2010 Wolverhampton City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wolverhampton UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 6 May 2010 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election, with the Wednesfield North ward electing two Councillors due to the resignation of a Councillor in January 2010 - the winning candidate will serve a 4-year term of office and the second placed candidate will serve a 1-year term.

Contents

The 2010 election saw a full slate of 20 candidates from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. UKIP and the British National Party each fielded 4 candidates and 5 independents also stood. The Green Party had no candidates for the first time in a number of years.

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

Following the election, the composition of the council is:

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2910+148.3340.2543520
  Conservative 2601-143.3336.6939668
  Liberal Democrats 5008.3318.2919784
  BNP 00001.751900
  Independent 00001.531655
  UKIP 00001.471592

Ward results

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Simkins2165
Conservative Tom Fellows1393
Liberal Democrats Paul Darke562
UKIP Raymond Hollington496
Majority772
Labour hold Swing
Turnout
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phil Page2262
Conservative Marlene Berry1481
Liberal Democrats Frances Heap663
BNP Stewart Gardner589
Majority781
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Rowley3140
Conservative Avtar Sidhu1480
Liberal Democrats Javid Kakroo406
Majority1660
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Bushbury North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville Patten2280
Labour Ian Claymore1938
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins811
BNP Simon Patten621
Majority342
Turnout 571364
Conservative hold Swing
Bushbury South and Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Sweet2339
Conservative Nick Thompson1156
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis624
Majority1183
Turnout 414447.49
Labour hold Swing
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Inston2040
Conservative Roger Cartwright1199
Liberal Democrats Darren Friel914
BNP John Painter391
Majority841
Turnout 456953.33
Labour hold Swing
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Johnson3071
Conservative Sera Aulakh975
Liberal Democrats Rajinder Singh687
Majority2096
Turnout 478655.81
Labour hold Swing
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Wayne Evans2500
Conservative Madelaine Wilson1898
Liberal Democrats Stephen Birch751
Majority602
Turnout 518058.70
Labour hold Swing
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Man Mohan Passi2440
Conservative Nasim Ullah1270
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch840
Independent John Mellor600
Majority1170
Turnout 519662.95
Labour hold Swing
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Siarzewicz2122
Conservative John Lee1242
Liberal Democrats Roger Gray675
Majority880
Turnout 403754.17
Labour hold Swing
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Mills2993
Labour Navjit Rana1823
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Lawrence1135
Independent Timothy Broomer255
Majority1170
Turnout 627268.58
Conservative hold Swing
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Hodgkiss2155
Conservative Neil Macleod1965
Liberal Democrats John Steatham745
UKIP Keith Sinclair363
Majority190
Turnout 508558.03
Labour hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Manohar Minhas2137
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Webber1690
Conservative Martin Berrington1423
Majority447
Turnout 529266.91
Labour hold Swing
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Patten3262
Labour Martin Waite2286
Liberal Democrats June Hemsley1244
UKIP Barry Hodgson372
Majority967
Turnout 721373.41
Conservative hold Swing
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Gwinnett2330
Labour Valerie Gibson1542
Conservative Ben Mills1186
Majority788
Turnout 508760.24
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tersaim Singh1863
Liberal Democrats Zahid Shah1228
Conservative Annette Pugh588
Majority635
Turnout 371355.06
Labour hold Swing
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Findlay3310
Labour David Hartley1542
Liberal Democrats Paul Fellows1081
UKIP Donald Morris361
Independent Keith Sutton62
Majority1768
Turnout 639670.66
Conservative hold Swing
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Wynne3829
Labour Muhammad Khan1267
Liberal Democrats Sarah Fellows1046
BNP David Bradnock299
Independent Anthony Callaghan121
Majority2562
Turnout 660673.28
Conservative hold Swing
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Clarke2264
Labour Rita Potter2210
Conservative Catherine Bisbey2108
Labour Derek Wollam1755
Liberal Democrats Carole Jenkins748
Liberal Democrats Alan Bamber720
Independent Derek Watts617
Majority54
Majority102
Turnout 568465.15
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Holdcroft2366
Labour Bhupinder Gakhal1918
Liberal Democrats Oliver Williams884
Majority448
Turnout 521562.79
Conservative hold Swing

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