2010 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2010 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[3]

2010 Crawley Borough Council election[1]
← 2008 6 May 2010 2011 →

12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 26 9 2
Seats before 26 10 1
Seats won 8 4 0
Seats after 26 11 0
Seat change Steady Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 19,516 14,543 2,705
Percentage 50.1% 37.4% 6.9%

Map showing the results of the 2010 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
Labour gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats in a by-election in 2009[2]

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

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Crawley local election result 2010[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 1 1 0 66.6 50.1 19,516 +1.7
  Labour 4 2 1 +1 33.3 37.4 14,543 +8.5
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0 6.9 2,705 -7.2
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 1,766 +0.1
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.7% 271 +0.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.3% 124 +0.3%

Ward results

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Bewbush

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Bewbush[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Jones 1,660 49.8%
Conservative Ray Ward 1,280 38.4%
BNP Linda Atkinson 393 11.8%
Majority 380 11.4%
Turnout 3,333
Labour hold

Broadfield North

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Broadfield North[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian Irvine 1,267 53.0%
Conservative Adam Brown 1,124 47.0%
Majority 143 6.0%
Turnout 2,391
Labour gain from Conservative

Broadfield South

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Broadfield South[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alan Quirk 1,277 55.5%
Labour Colin Moffatt 1,023 44.5%
Majority 254 11.0%
Turnout 2,300
Conservative hold

Furnace Green

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Furnace Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Carol Eade 1,408 46.0%
Labour Jean Calcott 873 28.5%
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise 554 18.1%
BNP Vernon Atkinson 228 7.4%
Majority 535 17.5%
Turnout 3,063
Conservative hold

Ifield

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Ifield[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Denman 1,877 45.8%
Labour John Mortimer 1,616 39.4%
BNP Francis Carlin 333 8.1%
Independent Richard Symonds 271 6.6%
Majority 261 6.4%
Turnout 4,097
Conservative hold

Langley Green

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Langley Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Joyce 1,577 45.6%
Conservative Ijaz Khan 1,225 35.4%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne 654 18.9%
Majority 352 10.2%
Turnout 3,456
Labour hold

Maidenbower

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Maidenbower[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ken Trussell 2,989 69.9%
Labour Peter Smith 1,289 30.1%
Majority 1,700 39.8%
Turnout 4,278
Conservative hold

Northgate

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Northgate[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter Keir Lamb 1,104 49.9%
Conservative Mirza Ali 854 38.6%
BNP Dennis Kenealy 253 11.4%
Majority 250 11.3%
Turnout 2,211
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Pound Hill North

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Pound Hill North[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard Burrett 2,111 59.5%
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay 702 19.8%
Labour Jogi Singh 611 17.2%
UKIP Dinesh Tagarsi 124 3.5%
Majority 1,409 39.7%
Turnout 3,548
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

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Pound Hill South and Worth[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lee Burke 2,586 59.2%
Labour Philomena Woodhams 984 22.5%
Liberal Democrats Sulu Pandya 795 18.2%
Majority 1,602 36.7%
Turnout 4,365
Conservative hold

Southgate

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Southgate[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Howard Bloom 1,839 48.9%
Labour Jim McGough 1,603 42.6%
BNP Ryan Grice 322 8.6%
Majority 236 6.3%
Turnout 3,764
Conservative hold

West Green

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West Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Vanessa Cumper 946 44.6%
Labour TP Patel 936 44.2%
BNP Stuart Minihane 237 11.2%
Majority 10 0.4%
Turnout 2,119
Conservative gain from Labour

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2008". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Crawley". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  4. ^ "2010- Crawley". Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 23 October 2011.