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2010 Wokingham Borough Council election
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2010 UK local government election
November 2013
May 2024
thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.
The 2010 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3796.stm Wokingham BBC News Online 22 July 2011 19 April 2009
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Conservative 43
Liberal Democrat 11 https://www.theguardian.com/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections Local elections 2010 23 July 2011 7 May 2010 guardian.co.uk London
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 43 seats, but lose 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats who then had 11 councillors.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8667800.stm Reading remains a hung council 7 May 2010 BBC News Online 23 July 2011https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8667000/8667946.stm Berkshire's election stories as the nation votes Midgley Emma Minard, Jenny 7 May 2010 BBC News Online 23 July 2011 Liberal Democrat Sue Smith gained Loddon from Conservative Abdul Loyes by 51 votes in the only change in the political composition of the council.http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2070750_wokingham_borough_council_election_results_2010 Wokingham Borough Council Election results 2010 7 May 2010 getwokingham 23 July 2011 This was the first time since the 2001 election that the Conservatives had failed to gain seats at an election for Wokingham council.http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2070917_lib_dems_gain_woodley_seat_from_tories Lib Dems gain Woodley seat from Tories Rudd Lewis 12 May 2010 getsurrey 23 July 2011 Overall turnout in the election was 71.33%, significantly up after the council election was held at the same time as the general election.
Wokingham local election result 2010http://wokingham.build.eibs.co.uk/council/elections/election-results/election-results/2010-local-election-results/ 2010 Local election results Wokingham Borough Council 22 July 2011May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes
Conservative Party (UK)
16
0
1
-1
80.0
50.9
39,166
-6.8%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
4
1
0
+1
20.0
35.3
27,191
+4.8%
Labour Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0
8.2
6,345
+3.4%
United Kingdom Independence Party
0
0
0
0
0
3.7
2,852
-2.4%
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0
0
0
0
1.7
1,305
+1.0%
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
143
+0.2%
Ward results
Arborfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Gary Cowan
859
58.6
-14.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stephen Bacon
515
35.1
+12.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Joan Huntley
92
6.3
+2.1
344
23.5
-26.1
1,466
Conservative Party (UK)
Bulmershe and Whitegates
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sam Rahmouni
1,742
38.1
-7.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Shahid Younis
1,615
35.3
-1.2
Labour Party (UK)
Greg Bello
877
19.2
+5.9
United Kingdom Independence Party
Peter Jackson
214
4.7
-0.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Adrian Windisch
127
2.8
+2.8
127
2.8
-5.8
4,575
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Coronation
Conservative Party (UK)
Keith Baker
1,788
52.8
-0.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patrick Power
1,064
31.4
-6.3
Labour Party (UK)
Pippa White
278
8.2
+3.9
United Kingdom Independence Party
Amy Thornton
156
4.6
-0.2
Green Party of England and Wales
John Prior
99
2.9
+2.9
724
21.4
+5.9
3,385
Conservative Party (UK)
Emmbrook
Conservative Party (UK)
Chris Singleton
2,376
49.2
-6.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jeremy Harley
1,574
32.6
+3.7
United Kingdom Independence Party
Ann Davis
462
9.6
-1.0
Labour Party (UK)
Paul Sharples
418
8.7
+4.0
802
16.6
-10.3
4,830
Conservative Party (UK)
Evendons
Conservative Party (UK)
Alistair Corrie
2,537
51.5
-11.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Carolyn Dooley
1,679
34.1
+11.5
Labour Party (UK)
Tony Skuse
393
8.0
+2.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Mike Spencer
321
6.5
-3.3
858
17.4
-23.1
4,930
Conservative Party (UK)
Finchampstead North
Conservative Party (UK)
Rob Stanton
2,209
68.2
-8.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jim May
1,030
31.8
+14.4
1,179
36.4
-22.4
3,239
Conservative Party (UK)
Finchampstead South
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon Weeks
2,084
65.6
-1.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Roland Cundy
840
26.4
+1.5
Labour Party (UK)
Clive Williams
252
7.9
+7.9
1,244
39.2
-2.9
3,176
Conservative Party (UK)
Hawkedon
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Firmager
2,203
48.6
-18.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony Vick
2,052
45.3
+17.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
David Lamb
277
6.1
+1.4
151
3.3
-35.4
4,532
Conservative Party (UK)
Hillside
Conservative Party (UK)
Andrew Bradley
2,277
46.5
-6.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Hare
1,967
40.2
+2.6
Labour Party (UK)
David Sharp
505
10.3
+4.0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Top Cat Owen
143
2.9
+2.9
310
6.3
-8.6
4,892
Conservative Party (UK)
Loddon
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sue Smith
1,997
42.9
-11.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Abdul Loyes
1,945
41.8
+4.7
Labour Party (UK)
Roger Hayes
548
11.8
+6.9
Green Party of England and Wales
Andrew Sansom
164
3.5
+3.5
52
1.1
-16.1
4,654
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Maiden Erlegh (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Swaddle
2,254
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenneth Miall
2,161
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Eastwell
2,083
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Caroline Smith
2,016
Labour Party (UK)
Jacqueline Rupert
1,077
9,591
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Norreys
Conservative Party (UK)
David Lee
2,347
50.7
-8.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Vaughan
1,379
29.8
+10.5
Labour Party (UK)
Mary Gascoyne
566
12.2
+2.1
United Kingdom Independence Party
Keith Knight
341
7.4
-3.7
968
20.9
-19.2
4,633
Conservative Party (UK)
Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe
Conservative Party (UK)
Bob Pitts
2,107
65.3
-9.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Martin Alder
909
28.2
+6.8
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Fort
211
6.5
+2.4
1,198
37.1
-16.0
3,227
Conservative Party (UK)
Shinfield South (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Barrie Patman
1,949
Conservative Party (UK)
Charlotte Haitham Taylor
1,820
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Elaine Spratling
1,188
Green Party of England and Wales
Marjory Bisset
664
Green Party of England and Wales
David Hogg
251
5,872
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
South Lake
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Beth Rowland
1,481
47.1
-5.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Jenny Cheng
1,091
34.7
+0.9
Labour Party (UK)
Ian Hills
423
13.4
+7.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Martin Martinez
152
4.8
-2.8
390
12.4
-6.0
3,147
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Swallowfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Stuart Munro
970
60.9
-15.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Steven Scarrott
388
24.4
+7.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
Max Bowker
234
14.7
+8.1
582
36.6
-22.4
1,592
Conservative Party (UK)
Winnersh
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Prue Bray
2,348
49.3
+7.8
Conservative Party (UK)
John Kaiser
1,866
39.1
-9.3
Labour Party (UK)
John Baker
339
7.1
+2.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Tony Pollock
214
4.5
-1.1
482
10.2
4,767
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Wokingham Without
Conservative Party (UK)
Angus Ross
2,708
60.3
-15.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Linda Higgs
939
20.9
+7.5
Labour Party (UK)
Rosemary Chapman
458
10.2
+10.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
Graham Widdows
389
8.7
-1.7
1,769
39.4
-23.4
4,494
Conservative Party (UK)
References
External links
Short bios of all the candidates at the election
Wokingham
2010
Category:2010s in Berkshire