2010 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2010 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 6 May 2010 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election, with the Wednesfield North ward electing two Councillors due to the resignation of a Councillor in January 2010 - the winning candidate will serve a 4-year term of office and the second placed candidate will serve a 1-year term.
The 2010 election saw a full slate of 20 candidates from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. UKIP and the British National Party each fielded 4 candidates and 5 independents also stood. The Green Party had no candidates for the first time in a number of years.
Composition Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
Labour Party 28 Conservative Party 26 Liberal Democrat 5 Vacant 1 Following the election, the composition of the council is:
Labour Party 29 Conservative Party 26 Liberal Democrat 5
Election result Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2010 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 29 1 0 +1 48.33 40.25 43520 Conservative 26 0 1 -1 43.33 36.69 39668 Liberal Democrats 5 0 0 8.33 18.29 19784 BNP 0 0 0 0 1.75 1900 Independent 0 0 0 0 1.53 1655 UKIP 0 0 0 0 1.47 1592
Ward results Bilston East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stephen Simkins 2165 Conservative Tom Fellows 1393 Liberal Democrats Paul Darke 562 UKIP Raymond Hollington 496 Majority 772 Labour hold Swing Turnout
Bilston North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Phil Page 2262 Conservative Marlene Berry 1481 Liberal Democrats Frances Heap 663 BNP Stewart Gardner 589 Majority 781 Turnout Labour hold Swing
Blakenhall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Judith Rowley 3140 Conservative Avtar Sidhu 1480 Liberal Democrats Javid Kakroo 406 Majority 1660 Turnout Labour hold Swing
Bushbury North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Neville Patten 2280 Labour Ian Claymore 1938 Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins 811 BNP Simon Patten 621 Majority 342 Turnout 5713 64 Conservative hold Swing
Bushbury South and Low Hill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Paul Sweet 2339 Conservative Nick Thompson 1156 Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis 624 Majority 1183 Turnout 4144 47.49 Labour hold Swing
East Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith Inston 2040 Conservative Roger Cartwright 1199 Liberal Democrats Darren Friel 914 BNP John Painter 391 Majority 841 Turnout 4569 53.33 Labour hold Swing
Ettingshall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Andrew Johnson 3071 Conservative Sera Aulakh 975 Liberal Democrats Rajinder Singh 687 Majority 2096 Turnout 4786 55.81 Labour hold Swing
Fallings Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Steven Wayne Evans 2500 Conservative Madelaine Wilson 1898 Liberal Democrats Stephen Birch 751 Majority 602 Turnout 5180 58.70 Labour hold Swing
Graiseley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Man Mohan Passi 2440 Conservative Nasim Ullah 1270 Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch 840 Independent John Mellor 600 Majority 1170 Turnout 5196 62.95 Labour hold Swing
Heath Town Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Caroline Siarzewicz 2122 Conservative John Lee 1242 Liberal Democrats Roger Gray 675 Majority 880 Turnout 4037 54.17 Labour hold Swing
Merry Hill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christine Mills 2993 Labour Navjit Rana 1823 Liberal Democrats Alexandra Lawrence 1135 Independent Timothy Broomer 255 Majority 1170 Turnout 6272 68.58 Conservative hold Swing
Oxley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Julie Hodgkiss 2155 Conservative Neil Macleod 1965 Liberal Democrats John Steatham 745 UKIP Keith Sinclair 363 Majority 190 Turnout 5085 58.03 Labour hold Swing
Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Manohar Minhas 2137 Liberal Democrats Jonathan Webber 1690 Conservative Martin Berrington 1423 Majority 447 Turnout 5292 66.91 Labour hold Swing
Penn Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patricia Patten 3262 Labour Martin Waite 2286 Liberal Democrats June Hemsley 1244 UKIP Barry Hodgson 372 Majority 967 Turnout 7213 73.41 Conservative hold Swing
Spring Vale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Malcolm Gwinnett 2330 Labour Valerie Gibson 1542 Conservative Ben Mills 1186 Majority 788 Turnout 5087 60.24 Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Peter's Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Tersaim Singh 1863 Liberal Democrats Zahid Shah 1228 Conservative Annette Pugh 588 Majority 635 Turnout 3713 55.06 Labour hold Swing
Tettenhall Regis Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Barry Findlay 3310 Labour David Hartley 1542 Liberal Democrats Paul Fellows 1081 UKIP Donald Morris 361 Independent Keith Sutton 62 Majority 1768 Turnout 6396 70.66 Conservative hold Swing
Tettenhall Wightwick Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Wynne 3829 Labour Muhammad Khan 1267 Liberal Democrats Sarah Fellows 1046 BNP David Bradnock 299 Independent Anthony Callaghan 121 Majority 2562 Turnout 6606 73.28 Conservative hold Swing
Wednesfield North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Neil Clarke 2264 Labour Rita Potter 2210 Conservative Catherine Bisbey 2108 Labour Derek Wollam 1755 Liberal Democrats Carole Jenkins 748 Liberal Democrats Alan Bamber 720 Independent Derek Watts 617 Majority 54 Majority 102 Turnout 5684 65.15 Conservative hold Swing Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Wednesfield South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Matthew Holdcroft 2366 Labour Bhupinder Gakhal 1918 Liberal Democrats Oliver Williams 884 Majority 448 Turnout 5215 62.79 Conservative hold Swing
External links Results Wolverhampton City Council