Castle Point Borough Council election, 2010

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The 2010 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, 30 miles (48 km) east of central London. The borough comprises the towns and villages of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley where the council has its headquarters.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Essex is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

The Canvey Island Independent Party (CIIP) is a local political party active on Canvey Island, in Essex, England. It was established in 2004 to campaign for a separate district council for Canvey Island.

Background

8 people stood at the council election as Independent Save Our Green Belt candidates backed by the MP for Castle Point Bob Spink.^[3] Spink had resigned from the Conservative party in 2008 and stood at the 2010 general election as an independent.^[4]^[5]

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this category includes specifically members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title. Member of Congress is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions.

Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Castle Point is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Rebecca Harris of the Conservative Party.

Robert Michael Spink is a politician in the United Kingdom who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Point in Essex for two periods between 1992 and 2010.

Election result

In an election held at the same time as the 2010 general election and therefore seeing a higher turnout than in most council elections, the Conservatives stayed in control of the council after defeating competition from independent candidates.^[6] Twenty-two-year-old Conservative Andrew Sheldon picked up one seat in St Mary's ward to become the youngest councillor, defeating the only Labour councillor, Brian Wilson.^[6]^[7] However the Conservatives also lost a seat to the Canvey Island Independent Party in Canvey West.^[6]

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward-population counts can vary substantially. As at the end of 2014 there were 9,456 electoral wards/divisions in the UK.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Castle Point local election result 2010^[6]^[8]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	1	1	0	57.1	43.7	19,566	-8.5%
Canvey Independent	6	1	0	+1	42.9	20.0	8,940	-3.0%
Independent Save Our Green Belt	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	8,481	+19.0%
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	16.5	7,361	+0.4%
Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	399	+0.9%

Ward results

Appleton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pam Freeman	1,644	45.9	-27.3
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Lee Gardiner	1,228	34.3	+34.3
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	713	19.9	-6.9
Majority			416	11.6	-34.8
Turnout			3,585
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norman Smith	2,068	56.2	-7.6
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Douglas Beard	1,146	31.1	+31.1
	Labour	Tony Wright	468	12.7	-0.4
Majority			922	25.0	-15.6
Turnout			3,682
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Peter May	1,579	54.2	-6.1
	Conservative	Stewart Topley	913	31.3	+2.5
	Labour	Daniel Curtis	421	14.5	+3.6
Majority			666	22.9	-8.5
Turnout			2,913
	Canvey Independent hold		Swing

Canvey Island East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	John Payne	1,572	52.1	-7.1
	Conservative	James Parkin	1,041	34.5	+3.2
	Labour	Alan Curtis	402	13.3	+3.8
Majority			531	17.6	-10.3
Turnout			3,015
	Canvey Independent hold		Swing

Canvey Island North^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Nick Harvey	1,675	51.1	-0.6
	Conservative	Pat Haunts	1,046	31.9	+12.1
	Labour	John Payne	561	17.1	+7.1
Majority			630	19.2	-12.7
Turnout			3,283
	Canvey Independent hold		Swing

Canvey Island South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Joan Liddard	1,565	50.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Mark Howard	1,146	36.8	+4.6
	Labour	Katie Curtis	406	13.0	+5.4
Majority			419	13.4	+0.6
Turnout			3,117
	Canvey Independent hold		Swing

Canvey Island West^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Jane King	1,000	45.2	+13.3
	Conservative	Colin MacLean	926	41.9	-18.8
	Labour	Bill Deal	285	12.9	+5.5
Majority			74	3.3
Turnout			2,211
	Canvey Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Canvey Independent	Peter Greig	1,549	53.9	-5.5
	Conservative	Richard Bender	951	33.1	+1.9
	Labour	Maggie McArthur-Curtis	373	13.0	+3.6
Majority			598	20.8	-7.4
Turnout			2,873
	Canvey Independent hold		Swing

Cedar Hall^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Maryse Iles	1,510	46.5	-29.3
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Duncan McFarlane	1,142	35.2	+35.2
	Labour	Ian Harris	595	18.3	-5.9
Majority			368	11.3	-40.3
Turnout			3,247
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Georges^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andy Cole	1,505	47.1	-22.0
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Charles McLaughlin	891	27.9	+27.9
	Labour	Joe Cooke	797	25.0	-5.9
Majority			614	19.2	-19.0
Turnout			3,193
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Godfrey Isaacs	1,882	50.7	-20.5
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Darryl Godbold	1,303	35.1	+35.1
	Labour	Fred Jones	530	14.3	-0.2
Majority			579	15.6	-41.1
Turnout			3,715
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Sheldon	1,617	48.7	-6.9
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Neil Hamper	960	28.9	+28.9
	Labour	Brian Wilson	744	22.4	-8.0
Majority			657	19.8	-5.4
Turnout			3,321
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Peter's^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pamela Challis	1,733	50.4	-19.3
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Lynn McFarlane	735	21.4	+21.4
	Labour	Bill Emberson	570	16.6	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Hardy	399	11.6	+11.6
Majority			998	29.0	-23.3
Turnout			3,437
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cliff Brunt	1,584	50.2	-21.1
	Independent Save Our Green Belt	Sally Hardes	1,076	34.1	+34.1
	Labour	Harry Brett	496	15.7	+2.2
Majority			508	16.1	-39.9
Turnout			3,156
	Conservative hold		Swing

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