2006 Exeter City Council election

2006 Exeter City Council election [1][2]
← 2004 4 May 2006 2007 →
13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.2%
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 19 12
Seats before 18 13
Seats won 5 3
Seats after 16 12
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 6,954 5,606
Percentage 30.3% 24.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Liberal
Last election 5 4
Seats before 5 5
Seats won 4 1
Seats after 8 4
Seat change Increase3 Steady
Popular vote 7,131 1,253
Percentage 31.1% 5.5%
Map showing the results the 2006 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in white had no election.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2006 Exeter City Council election took place on 4 May 2006, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 11.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2006). Local Elections Handbook 2006 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Election 2006". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. p. 17.