Fareham Borough Council election, 2010

The 2010 Fareham Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half 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 22
Liberal Democrat 9^[2]

Election result

The election saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning 10 seats compared to 6 for the Liberal Democrats.^[3] Four new councillors were elected after the previous councillors stood down, while both the Conservative leader of the council Sean Woodward and the Liberal Democrat group leader Roger Price were re-elected.^[4] Overall turnout was high at 71.62% after the election was held at the same as the 2010 general election.^[5]

Fareham Local Election Result 2010^[6]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	0	0	62.5	48.4	32,933	-12.4%
	Liberal Democrat	6	0	0	0	37.5	39.0	26,566	+11.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	6,934	+3.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	661	-0.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	611	-0.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	218	-1.0%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	150	-0.3%

Ward results

Fareham East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Whittle	1,943	47.5	-1.2
	Conservative	Peter Latham	1,749	42.8	-2.5
	Labour	Cameron Crouchman	395	9.7	+3.7
Majority			194	4.7	+1.3
Turnout			4,087
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Fareham North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pamela Bryant	2,464	60.2	-12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Baker	933	22.8	+10.0
	Labour	Simon Brown	457	11.2	+3.7
	Green	David Harrison	239	5.8	-1.6
Majority			1,531	37.4	-22.1
Turnout			4,093
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham North West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Davies	1,987	55.0	+2.1
	Conservative	Stephen Day	951	26.3	-14.0
	Labour	Angela Carr	498	13.8	+7.0
	UKIP	Graeme Young	179	5.0	+5.0
Majority			1,036	28.7	+16.2
Turnout			3,615
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Fareham South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dennis Steadman	1,589	48.1	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Rowena Leonard	761	23.0	+7.2
	Labour	James Carr	655	19.8	+2.8
	English Democrat	Joe Jenkins	150	4.5	+4.5
	Green	John Vivian	147	4.5	-3.6
Majority			828	25.1	-17.1
Turnout			3,302
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leslie Keeble	2,526	61.8	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Chaloner	858	21.0	+7.8
	Labour	Michael Prior	423	10.3	+4.6
	UKIP	Steve Richards	283	6.9	-5.8
Majority			1,668	40.8	-14.4
Turnout			4,090
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill Head^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Mandry	2,721	59.4	-14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Abrams	1,427	31.2	+10.4
	Labour	Ian Christie	429	9.4	+4.4
Majority			1,294	28.3	-25.0
Turnout			4,577
	Conservative hold		Swing

Locks Heath^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Susan Bayford	2,439	57.4	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Pritchard	1,373	32.3	+19.8
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	439	10.3	+4.3
Majority			1,066	25.1	-14.2
Turnout			4,251
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Gate^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Bayford	2,362	57.6	-18.4
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Haysom	1,186	28.9	+13.2
	Labour	Helen Price	556	13.5	+5.2
Majority			1,176	28.7	-31.6
Turnout			4,104
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portchester East (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Price	3,554
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Brown	3,178
	Conservative	Geoff Fazackarley	1,929
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	1,231
	Labour	Stuart Rose	721
	Labour	Richard Ryan	607
Turnout			11,220
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Portchester West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Susan Bell	1,856	43.7	-16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Diana East	1,566	36.9	+10.9
	Labour	Les Ricketts	406	9.6	+2.9
	Independent	Shaun Cunningham	218	5.1	+5.1
	UKIP	Peter White	199	4.7	+4.7
Majority			290	6.8	-27.4
Turnout			4,245
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sarisbury^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sean Woodward	2,785	68.0	-13.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Savage	1,311	32.0	+19.1
Majority			1,474	36.0	-32.7
Turnout			4,096
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stubbington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Forrest	2,159	51.0	+9.7
	Conservative	Andrew Gaisford	1,773	41.9	-13.4
	Labour	Mike Segar	302	7.1	+3.7
Majority			386	9.1
Turnout			4,234
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Titchfield^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Connir Hockley	2,475	59.8	-12.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Englefield	987	23.9	+9.6
	Labour	Alan Mayes	450	10.9	+2.9
	Green	Peter Doggett	225	5.4	-0.1
Majority			1,488	36.0	-21.8
Turnout			4,137
	Conservative hold		Swing

Titchfield Common^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Englefield	2,454	63.4	+16.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hockley	1,180	30.5	-20.0
	Labour	Andrew Mooney	239	6.2	+3.3
Majority			1,274	32.9
Turnout			3,873
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Warsash^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Trevor Cartwright	2,903	70.0	-11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Christne Savage	889	21.4	+12.6
	Labour	Nicola Moore	357	8.6	+3.4
Majority			2,014	48.5	-24.0
Turnout			4,149
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Fareham". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
1 2 "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
↑ "Tories gain control of Gosport and Hart in local polls". BBC News Online. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
↑ "No change for Fareham Borough Council". The News. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
↑ "Local Election result - Fareham". Southern Daily Echo. 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Results of Elections for Borough Councillors". Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

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