Local Elections 2010
Local Elections 2010 was held on 6 May 2010. 4,311 seats were filled across 3,021 wards and divisions in 228 councils, from 16,240 candidates. The Labour Party won 1,807, Conservative Party won 1,642 and Liberal Democrats won 744.
- Date
- 6 May 2010
- Seats filled
- 4,311
- Candidates
- 16,240
- Councils
- 228
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Labour Party | 4,057 | 1,807 | 6,694,782 | 33.2% |
| Conservative Party | 4,258 | 1,642 | 6,755,715 | 33.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,543 | 744 | 4,663,116 | 23.1% |
| Independent / other | 291 | 43 | 247,749 | 1.2% |
| Independent | 519 | 29 | 267,871 | 1.3% |
| Green Party | 1,656 | 21 | 686,188 | 3.4% |
| CIIP | 6 | 6 | 8,940 | 0.0% |
| LIB | 32 | 4 | 19,916 | 0.1% |
| Loughton | 4 | 4 | 4,184 | 0.0% |
| Respect | 88 | 3 | 67,534 | 0.3% |
| BNP | 751 | 2 | 372,811 | 1.8% |
| Bath Northeast Somerset Independent Group (BIG) | 19 | 2 | 18,953 | 0.1% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 632 | 1 | 230,059 | 1.1% |
| Scottish National Party | 3 | 1 | 5,949 | 0.0% |
| Morley Borough Independents | 1 | 1 | 2,837 | 0.0% |
| KHHC | 2 | 1 | 1,917 | 0.0% |
| CPA | 144 | 0 | 33,165 | 0.2% |
| English Democrats Party - Putting England First | 83 | 0 | 31,629 | 0.2% |
| British National Party | 12 | 0 | 7,890 | 0.0% |
| E Dem | 9 | 0 | 7,402 | 0.0% |
| CA | 10 | 0 | 6,208 | 0.0% |
| TUSC | 15 | 0 | 4,469 | 0.0% |
| NF | 18 | 0 | 4,211 | 0.0% |
| EDem | 6 | 0 | 3,158 | 0.0% |
| STP | 7 | 0 | 2,857 | 0.0% |
| AGS | 9 | 0 | 2,397 | 0.0% |
| Grn B | 2 | 0 | 1,851 | 0.0% |
| S&M RA | 5 | 0 | 1,159 | 0.0% |
| B IndGp | 1 | 0 | 938 | 0.0% |
| EFP | 2 | 0 | 842 | 0.0% |
| CmtyG | 1 | 0 | 699 | 0.0% |
| COMM | 5 | 0 | 632 | 0.0% |
| IKHHC | 1 | 0 | 603 | 0.0% |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 4 | 0 | 573 | 0.0% |
| South P | 2 | 0 | 522 | 0.0% |
| ChristP | 2 | 0 | 501 | 0.0% |
| SOC | 7 | 0 | 427 | 0.0% |
| SOC LAB | 3 | 0 | 415 | 0.0% |
| MRLP | 3 | 0 | 402 | 0.0% |
| The Liberal Party | 1 | 0 | 348 | 0.0% |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 14 | 13 | Conservative | 11 |
| Amber Valley | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Amber Valley | 14 | 14 | Labour | 8 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 17 | 51 | Labour | 51 |
| Barnet | 14 | 37 | Conservative | 18 |
| Barnet | 10 | 30 | Conservative | 22 |
| Barnsley | 21 | 21 | Labour | 17 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 12 | 12 | Labour | 10 |
| Basildon | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 11 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 9 |
| Bassetlaw | 16 | 16 | Labour | 11 |
| Bexley | 12 | 33 | Conservative | 29 |
| Bexley Borough Council | 11 | 36 | Conservative | 26 |
| Birmingham | 40 | 40 | Labour | 20 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 21 | 21 | Labour | 13 |
| Bolton | 20 | 20 | Labour | 13 |
| Bradford | 30 | 30 | Labour | 16 |
| Brent | 21 | 62 | Labour | 39 |
| Brentwood | 13 | 14 | Conservative | 10 |
| Bristol, City of | 23 | 23 | Liberal Democrats | 11 |
| Bromley | 22 | 60 | Conservative | 53 |
| Broxbourne | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 12 |
| Burnley | 16 | 16 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Bury | 18 | 20 | Labour | 10 |
| Calderdale | 17 | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Cambridge | 14 | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 13 |
| Camden | 18 | 54 | Labour | 30 |
| Cannock Chase | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 5 |
| Carlisle | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 9 |
| Castle Point | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Castle Point | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Cheltenham | 20 | 22 | Liberal Democrats | 16 |
| Cherwell | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 14 |
| Chesterfield | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Chiltern | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Chorley | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 10 |
| Colchester | 20 | 21 | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| Coventry | 18 | 18 | Labour | 13 |
| Craven | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 6 |
| Crawley | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Croydon | 24 | 70 | Conservative | 37 |
| Daventry | 13 | 14 | Conservative | 13 |
| Derby | 17 | 17 | Labour | 8 |
| Doncaster | 17 | 17 | Labour | 15 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Dudley | 24 | 24 | Conservative | 14 |
| Ealing | 10 | 30 | Labour | 14 |
| Ealing Borough Council | 13 | 39 | Labour | 26 |
| East Devon | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| East Riding Of Yorkshire | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| East Staffordshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Eastleigh | 15 | 15 | Liberal Democrats | 13 |
| Elmbridge | 20 | 21 | Conservative | 13 |
| Enfield | 21 | 63 | Labour | 36 |
| Epping Forest | 19 | 20 | Conservative | 10 |
| Exeter | 13 | 13 | Labour | 7 |
| Fareham | 15 | 16 | Conservative | 10 |
| Gateshead | 21 | 22 | Labour | 18 |
| Gateshead | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Glasgow | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Glasgow | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Gloucester | 15 | 15 | Conservative | 8 |
| Gosport | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 12 |
| Great Yarmouth | 13 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| Greenwich | 12 | 30 | Labour | 17 |
| Hackney | 10 | 30 | Labour | 27 |
| Halton | 17 | 18 | Labour | 15 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 16 | 46 | Conservative | 31 |
| Haringey | 19 | 57 | Labour | 34 |
| Harlow | 11 | 11 | Labour | 6 |
| Harrogate | 19 | 19 | Liberal Democrats | 11 |
| Harrow | 7 | 19 | Labour | 11 |
| Harrow Borough Council | 15 | 45 | Labour | 24 |
| Hart | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Hartlepool | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Hartlepool | 15 | 15 | Labour | 11 |
| Hastings | 16 | 17 | Labour | 11 |
| Havant | 14 | 15 | Conservative | 14 |
| Havering | 18 | 54 | Conservative | 33 |
| Herefordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Hertsmere | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 12 |
| High Peak | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Hillingdon | 22 | 65 | Conservative | 46 |
| Hounslow | 20 | 60 | Labour | 35 |
| Huntingdonshire | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 13 |
| Hyndburn | 9 | 9 | Labour | 7 |
| Hyndburn | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Ipswich | 16 | 17 | Labour | 8 |
| Islington | 9 | 26 | Labour | 18 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 9 | 27 | Conservative | 21 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 9 | 27 | Conservative | 22 |
| King's Lynn And West Norfolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Kingston Upon Hull | 20 | 22 | Labour | 11 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 9 | 27 | Liberal Democrats | 18 |
| Kingston upon Thames Borough Council | 7 | 21 | Conservative | 12 |
| Kirklees | 23 | 23 | Labour | 10 |
| Knowsley | 21 | 22 | Labour | 22 |
| Lambeth | 17 | 51 | Labour | 38 |
| Lancaster | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Leeds | 33 | 33 | Labour | 20 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Lewisham | 18 | 54 | Labour | 39 |
| Lincoln | 11 | 12 | Labour | 8 |
| Liverpool | 30 | 30 | Labour | 20 |
| Luton | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Maidstone | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 9 |
| Manchester | 32 | 32 | Labour | 23 |
| Merton | 20 | 60 | Labour | 28 |
| Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich | 8 | 25 | Labour | 24 |
| Metropolitan Borough of Hackney | 9 | 27 | Labour | 23 |
| Metropolitan Borough of Islington | 8 | 24 | Labour | 17 |
| Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth | 4 | 12 | Labour | 6 |
| Mid Sussex | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Milton Keynes | 17 | 18 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Mole Valley | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Mole Valley | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 26 | 27 | Labour | 16 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 20 | 21 | Labour | 9 |
| Newham | 11 | 31 | Labour | 31 |
| Newham | 10 | 30 | Labour | 30 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 15 | 15 | Labour | 7 |
| North Hertfordshire | 18 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| North Kesteven | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Norfolk | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| North Tyneside | 20 | 20 | Labour | 15 |
| Norwich | 13 | 13 | Labour | 7 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 17 | 17 | Labour | 11 |
| Oldham | 20 | 20 | Labour | 13 |
| Oxford | 24 | 24 | Labour | 13 |
| Pendle | 16 | 16 | Labour | 6 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1 | 1 | SNP | 1 |
| Peterborough | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 12 |
| Plymouth | 19 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Poole | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Portsmouth | 14 | 14 | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| Preston | 19 | 20 | Labour | 11 |
| Purbeck | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 5 |
| Reading | 15 | 15 | Labour | 6 |
| Redbridge | 21 | 63 | Conservative | 30 |
| Redditch | 10 | 11 | Conservative | 8 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 17 | 19 | Conservative | 15 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 18 | 54 | Conservative | 30 |
| Rochdale | 20 | 21 | Labour | 9 |
| Rochford | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 9 |
| Rossendale | 12 | 12 | Labour | 5 |
| Rotherham | 21 | 21 | Labour | 19 |
| Rugby | 15 | 15 | Conservative | 10 |
| Rugby | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Runnymede | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 12 |
| Rushcliffe | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Rushmoor | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 10 |
| Ryedale | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Salford | 20 | 20 | Labour | 17 |
| Sandwell | 24 | 24 | Labour | 21 |
| Sefton | 22 | 22 | Labour | 9 |
| Sheffield | 28 | 28 | Labour | 16 |
| Slough | 13 | 13 | Labour | 10 |
| Solihull | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| Solihull | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| Solihull Borough Council | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 19 | 19 | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| South Lakeland | 18 | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 15 |
| South Ribble | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| South Somerset | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| South Tyneside | 18 | 18 | Labour | 16 |
| Southampton | 16 | 16 | Labour | 7 |
| Southend-On-Sea | 17 | 17 | Conservative | 10 |
| Southwark | 21 | 63 | Labour | 35 |
| St Albans | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| St Albans Borough Council | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| St. Albans | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| St. Helens | 16 | 16 | Labour | 12 |
| Stafford | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Stevenage | 12 | 12 | Labour | 7 |
| Stevenage | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Stockport | 20 | 20 | Liberal Democrats | 11 |
| Stockport | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Stoke On Trent | 20 | 20 | Labour | 17 |
| Stratford on Avon Borough Council | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 10 |
| Stroud | 17 | 18 | Conservative | 12 |
| Suffolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 25 | Labour | 22 |
| Surrey | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Sutton | 18 | 54 | Liberal Democrats | 44 |
| Swale | 16 | 17 | Conservative | 14 |
| Swindon | 19 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| Tameside | 19 | 19 | Labour | 17 |
| Tamworth | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 7 |
| Tandridge | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 13 |
| Test Valley | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Three Rivers | 16 | 16 | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| Thurrock | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Thurrock | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Tower Hamlets | 18 | 54 | Labour | 41 |
| Trafford | 21 | 22 | Conservative | 12 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 3 | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 11 |
| Wakefield | 21 | 21 | Labour | 14 |
| Walsall | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 10 |
| Waltham Forest | 20 | 60 | Labour | 37 |
| Wandsworth | 20 | 60 | Conservative | 47 |
| Warrington | 19 | 20 | Labour | 13 |
| Warwickshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Watford | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Watford Borough Council | 7 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
| Waveney | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 10 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 15 | 17 | Conservative | 16 |
| West Lancashire | 18 | 19 | Conservative | 11 |
| West Lindsey | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| West Oxfordshire | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 14 |
| West Sussex | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Westminster | 20 | 60 | Conservative | 48 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 7 |
| Wigan | 25 | 25 | Labour | 24 |
| Winchester | 5 | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Winchester | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Wirral | 22 | 23 | Labour | 12 |
| Woking | 12 | 13 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Wokingham | 18 | 20 | Conservative | 16 |
| Wolverhampton | 20 | 21 | Labour | 13 |
| Worcester | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Worthing | 13 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Wycombe | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Wyre Forest | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 9 |