2006 UK local government election
Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Rossendale Local Election Result 2006
Party
|
Seats
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Net gain/loss
|
Seats %
|
Votes %
|
Votes
|
+/−
|
|
Conservative
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
+2
|
53.8
|
47.1
|
7,928
|
-3.8%
|
|
Labour
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
-1
|
38.5
|
35.2
|
5,924
|
-4.3%
|
|
Independent
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7.7
|
3.5
|
587
|
+3.5%
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
10.2
|
1,714
|
+0.6%
|
|
BNP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2.2
|
369
|
+2.2%
|
|
Green
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.8
|
299
|
+1.8%
|
Ward results
References