2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

The 2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England.

[1] After the election, the composition of the council was 19 seats were due to be contested in the election but in Wellesbourne, independent Roger Wright did not face any opposition meaning that only 18 seats saw contests take place.

[3] Both the Conservatives, who were defending 11 seats, and the Liberal Democrats, who were defending 7, were hoping to make gains in the election,[4] while the Labour party only put up 4 candidates in the election.

[3] The Conservatives campaigned on pledges to take action over traffic congestion and to keep council tax levels low.

[4] However the Liberal Democrats said that big improvements in services were needed and that improving basic services should be put before any ambitious plans for the area.

Map of the results of the 2006 Stratford-on-Avon council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.