2010 Wokingham Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2010 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, 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 43
• Liberal Democrat 11 ^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 43 seats, but lose 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats who then had 11 councillors. ^{[3] [4]} Liberal Democrat Sue Smith gained Loddon from Conservative Abdul Loyes by 51 votes in the only change in the political composition of the council. ^[5] This was the first time since the 2001 election that the Conservatives had failed to gain seats at an election for Wokingham council. ^[6] Overall turnout in the election was 71.33%, ^[4] significantly up after the council election was held at the same time as the general election. ^[6]

Wokingham local election result 2010 ^{[2] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	0	1	-1	80.0	50.9	39,166	-6.8%
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	+1	20.0	35.3	27,191	+4.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	6,345	+3.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	2,852	-2.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1,305	+1.0%
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	143	+0.2%

Ward results

Arborfield ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cowan	859	58.6	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bacon	515	35.1	+12.0
	UKIP	Joan Huntley	92	6.3	+2.1
Majority			344	23.5	−26.1
Turnout			1,466
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bulmershe and Whitegates ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Rahmouni	1,742	38.1	−7.0
	Conservative	Shahid Younis	1,615	35.3	−1.2
	Labour	Greg Bello	877	19.2	+5.9
	UKIP	Peter Jackson	214	4.7	−0.4
	Green	Adrian Windisch	127	2.8	+2.8
Majority			127	2.8	−5.8
Turnout			4,575
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Coronation ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Baker	1,788	52.8	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Power	1,064	31.4	−6.3
	Labour	Pippa White	278	8.2	+3.9
	UKIP	Amy Thornton	156	4.6	−0.2
	Green	John Prior	99	2.9	+2.9
Majority			724	21.4	+5.9
Turnout			3,385
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emmbrook ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Singleton	2,376	49.2	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Harley	1,574	32.6	+3.7
	UKIP	Ann Davis	462	9.6	−1.0
	Labour	Paul Sharples	418	8.7	+4.0
Majority			802	16.6	−10.3
Turnout			4,830
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evendons ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Corrie	2,537	51.5	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Dooley	1,679	34.1	+11.5
	Labour	Tony Skuse	393	8.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Mike Spencer	321	6.5	−3.3
Majority			858	17.4	−23.1
Turnout			4,930
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchampstead North ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Stanton	2,209	68.2	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jim May	1,030	31.8	+14.4
Majority			1,179	36.4	−22.4
Turnout			3,239
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchampstead South ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Weeks	2,084	65.6	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Cundy	840	26.4	+1.5
	Labour	Clive Williams	252	7.9	+7.9
Majority			1,244	39.2	−2.9
Turnout			3,176
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkedon ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Firmager	2,203	48.6	−18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Vick	2,052	45.3	+17.0
	UKIP	David Lamb	277	6.1	+1.4
Majority			151	3.3	−35.4
Turnout			4,532
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillside ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bradley	2,277	46.5	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Hare	1,967	40.2	+2.6
	Labour	David Sharp	505	10.3	+4.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Top Cat Owen	143	2.9	+2.9
Majority			310	6.3	−8.6
Turnout			4,892
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loddon ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Smith	1,997	42.9	−11.4
	Conservative	Abdul Loyes	1,945	41.8	+4.7
	Labour	Roger Hayes	548	11.8	+6.9
	Green	Andrew Sansom	164	3.5	+3.5
Majority			52	1.1	−16.1
Turnout			4,654
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Maiden Erlegh (2) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Swaddle	2,254
	Conservative	Kenneth Miall	2,161
	Liberal Democrats	John Eastwell	2,083
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Smith	2,016
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	1,077
Turnout			9,591
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norreys ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lee	2,347	50.7	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Vaughan	1,379	29.8	+10.5
	Labour	Mary Gascoyne	566	12.2	+2.1
	UKIP	Keith Knight	341	7.4	−3.7
Majority			968	20.9	−19.2
Turnout			4,633
	Conservative hold		Swing

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Pitts	2,107	65.3	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	909	28.2	+6.8
	Labour	Richard Fort	211	6.5	+2.4
Majority			1,198	37.1	−16.0
Turnout			3,227
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shinfield South (2) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barrie Patman	1,949
	Conservative	Charlotte Haitham Taylor	1,820
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Spratling	1,188
	Green	Marjory Bisset	664
	Green	David Hogg	251
Turnout			5,872
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Lake ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Rowland	1,481	47.1	−5.1
	Conservative	Jenny Cheng	1,091	34.7	+0.9
	Labour	Ian Hills	423	13.4	+7.0
	UKIP	Martin Martinez	152	4.8	−2.8
Majority			390	12.4	−6.0
Turnout			3,147
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swallowfield ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Munro	970	60.9	−15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Scarrott	388	24.4	+7.2
	UKIP	Max Bowker	234	14.7	+8.1
Majority			582	36.6	−22.4
Turnout			1,592
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winnersh ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Prue Bray	2,348	49.3	+7.8
	Conservative	John Kaiser	1,866	39.1	−9.3
	Labour	John Baker	339	7.1	+2.5
	UKIP	Tony Pollock	214	4.5	−1.1
Majority			482	10.2
Turnout			4,767
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wokingham Without ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Ross	2,708	60.3	−15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Higgs	939	20.9	+7.5
	Labour	Rosemary Chapman	458	10.2	+10.2
	UKIP	Graham Widdows	389	8.7	−1.7
Majority			1,769	39.4	−23.4
Turnout			4,494
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Wokingham". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
2. "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
3. "Reading remains a hung council". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
4. Midgley, Emma; Minard, Jenny (7 May 2010). "Berkshire's election stories as the nation votes". BBC News Online . Retrieved 23 July 2011.
5. "Wokingham Borough Council Election results 2010". getwokingham. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
6. Rudd, Lewis (12 May 2010). "Lib Dems gain Woodley seat from Tories". getsurrey. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
7. "2010 Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 22 July 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Short bios of all the candidates at the election