| Election Name: | 2006 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election[1] [2] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | All 46 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Turnout: | 39.7% (7.7%) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 18 seats, 41.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 33 |
| Seat Change1: | 15 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,862 |
| Percentage1: | 48.2% |
| Swing1: | 6.5% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 28 seats, 41.5% |
| Seats Before2: | 29 |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 15,275 |
| Seat Change2: | 15 |
| Percentage2: | 32.2% |
| Swing2: | 9.3% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Elections to Hammersmith and Fulham Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.
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At the Hammersmith and Fulham council election, 2006, the Conservative Party won a majority for the first time since 1968, taking 33 seats and forming the Administration for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . The Council leader was Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh. Labour formed the opposition on the Council, with 13 seats, and was led by Stephen Cowan.[3]
The Conservative Party came close to losing the usually safe ward of Palace Riverside, after the sitting councillors were deselected, and ran as independents. One of the two rebels returned 12 years later as the Conservative candidate in the same ward, and was elected.[4]
One notable loss for the Labour Party was one of the three seats in the Shepherds Bush Green ward – which only ever elected Labour councillors before or since. After alternating between Abu Khalad (1986, 1994 & 2002) and Jafar Khaled (1990 & 1998), Abu Khaled stood for re-election but lost by 4 votes in a ward where the Conservatives had previously been nowhere near winning a seat.
The borough is divided into 16 electoral wards, all bar two electing three councillors apiece.[5]