2010 London local elections

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 2010. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.

2010 London local elections
6 May 2010
All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout62.0% (24.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Len Duvall Boris Johnson Mike Tuffrey
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 1,213,983 1,184,352 835,217
Percentage 32.5% 31.7% 22.4%
Swing 4.6% 3.2% 1.7%
Councils 17 11 2
Councils +/– 10 3 1
Councillors 875 717 246
Councillors +/– 191 68 70
London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue, Liberal Democrat in yellow and no overall control in black.

Despite losing 6 Parliamentary seats in London in the General Election conducted on the same day, London Labour's share of the vote, council seats and control of Councils rose substantially. 10 councils swung to Labour control, and the party gained 190 council seats. Support for the London Conservatives in the capital declined by 3%, with the party losing 3 councils and 68 councillors. The London Liberal Democrats increased their vote share slightly but lost 70 councillors, as well as losing control of Richmond upon Thames council to the Conservatives.

The success of minor parties in the 2006 elections was not repeated, and the smaller parties were almost wiped out. The British National Party, Christian Peoples Alliance and Socialist Party lost all of their seats, while the London Green Party lost 10 of their 12 seats and Respect lost 14 out of 15. In total, 21 candidates from minor parties were elected, 43 fewer than in 2006.

All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were also held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2006.

Results summary
Party[1] Votes won % votes Change Seats % seats Change Councils Change
Labour 1,213,983 32.5 +4.6 875 47.0 +191 17 +10
Conservative 1,184,352 31.7 -3.2 717 38.5 -68 11 -3
Liberal Democrats 835,217 22.4 +1.7 246 13.2 -70 2 -1
Green 248,175 6.6 -1.3 2 0.1 -10 0 ±0
Others 251,562 6.8 -1.8 21 1.1 -43 0 ±0
No overall control n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 -6
  • Turnout: 3,502,273 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 62.0% (+24.1%).[2]

Council results
Council Previous control Result Details
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour Details
Barnet Conservative Conservative Details
Bexley Conservative Conservative Details
Brent No overall control Labour Details
Bromley Conservative Conservative Details
Camden No overall control Labour Details
Croydon Conservative Conservative Details
Ealing Conservative Labour Details
Enfield Conservative Labour Details
Greenwich Labour Labour Details
Hackney Labour Labour Details
Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Conservative Details
Haringey Labour Labour Details
Harrow Conservative Labour Details
Havering Conservative Conservative Details
Hillingdon Conservative Conservative Details
Hounslow No overall control Labour Details
Islington No overall control Labour Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative Details
Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Details
Lambeth Labour Labour Details
Lewisham No overall control Labour Details
Merton No overall control No overall control Details
Newham Labour Labour Details
Redbridge Conservative No overall control Details
Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats Conservative Details
Southwark No overall control Labour Details
Sutton Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Details
Tower Hamlets Labour Labour Details
Waltham Forest No overall control Labour Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative Details

Mayoral results

In three London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.

Mayoralty 2006 2010
Hackney Jules Pipe (Labour) Jules Pipe (Labour)
Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
Newham Robin Wales (Labour) Robin Wales (Labour)

Borough result maps
  • Barking and Dagenham 2010 results map
  • Barnet 2010 results map
  • Bexley 2010 results map
  • Brent 2010 results map
  • Bromley 2010 results map
  • Camden 2010 results map
  • Croydon 2010 results map
  • Ealing 2010 results map
  • Enfield 2010 results map
  • Greenwich 2010 results map
  • Hackney 2010 results map
  • Hammersmith and Fulham 2010 results map
  • Haringey 2010 results map
  • Harrow 2010 results map
  • Havering 2010 results map
  • Hillingdon 2010 results map
  • Hounslow 2010 results map
  • Islington 2010 results map
  • Kensington and Chelsea 2010 results map
  • Kingston upon Thames 2010 results map
  • Lambeth 2010 results map
  • Lewisham 2010 results map
  • Merton 2010 results map
  • Newham 2010 results map
  • Redbridge 2010 results map
  • Richmond upon Thames 2010 results map
  • Southwark 2010 results map
  • Sutton 2010 results map
  • Tower Hamlets 2010 results map
  • Waltham Forest 2010 results map
  • Wandsworth 2010 results map
  • Westminster 2010 results map
  • Greater London 2010 results map

References
  1. "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
  2. "Borough Council Election Results 2010 – London Datastore".
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