United Kingdom local elections, 2010
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The 2010 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, when the 2010 general election also took place.[1] Direct elections were held to all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 76 second-tier district authorities, 20 unitary authorities and various Mayoral posts, all in England. For those authorities elected "all out" these were the first elections since 2006. The elections that were due to be held in Exeter and Norwich were cancelled due to structural changes.[2][3] The results provided some comfort to the Labour Party, losing the general election on the same day, as it was the first time Conservative councillor numbers declined since 1996.
Summary of results
| Party | Councillors | Councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/− | Total | +/− | Total | ||
| Conservative | -121 | 3,462 | -4 | 66 | |
| Labour | +417 | 2,976 | +17 | 37 | |
| Liberal Democrat | -132 | 1,730 | -4 | 14 | |
| Residents | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | -8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| BNP | -27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal | -1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | -4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | -117 | 298 | 0 | 0 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | −7 | 47 | |
London boroughs
All seats in the 32 London Boroughs were up for election.
Metropolitan boroughs
One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election.
Unitary authorities
One third of the council seats were up for election in 20 unitary authorities.
The elections in Stoke-on-Trent had originally been cancelled following a referendum result which decided to abolish the existing Mayor and Cabinet system of governance, with replacement elections to take place in 2011 following a review of the council by the Boundary Committee for England.[4] However, it was later decided to hold elections to one-third of the council in 2010 as planned.[5]
Non-metropolitan districts
Half of council
Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election.
Third of council
69 district councils had one third of their seats up for election.
Mayoral elections
There were four mayoral elections.
| Local Authority | Previous Mayor | New Mayor | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | Jules Pipe (Labour) | Jules Pipe (Labour) | Details | ||
| Lewisham | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) | |||
| Newham | Sir Robin Wales (Labour) | Sir Robin Wales (Labour) | Details | ||
| Watford | Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) | Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) | |||
References
- ↑ Siddique, Haroon (6 April 2010). "Gordon Brown confirms 6 May general election date". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ↑ "The Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010 No. 997". Office of Public Sector Information. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ↑ "The Exeter and Devon (Structural Changes) Order 2010 No. 998". Office of Public Sector Information. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ↑ "-Local Government - Communities and Local Government". Communities and Local Government. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ "Notice of Election - City of Stoke on Trent". Stoke on Trent City Council. 10 April 2010. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
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