2006 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon Council Election, 2006
4 May 2006
All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mike Fisher Tony Newman
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 2005 2005
Leader's seat Shirley Woodside
Last election 32 seats, 45.2% 37 seats, 38.0%
Seats won 43 27
Seat change 11 10
Popular vote 49,341 28,534
Percentage 44.8% 25.9%
Swing 0.4% 12.1%
Map of the results of the 2006 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Leader of the Council before election

Tony Newman
Labour

Elected Leader

Mike Fisher
Conservative

Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party lost control of the council to the Conservative Party for the first time since 1994.

There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the election, there was a defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives.

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