2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

Elections for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

2010 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election
6 May 2010

All 50 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat 0
Last election 0 seats, 0% 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 0%
Seats won ' 12 1
Seat change Decrease6 Increase3 Steady
Popular vote 80,516 32,894 30,154
Percentage '  %  %
Swing Decrease0 Increase0% Increase0%

Results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

In London borough council elections the entire council is elected every four years, unlike some other English councils, where a third of the councillors are elected for a four-year term in three successive years, with no elections in the fourth.

Map of the results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Summary of results

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea election result 2010[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 43 -2
  Labour 9 0
  Liberal Democrats 2 2 0 +2

Ward Results

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victoria Borwick 1,853 59.8
Conservative James Husband 1,821
Conservative Joanna Gardner 1,786
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good 883
Liberal Democrats John Faulder 865
Liberal Democrats Susan Pritchard 774
Labour David Lewis 365
Labour Christina Alkaff 363
Labour Margaret Pringle 347
Turnout

Brompton

Brompton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shireen Ritchie 1,567 67.4
Conservative Iain Hanham 1,548
Conservative Quentin Marshall 1,523
Liberal Democrats Mary Harris 452 19.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Coxon 410
Labour Martin Green 307 13.2
Labour Susie Parsons 282
Labour Daver Perry 214

Campden

Campden (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Ahern 1,786 67.1
Conservative Christopher Buckmaster 1,774
Conservative Robert Freeman 1,682
Liberal Democrats Lucy Elliot 592 22.2
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve 524
Liberal Democrats James Crichton-Miller 484
Labour Mark Sautter 285 10.7
Labour Ghulam Lasharie 273
Labour John Parsons 261

Colville

Colville (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Caruana 1,459 42.8
Liberal Democrats Timothy Jones 1,244
Labour Dez O'Neill 1,096 32.2
Labour Amir Akhrif 1,082
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta 1,061
Labour Beinazir Lasharie 913
Conservative Alexander Bond 735 21.6
Conservative Samia Bentayeb 730
Conservative Lloyd North 696
UKIP David Coburn 115 3.4

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Holt 1,525 63.9
Conservative Elizabeth Rutherford 1,519
Conservative Anthony Coates 1,472
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel 486 20.4
Liberal Democrats William Somers 477
Liberal Democrats Michael Young 434
Labour Brian Dodgeon 374 15.7
Labour Susan Warren 279
Labour Damian Williams 239

Cremorne

Cremorne (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maighread Condon-Simmonds 1,588 50.2
Conservative Mark Daley 1,542
Conservative Matthew Neal 1,327
Labour Richard Briggs 730 23.1
Labour Lesley-Anne Arnold 728
Liberal Democrats Julian England 693 21.9
Labour Richard Chute 636
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Ford 620
Liberal Democrats Ann Lawrence 578
UKIP Alasdair Seton-Marsden 155 4.9

Earl's Court

Earl's Court (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Phelps 1,358 44.9
Conservative Terence Buxton 1,262
Conservative Jonathon Read 1,150
Liberal Democrats Norma Peacock 621 20.5
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers 578
Labour Joel Bishop 569 18.8
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade 560
Labour Mabel McKeown 487
Green William Ridley 302 10.0
Labour Oliver Dearie 179
Independent Malcolm Spalding 174 5.8

References

  1. "Kensington and Chelsea". London Councils. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
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