2010 Tandridge District Council election

Map of the results of the 2010 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

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

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 33
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Independent 1 ^[2]

Background

14 of the seats on the council were up for election, with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats contesting every seat. ^[3] 3 Conservative councillors stood down at the election, Eric Morgan from Limpsfield ward, Matthew Groves from Queens Park ward and Ros Langham from Westway ward. ^[3] Meanwhile, in Burstow, Horne and Outwood ward, the sitting Conservative councillor, Peter Brown, stood as an independent after being deselected and in Whyteleafe Sakina Bradbury defended the seat for the Conservatives after defecting from the Liberal Democrats in 2008. ^[3] Other parties standing at the election included the UK Independence Party, Labour Party with 8 candidates and the Green Party with 2 candidates. ^[3]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after holding 13 of the 14 seats contested to have 33 seats on the council. ^[4] No seats changed hands with the Conservatives holding Westway by 29 votes, Queens Park by 37 votes and Whyteleafe by 151 votes. ^[5] The Conservatives also comfortably held Burstow, Horne and Outwood, despite the challenge from the independent candidate and outgoing Conservative councillor Peter Brown. ^[5] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won the only seat not held by the Conservatives in Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh by 71 votes to remain on 8 councillors. ^{[4] [5]} Overall turnout at the election was 71.63%. ^[6]

Tandridge local election result 2010 ^{[2] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	0	0	0	92.9	54.8	19,314	-3.2%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	7.1	30.8	10,837	+1.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	2,528	+1.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	2,011	+1.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	313	-1.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	211	+0.1%

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nutfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Elias	1,762	58.4	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fowler	896	29.7	+15.0
	UKIP	Graham Bailey	358	11.9	−1.1
Majority			866	28.7	−22.3
Turnout			3,016	70.0	+32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstow, Horne and Outwood ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bond	1,762	56.7	−18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Gauge	494	15.9	+15.9
	Independent	Peter Brown	313	10.1	+10.1
	Labour	Stephen Case-Green	277	8.9	−4.6
	UKIP	William Nock	264	8.5	−2.9
Majority			1,268	40.8	−20.8
Turnout			3,110	68.6	+31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dormansland and Felcourt ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Sydney	1,330	63.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hardisty	625	29.7	+10.6
	UKIP	David Milne	146	6.9	+1.7
Majority			705	33.6	−17.0
Turnout			2,101	72.6	+34.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godstone ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rose Thorn	1,743	57.5	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Tomlin	681	22.5	−2.3
	UKIP	Richard Grant	355	11.7	+1.1
	Labour	Maxine Mathews	252	8.3	+1.7
Majority			1,062	35.0	+1.9
Turnout			3,031	69.7	+30.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harestone ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Connolly	1,446	65.6	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Bell	510	23.1	−2.8
	Labour	Simon Charles	156	7.1	+7.1
	UKIP	John Norrington	93	4.2	+4.2
Majority			936	42.5	−5.7
Turnout			2,205	74.1	+33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Limpsfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pannett	1,383	63.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson	667	30.6	−1.2
	UKIP	June Stone	131	6.0	−1.2
Majority			716	32.8	+3.6
Turnout			2,181	77.7	+33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lingfield and Crowhurst ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Perkins	1,346	61.6	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Thompson-Stewart	680	31.1	−21.2
	UKIP	Mark Fowler	159	7.3	+3.1
Majority			666	30.5
Turnout			2,185	68.8	+17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted North and Tandridge ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Weightman	1,765	53.4	−13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Griffiths	1,033	31.2	−2.1
	UKIP	David Eardley	216	6.5	+6.5
	Labour	Christine Broughton	181	5.5	+5.5
	Green	Benedict Southworth	111	3.4	+3.4
Majority			732	22.1	−11.3
Turnout			3,306	75.9	+31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Compton	1,471	44.9	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingate	734	22.4	+2.9
	Labour	Barbara Harling	719	21.9	+10.9
	UKIP	Tony Stone	253	7.7	−1.7
	Green	Michaela O'Brien	100	3.1	−1.3
Majority			737	22.5	−13.6
Turnout			3,277	74.9	+25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queens Park ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Stead	960	47.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Lloyd-Evans	923	45.8	+2.2
	Labour	Emma Wheale	132	6.6	+3.2
Majority			37	1.8	−7.6
Turnout			2,015	72.6	+18.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Morrow	1,441	46.7	+2.7
	Conservative	Simon Peniston-Bird	1,370	44.4	−2.4
	UKIP	Christopher Bailey	275	8.9	−0.3
Majority			71	2.3
Turnout			3,086	72.9	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warlingham West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glynis Whittle	1,226	61.9	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Kempster	583	29.4	+1.7
	UKIP	Janet Bailey	172	8.7	+8.7
Majority			643	32.5	−12.1
Turnout			1,981	73.8	+30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westway ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eithne Webster	828	43.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Pidgeon	799	42.3	−8.5
	Labour	Jonathan Wheale	158	8.4	+2.2
	UKIP	Helena Windsor	106	5.6	+5.6
Majority			29	1.5
Turnout			1,891	63.8	+25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whyteleafe ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sakina Bradbury	922	50.4	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Greaves	771	42.2	−11.6
	Labour	John Burgess	136	7.4	+2.8
Majority			151	8.2
Turnout			1,829	67.0	+31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Tandridge". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
2. "Local elections 2010". The Guardian. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
3. "Candidates prepare for local council elections". Get Surrey. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
4. "Tories dominate local elections in Surrey". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
5. Blackledge, Sam (10 May 2010). "No change in Tandridge after local vote". Get Surrey. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
6. "District Elections results 2010". Tandridge District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2012.