2010 Hastings Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Hastings council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Hastings UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Hastings council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

The 2010 Hastings Borough Council elections were held on 6 May 2010, with half of the council's seats up for election. The Labour Party regained control of the council from no overall control, despite suffering a heavy defeat in the nationwide general election that was held on the same day. Overall turnout was 61.9%. The election in Ore ward was delayed due to the death of the Conservative candidate following the close of nominations. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1150+564.740.215,352+5.5
  Conservative 603-335.337.214,222-5.3
  Liberal Democrats 002-2020.67,857+1.6
  BNP 000001.4531-0.7
  Independent 000000.7252+0.7

Ward results

Ashdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Wilson1,56851.2-13.2
Labour Terri Dowling86728.3+9.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Roscoe62520.4+3.8
Majority70122.9-22.6
Turnout 3,06065.8+31.1
Conservative hold Swing
Baird
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Turner88942.8+4.8
Conservative Terry Fawthrop82939.9-11.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Tait35917.3+6.3
Majority602.9
Turnout 2,07758.3+20.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Braybrooke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Godfrey Daniel1,36054.5+1.3
Conservative Amanda Charlesworth70228.1-5.9
Liberal Democrats Oliver Maloney43217.3+4.5
Majority65826.4+7.2
Turnout 2,49466.1+24.8
Labour hold Swing
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee Clark1,22650.0+3.5
Conservative Graeme Williams62725.6+9.7
Liberal Democrats Colin Dormer59824.4+5.9
Majority59924.4-3.6
Turnout 2,45155.8+19.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Central St Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Birch1,12353.5+7.0
Conservative Bhatti Anwar53025.2-1.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith44721.3+5.9
Majority59328.3+8.6
Turnout 2,10050.3+18.9
Labour hold Swing
Conquest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eve Martin1,46153.0+4.1
Labour David Baker74527.0+13.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Gallop55120.0-10.5
Majority71626.0-19.4
Turnout 2,75772.1+26.7
Conservative hold Swing
Gensing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Cartwright1,09546.6+9.5
Conservative Rob Lee68229.0-1.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Benner57324.4-7.8
Majority41317.6+12.7
Turnout 2,35057.6+20.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Hollington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bruce Dowling84421.7
Labour Emily Westley73418.9
Conservative Liam Atkins70718.2
Conservative Mark Charlesworth63116.2
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Burton42811.0
Liberal Democrats Tricia Kennelly3288.4
BNP David Lovett2175.6
Turnout 3,88953.1+28.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Maze Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joy Waite1,19548.8-14.1
Labour Ted Bacon74930.6+8.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Dodwell50620.7+6.0
Majority44618.2-22.3
Turnout 2,45060.4+25.7
Conservative hold Swing
Old Hastings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hodges1,15339.5+9.3
Conservative Stuart Padget95232.6-2.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart Murphy81127.8-7.2
Majority2016.9
Turnout 2,91667.1+24.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Ore (Delayed until 17 June 2010) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Wincott60847.7+12.8
Conservative Stuart Padget47537.3-13.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Scott15812.4-2.4
BNP Nick Prince332.6+2.6
Majority13310.4
Turnout 1,27434.2-0.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Silverhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Gurney85436.5-10.8
Labour Nigel Sinden83835.8-3.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Beamount39717.0+3.4
Independent Stephen Springthorpe25210.8+10.8
Majority160.7-7.4
Turnout 2,34167.4+34.1
Conservative hold Swing
St Helens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Corello1,27643.4-15.1
Labour Michael Ward1,09837.4+13.2
Liberal Democrats John Tunbridge54619.2+2.0
Majority1786.0-28.3
Turnout 2,92073.4+23.3
Conservative hold Swing
Tressell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jay Kramer87645.8+8.8
Conservative John Dawson48725.5-2.2
Liberal Democrats Charlene Floyd40121.0+0.3
BNP Nick Prince1477.7-6.9
Majority38920.3+11.1
Turnout 1,91154.8+25.3
Labour hold Swing
West St. Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Finch1,10544.6-3.9
Labour Ken Maitland83033.5-4.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Seymour54221.9+8.3
Majority27511.1+0.4
Turnout 2,47763.9+28.1
Conservative hold Swing
Wishing Tree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Roberts1,05143.4-3.3
Conservative Chris Pillow77231.9-6.0
Liberal Democrats Jane Wainwright46519.2+3.8
BNP Mick Turner1345.5+5.5
Majority27911.5+2.7
Turnout 2,42262.7+26.4
Labour hold Swing

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