Elections toTameside Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. TheLabour Party retained overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:[1][2]
| Party | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 44 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 8 | +1 | |
| Liberal Democrats Audenshaw Focus Team | 2 | -1 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | |
| Labourhold. | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Kelly | 1,196 | 39.47 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Harrison | 1,177 | 38.84 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Bartley | 372 | 12.28 | ||
| Green | Nigel Rolland | 285 | 9.41 | ||
| Majority | 19 | 0.63 | |||
| Turnout | 3,030 | 35 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Highton | 953 | 42.11 | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Schofield | 713 | 31.51 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Daly | 378 | 16.70 | ||
| Green | Elizabeth Blyth | 219 | 9.68 | ||
| Majority | 240 | 10.61 | |||
| Turnout | 2,263 | 28 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Lynn Travis | 1,257 | 40.82 | ||
| Conservative | Suzanne Ambler | 767 | 24.91 | ||
| BNP | Anthony Jones | 755 | 24.52 | ||
| Green | Andrew Threlfall | 300 | 9.74 | ||
| Majority | 490 | 15.91 | |||
| Turnout | 3,079 | 36 | |||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Colin White | 1,102 | 40.77 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Allison Seabourne | 955 | 35.33 | ||
| Conservative | Georgina Greenwood | 646 | 23.90 | ||
| Majority | 2,703 | 32 | |||
| Turnout | 147 | 5.44 | |||
| Labourgain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vincent Ricci | 1,364 | 57.41 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Kershaw | 1,012 | 42.59 | ||
| Majority | 352 | 14.81 | |||
| Turnout | 2,376 | 29 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
Shortly after hearing the result Councillor Arthur Grundy died; he had been suffering from terminal cancer. The seat was retained for Labour a month by Walter Downs later ina by-election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Grundy | 1,443 | 61.51 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Jones | 903 | 38.49 | ||
| Majority | 540 | 23.02 | |||
| Turnout | 2,346 | 28 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Smith | 1,865 | 58.78 | ||
| Conservative | Joan Howarth | 1,308 | 41.22 | ||
| Majority | 557 | 17.55 | |||
| Turnout | 3,173 | 35 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Susan Quinn | 1,396 | 48.51 | ||
| BNP | David Gough | 619 | 21.51 | ||
| Conservative | Emlyn Davis | 453 | 15.74 | ||
| Local Community Party | Jack Crossfield | 410 | 14.25 | ||
| Majority | 777 | 27 | |||
| Turnout | 2,878 | 33 | |||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barrie Holland | 1,838 | 61.21 | ||
| BNP | Paul Hindley | 745 | 24.81 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Fletcher | 420 | 13.99 | ||
| Majority | 1,093 | 36.40 | |||
| Turnout | 3,003 | 34 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jacqueline Lane | 1,258 | 51.64 | ||
| Green | Vernon Marshall | 678 | 27.83 | ||
| Independent | Fiona Henderson | 500 | 20.53 | ||
| Majority | 580 | 23.81 | |||
| Turnout | 2,436 | 28 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Eileen | 1,271 | 50.62 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Dickinson | 1,240 | 49.38 | ||
| Majority | 31 | 1.23 | |||
| Turnout | 2,511 | 30 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | James Fitzpatrick | 1,322 | 50.62 | ||
| Conservative | Ali Reza | 673 | 49.38 | ||
| Majority | 31 | 1.23 | |||
| Turnout | 2,511 | 26 | |||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
Councillor Margaret Oldham died in office in November 2008. The seat was retained by Philip Fitzpatrick for Labour ina by-election in February 2009.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret Oldham | 1,085 | 36.94 | ||
| BNP | Nigel Byrne | 761 | 25.91 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Welsby | 552 | 18.79 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Ball-Foster | 363 | 12.36 | ||
| Green | Michelle Valentine | 176 | 5.99 | ||
| Majority | 324 | 11.03 | |||
| Turnout | 2,937 | 33 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ruth Welsby | 1,696 | 54.52 | ||
| Labour | Alan Barton | 1,415 | 45.48 | ||
| Majority | 281 | 9.03 | |||
| Turnout | 3,111 | 37 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roy Oldham | 1,429 | 51.48 | ||
| Conservative | Wendy Ince | 915 | 32.96 | ||
| BNP | Beverley Jones | 432 | 15.56 | ||
| Majority | 514 | 18.52 | |||
| Turnout | 2,776 | 37 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ann Etchells | 1,240 | 35.2 | ||
| Independent | Valerie Carter | 1,003 | |||
| Labour Co-op | Idu Miah | 851 | 24.1 | ||
| Labour | Michael Hill | 797 | |||
| Conservative | David Buckley | 772 | 21.9 | ||
| Green | Christine Clark | 661 | 18.8 | ||
| Green | Jacintha Manchester | 448 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 38.6 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Smith | 1,254 | 52.58 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Piper | 502 | 21.05 | ||
| Conservative | David Afshar | 333 | 13.96 | ||
| Green | Stuart Mortimore | 296 | 12.41 | ||
| Majority | 752 | 31.53 | |||
| Turnout | 2,385 | 28 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin Welsh | 1,219 | 47.84 | ||
| Conservative | Terence Shepherd | 850 | 33.36 | ||
| Green | Jean Smee | 479 | 18.80 | ||
| Majority | 369 | 14.48 | |||
| Turnout | 2,548 | 28 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Basil Beeley | 1,392 | 56.49 | ||
| Labour | Bill Fairfoull | 610 | 24.76 | ||
| Green | Melanie Roberts | 462 | 18.75 | ||
| Majority | 782 | 31.74 | |||
| Turnout | 2,464 | 32 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
