The 2010 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, concurrently with the 2010 general election. Direct elections were held to all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 76 second-tier district authorities, 20 unitary authorities and various Mayoral posts, all in England. For those authorities elected "all out" these were the first elections since 2006.
The results provided some comfort to the Labour Party, losing the general election on the same day, as it was the first time Conservative councillor numbers declined since 1996.
Results Party Councillors Councils Number Change Number Change 3,462121664 2,9764173717 1,730132144 Residents630 3680 19270 1510 940 Others2981170 No overall controln/an/a477
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London boroughs
All seats in the 32 London Boroughs were up for election.
Council Previous control Result Details Barking and Dagenham holdDetails Barnet holdDetails Bexley holdDetails Brent gainDetails Bromley holdDetails Camden gainDetails Croydon holdDetails Ealing gainDetails Enfield gainDetails Greenwich holdDetails Hackney holdDetails Hammersmith and Fulham holdDetails Haringey holdDetails Harrow gainDetails Havering holdDetails Hillingdon holdDetails Hounslow gainDetails Islington gainDetails Kensington and Chelsea holdDetails Kingston upon Thames holdDetails Lambeth holdDetails Lewisham gainDetails Merton holdDetails Newham holdDetails Redbridge holdDetails Richmond upon Thames gainDetails Southwark gainDetails Sutton holdDetails Tower Hamlets holdDetails Waltham Forest gainDetails Wandsworth holdDetails Westminster holdDetails
Metropolitan boroughs
One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election.
Council Previous control Result Details Barnsley holdDetails Birmingham holdDetails Bolton holdDetails Bradford holdDetails Bury gainDetails Calderdale holdDetails Coventry gainDetails Doncaster gainDetails Dudley holdDetails Gateshead holdDetails Kirklees holdDetails Knowsley holdDetails Leeds holdDetails Liverpool gainDetails Manchester holdDetails Newcastle upon Tyne holdDetails North Tyneside gainDetails Oldham holdDetails Rochdale gainDetails Rotherham holdDetails St. Helens gainDetails Salford holdDetails Sandwell holdDetails Sefton holdDetails Sheffield gainDetails Solihull gainDetails South Tyneside holdDetails Stockport holdDetails Sunderland holdDetails Tameside holdDetails Trafford holdDetails Wakefield holdDetails Walsall holdDetails Wigan holdDetails Wirral holdDetails Wolverhampton holdDetails
Unitary authorities One third of the council seats were up for election in 20 unitary authorities. Council Previous control New Control Details Blackburn with Darwen Details Bristol Details Derby Details Halton Details Hartlepool Details Kingston upon Hull Details Milton Keynes Details North East Lincolnshire Details Peterborough Details Plymouth Details Portsmouth Details Reading Details Slough Details Southampton Details Southend-on-Sea Details Stoke-on-Trent Details Swindon Details Thurrock Details Warrington Details Wokingham Details
The elections in Stoke-on-Trent had originally been cancelled following a referendum result which decided to abolish the existing Mayor and Cabinet system of governance, with replacement elections to take place in 2011 following a review of the council by the Boundary Committee for England. However, it was later decided to hold elections to one-third of the council in 2010 as planned.
Non-metropolitan districts
The elections that were due to be held in Exeter and Norwich were cancelled due to structural changes. Following the 2010 general election, the structural changes were cancelled, leading to elections in both cities in September 2010 (see 2010 Exeter City Council election and 2010 Norwich City Council election).
Half of council Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election. Council Previous control New Control Details Adur Details Cheltenham Details Fareham Details Gosport Details Hastings Details Nuneaton and Bedworth Details Oxford Details
Third of council 69 district councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control New Control Details Amber Valley Details Barrow-in-Furness Details Basildon Details Basingstoke and Deane Details Bassetlaw Details Brentwood Details Broxbourne Details Burnley Details Cambridge Details Cannock Chase Details Carlisle Details Castle Point Details Cherwell Details Chorley Details Colchester Details Craven Details Crawley Details Daventry Details Eastleigh Details Elmbridge Details Epping Forest Details Gloucester Details Great Yarmouth Details Harlow Details Harrogate Details Hart Details Havant Details Hertsmere Details Huntingdonshire Details Hyndburn Details Ipswich Details Lincoln Details Maidstone Details Mole Valley Details Newcastle-under-Lyme Details North Hertfordshire Details Pendle Details Preston Details Purbeck Details Redditch Details Reigate and Banstead Details Rochford Details Rossendale Details Rugby Details Runnymede Details Rushmoor Details St Albans Details South Cambridgeshire Details South Lakeland Details Stevenage Details Stratford-on-Avon Details Stroud Details Swale Details Tamworth Details Tandridge Details Three Rivers Details Tunbridge Wells Details Watford Details Waveney Details Welwyn Hatfield Details West Lancashire Details West Lindsey Details West Oxfordshire Details Weymouth and Portland Details Winchester Details Woking Details Worcester Details Worthing Details Wyre Forest Details
Mayoral elections There were four mayoral elections. Local Authority Previous Mayor New Mayor Details Hackney Jules Pipe (Labour) Jules Pipe (Labour)Details Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)Details Newham Sir Robin Wales (Labour) Sir Robin Wales (Labour)Details Watford Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat)Details
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