2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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2010 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election
  2006 6 May 2010 2014  

All 54 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat0
Last election45 seats, 60.4%9 seats, 18.9%1 seat, 0%
Seats won43121
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Popular vote80,51632,89430,154
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Kensington and Chelsea London UK local election 2010 map.svg
Results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

Contents

In London borough council elections the entire council is elected every four years, unlike some other English councils, where a third of the councillors are elected for a four-year term in three successive years, with no elections in the fourth.

Map of the results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Kensington and Chelsea London UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Results

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea election result 2010 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4302-2
  Labour 9000
  Liberal Democrats 220+2

Ward results

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Borwick 1,853 59.8
Conservative James Husband 1,821
Conservative Joanna Gardner 1,786
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good883
Liberal Democrats John Faulder865
Liberal Democrats Susan Pritchard774
Labour David Lewis365
Labour Christina Alkaff363
Labour Margaret Pringle347
Turnout

Brompton

Brompton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shireen Ritchie 1,567 67.4
Conservative Iain Hanham 1,548
Conservative Quentin Marshall 1,523
Liberal Democrats Mary Harris45219.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Coxon410
Labour Martin Green30713.2
Labour Susie Parsons282
Labour Daver Perry214

Campden

Campden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Ahern 1,786 67.1
Conservative Christopher Buckmaster 1,774
Conservative Robert Freeman 1,682
Liberal Democrats Lucy Elliot59222.2
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve524
Liberal Democrats James Crichton-Miller484
Labour Mark Sautter28510.7
Labour Ghulam Lasharie273
Labour John Parsons261

Colville

Colville (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Caruana 1,459 42.8
Liberal Democrats Timothy Jones 1,244
Labour Dez O'Neill 1,096 32.2
Labour Amir Akhrif1,082
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta1,061
Labour Beinazir Lasharie913
Conservative Alexander Bond73521.6
Conservative Samia Bentayeb730
Conservative Lloyd North696
UKIP David Coburn1153.4

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Holt 1,525 63.9
Conservative Elizabeth Rutherford 1,519
Conservative Anthony Coates 1,472
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel48620.4
Liberal Democrats William Somers477
Liberal Democrats Michael Young434
Labour Brian Dodgeon37415.7
Labour Susan Warren279
Labour Damian Williams239

Cremorne

Cremorne (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maighread Condon-Simmonds 1,588 50.2
Conservative Mark Daley 1,542
Conservative Matthew Neal 1,327
Labour Richard Briggs73023.1
Labour Lesley-Anne Arnold728
Liberal Democrats Julian England69321.9
Labour Richard Chute636
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Ford620
Liberal Democrats Ann Lawrence578
UKIP Alasdair Seton-Marsden1554.9

Earl's Court

Earl's Court (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Phelps 1,358 44.9
Conservative Terence Buxton 1,262
Conservative Jonathon Read 1,150
Liberal Democrats Norma Peacock62120.5
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers578
Labour Joel Bishop56918.8
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade560
Labour Mabel McKeown487
Green William Ridley30210.0
Labour Oliver Dearie179
Independent Malcolm Spalding1745.8

Changes 2010–2014

The Conservatives lost the Earl's Court Ward by-election in September 2010 to the Liberal Democrats and narrowly won the Cremorne Ward by-election by only 19 votes. [2] Many commentators blamed the Conservative councillors led by Merrick Cockell for these poor results, stating that the council did not adequately take into account residents' views on projects such as the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel and the Earl's Court building works. [3] [4]

References

  1. "Kensington and Chelsea". London Councils. Retrieved 9 May 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Cremorne Ward By-election Sep 2010". Rbkc.gov.uk. 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. "Council byelection results from yesterday | Local Government". Conservativehome.blogs.com. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. Hodges, Dan. "By-election results in". Kensington & Chelsea Chronicle. Retrieved 22 May 2012.