,605	44.3
	Labour	James Moher	1,589
	Labour	Ruth Moher	1,533
	Conservative	Jane McClay	1,320	36.4
	Conservative	Christie Fernandes	1,265
	Conservative	Sean Fear	1,233
	Liberal Democrats	Sakina Akhter	459	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Lyons	415
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Wright	369
	Green	Brian Orr	240	6.6
Turnout			10,028	41	+9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harlesden (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lincoln Beswick	1,410	47.0
	Labour	Janice Long	1,270
	Labour	David Coughlin	1,244
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Anderson	470	15.7
	Respect	Albert Harriott	463	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Lewis	410
	Conservative	Natalie Colwill	334	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Scott	326
	Green	Cecilia Litvinoff	321	10.7
	Conservative	Sumitra Mistry	271
	Conservative	Smart Owaka	254
Turnout			6,773	27	+5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensal Green (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertha Joseph	1,331	45.4
	Labour	James Powney	1,169
	Labour	Bobby Thomas	1,108
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Hunt	671	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Lowcock	583
	Green	Michael Collins	573	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel O'Dwyer	555
	Green	Philip Dymond	473
	Conservative	Valerie Jennings-Trott	356	12.1
	Conservative	Rosaline Owaka	326
	Conservative	Nagin Parmar	298
Turnout			7,443	30	+7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kenton (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reg Colwill	1,944	51.3
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	1,891
	Conservative	Arthur Steel	1,828
	Labour	Robert Freedman	1,043	27.5
	Labour	Mary Mears	976
	Labour	Eugene Sedze	779
	Liberal Democrats	Jagdish Patel	526	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Barker	483
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Sutherland	369
	Green	Gareth Moors	276	7.3
Turnout			10,115	40	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilburn (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dunn	1,440	38.9
	Labour	Mary Arnold	1,369	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Jackson	1,175
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Lawson-Tancred	1,156
	Labour	Noel Thompson	976
	Green	John McCooke	532	14.4
	Green	Peter Murry	365
	Conservative	Charles Garner	364	9.8
	Conservative	Cormach Moore	303
	Conservative	Monica Roberts	303
Turnout			7,983	31	+10
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Mapesbury (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hayley Matthews	1,326	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Leaman	1,277
	Liberal Democrats	Sami Hashmi	1,016
	Labour	Ian Bellia	1,008	26.3
	Conservative	Kahlid Dar	966	25.2
	Labour	Rizwana Ali	881
	Conservative	Jack Sayers	861
	Conservative	Jennifer Brown	754
	Labour	Mohammad Zakriya	703
	Green	Daniel Scrimgeour	530	13.8
Turnout			3,432	36	+8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Northwick Park (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Baker	1,564	45.3
	Conservative	Harihar Patel	1,451
	Conservative	John Detre	1,410
	Labour	Bhagwanji Chohan	939	27.2
	Labour	Lawrence Safir	784
	Labour	Mustapha Ishola-Jimoh	780
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Keynes	682	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeetender Dass	629
	Liberal Democrats	Deven Shah	603
	Green	Michael O'Brien	267	7.7
Turnout			7,567	35	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	2,010	53.8
	Conservative	Alan Mendoza	1,852
	Conservative	Harshadbhai Patel	1,830
	Labour	Mary Daly	1,014	27.1
	Labour	Robina Zakriya	880
	Labour	Karanodakasayi Dasa	850
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell	439	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Williamson	372
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pincus	357
	Green	Jonathan Liddell	273	7.3
Turnout			9,877	37	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queen's Park (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Tancred	1,284	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Tullett	1,184
	Liberal Democrats	Will Motley	1,102
	Labour	Neil Nerva	1,059	29.7
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	1,055
	Labour	Helga Gladbaum	1,010
	Green	Ropert Degas	526	14.8
	Conservative	Gurmaj Dhillon	494	13.9
	Conservative	William Wearmouth	486
	Green	Shahrar Ali	462
	Conservative	Kwasi Kwarteng	461
	Independent	Rocky Fernandez	197	5.5
Turnout			8,064	38	+13
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Queensbury (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kanta Mistry	2,169	48.8
	Conservative	Robert Dunwell	2,014
	Conservative	Atiq Malik	1,997
	Labour	Rameshchandra Patel	1,568	35.3
	Labour	Bill Dromey	1,551
	Labour	Sandra Kabir	1,516
	Liberal Democrats	John Lewis	426	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Raisin	369
	Green	Charles Bennett	284	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Spitzel	276
Turnout			12,170	45	+9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stonebridge (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann John	1,644	53.5
	Labour	Dorman Long	1,523
	Labour	Colum Moloney	1,510
	Conservative	Ratna Kamdar	607	19.7
	Conservative	Harji Dobasia	591
	Conservative	Latlji Ladwa	518
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Brown	464	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Lewis	372
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Khan	306
	Green	Robert Davis	216	7.0
	Independent	Francis Downes	143	4.7
Turnout			7,894	28	+4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sudbury (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber	1,600	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chandubhai Patel	1,528
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wharton	1,327
	Labour	Wilhelmina Murray	1,079	29.6
	Labour	Mohammad Ahrar-ul Hodo	1,074
	Labour	Kanapathipillai Naheerathan	1,032
	Conservative	Milan Kamdar	756	20.7
	Conservative	Narendra Kotecha	744
	Conservative	Patrick Garten	737
	Green	Benjamin Vanstone	211	5.8
Turnout			10,088	39	+1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tokyngton (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammed Butt	1,292	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Corcoran	1,287	32.2
	Labour	Joyce Bacchus	1,259
	Conservative	Nicola Blackman	1,247	31.2
	Labour	Jan Etienne	1,209
	Liberal Democrats	Fabiola Marini	1,184
	Conservative	Bhikubhai Patel	1,146
	Liberal Democrats	Uday Pandya	1,113
	Conservative	Miranda Colwill	1,063
	Green	David Powell	169	4.2
Turnout			10,969	47	+13
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Welsh Harp (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Farrell	1,598	45.1
	Labour	Harbhajan Singh	1,500
	Labour	Francis Eniola	1,494
	Conservative	Nigel Fletcher	1,137	32.1
	Conservative	Dineshkumar Mistry	1,116
	Conservative	Richard Lacey	1,090
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	537	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Raingold	427
	Liberal Democrats	Ulla Thiessen	345
	Green	Ruth Breznay	268	7.6
Turnout			9,512	40	+6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wembley Central (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vijaykumar Singh	1,824	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Brown	1,730
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Bessong	1,709
	Labour	Dhirajlal Kataria	1,619	39.4
	Labour	Navaratnam Paramakumaran	1,443
	Labour	Zaffar Van Kalwala	1,420
	Conservative	Arun Bhundia	480	11.7
	Conservative	Shaheen Butt	458
	Conservative	Michael Marklew	383
	Green	Harem Jaff	185	4.5
Turnout			11,251	46	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Willesden Green (3 seats)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Sneddon	1,206	41.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Anwar	1,178
	Labour	Lesley Jones	1,108	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Afifa Pervez	1,080
	Labour	Gabrielle Kagan	992
	Labour	Ahmad Shahzad	977
	Green	Simone Aspis	396	13.5
	Conservative	Sylvia Drab	234	7.9
	Conservative	Brian Simmonds	233
	Conservative	Claire Jakobsson	231
Turnout			2,699	33	+11
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing