2010 local election in England, UK
2010 Newham London Borough Council election
First party
Party
Labour
Last election
54 seats, 41.4%
Seats won
60
Seat change
6
Popular vote
63,292
Percentage
60.8%
Swing
19.4%
Map of the results of the 2010 Newham council election.
Labour in red.
Council control before election
Labour
Council control after election
Labour
Elections to Newham London Borough Council in London, England was held on 6 May 2010. This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election to the UK Parliament .
The whole council, including the directly elected mayor , was up for election for the first time since the 2006 election . The Labour Party won all 60 seats on the borough council, with support for the Respect Party , who had come second in 2006, collapsing from 23% to 3%. Both Respect and the Christian Peoples Alliance lost all of their seats.[ 1] [ 2]
Summary of results
Newham Local Election Result 2010[ 1] [ 2]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
60
6
0
+6
100.0
60.8
63,292
+19.4
Conservative
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
18.6
19,323
+4.3
CPA
0
0
3
-3
0.0
8.1
8,428
-2.6
Liberal Democrats
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
4.4
4,605
+1.5
Respect
0
0
3
-3
0.0
3.3
3,448
-19.9
Independent
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
2.0
2,090
+0.5
Communities United
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
1.2
1,255
N/A
Green
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
0.9
905
-4.8
British Public Party
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
0.4
409
+0.2
UKIP
0
0
0
±0.0
0.0
0.3
388
N/A
Background
A total of 221 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party ran 59 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 11 candidates. Other candidates running were 59 Christian Peoples Alliance, 12 Respect, 10 Communities United Party, 1 Green, 1 UKIP, 1 British Public Party and 7 Independents.[ 1] [ 2]
Ward results
Beckton
Boleyn
Canning Town North
Canning Town South
Custom House
East Ham Central
East Ham North
East Ham South
Forest Gate North
Forest Gate South
Green Street East
Green Street West
Little Ilford
Manor Park
Plaistow North
Plaistow South
Royal Docks
Stratford and New Town
Wall End
West Ham
By-elections between 2010 and 2014
There were no by-elections.[ 23]
References
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