Crawley Borough Council election, 2010

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

Crawley Town & Borough in England

Crawley is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles (45 km) south of Charing Cross (London), 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of 17.36 square miles (44.96 km2) and had a population of 106,597 at the time of the 2011 Census.

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.

West Sussex County of England

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering East Sussex to the east, Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north, and to the south the English Channel.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Crawley local election result 2010 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 8 1 1 0 66.6 50.1 19,516 +1.7
  Labour 4 2 1 +1 33.3 37.4 14,543 +8.5
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 1 -1 0 6.9 2,705 -7.2
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 1,766 +0.1
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.7% 271 +0.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.3% 124 +0.3%

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References

  1. 1 2 "Crawley". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "2010- Crawley". Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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