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2010 United Kingdom local elections

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2010 United Kingdom local elections

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FieldValue
election_name2010 United Kingdom local elections
countryUnited Kingdom
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2009 United Kingdom local elections
previous_year2009
next_election2011 United Kingdom local elections
next_year2011
seats_for_electionAll 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,
20 out of 55 unitary authorities, 76 out of 212 district councils,
and 4 directly elected mayors
election_date6 May 2010
1blankCouncils
2blankCouncils +/–
3blankCouncillors
4blankCouncillors +/–
<!-- Conservative -->image1[[File:David Cameron official.jpg160x160pxDavid Cameron]]
leader1David Cameron
leader_since16 December 2005
party1Conservative Party (UK)
percentage1**35%**
swing14%
1data1**66**
2data14
3data1**3,462**
4data1121
<!-- Labour -->image2[[File:Gordon Brown (2008).jpg160x160pxGordon Brown]]
leader2Gordon Brown
leader_since224 June 2007
party2Labour Party (UK)
percentage227%
swing21%
1data237
2data217
3data22,976
4data2417
<!-- Liberal Democrats -->image3[[File:Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg160x160pxNick Clegg]]
leader3Nick Clegg
leader_since318 December 2007
party3Liberal Democrats (UK)
percentage326%
swing31%
1data314
2data34
3data31,730
4data3132
map_imageUnited Kingdom local elections, 2010.svg
map_size300px
map_captionColours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

20 out of 55 unitary authorities, 76 out of 212 district councils, and 4 directly elected mayors

The 2010 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, concurrently with the 2010 general election. Direct elections were held to all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 76 second-tier district authorities, 20 unitary authorities and various Mayoral posts, all in England. For those authorities elected "all out" these were the first elections since 2006.

The results provided some comfort to the Labour Party, losing the general election on the same day, as it was the first time Conservative councillor numbers declined since 1996.

Results

PartyCouncillorsCouncilsNumberChangeNumberChange
3,462121664
2,9764173717
1,730132144
Residents630
3680
19270
1510
940
Others2981170
No overall control}}"No overall controln/an/a477

Source: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm

London boroughs

Main article: 2010 London local elections

Mapped results for London Boroughs

All seats in the 32 London Boroughs were up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarking and DagenhamBarnetBexleyBrentBromleyCamdenCroydonEalingEnfieldGreenwichHackneyHammersmith and FulhamHaringeyHarrowHaveringHillingdonHounslowIslingtonKensington and ChelseaKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamMertonNewhamRedbridgeRichmond upon ThamesSouthwarkSuttonTower HamletsWaltham ForestWandsworthWestminster
hold[Details](2010-barking-and-dagenham-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-barnet-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-bexley-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-brent-london-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-bromley-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-camden-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-croydon-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-ealing-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-enfield-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-greenwich-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-hackney-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-hammersmith-and-fulham-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-haringey-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-harrow-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-havering-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-hillingdon-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-hounslow-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-islington-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-kensington-and-chelsea-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-kingston-upon-thames-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-lambeth-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-lewisham-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-merton-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-newham-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-redbridge-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-richmond-upon-thames-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-southwark-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-sutton-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-tower-hamlets-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-waltham-forest-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-wandsworth-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-westminster-council-election)

Metropolitan boroughs

Map showing results for the 32 London Boroughs, 36 Metropolitan Boroughs and 20 unitary authorities where seats were contested.

One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSt. HelensSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
hold[Details](2010-barnsley-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-birmingham-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-bolton-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-bradford-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-bury-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-calderdale-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-coventry-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-doncaster-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-dudley-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-gateshead-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-kirklees-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-knowsley-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-leeds-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-liverpool-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-manchester-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-newcastle-upon-tyne-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-north-tyneside-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-oldham-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-rochdale-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-rotherham-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-salford-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-sandwell-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-sefton-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-sheffield-council-election)
gain[Details](2010-solihull-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-south-tyneside-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-stockport-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-sunderland-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-tameside-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-trafford-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-wakefield-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-walsall-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-wigan-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-wirral-council-election)
hold[Details](2010-wolverhampton-council-election)

Unitary authorities

One third of the council seats were up for election in 20 unitary authorities.

CouncilPrevious controlNew ControlDetailsBlackburn with DarwenBristolDerbyHaltonHartlepoolKingston upon HullMilton KeynesNorth East LincolnshirePeterboroughPlymouthPortsmouthReadingSloughSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaStoke-on-TrentSwindonThurrockWarringtonWokingham
[Details](2010-blackburn-with-darwen-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-bristol-city-council-elections)
[Details](2010-derby-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-halton-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-hartlepool-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-hull-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-milton-keynes-council-election)
[Details](2010-north-east-lincolnshire-council-election)
[Details](2010-peterborough-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-plymouth-city-council-elections)
[Details](2010-portsmouth-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-reading-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-slough-council-election)
[Details](2010-southampton-council-election)
[Details](2010-southend-on-sea-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-stoke-on-trent-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-swindon-council-election)
[Details](2010-thurrock-council-election)
[Details](2010-warrington-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-wokingham-council-election)

The elections in Stoke-on-Trent had originally been cancelled following a referendum result which decided to abolish the existing Mayor and Cabinet system of governance, with replacement elections to take place in 2011 following a review of the council by the Boundary Committee for England. However, it was later decided to hold elections to one-third of the council in 2010 as planned.

Non-metropolitan districts

The elections that were due to be held in Exeter and Norwich were cancelled due to structural changes. Following the 2010 general election, the structural changes were cancelled, leading to elections in both cities in September 2010 (see 2010 Exeter City Council election and 2010 Norwich City Council election).

Half of council

Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlNew ControlDetailsAdurCheltenhamFarehamGosportHastingsNuneaton and BedworthOxford
[Details](2010-adur-council-election)
[Details](2010-cheltenham-council-election)
[Details](2010-fareham-council-election)
[Details](2010-gosport-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-hastings-council-election)
[Details](2010-nuneaton-and-bedworth-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-oxford-council-election)

Third of council

69 district councils had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlNew ControlDetailsAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBrentwoodBroxbourneBurnleyCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCastle PointCherwellChorleyColchesterCravenCrawleyDaventryEastleighElmbridgeEpping ForestGloucesterGreat YarmouthHarlowHarrogateHartHavantHertsmereHuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichLincolnMaidstoneMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth HertfordshirePendlePrestonPurbeckRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorSt AlbansSouth CambridgeshireSouth LakelandStevenageStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTamworthTandridgeThree RiversTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWelwyn HatfieldWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWorcesterWorthingWyre Forest
[Details](2010-amber-valley-council-election)
[Details](2010-barrow-in-furness-council-election)
[Details](2010-basildon-council-election)
[Details](2010-basingstoke-and-deane-council-election)
[Details](2010-bassetlaw-council-election)
[Details](2010-brentwood-council-election)
[Details](2010-broxbourne-council-election)
[Details](2010-burnley-council-election)
[Details](2010-cambridge-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-cannock-chase-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-carlisle-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-castle-point-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-cherwell-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-chorley-council-election)
[Details](2010-colchester-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-craven-council-election)
[Details](2010-crawley-council-election)
[Details](2010-daventry-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-eastleigh-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-elmbridge-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-epping-forest-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-gloucester-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-great-yarmouth-council-election)
[Details](2010-harlow-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-harrogate-council-election)
[Details](2010-hart-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-havant-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-hertsmere-council-election)
[Details](2010-huntingdonshire-council-election)
[Details](2010-hyndburn-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-ipswich-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-city-of-lincoln-council-election)
[Details](2010-maidstone-council-election)
[Details](2010-mole-valley-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-newcastle-under-lyme-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-north-hertfordshire-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-pendle-council-election)
[Details](2010-preston-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-purbeck-council-election)
[Details](2010-redditch-council-election)
[Details](2010-reigate-and-banstead-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-rochford-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-rossendale-council-election)
[Details](2010-rugby-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-runnymede-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-rushmoor-council-election)
[Details](2010-st-albans-city-and-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-south-cambridgeshire-council-election)
[Details](2010-south-lakeland-council-election)
[Details](2010-stevenage-council-election)
[Details](2010-stratford-on-avon-council-election)
[Details](2010-stroud-council-election)
[Details](2010-swale-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-tamworth-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-tandridge-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-three-rivers-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-tunbridge-wells-council-election)
[Details](2010-watford-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-waveney-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-welwyn-hatfield-borough-council-election)
[Details](2010-west-lancashire-council-election)
[Details](2010-west-lindsey-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-west-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
[Details](2010-weymouth-and-portland-council-election)
[Details](2010-winchester-council-election)
[Details](2010-woking-council-election)
[Details](2010-worcester-city-council-election)
[Details](2010-worthing-council-election)
[Details](2010-wyre-forest-district-council-election)

Mayoral elections

There were four mayoral elections.

Local AuthorityPrevious MayorNew MayorDetailsHackneyLewishamNewhamWatford
Jules Pipe (Labour)Jules Pipe (Labour)[Details](2010-hackney-council-election)
Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)[Details](2010-lewisham-council-election)
Sir Robin Wales (Labour)Sir Robin Wales (Labour)[Details](2010-newham-council-election)
Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat)Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat)[Details](2010-watford-borough-council-election-mayoral-election)

References

References

  1. Siddique, Haroon. (6 April 2010). "Gordon Brown confirms 6 May general election date". Guardian Media Group.
  2. (8 May 2009). "Strengthening local leadership and improving services in Stoke-on-Trent". Ministry of Communities and Local Government.
  3. (10 April 2010). "Notice of Election - City of Stoke on Trent". Stoke on Trent City Council.
  4. (24 March 2010). "The Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010 No. 997". Office of Public Sector Information.
  5. (24 March 2010). "The Exeter and Devon (Structural Changes) Order 2010 No. 998". Office of Public Sector Information.
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