2010 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010. Great Yarmouth UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives held control of the council with 24 seats, compared to 15 for Labour. [3] 14 seats were contested at the election with both the Conservative and Labour parties defending 7 seats. [4] Claydon ward had 2 seats up for election after Labour councillor Dick Barker died in February 2010. [4] [5] Both the Conservative and Labour parties contested all 14 seats, while there were also 5 Liberal Democrats and 2 independent candidates. [5]

With the council election being held at the same time as the general election, local issues including the outer harbour, an additional river crossing and local regeneration, were mixed with national issues during the campaign. [5]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council, with the political balance on the council staying the same. [4] The Conservatives gained a seat in Caister South from Labour, but lost one back to Labour in Yarmouth North. [4]

In Yarmouth North both candidates tied on 1,034 votes each after four recounts. [4] As a result, a pack of playing cards was used to determine the result. [6] The Conservative candidate, Bob Peck, drew a three and Labour's Charlie Marsden then drew a seven. [6] [7] Therefore, Labour were allocated one more vote and gained the seat from the Conservatives. [4]

Great Yarmouth local election result 2010 [2] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 711050.049.418,085-5.3%
  Labour 711050.042.515,544+8.2%
  Liberal Democrats 000006.22,276+0.1%
  Independent 000001.9691+1.9%

Ward results

Bradwell North [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Plant1,80155.8+8.8
Labour Hilary Wainwright1,42744.2+0.2
Majority 37411.6+8.6
Turnout 3,22865.3+32.6
Conservative hold Swing
Bradwell South & Hopton [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Butcher1,92558.9+10.9
Labour Barbara Wright1,34441.1+21.9
Majority 58117.8−7.7
Turnout 3,26965.4+21.6
Conservative hold Swing
Caister North [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Smith1,21251.0−4.3
Labour Nick Dack73931.1+1.0
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer42718.0+3.4
Majority 47319.9−5.4
Turnout 2,37865.4+33.4
Conservative hold Swing
Caister South [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Hanton1,04944.6−5.0
Labour Patrick Hacon90538.5−11.9
Liberal Democrats Rod Cole39917.0+17.0
Majority 1446.1
Turnout 2,35368.1+31.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Central & Northgate [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Castle1,25644.4+1.3
Conservative Tom Garrod1,08938.5+0.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Dean48417.1+7.9
Majority 1675.9+0.7
Turnout 2,82950.6+23.9
Labour hold Swing
Claydon (2) [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Coleen Walker1,512
Labour Bernard Williamson1,429
Conservative Bob Scott1,259
Conservative Matthew Smith1,222
Turnout 5,42254.8+26.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
East Flegg [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Weymouth1,54957.6−9.3
Labour Caroline Mynett58921.9+4.5
Liberal Democrats Pam Mayhew55020.5+4.8
Majority 96035.7−13.8
Turnout 2,68870.1+33.7
Conservative hold Swing
Gorleston [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Burroughs1,68763.9−12.7
Labour Katie James95436.1+12.7
Majority 73327.8−25.4
Turnout 2,641
Conservative hold Swing
Lothingland [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Stone1,75064.2−8.3
Labour Chris Williamson97435.8+8.3
Majority 77628.5−16.5
Turnout 2,72464.6+34.2
Conservative hold Swing
Magdalen [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Wainwright1,53550.7+2.7
Conservative Carl Smith1,12737.3−14.7
Independent Margaret McMahon-Morris36312.0+12.0
Majority 40813.4
Turnout 3,02559.2+28.6
Labour hold Swing
Nelson [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Val Pettit1,12048.2+2.9
Conservative Malcolm Bird87537.7+2.6
Independent Alan Sowle32814.1+14.1
Majority 24510.5+0.3
Turnout 2,32341.3+22.0
Labour hold Swing
Southtown & Cobholm [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Holmes72544.0−2.1
Conservative Victor Ling50630.7+8.2
Liberal Democrats Tony Harris41625.3+14.3
Majority 21913.3−10.3
Turnout 1,64744.4+23.9
Labour hold Swing
Yarmouth North [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Marsden1,03550.0+8.2
Conservative Bob Peck1,03450.0−8.2
Majority 10
Turnout 2,06860.8+26.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Great Yarmouth". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2010". guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Countdown on to elections". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Playing card decides Yarmouth council seat". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "Local election candidates announced". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. 1 2 Bingham, John (8 May 2010). "General Election 2010: councillor loses seat on draw of a card". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Luck of the draw for Labour candidate". express.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Elections - Results". Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Yarmouth council elections". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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