2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
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 20086 May 2010 2011  

One third (21 of 63) seats to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won1731
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 80Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote45,46725,59019,022
Percentage35.920.2%15%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.5%Decrease2.svg 0.1%Decrease2.svg 1%

DoncasterResults2010.svg
Map showing the results of the 2010 Doncaster Council elections.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

The 2010 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect one third of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England as part of the 2010 United Kingdom local elections. The 2010 General Election also took place on the same day.

Contents

The election resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the council from No overall control for the first time since 2003 after gaining eight seats overall. After the election, the composition of the council was: [1]

Result

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1780+835.945,467
  Conservative 300020.225,590
  Liberal Democrats 102-21519,022
  English Democrat 000014.518,412
  Independent 004-47.69,570
  Community Group 002-22.22,809
  BNP 00002.22,756
  Green 00001.21,552
  UKIP 00001.21,501

Ward results

The results in each ward are shown below. Changes are compared with the previous election in 2006. Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results. [2]

Adwick

Adwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Mounsey2,94851.99
Liberal Democrats Dave Farrell1,06818.84
English Democrat Janine Clark1,00417.71
Conservative Alan Smith65011.46
Turnout 5,67052.83
Labour hold

Armthorpe

Armthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris McGuinness2,36939.20
Independent Tony Brown1,25820.81
Liberal Democrats Robert Mitchell87714.51
Conservative Malcom Andrew Knight84814.03
English Democrat Lawrence Edward Parramore69211.45
Turnout 6,04455.59
Labour gain from Independent

Askern Spa

Askern Spa
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ros Jones2,75648.58
Conservative Martin Damian Greenhalgh1,50226.48
English Democrat Malcolm Eric Woodrow1,41524.94
Turnout 5,67359.51
Labour hold

Balby

Balby
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Andrew Bosmans2,50542.10
Conservative Matthew Peter Brunning1,46224.57
Independent Garth Oxby1,28921.66
Independent Margaret Yvonne Dorothy Thompson69411.66
Turnout 5,95053.60
Labour gain from Independent

Bentley

Bentley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stuart Hardy2,26246.96
English Democrat Bernard Warner1,11423.13
Independent Eddie Storey79216.44
Conservative Brian Woodhouse64913.47
Turnout 4,81749.64
Labour hold

Bessacarr and Cantley

Bessacarr and Cantley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Eric Victor Tatton-Kelly2,49634.83
Conservative Liz Sparrow1,89526.44
Labour Sue Wilkinson1,62622.69
English Democrat Mick Cooper1,14916.03
Turnout 7,16664.12
Liberal Democrats hold

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John McHale2,75250.89
Liberal Democrats Marie Madeleine Lane1,02318.92
English Democrat Berny Boldry78314.48
Conservative Ian Paul Hutchinson73513.59
Community Group Jim Davies1152.13
Turnout 5,40849.19
Labour hold

Conisbrough and Denaby

Conisbrough and Denaby
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sandra Mary Holland3,77157.76
Liberal Democrats John Victor Butterfield75311.53
English Democrat Julie Anne Bulcroft72211.06
BNP Erwin Toseland69010.57
Conservative Jonathan Sherwin Broughton5939.08
Turnout 6,52953.66
Labour hold

Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun

Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Andrew Nevett1,63224.00
Liberal Democrats Karl Goodman1,58523.31
Conservative Nick Allen1,38320.34
English Democrat Fred Gee1,10016.18
Independent Michael Thomas Maye1,10016.18
Turnout 6,80063.00
Labour gain from Independent

Edlington and Warmsworth

Edlington and Warmsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Elsie Butler2,24237.49
English Democrat Wayne Crawshaw1,02417.12
Conservative Liz Jones86314.43
Liberal Democrats Dominic Thomas Patterson77712.99
Community Group Margaret Ward72212.07
Independent Rodger Lee3525.89
Turnout 5,98057.76
Labour hold

Finningley

Finningley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard Allan Jones2,98836.97
Liberal Democrats Richard Alan Johnson1,99524.68
English Democrat Eric Tetley1,61219.95
Labour Francis Jackson1,48718.40
Turnout 8,08267.85
Conservative hold

Great North Road

Great North Road
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kevin Rodgers2,46436.46
Independent David Hughes1,23618.29
English Democrat Steve Grocott1,22918.19
Conservative Frank Lloyd Calladine1,22218.08
Green Stephen Platt6078.98
Turnout 6,75858.52
Labour gain from Independent

Hatfield

Hatfield
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linda Curran1,96133.76
Conservative James Vincent Hart1,14519.71
English Democrat Mick Glynn80113.79
Independent Jessie Jamieson Credland71612.33
Liberal Democrats Vic Fairhead60210.36
UKIP William Brooke Shaw3155.42
Community Group Stewart Anthony Rayner2694.63
Turnout 5,80958.90
Labour gain from Community Group

Mexborough

Mexborough
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Holland2,33440.05
Liberal Democrats Tracey Leyland1,78430.61
BNP Helen Ellis78513.47
Conservative Phyllis Calladine5128.79
English Democrat Ieva Parramore4137.09
Turnout 5,82852.14
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Rossington

Rossington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Barry Johnson1,77132.56
Independent Terry Wilde97117.85
Community Group John Nolan Cooke81214.93
English Democrat Carol Young73313.48
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Atkinson63811.73
Conservative Kathleen Margaret Beard5149.45
Turnout 5,43954.21
Labour hold

Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Doreen Woodhouse2,41437.79
Labour Peter Millar1,80228.21
English Democrat Barbara Hewitt1,34221.01
Green Lynette Chipp83012.99
Turnout 6,38867.51
Conservative hold

Stainforth and Moorends

Stainforth and Moorends
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Barbara Ann Hedley1,88438.08
Conservative Martin Edward Drake1,00020.21
BNP Dave Owen60812.29
English Democrat Margaret Rose Holt-Taylor58011.72
UKIP Ronald William Clegg3998.06
Independent Derek Troops3026.10
Community Group Mick Green1753.54
Turnout 4,94852.05
Labour hold

Thorne

Thorne
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Eddie Dobbs1,65327.46
Conservative John Brown1,38322.98
Independent Richard Walker86014.29
Liberal Democrats John Brown73412.19
Community Group Tony Brookes71611.90
BNP Anthony Holt67311.18
Turnout 6,01957.65
Labour gain from Community Group

Torne Valley

Torne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Patricia Bartlett2,86342.05
Liberal Democrats David Adgar1,58023.21
Labour Rachel Hodson1,32519.46
English Democrat Bernie Aston5237.68
UKIP Rebecca Walters5177.59
Turnout 6,80869.42
Conservative hold

Town Moor

Town Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jane Kidd1,90634.17
Liberal Democrats Kevin Michael Abell1,68130.14
Conservative Mark David Wells96917.37
English Democrat Guy Aston63711.42
UKIP John Michael Andrews2704.84
Green Darren Robinson1152.06
Turnout 5,57855.21
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Wheatley

Wheatley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Moira Hood2,01740.46
English Democrat Roy John Penketh1,53930.87
Liberal Democrats Liz Hall1,42928.67
Turnout 4,98551.09
Labour hold

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