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 Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2010 Harlow District Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2010 Harlow District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members ofHarlowDistrict Council inEssex,England. One third of the council was up for election and theConservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
The Conservative Party gained a majority on the council at thelast election in 2008 and after the election had 19councillors, compared to 8 for theLiberal Democrats and 6 forLabour.[3][4] In April 2009 the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Staple Tye after aby-election, which had previously been held byindependent David Kirton, who had been elected as a Conservative but suspended from the party in October 2008.[5][6] However, in September 2009 councillor Linda Pailing of Netteswellward left the Liberal Democrats to become an independent and then would go on to join the Conservatives in January 2010.[7]
At the same time as the Conservative Party gained theHarlow parliamentary constituency from Labour at the2010 general election, the party also held control of Harlow council.[8] However Labour made gains to win 6 of the 11 seats contested, while the Liberal Democrats lost the seats of Bush Fair, Mark Hall and Staple Tye.[8]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 6 | 4 | 0 |  4 | 54.5 | 36.3 | 13,815 | 8.9 | |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 2 |  1 | 45.5 | 41.6 | 15,837 | 9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 21.5 | 8,194 | 0.7 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.0 | 0.5 | 186 | 0.2 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Hart | 1,254 | 36.4 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paulette Alexander | 1,134 | 33.0 | −8.6 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Lucia | 1,053 | 30.6 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 120 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,441 | 61.7 | +25.5 | ||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Hall | 2,718 | 62.9 | −13.5 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Lawrie | 1,004 | 23.2 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shinjita Basu | 600 | 13.9 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 1,714 | 39.7 | −22.2 | ||
| Turnout | 4,322 | 67.6 | +39.3 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joshua Jolles | 1,688 | 47.7 | −16.1 | |
| Labour | Norman Knight | 1,276 | 36.1 | +9.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Bell | 573 | 16.2 | +6.2 | |
| Majority | 412 | 11.6 | −26.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,537 | 68.2 | +33.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maggie Hulcoop | 1,448 | 40.1 | +9.6 | |
| Conservative | John Steer | 1,398 | 38.7 | −7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Rideout | 578 | 16.0 | −4.3 | |
| Independent | Gary Roberts | 186 | 5.2 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 50 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,610 | 65.5 | +28.3 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tony Durcan | 1,635 | 46.5 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | Linda Pailing | 1,267 | 36.0 | −12.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kuzna Jackson | 613 | 17.4 | +7.8 | |
| Majority | 368 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,515 | 61.2 | +29.5 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Sztumpf | 1,145 | 35.6 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Thurston | 1,114 | 34.6 | −2.2 | |
| Conservative | Conrad Nowikow | 961 | 29.8 | −3.8 | |
| Majority | 31 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,220 | 63.4 | +23.5 | ||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Danvers | 1,329 | 41.1 | +12.9 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Margetson | 1,042 | 32.3 | −3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Rideout | 860 | 26.6 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 287 | 8.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,231 | 59.0 | +23.3 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Garnett | 1,855 | 51.8 | −13.6 | |
| Labour | Charles Cochrane | 1,139 | 31.8 | +10.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon MacNeill | 584 | 16.3 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 716 | 20.0 | −23.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,578 | 68.8 | +34.9 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Guy Mitchinson | 1,083 | 36.7 | −13.9 | |
| Labour | Dennis Palmer | 1,021 | 34.6 | +18.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Sambridge | 848 | 28.7 | −4.5 | |
| Majority | 62 | 2.1 | −15.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,952 | 57.8 | +25.5 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nicholas Churchill | 1,506 | 45.6 | −19.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Schroder | 1,107 | 33.5 | +9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Woodlands | 688 | 20.8 | +10.3 | |
| Majority | 399 | 12.1 | −29.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,301 | 60.8 | +30.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rod Truan | 1,457 | 43.8 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | David Carter | 1,266 | 38.1 | −17.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Robins | 602 | 18.1 | +9.2 | |
| Majority | 191 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,325 | 61.8 | +25.4 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
