Hastings Borough Council election, 2010

Map of the results of the 2010 Hastings council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

The 2010 Hastings Borough Council elections were held on 6 May 2010, with half of the council's seats up for election. The Labour party regained control of the council from no overall control, despite suffering a heavy defeat in the nationwide general election that was held on the same day. Overall turnout was 61.9%. The election in Ore ward was delayed due to the death of the Conservative candidate following the close of nominations.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	5	0	+5	64.7	40.2	15,352	+5.5
	Conservative	6	0	3	-3	35.3	37.2	14,222	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	2	-2	0	20.6	7,857	+1.6
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	531	-0.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	252	+0.7

Ward results

Ashdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,568	51.2	-13.2
	Labour	Terri Dowling	867	28.3	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Roscoe	625	20.4	+3.8
Majority			701	22.9	-22.6
Turnout			3,060	65.8	+31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baird
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Turner	889	42.8	+4.8
	Conservative	Terry Fawthrop	829	39.9	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Tait	359	17.3	+6.3
Majority			60	2.9
Turnout			2,077	58.3	+20.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Braybrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Godfrey Daniel	1,360	54.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Amanda Charlesworth	702	28.1	-5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Maloney	432	17.3	+4.5
Majority			658	26.4	+7.2
Turnout			2,494	66.1	+24.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Clark	1,226	50.0	+3.5
	Conservative	Graeme Williams	627	25.6	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Dormer	598	24.4	+5.9
Majority			599	24.4	-3.6
Turnout			2,451	55.8	+19.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Central St Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Birch	1,123	53.5	+7.0
	Conservative	Bhatti Anwar	530	25.2	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Smith	447	21.3	+5.9
Majority			593	28.3	+8.6
Turnout			2,100	50.3	+18.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Conquest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eve Martin	1,461	53.0	+4.1
	Labour	David Baker	745	27.0	+13.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Gallop	551	20.0	-10.5
Majority			716	26.0	-19.4
Turnout			2,757	72.1	+26.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gensing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Cartwright	1,095	46.6	+9.5
	Conservative	Rob Lee	682	29.0	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Benner	573	24.4	-7.8
Majority			413	17.6	+12.7
Turnout			2,350	57.6	+20.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hollington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Dowling	844	21.7
	Labour	Emily Westley	734	18.9
	Conservative	Liam Atkins	707	18.2
	Conservative	Mark Charlesworth	631	16.2
	Liberal Democrat	Vanessa Burton	428	11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tricia Kennelly	328	8.4
	BNP	David Lovett	217	5.6
Turnout			3,889	53.1	+28.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Maze Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joy Waite	1,195	48.8	-14.1
	Labour	Ted Bacon	749	30.6	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Dodwell	506	20.7	+6.0
Majority			446	18.2	-22.3
Turnout			2,450	60.4	+25.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Hastings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hodges	1,153	39.5	+9.3
	Conservative	Stuart Padget	952	32.6	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Murphy	811	27.8	-7.2
Majority			201	6.9
Turnout			2,916	67.1	+24.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Ore (Delayed until 17 June 2010)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Wincott	608	47.7	+12.8
	Conservative	Stuart Padget	475	37.3	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Scott	158	12.4	-2.4
	BNP	Nick Prince	33	2.6	+2.6
Majority			133	10.4
Turnout			1,274	34.2	-0.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Silverhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gurney	854	36.5	-10.8
	Labour	Nigel Sinden	838	35.8	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Beamount	397	17.0	+3.4
	Independent	Stephen Springthorpe	252	10.8	+10.8
Majority			16	0.7	-7.4
Turnout			2,341	67.4	+34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Helens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Corello	1,276	43.4	-15.1
	Labour	Michael Ward	1,098	37.4	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Tunbridge	546	19.2	+2.0
Majority			178	6.0	-28.3
Turnout			2,920	73.4	+23.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tressell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jay Kramer	876	45.8	+8.8
	Conservative	John Dawson	487	25.5	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Charlene Floyd	401	21.0	+0.3
	BNP	Nick Prince	147	7.7	-6.9
Majority			389	20.3	+11.1
Turnout			1,911	54.8	+25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

West St. Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Finch	1,105	44.6	-3.9
	Labour	Ken Maitland	830	33.5	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Seymour	542	21.9	+8.3
Majority			275	11.1	+0.4
Turnout			2,477	63.9	+28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wishing Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Roberts	1,051	43.4	-3.3
	Conservative	Chris Pillow	772	31.9	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Wainwright	465	19.2	+3.8
	BNP	Mick Turner	134	5.5	+5.5
Majority			279	11.5	+2.7
Turnout			2,422	62.7	+26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Council elections in East Sussex

East Sussex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2011 2015

Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2009 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2010 (→ 2011)

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See also: UK General election

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