2010 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

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

The 2010 elections for the London Borough of Wandsworth Council were held on 6 May 2010. All 20 3-member wards were up for election, for a total of 60 councillors. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

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The Conservative Party were defending a strong position on the council, having 51 councillors previously elected and having maintained overall control of the council since 1978. The Labour Party were hoping to increase their representation from 9 councillors, and the Liberal Democrats and other parties were hoping to secure representation on the council.

Summary of results

Wandsworth Council election result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 473-345.069,737
  Labour 134+428.644,289
  Liberal Democrats 017.427,025
  Green 08.713,421
  BNP 00.1218
 Christian Peoples Alliance00.1154
  Communist 00.1138
  Independent 01-10.1135

Ward results

Balham (3)
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Bedford (3)
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Earlsfield (3)
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East Putney (3)
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Fairfield (3)
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Furzedown (3)
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Graveney (3)
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Latchmere (3)
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Nightingale (3)
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Northcote (3)
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Queenstown (3)
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Roehampton and Putney Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Shaftesbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Southfields (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 4,101
Conservative Guy Humphries 3,952
Conservative Terence Walsh 3,842
Labour Matthew Hay1,922
Labour Thomas Marsom1,877
Labour Alex Lisinge1,748
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Underwood1,607
Liberal Democrats Anna Marie Ahmed1,557
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burrett1,290
Green Tomasz Sokolowski610
IndependentEdward Larkin135
St Mary's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thamesfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tooting (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wandsworth Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Clay 4,706
Conservative Maurice Heaster 4,563
Conservative Kathy Tracey 4,329
Labour Derek Honeyball1,470
Labour Veronica King1,380
Labour Dan Smith1,209
Liberal Democrats Tamara Page1,088
Liberal Democrats David Patterson1,050
Liberal Democrats Ashley Jones967
Green Roy Vickery717
West Hill (3)
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West Putney (3)
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