Swale Borough Council election, 2010

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.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 33
• Labour 10
• Liberal Democrats 3
• Independent 1^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5][6] Meanwhile the Liberal Democrat group on the council was reduced when St Michael's councillor Nick Williams defected to Labour in October 2009.^[7] 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.^[8]

Election result

The Conservatives made a net gain of two seats to win 14 of the 17 seats contested.^[9] The gains came at the expense of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, which each finished one seat down.^[9]

The Conservatives took Murston from the Liberal Democrats and Roman from Labour, as well as gaining Sheerness East by a single vote from Labour.^[9] 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.^[9]

Ward results

References

Council elections in Kent Kent County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Ashford Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Canterbury City Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Dartford Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Dover District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Gravesham Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Maidstone 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Medway Council 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 Sevenoaks District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Shepway District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Swale 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 2008 2010 2011 2015 Thanet District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Tunbridge Wells 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Rochester-upon-Medway City Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished Gillingham Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished See also: Wards Boundary changes

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