Elections to Macclesfield Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election. In addition there was a by-election for the High Legh ward on the same day, where Charles Oulton (Conservative) was elected unopposed. The Conservative Party kept overall control of the council with a majority of 12 seats. Overall turnout was 34.2%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Macclesfield Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	11	55.0	56.3	14,807
Liberal Democrats	4	20.0	14.7	3,874
Labour	3	15.0	18.8	4,957
Handforth Ratepayers	1	5.0	3.7	978
Green	0	0.0	3.2	855
Independent	1	5.0	3.2	842

Ward results

Alderley Edge ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Keegan	921	54.9
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Browne	756	45.1
Majority			165
Turnout			1,677	42.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

Disley and Lyme Handley ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Diana Thompson	932	54.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Acaster	642	37.8
	Labour	Catherine Birchall	124	7.3
Majority			290
Turnout			1,698	46.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Handforth ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Handforth Ratepayers	Barry Burkhill	978	43.2
	Conservative	Roderick Menlove	977	43.1
	Labour	Anthony Sutherland	311	13.7
Majority			1
Turnout			2,266	36.27
	Handforth Ratepayers hold		Swing

Henbury ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James 'David' Williams	720	85.7
	Labour	Margaret Readman	120	14.3
Majority			600
Turnout			840	43.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Over ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Ranfield	712	57.6
	Labour	Brian Daulby	303	24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Barlow	221	17.9
Majority			409
Turnout			1,236	31.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

Macclesfield Bollinbrook ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Narraway	623	43.6
	Conservative	Karen Miles	599	41.9
	Labour	Julie Alexander	206	14.4
Majority			24
Turnout			1,428	32.06
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Macclesfield Broken Cross ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Goddard	514	43.6
	Conservative	Martin Hardy	500	42.4
	Labour	David Pemberton	165	14.0
Majority			14
Turnout			1,179	28.21
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Macclesfield Central ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Watson	462	42.9
	Conservative	Gillian Stratford	333	30.9
	Green	Dougal Hare	281	26.1
Majority			129
Turnout			1,076	24.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Macclesfield East ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Neilson	663	42.5
	Conservative	Matthew Davies	556	35.6
	Labour	Simon Truss	214	13.7
	Green	Belinda Jane	127	8.1
Majority			107
Turnout			1,560	37.43
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Macclesfield Hurdsfield ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Burton	455	53.0
	Labour	Jason Wood	211	24.6
	Conservative	Eileen Talbot	192	22.4
Majority			244
Turnout			858	25.37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Macclesfield Ivy ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Knowles	1,059	75.1
	Labour	James Worth	352	24.9
Majority			707
Turnout			1,411	34.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

Macclesfield Ryles ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maureen Radford	397	65.0
	Labour	David Reed	214	35.0
Majority			183
Turnout			611	31.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Macclesfield South ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gillian Boston	417	44.6
	Conservative	Lesley Smetham	352	37.7
	Green	Stephen Flinn	165	17.7
Majority			65
Turnout			934	22.68
	Labour hold		Swing

Macclesfield Tytherington ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brendan Murphy	842	45.3
	Conservative	Helena 'Jane' Naumkin	780	42.0
	Labour	Harold Stedman	130	7.0
	Green	Richard Purslow	105	5.7
Majority			62
Turnout			1,857	40.36
	Independent hold		Swing

Macclesfield West ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Whittle	544	58.6
	Conservative	Cheryl Evans	385	41.4
Majority			159
Turnout			929	24.62
	Labour hold		Swing

Poynton Central ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Howard Murray	1,366	76.9
	Labour	Judith Elderkin	411	23.1
Majority			955
Turnout			1,777	31.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Poynton West ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Robbie	1,129	77.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Middleton	322	22.2
Majority			807
Turnout			1,451	33.52
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prestbury ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thelma Jackson	1,495	92.1
	Labour	David Jackson	129	7.9
Majority			1,366
Turnout			1,624	38.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rainow ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Davenport	720	70.1
	Green	John Knight	177	17.2
	Labour	David Brown	130	12.7
Majority			543
Turnout			1,027	48.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilda Gaddum	682	78.0
	Labour	John Evans	192	22.0
Majority			490
Turnout			874	47.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preceded by 2004 Macclesfield Council election	Macclesfield local elections	Succeeded by 2007 Macclesfield Council election

References

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