Adur District Council election, 2010

Map of the results of the 2010 Adur council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Residents in white.

The 2010 Adur District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Adur District Council in West Sussex, England. Half 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 25
• Liberal Democrat 2
• Shoreham Beach Residents Association 2^[2]

Results

The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council after winning 12 of the 15 seats which were contested.^[3] They regained seats in Buckingham and Southlands wards which had been lost when the sitting councillors Gavin Ayling and Carl English had defected to the Liberal Democrats.^[4] However the Conservatives also lost a seat to the Liberal Democrats in Eastbrook, where Gavin Ayling was elected as a Liberal Democrat.^[5]

Adur Local Election Result 2010[2][6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	1	+1	80.0	41.3	13,483	-9.2%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	2	-1	13.3	24.1	7,892	+1.2%
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	1	0	0	0	6.7	4.8	1,557	-3.6%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	12.6	4,109	+1.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	3,656	+8.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	1,987	+1.9%

Ward results

Buckingham[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Evans	1,301	55.9	-15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Robert King	828	35.6	+23.7
	UKIP	Mick Clark	197	8.5	+8.5
Majority			473	20.3	-28.8
Turnout			2,326	74	+40
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-19.4

Churchill[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Albury	885	42.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Martin	762	36.7
	UKIP	David Bushell	314	15.1
	Green	Roger Lightbown	117	5.6
Majority			123	5.9
Turnout			2,078	60	+30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cokeham[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Simmons	923	42.2	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Cyril Cannings	594	27.1	+7.5
	Labour	Barry Mear	446	20.4	-4.8
	UKIP	David Bamber	226	10.3	+10.3
Majority			329	15.0	-15.0
Turnout			2,189	64	+33
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.2

Eastbrook (2)[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Funnell	855
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Ayling	711
	Labour	Steve Carden	648
	Conservative	Luke Osborne	595
	UKIP	Jenny Greig	348
	Green	Catherine Hunt	338
Turnout			3,495	63	+34
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hillside[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Mockridge	1,008	47.8	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Edey	667	31.6	+20.2
	UKIP	Rupert Greig	294	13.9	-0.4
	Green	Vincent Tilsley	141	6.7	+6.7
Majority			341	16.2	-26.5
Turnout			2,110	64	+33
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.4

Manor[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie Hedley-Barnes	1,050	48.9	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Douch	728	33.9	+12.8
	UKIP	Lionel Parsons	369	17.2	+17.2
Majority			322	15.0	-32.4
Turnout			2,147	68	+35
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.3

Marine[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	Ben Stride	1,299	53.8
	Green	Jennie Tindall	505	20.9
	UKIP	Peter Harvey	333	13.8
	Labour	Nigel Sweet	276	11.4
Majority			794	32.9
Turnout			2,413	70	+36
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association hold		Swing

Mash Barn[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Burt	815	41.9	+13.6
	Conservative	Vicky Parkin	787	40.5	-12.4
	UKIP	Ron Horne	343	17.6	+8.0
Majority			28	1.4
Turnout			1,945	59	+31
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+13.0

Peverel[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Boggis	1,047	47.8	-11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Raj Dooraree	478	21.8	+2.6
	Labour	Kenneth Bashford	446	20.4	+6.9
	UKIP	Reuben Whiting	218	10.0	+2.2
Majority			569	26.0	-14.4
Turnout			2,189	64	+35
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.2

Southlands[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Burns	702	37.7	-18.8
	Labour	Andy Bray	547	29.4	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Carl English	442	23.7	+11.8
	UKIP	Frank Mills	171	9.2	+9.2
Majority			155	8.3	-26.0
Turnout			1,862	63	+32
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-13.0

Southwick Green[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Searle	995	41.9	-14.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hilditch	525	22.1	+7.9
	Labour	Ian Lidbetter	355	15.0	+2.5
	Independent	Beryl Ferrers-Guy	258	10.9	+10.9
	UKIP	Brian Elliott	128	5.4	-3.1
	Green	Patrick Ginnelly	111	4.7	-4.2
Majority			470	19.8	-22.0
Turnout			2,372	67	+33
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.0

St Mary's[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Mendoza	864	41.6	-8.1
	Labour	Ricky Daniel	558	26.9	+13.7
	Green	Susan Board	406	19.5	-1.0
	UKIP	Mike Henn	250	12.0	+4.9
Majority			306	14.7	-14.5
Turnout			2,078	63	+31
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.9

St Nicolas[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Parkin	1,114	47.5	-14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Francis	525	22.4	+10.3
	Labour	Simon Crisp	339	14.5	+3.3
	Green	Moyra Martin	234	10.0	-4.3
	UKIP	Alan Minter	131	5.6	+5.6
Majority			589	25.1	-23.0
Turnout			2,343	75	+40
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.6

Widewater[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Hamblin	1,357	43.3
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Martin	817	26.0
	Labour	David Devoy	494	15.7
	UKIP	George Osborne	334	10.6
	Green	Celia Behan	135	4.3
Majority			540	17.2
Turnout			3,137	67	+30
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Adur". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
2. "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
3. "Tory and Labour wins in Sussex local elections". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
4. "Defecting Adur Tories told to hand back members' allowance". The Argus. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
5. "Vote 2010: Worthing Borough and Adur District council election results". Worthing Herald. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
6. "Election results May 2010". Adur District Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.