2010 London local elections

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London local elections, 2010
← 2006 6 May 2010 2014 →

All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout62.0% (Increase24.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg
Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 18 December 2007
Popular vote 1,213,983 1,184,352 835,217
Percentage 32.5% 31.7% 22.4%
Swing Increase4.6% Decrease3.2% Increase1.7%
Councils 17 11 2
Councils +/– Increase10 Decrease3 Decrease1
Councillors 875 717 246
Councillors +/– Increase191 Decrease68 Decrease70

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.

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.

Despite losing 6 Parliamentary seats in London in the General Election conducted on the same day, 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. Conservative support in the capital declined by 3%, with the party losing 3 councils and 68 councillors. The 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 Greens 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

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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

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Labour

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Labour Details
Barnet

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Bexley

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Brent

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Bromley

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Camden

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Croydon

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Ealing

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Conservative

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Labour Details
Enfield

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Conservative

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Labour Details
Greenwich

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Labour

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Labour Details
Hackney

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Labour

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Labour Details
Hammersmith and Fulham

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Haringey

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Labour

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Labour Details
Harrow

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Conservative

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Labour Details
Havering

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Hillingdon

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Hounslow

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Islington

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Kensington and Chelsea

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Kingston upon Thames

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Liberal Democrats

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Liberal Democrats Details
Lambeth

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Labour

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Labour Details
Lewisham

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Merton

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No overall control

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No overall control Details
Newham

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Labour

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Labour Details
Redbridge

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Conservative

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No overall control Details
Richmond upon Thames

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Liberal Democrats

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Conservative Details
Southwark

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Sutton

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Liberal Democrats

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Liberal Democrats Details
Tower Hamlets

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Labour

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Labour Details
Waltham Forest

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No overall control

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Labour Details
Wandsworth

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Conservative

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Conservative Details
Westminster

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Conservative

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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

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Jules Pipe (Labour)

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Jules Pipe (Labour)
Lewisham

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Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)

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Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
Newham

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Robin Wales (Labour)

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Robin Wales (Labour)

Borough result maps

References