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London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue, Liberal Democrat in yellow andno overall control in black. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Local governmentelections took place inLondon, and some other parts of theUnited Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 2010. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.
Despitelosing 6 Parliamentary seats in London in the General Election conducted on the same day,London 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. Support for theLondon Conservatives in the capital declined by 3%, with the party losing 3 councils and 68 councillors. TheLondon 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. TheBritish National Party,Christian Peoples Alliance andSocialist Party lost all of their seats, while theLondon Green Party lost 10 of their 12 seats andRespect lost 14 out of 15. In total, 21 candidates from minor parties were elected, 43 fewer than in 2006.
AllLondon borough council seats were up for election.Mayoral contests were also held in the London Boroughs ofHackney,Lewisham, andNewham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2006.
| Party[1] | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change | |
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| 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 | |
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 | ||
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| Hackney | Jules Pipe (Labour) | Jules Pipe (Labour) | ||
| Lewisham | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) | ||
| Newham | Robin Wales (Labour) | Robin Wales (Labour) | ||
The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.
