2010 Swale Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Swale Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010. The 2010 Swale Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, 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/3769.stm Swale 7 May 2010 BBC News Online 3 April 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 33 Labour 10 Liberal Democrats 3 Independent 1https://www.theguardian.com/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections Local elections 2010 7 May 2010 The Guardian 4 April 2015 Background After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 26 councillors, compared to 9 for Labour, 7 independents and 5 Liberal Democrats.National: Full election results 3 May 2008 The Guardian NewsBank However both the Conservative and Labour parties gained a seat at two by-elections in September 2008, after the independent councillors from Sheppey First resigned from the council.http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/by-election-results-for-two-ward-a44347/ By-election results for two wards 26 September 2008 Kent Online 3 April 2015 By the time of the 2010 election there remained only one independent councillor, after Sheppey Central councillor Lesley Ingham joined the Conservatives in October 2009, before Pat Sandle and Paul Sturdgess also became Conservative councillors in March 2010.http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/independent-councillor-for-shepp-a92304/ Independent councillor for Sheppey Central joins Conservatives 21 October 2009 Kent Online 4 April 2015http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/tories-welcome-sheppeys-last-tw-a87444/ Tories welcome Sheppey's last two independents Grove Emma 4 March 2010 Kent Online 4 April 2015 Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat group on the council was reduced when St Michael's councillor Nick Williams defected to Labour in October 2009.http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/lib-dem-joins-labour-a92916/ Lib Dem joins Labour Robinson Hayley 6 October 2009 Kent Online 4 April 2015 This meant that before the 2010 election the Conservatives had 31 seats on the council, while Labour had 11, the Liberal Democrats had 4 and there was 1 independent.http://www.swale.gov.uk/election-results-2010/ Election Results 2010 Swale Borough Council 3 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030844/http://www.swale.gov.uk/election-results-2010/ 4 March 2016 dead Election result The Conservatives made a net gain of two seats to win 14 of the 17 seats contested.http://www.courier.co.uk/Tories-win-14-council-seats/story-12004204-detail/story.html Tories win 14 council seats 14 May 2010 Kent and Sussex Courier 4 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150404123333/http://www.courier.co.uk/Tories-win-14-council-seats/story-12004204-detail/story.html 4 April 2015 dead The gains came at the expense of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, which each finished one seat down. The Conservatives took Murston from the Liberal Democrats and Roman from Labour, as well as gaining Sheerness East by a single vote from Labour. However Labour retained Chalkwell with a majority of 30 votes over the Conservatives and gained one of the two seats contested in Queenborough and Halfway from the Conservatives. Swale local election result 2010 Conservative Party (UK) 14 3 1 +2 82.4 50.2 23,751 +4.7% Labour Party (UK) 3 1 2 -1 17.6 29.5 13,957 +5.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 1 -1 0 16.1 7,610 -1.9% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 1,755 +3.7% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 275 -0.5% Ward results Abbey Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Mulhern 1,227 43.4 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Payne 701 24.8 -1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Williams 621 22.0 +8.7 Green Party of England and Wales Gary Miller 275 9.7 +9.7 526 18.6 +8.0 2,824 63.5 +28.1 Conservative Party (UK) Chalkwell Labour Party (UK) Roger Truelove 991 41.6 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Emma Bridges 961 40.3 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Spurling 432 18.1 +4.9 30 1.3 -1.7 2,384 63.6 +29.7 Labour Party (UK) Grove Conservative Party (UK) Gareth Randall 1,629 49.1 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bernie Lowe 732 22.1 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Rowles 686 20.7 -8.3 UK Independence Party James Nash 268 8.1 +8.1 897 27.1 +5.9 3,315 63.7 Conservative Party (UK) Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch Conservative Party (UK) Gerry Lewin 1,745 54.0 -12.9 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Walker-Grice 514 15.9 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Jenkins 511 15.8 -0.6 UK Independence Party Richard Palmer 460 14.2 +14.2 1,231 38.1 -12.1 3,230 72.5 Conservative Party (UK) Kemsley Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Simpson 1,743 55.8 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) Martin McCusker 766 24.5 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Zeng 616 19.7 +8.0 977 31.3 -11.6 3,125 62.7 +36.3 Conservative Party (UK) Minster Cliffs Conservative Party (UK) Ken Pugh 2,141 57.7 +11.3 Labour Party (UK) Libby Tucker 1,013 27.3 +11.3 UK Independence Party Alison Donkin 557 15.0 +15.0 1,128 30.4 +15.4 3,711 64.5 +33.0 Conservative Party (UK) Murston Conservative Party (UK) Ed Gent 845 39.2 +15.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Nevols 695 32.2 -25.8 Labour Party (UK) Shelley Cheesman 618 28.6 +10.8 150 7.0 2,158 56.3 +31.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Queenborough and Halfway (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Richard Darby 1,548 Labour Party (UK) Jackie Constable 1,504 Conservative Party (UK) Mick Galvin 1,316 Labour Party (UK) Sean Dalton 1,092 5,460 60.8 +27.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Roman Conservative Party (UK) Lloyd Bowen 982 44.2 +14.4 Labour Party (UK) Simon Clark 813 36.6 -21.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Philips 425 19.1 +7.1 169 7.6 2,220 60.7 +31.0 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Sheerness East Conservative Party (UK) Chris Foulds 687 38.7 +16.5 Labour Party (UK) Mark Ellen 686 38.6 +6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Howe 403 22.7 +11.8 1 0.1 1,776 50.9 +24.0 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Sheerness West Labour Party (UK) Angela Harrison 839 40.4 -9.1 Conservative Party (UK) Dave Wilson 768 37.0 +20.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Kemp 469 22.6 +22.6 71 3.4 -12.6 2,076 51.5 +21.3 Labour Party (UK) Sheppey Central Conservative Party (UK) John Morris 2,333 63.3 +29.4 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Grover 1,354 36.7 +21.5 979 26.6 3,687 69.7 +42.2 Conservative Party (UK) St Anns Conservative Party (UK) Mike Cosgrove 1,305 47.8 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Paul Durkin 733 26.8 +5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Evans 693 25.4 +14.6 572 20.9 +6.5 2,731 69.2 +33.6 Conservative Party (UK) Teynham and Lynsted Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Fentiman 1,482 55.2 -4.9 Labour Party (UK) David Feltham 556 20.7 -6.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dave Manning 458 17.1 +4.8 UK Independence Party Aaron Donkin 188 7.0 +7.0 926 34.5 +2.0 2,684 66.3 +32.6 Conservative Party (UK) Watling Conservative Party (UK) Ted Wilcox 1,411 49.9 -9.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mike Wheeler 899 31.8 +21.2 Labour Party (UK) Judith Webb 517 18.3 +4.8 512 18.1 -24.5 2,827 69.7 +29.4 Conservative Party (UK) Woodstock Conservative Party (UK) Alan Willicombe 1,628 51.8 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Springham 656 20.9 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) Geraldine Feltham 574 18.3 -1.8 UK Independence Party Lee Burgess 282 9.0 +9.0 972 31.0 -4.5 3,140 78.1 +33.3 Conservative Party (UK) References 2010 Swale Category:2010s in Kent