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2010 Newham London Borough Council election

2010 local election in England

2010 local election in England

FieldValue
election_name2010 Newham London Borough Council election
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourLabour Party (UK)
previous_election2006 Newham Council election
previous_year2006
next_election2014 Newham Council election
next_year2014
seats_for_electionAll 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
election_date6 May 2010
party1Labour Party (UK)
last_election154 seats, 41.4%
seats160
seat_change16
popular_vote1 63,292
percentage160.8%
swing119.4%
map_imageNewham London UK local election 2014 map.svg
map_size300px
map_captionMap of the results of the 2010 Newham council election. Labour in red.
titleCouncil control
posttitleCouncil control after election
before_partyLabour Party (UK)
after_partyLabour Party (UK)

31 seats needed for a majority

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.

Results

|seats % = 100.0 |votes % = 60.8 |plus/minus = +19.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 18.6 |plus/minus = +4.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 8.1 |plus/minus = -2.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.4 |plus/minus = +1.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 3.3 |plus/minus = -19.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.0 |plus/minus = +0.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.2 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = -4.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = 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.

Ward results

Beckton

|reg. electors = 10,291

Boleyn

|reg. electors = 9,731

Canning Town North

|reg. electors = 9,147

Canning Town South

|reg. electors = 9,187

Custom House

|reg. electors = 8,451

East Ham Central

|reg. electors = 10,327

East Ham North

|reg. electors = 10,237

East Ham South

|reg. electors = 9,644

Forest Gate North

|reg. electors = 10,053

Forest Gate South

|reg. electors = 10,649

Green Street East

|reg. electors = 10,723

Green Street West

|reg. electors = 10,169

Little Ilford

|reg. electors = 9,938

Manor Park

|reg. electors = 10,336

Plaistow North

|reg. electors = 9,247

Plaistow South

|reg. electors = 9,395

Royal Docks

|reg. electors = 6,989

Stratford and New Town

|reg. electors = 10,764

Wall End

|reg. electors = 10,410

West Ham

|reg. electors = 9,370

By-elections between 2010 and 2014

There were no by-elections.

References

References

  1. "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010". London Residuary Body.
  2. "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010". Plymouth University.
  3. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/74D86969-9EA9-4206-A63D-3AC38162AEAA/0/Beckton.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Beckton''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  4. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/78E0D8E0-15FE-4065-956F-4D2124A07362/0/Boleyn.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Boleyn''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  5. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8DCC7532-4C91-4DBB-BED4-37CBC9A18C90/0/CanningTownNorth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Canning Town North''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  6. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8DCC7532-4C91-4DBB-BED4-37CBC9A18C90/0/CanningTownSouth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Canning Town South''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  7. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/65BD6B15-CCF6-46AA-933C-083033D796DA/0/CustomHouse.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Custom House''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  8. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/224358CD-445C-453C-AB46-34019CCBB74B/0/EastHamCentral.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – East Ham Central''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  9. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2F919D73-8705-4D1D-A07F-74AE73D18F56/0/EastHamNorth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – East Ham North''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  10. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/99B8B8E8-C082-4968-AC21-7EA1F258C0CD/0/EastHamSouth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – East Ham South''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  11. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/998DFEBC-2761-47AB-910E-6FDA84E8A986/0/ForestGateNorth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Forest Gate North''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  12. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/998DFEBC-2761-47AB-910E-6FDA84E8A986/0/ForestGateSouth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Forest Gate South''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  13. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4A175FB9-E01B-4D19-9362-2F5AECBF9F75/0/GreenStreetEast.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Green Street East''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  14. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/32F22B82-0DD6-4D09-89E9-66B62EDBED6A/0/GreenStreetWest.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Green Street West''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  15. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C6145F00-A966-464B-9899-D96460736B48/0/LittleIlford.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Little Ilford''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  16. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/61FD971B-0FE6-4F97-B436-471B458A89E1/0/ManorPark.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Manor Park''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  17. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FE785A26-CAC2-471B-8859-A315F683AE2E/0/PlaistowNorth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Plaistow North''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  18. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/25F1EC0D-E591-4788-9785-E12A78CABA7D/0/PlaistowSouth.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Plaistow South''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  19. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E16ABA6A-0CB2-443B-88EE-C027C3361A82/0/RoyalDocks.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Royal Docks''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  20. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/92FA69E4-0996-4CC0-99FF-DCCABC17DFE5/0/StratfordandNewTown.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Stratford and New Town''] {{Webarchive. link. (16 July 2011 (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010)
  21. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/17962E1F-E9E2-4FFF-BF0A-A2F02FCEED30/0/WallEnd.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – Wall End''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  22. [http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1A4417C5-291F-4671-8B03-9A97390C4A49/0/WestHam.pdf ''Statement as to persons nominated – West Ham''] (LB Newham) accessed 12 April 2010
  23. "London Borough Council Elections 23 May 2014". London Residuary Body.
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