2010 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election

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Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost control of the council, leaving it hung and Labour the largest party. This was the first time that the borough council had been hung since before 1974 when the new authority was formed.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 17 (+2)
Conservative 15 (-2)
BNP 1
Others 1

The 2009 Camphill by-election ensured Labour 17 seats by the time of the 2010 result.

Election results

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election, 2010 - Summary
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	11	2	0	+2	64.7	44.9	27,604
Conservative	6	0	2	-2	35.3	40.9	25,164
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	5028
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1737
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1718
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	207
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	40

Total votes cast	61498
Turnout (approx)	66%

Ward results

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	PHILLIPS, Neil Joseph Patrick	1780	49.8
	Conservative	WAINE, Alwyn Joy	863	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	MILLS, Frank	563	15.7
	BNP	CLARKE, Tom	240	6.7
	Green	BRINDLEY, Laurel Emily	122	3.4
Majority			917
Turnout			3568	60.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Arbury Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YOUNG, Kevin	1383	42.2
	Conservative	WILSON, Sonja Lund	1354	41.4
	BNP	MILLARD, Lee	309	9.4
	Green	WRIGHT, Michael Charles	224	6.8
Majority			29
Turnout			3270	62.8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Attleborough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	GILBERT, Peter James	1651	46.5
	Labour	TANDY, June Anne	1526	43.1
	BNP	KIMBERLEY, Phillip Barry	366	10.3
Majority			125
Turnout			3543	62.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Barpool Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	MCGALE, Francis Patrick	1513	44.8
	Conservative	HAMMERSCHMIEDT, Andreas Franz	907	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	MOSS, Kieren Luke	517	15.3
	BNP	INGRAM, Andrew John	394	11.6
	Socialist Alternative	GEE, Steven	40	1.1
Majority			606
Turnout			3371	59.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Bede Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	HAYNES, John	1674	53.3
	Conservative	CAROLAN, John Thomas	807	25.7
	BNP	HAYCOCK, Glyn David	452	14.3
	English Democrat	David Lane	207	6.5
Majority			867
Turnout			3140	62.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Bulkington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	O`BRIEN, Desmond	1952	52.3
	Labour	CHATTAWAY, Richard Norman	1446	38.8
	BNP	FITZPATRICK, Leslie Peter	329	8.8
Majority			506
Turnout			3727	72.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Camp Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	HARVEY, Dennis	1512	51.7
	Conservative	PAXTON, Stephen James	854	29.2
	BNP	HOLMES, Jason	553	18.9
Majority			658
Turnout			2919	56.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Exhall Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	TAYLOR, Roma Ann	1950	47.7
	Conservative	LIGGINS, Arthur Marklew	1175	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Field	638	15.6
	BNP	Deborah Nicholas	320	7.8
Majority			775
Turnout			4083	62.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Galley Common Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	GRANT, Matthew Petersen	1764	44.9
	Labour	JONES, Michael John	1673	42.6
	BNP	HART, Wendy	487	12.4
Majority			91
Turnout			3924	63.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Heath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	ALDINGTON, Danny	1768	50.3
	Conservative	LOBBETT, Walter Barry Hallam	1371	39.1
	BNP	NICOLSON, Julie	371	10.6
Majority			397
Turnout			3510	62.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Kingswood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	WATKINS, Christopher Mark	1564	52.6
	Conservative	BANNISTER, Michael	1045	35.1
	BNP	EDWARDS, Steven	367	12.3
Majority			519
Turnout			2976	60.3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Poplar Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	COPLAND, Robert G.	2230	62
	Conservative	BROWN, Ann Catherine	1366	38
Majority			864
Turnout			3596	59.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Slough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	LLOYD, Anthony Alan	1824	50.4
	Conservative	DANCER, Gary William	1311	36.2
	BNP	FINDLEY, Deborah Linda	485	13.4
Majority			513
Turnout			3620	66.9%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: St. Nicolas Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	CARR, David	2513	58.8
	Labour	HICKLING, Paul David	1239	29.1
	Green	KONDAKOR, Keith Anthony	518	12.1
Majority			1274
Turnout			4270	75.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Weddington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	SMITH, Gerald	2540	58.6
	Labour	FOWLER, Victoria Nina Jayne	1306	30.1
	Green	Michele Kondakor	489	11.3
Majority			1234
Turnout			4335	73.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Wembrook Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	SHEPPARD, William Henry	1863	60.1
	Conservative	DAVIES, Anthony	880	28.4
	BNP	ADDIS, Sandra Marie	355	11.5
Majority			983
Turnout			3098	58.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2010: Whitestone Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	WILSON, Kristofer David	2811	61.8%
	Labour	JOHNSON, Philip	1353	29.7%
	Green	OLNER, Gregg William	384	8.4%
Majority			1458
Turnout			4548	78.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
"Local Election Results 2010 - Nuneaton and Bedworth". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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