2010 Hertsmere Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election

The 2010 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 64.6%.

Hertsmere local election result 2010
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	3	0	+3	92.3	60.9	25,472	-4.3%
Labour	1	0	0	0	7.7	26.2	10,955	+6.8%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	3	-3	0	10.3	4,313	+0.0%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	690	+1.6%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	393	+0.2%

Ward results

Borehamwood Brookmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harvey Cohen	1,503	46.0	−2.1
	Labour	Jeanette McMullen	863	26.4	−17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Sear	509	15.6	+15.6
	BNP	Freda Green	264	8.1	+8.1
	Independent	Andrew Godleman	125	3.8	+3.8
Majority			640	19.6	+15.3
Turnout			3,264	59.6	+27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Borehamwood Cowley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Di Hoeksma	1,373	42.2	+2.4
	Conservative	Anne Mitchell	1,189	36.5	−0.8
	BNP	Colin Cooper	426	13.1	+13.1
	Independent	Frank Ward	268	8.2	−0.8
Majority			184	5.7	+3.2
Turnout			3,256	54.1	+27.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Borehamwood Hillside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Parnell	2,496	62.5	+4.6
	Labour	Lee Petar	1,499	37.5	+7.1
Majority			997	25.0	−2.5
Turnout			3,995	59.1	+30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Borehamwood Kenilworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Strack	1,253	51.3	+8.9
	Labour	Richard Butler	1,188	48.7	+10.7
Majority			65	2.7	−1.8
Turnout			2,441	59.9	+32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bushey Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Batten	2,997	77.1	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Brass	466	12.0	+3.1
	Labour	George Bath	422	10.9	+2.7
Majority			2,531	65.1	−4.7
Turnout			3,885	74.1	+36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bushey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane West	1,371	44.4	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Sheridan	1,275	41.2	+4.0
	Labour	Jim Sowerbutts	445	14.4	+6.2
Majority			96	3.1	−8.2
Turnout			3,091	65.5	+31.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bushey Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Collins	1,439	58.8	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Ownsworth	686	28.0	−9.7
	Labour	David Bearfield	323	13.2	+13.2
Majority			753	30.8	+6.1
Turnout			2,448	72.5	+33.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bushey St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Kieran	1,850	49.5	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Gamble	1,377	36.9	−0.3
	Labour	Yue Cheng	507	13.6	+6.0
Majority			473	12.7	−0.3
Turnout			3,734	68.2	+32.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Elstree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Gunasekera	1,902	77.7	−10.6
	Labour	Ian Feeney	545	22.3	+10.6
Majority			1,357	55.5	−21.2
Turnout			2,447	67.5	+36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potters Bar Furzefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Worster	2,250	68.0	−9.9
	Labour	Jim Fisher	1,061	32.0	+9.9
Majority			1,189	35.9	−20.0
Turnout			3,311	69.1	+34.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potters Bar Oakmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Ricks	2,190	65.6	−5.6
	Labour	Michael Nkrumah	1,148	34.4	+5.6
Majority			1,042	31.2	−11.2
Turnout			3,338	61.4	+31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potters Bark Parkfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hodgson-Jones	3,083	76.8	−7.7
	Labour	Derek Marcus	931	23.2	+7.7
Majority			2,152	53.6	−15.3
Turnout			4,014	67.8	+29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shenley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Gilligan	1,949	75.0	+0.5
	Labour	Sam Clements	650	25.0	−0.5
Majority			1,299	50.0	+0.9
Turnout			2,599	68.2	+30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Hertsmere". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^ "Local elections 2010". The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^ "Election results - 2010". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

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