2010 Colchester Borough Council election

2010 Colchester Borough Council election

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20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.3% (30.8%)
First party Second party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 23 seats, 37.2% 27 seats, 37.3% Seats before 23 27 Seats won 10 8 Seats after 26 24 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 27,738 26,184 Percentage 39.9% 37.6% Swing 2.7% 0.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Independent Last election 7 seats, 13.0% 3 seats, 3.5% Seats before 7 3 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 7 3 Seat change Popular vote 9,067 2,710 Percentage 13.0% 3.9% Swing 0.0% 0.4%
Leader of the council before election Anne Turrell Liberal Democrats Leader of the council after election Anne Turrell Liberal Democrats

Map of the results of the 2010 Colchester council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrats 26
• Conservative 24
• Labour 7
• Independent 3 ^[2]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats became the largest party on the council with 26 seats after taking 3 seats from the Conservatives. ^[3] The gains came in Berechurch and Mile End wards where the sitting councillors were not defending the seats, as well as Stanway where Conservative councillor Gaye Pyman was defeated by 265 votes. ^[3] This dropped the Conservatives to 24 seats, while Labour stayed on 7 seats and there remained 3 independents. ^[2] Overall turnout at the election was 65.3%, ranging from a high of 74.6% in Pyefleet to a low of 47.9% in St Andrew's ward. ^[3]

Following the election the coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Labour and independents remained in control of the council administration. ^[2]

2010 Colchester Borough Council election [4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	3	50.0	16	26	43.3	27,738	39.9	+2.7
	Conservative	8	3	40.0	16	24	40.0	26,184	37.6	+0.3
	Labour	1		5.0	6	7	11.7	9,067	13.0	±0.0
	Independent	1		5.0	2	3	5.0	2,710	3.9	+0.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,792	5.4	–3.1
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	98	0.1	New

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Mudie	1,535	40.7	+6.4
	Labour	Christopher Pearson	1,224	32.5	-4.5
	Conservative	Andrew Bright	897	23.8	+1.9
	Green	Maria Iacovou	112	3.0	-3.8
Majority			311	8.3	N/A
Turnout			3,768	58.5	+25.0
Registered electors			6,449
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	5.5

Birch & Winstree

Birch & Winstree ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Bentley*	2,019	62.9	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Westcott-Boyd	677	21.1	+2.2
	Labour	James Spencer	358	11.2	+5.2
	Green	Angela Livingstone	154	4.8	-0.2
Majority			1,342	41.8	-9.5
Turnout			3,208	72.5	+35.0
Registered electors			4,453
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Castle

Castle ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Frame	1,774	41.8	-3.4
	Conservative	Lucy Craymer	1,112	26.2	+8.6
	Green	Peter Lynn	913	21.5	-10.2
	Labour	Adam Fox	449	10.6	+5.1
Majority			662	15.6	+2.1
Turnout			4,248	59.1	+21.0
Registered electors			7,225
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.0

Christ Church

Christ Church ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cope*	1,218	51.6	+9.2
	Conservative	Alan Drew	717	30.4	-3.8
	Green	Alexander Cave	226	9.6	-8.1
	Labour	Michael Donnachie	200	8.5	+2.8
Majority			501	21.2	+13.0
Turnout			2,361	73.4	+27.4
Registered electors			3,238
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.5

Fordham & Stour

Fordham & Stour ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Arnold	1,698	57.4	-9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Woodward	749	25.3	+12.1
	Labour	Michael Gilheany	335	11.3	+2.5
	Green	Clarice Mort	176	5.9	-4.8
Majority			949	32.1	-21.8
Turnout			2,958	72.4	+38.1
Registered electors			4,104
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.0

Harbour

Harbour ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Blandon*	1,452	57.9	-1.4
	Conservative	Grant Mitchell	583	23.3	+1.2
	Labour	Stephen Adshead	329	13.1	+1.6
	Green	Stephen Ford	143	5.7	-1.5
Majority			869	34.7	-2.5
Turnout			2,507	55.9	+28.2
Registered electors			4,480
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.3

Highwoods

Highwoods ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerard Oxford*	2,057	48.2	-11.3
	Conservative	Joshua Woulfe	848	19.9	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Grimsey	831	19.5	+8.2
	Labour	Janet Smith	352	8.2	+3.6
	BNP	Patrick Sullivan	98	2.3	-4.0
	Green	Robert Spence	85	2.0	-1.0
Majority			1,209	28.3	-15.9
Turnout			4,271	63.0	+31.6
Registered electors			6,801
	Independent hold		Swing	8.0

Lexden

Lexden ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sonia Lewis*	1,729	55.5	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Hayes	1,084	34.8	+7.2
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	168	5.4	+1.3
	Green	Clare Palmer	132	4.2	-1.8
Majority			645	20.7	-14.1
Turnout			3,113	72.1	+30.9
Registered electors			4,333
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Mile End

Mile End ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Greenhill	2,577	55.9	-5.2
	Conservative	Matthew Eaton	1,516	32.9	+0.7
	Labour	Ian Yates	372	8.1	+4.7
	Green	Mary Bryan	146	3.2	-0.2
Majority			1,061	23.0	-5.9
Turnout			1,061	65.1	+26.1
Registered electors			7,110
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.0

New Town

New Town ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins	2,061	59.1	-3.5
	Conservative	Mo Metcalf-Fisher	680	19.5	+2.9
	Labour	Rossanna Trudgian	441	12.7	+3.7
	Green	Linda Wonnacott	304	8.7	-3.1
Majority			1,381	39.6	-6.4
Turnout			3,486	56.1	+28.6
Registered electors			6,241
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2

Prettygate

Prettygate ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Lissimore*	2,055	46.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Loxley	1,891	42.9	-1.4
	Labour	Michael Dale	320	7.3	+1.9
	Green	Peter Appleton	146	3.3	-1.5
Majority			164	3.7	+2.6
Turnout			4,412	74.1	+29.9
Registered electors			5,970
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Pyefleet

Pyefleet ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Sutton	699	43.8	-17.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Raven	681	42.7	+30.2
	Labour	Robert Fisher	146	9.2	+2.3
	Green	Tobie Glenny	69	4.3	-3.4
Majority			18	1.1	-47.8
Turnout			1,595	74.6	+32.2
Registered electors			2,144
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.9

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Young*	1,323	43.0	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Warner	1,107	36.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Daniel Ellis	545	17.7	+3.0
	Green	Beverley Maltby	100	3.3	-0.6
Majority			216	7.0	-13.8
Turnout			3,075	47.9	+23.0
Registered electors			6,433
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

St. Anne's

St. Anne's ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hogg*	2,214	58.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Benjamin Caine	916	24.2	+3.0
	Labour	Bruce Tuxford	490	12.9	-1.8
	Green	Sandra Moog	168	4.4	-3.2
Majority			1,298	34.3	-1.1
Turnout			3,788	58.2	+29.5
Registered electors			6,534
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

St. John's

St. John's ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Gamble*	1,833	62.1	-9.5
	Conservative	Andrew Tollick	813	27.5	+5.1
	Labour	Luke Dopson	217	7.4	+4.0
	Green	David Traynier	89	3.0	+0.4
Majority			1,020	34.6	-14.6
Turnout			2,952	71.9	+29.9
Registered electors			4,117
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.3

Shrub End

Shrub End ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lyn Barton*	1,832	48.8	+5.9
	Conservative	Darius Laws	1,321	35.2	-7.1
	Labour	Paul Fryer-Kelsey	465	12.4	+2.2
	Green	Walter Schwarz	135	3.6	-1.0
Majority			511	13.6	+13.0
Turnout			3,753	55.7	+25.7
Registered electors			6,755
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.5

Stanway

Stanway ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sykes	1,991	46.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Gaye Pyman*	1,726	39.9	-3.4
	Labour	David Hough	478	11.1	+3.9
	Green	Pamela Nelson	130	3.0	-0.9
Majority			265	6.1	+3.9
Turnout			4,325	66.9	+28.1
Registered electors			6,498
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	1.9

Tiptree

Tiptree ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Elliott*	2,266	55.3	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Lower	858	21.0	+2.3
	Labour	Robert Spademan	732	17.9	+4.8
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	238	5.8	-1.9
Majority			1,408	34.4	-7.4
Turnout			4,094	67.0	+36.6
Registered electors			6,145
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Willetts*	1,350	46.0	-16.9
	Independent	John Gili-Ross	653	22.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Douglas	535	18.2	+5.5
	Labour	Barbara Nichols	276	9.4	-3.0
	Green	Roger Bamforth	119	4.1	-7.9
Majority			697	23.8	-26.4
Turnout			2,933	73.8	+37.4
Registered electors			3,963
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

West Mersea

West Mersea ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jowers*	2,694	65.2	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stevens	838	20.3	+10.7
	Labour	John Wood	392	9.5	+2.7
	Green	Christopher Fox	207	5.0	-0.9
Majority			1,856	44.9	-23.2
Turnout			4,131	69.2	+34.7
Registered electors			5,988
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.6

References

1. "Colchester". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
2. Brading, Wendy (14 May 2010). "Colchester : Rainbow coalition to continue". Essex County Standard . NewsBank.
3. "Liberal Democrats now biggest party on the council". Essex County Standard . 7 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
4. "Declaration of result of poll". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.