2006 Liverpool City Council election

2006 Liverpool City Council election

← 2004 4 May 2006 (2006-05-04) 2007 →

30 of 90 seats (one-third)
to Liverpool City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Joe Anderson (crop).jpg
Leader Warren Bradley Joe Anderson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Wavertree Riverside
Seats before 60 27
Seats after 57 30
Seat change -3 +3
Popular vote 34,794 32,273
Percentage 40.5% 37.6%
Swing -12.4% +4.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Steve Radford
Party Liberal Green
Leader's seat Tuebrook
and
Stoneycroft
Seats before 3 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change 0 0
Popular vote 6,432 5,112
Percentage 7.5% 5.9%
Swing +1.7% +3.0%

Map showing the results of the 2006 Liverpool City Council election

Control of Council before election


Liberal Democrats

Elected Control of Council


Liberal Democrats

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 25%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Party Seats   ±  
Liberal Democrat 56 -3
Labour 30 +3
Liberal Party 3 0
Green 1 0