2010 Croydon London Borough Council election

Elections for Croydon Council in London were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 United Kingdom General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

Croydon Council Election, 2010
6 May 2010
All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mike Fisher Tony Newman
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 2005 2005
Leader's seat Shirley Woodside
Last election 43 seats, 44.8% 27 seats, 25.9%
Seats won 37 33
Seat change 6 6
Popular vote 66,000 55,868
Percentage 37.0% 31.3%
Swing 7.8% 5.4%
Map of the results of the 2010 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Leader of the Council before election

Mike Fisher
Conservative

 Elected Leader

Mike Fisher
Conservative

In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, as opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year in three of the four years.

An election petition was lodged against the result in the Waddon ward, concerning allegations that not all voters who wished to vote on election day were allowed to vote. The case, supported by the Electoral Commission as a test case, was later withdrawn at the High Court [1][2]

Overall results
Croydon Local Election Result 2010[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37 -6 52.9 37.0 66,000 -7.8
  Labour 33 +6 47.1 31.3 55,868 +5.4
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 18.4 32,801 +5.0
  Green 0 0 7.5 13,310 -1.7
  UKIP 0 0 2.4 4,231 -0.7
  BNP 0 0 1.9 3,363 +0.6
  Independent 0 0 0.7 1,257 -0.3
  Christian Peoples Alliance 0 0 0.4 733 N/A
  Communist 0 0 0.2 289 ±0.0
  Putting Croydon First 0 0 0.1 218 N/A
  Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0.1 181 -0.1
↓
37 33
Conservative Labour

Ward Results

Addiscombe
Addiscombe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sean Fitzsimons 2,839 38.4
Labour Mark Watson 2,683 36.3
Labour Patricia Hay-Justice 2,497 33.8
Conservative Maria Garcia de la Huerta 2,445 33.1
Conservative Andrew Price 2,171 29.4
Conservative Robert King 2,076 28.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Adams 1,569 21.2
Liberal Democrats Gavin Howard-Jones 1,400 19.0
Liberal Democrats Ejnar Sorensen 1,195 16.2
Green Tracey Hague 432 5.9
Green David Petro 353 4.8
Green Martyn Post 352 4.8
UKIP Peter Staveley 296 4.0
Turnout 7,386 62.9%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Ashburton
Ashburton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edwin S. Arram 3,175
Conservative Avril E.M. Slipper 2,974
Conservative Adam Kellett 2,866
Labour Mark Justice 2,234
Labour Madelaine R. Goulder 2,206
Labour Shorish Barzinji 1,979
Liberal Democrats Peter S. Ladanyi 1,290
Green Bernice C. Goldberg 647
UKIP David M. Aina 557
BNP Tony L. Martin 419
Green Tim Fernandes-Bonnar 407
Green Sergio M. Petro 385
Turnout 7,056 66.6% 23.9%
Registered electors 11,774
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bensham Manor
Bensham Manor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Broad Green
Broad Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Coulsdon East
Coulsdon East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Coulsdon West
Coulsdon West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Croham
Croham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Maria Gatland 3,389
Conservative Michael Neal 3,070
Conservative Jason Perry 2,804
Labour Natalie Allen 1,806
Liberal Democrats John Jefkins 1,795
Liberal Democrats Martin Camden 1,778
Liberal Democrats Simon Rix 1,758
Labour Martin Angus 1,512
Labour Adam Bonner 1,343
Green Stephen Harris 538
Green Muriel Passmore 507
UKIP William Bailey 444
Green Marc Richards 433
Putting Croydon First Mark Samuel 218
Turnout 7,582 67.04%
Registered electors 11,309
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield
Fairfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Fieldway
Fieldway (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Heathfield
Heathfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Kenley
Kenley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Janice Buttinger 4,170
Conservative Steve O'Connell 3,980
Conservative Steven Hollands 3,914
Liberal Democrats Angela Catto 1,699
Liberal Democrats James Knight 1,510
Liberal Democrats Heather Jefkins 1,289
Labour Laura Doughty 1,230
Labour Annmarie Kennedy 1,053
Labour Mistaun Kabir 924
Green Ian Dixon 582
Green Anneka Dixon-King 512
Green Tom Voute 365
Turnout 7,423 67.75%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

New Addington
New Addington (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Norbury
Norbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Purley
Purley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Sanderstead
Sanderstead (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Selhurst
Selhurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Selsdon & Ballards
Selsdon & Ballards (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

South Norwood
South Norwood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Katharine Bee 3,365 48.7
Labour Jane Avis 3,338 48.3
Labour Wayne Lawlor 2,942 42.5
Conservative Susan Bennett 1,928 27.9
Conservative Richard Hough 1,603 23.2
Conservative Luke Clancy 1,585 22.9
Liberal Democrats David Boyle 1,282 18.5
Liberal Democrats Joanna Corbin 1,232 17.8
Green Suzanne Ackon 791 11.4
Green Jane Hutley 400 5.8
Green Ivonne Fernandes-Bonnar 371 5.4
UKIP Jonathan Serter 295 4.3
Turnout 6,916 62.7%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Shirley
Shirley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Thornton Heath
Thornton Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Upper Norwood
Upper Norwood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Waddon
Waddon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tony Harris 2,656
Conservative Clare V. Hilley 2,627
Conservative Simon Hoar 2,423
Labour Hamida Ali 2,078
Labour Joy Prince 2,047
Labour Dave Christison 1,927
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey V. Gauge 1,332
Liberal Democrats Nicholas L. Katchis 1,285
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Roquette 1,152
Green Mary J. Davey 539
Green Grace Onions 501
Green Tony Bishop-Weston 493
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Thornton
West Thornton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Woodside
Woodside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Elected by ward
Ward Members elected in 2010
Addiscombe Patricia Hay-Justice (Lab)
Sean Fitzsimons (Lab)
Mark Watson (Lab)
Ashburton Adam Kellett (Con)
Eddy Arram (Con)
Avril Slipper (Con)
Bensham Manor Raj Rajendran (Lab)
Donna Gray (Lab)
Alison Butler (Lab)
Broad Green Stuart Collins (Lab)
Mike Selva (Lab)
Manju Shahul-Hameed (Lab)
Coulsdon East Christopher Wright (Con)
Justin Cromie (Con)
Terry Lenton (Con)
Coulsdon West David Osland (Con)
Ian James Parker (Con)
Jeet Bains (Con)
Croham Maria Gatland (Con)
Michael Neal (Con)
Jason Perry (Con)
Fairfield Vidhi Mohan (Con)
Susan Winborn (Con)
David Fitze (Con)
Fieldway Simon Hall (Lab)
Carole Bonner (Lab)
Heathfield Margaret Mead (Con)
Jason Cummings (Con)
Helen Pollard (Con)
Kenley Jan Buttinger (Con)
Steve O'Connell (Con)
Steve Hollands (Con)
New Addington Tony Pearson (Con)
George Ayres (Lab)
Norbury Maggie Mansell (Lab)
Shafi Khan (Lab)
Sherwan Chowdhury (Lab)
Purley Graham Bass (Con)
Badsha Quadir (Con)
Donald Speakman (Con)
Sanderstead Lynne Hale (Con)
Timothy Pollard (Con)
Yvette Hopley (Con)
Selhurst Timothy Godfrey (Lab)
Gerry Ryan (Lab)
Toni Letts (Lab)
Selsdon and Ballards Dudley Mead (Con)
Sara Bashford (Con)
Phil Thomas (Con)
Shirley Janet Marshall (Con)
Richard Chatterjee (Con)
Mike Fisher (Con)
South Norwood Kathy Bee (Lab)
Wayne Lawlor (Lab)
Jane Avis (Lab)
Thornton Heath Pat Clouder (Lab)
Matthew Kyeremeh (Lab)
Louisa Woodley (Lab)
Upper Norwood Alisa Flemming (Lab)
Pat Ryan (Lab)
John Wentworth (Lab)
Waddon Tony Harris (Con)
Clare Hilley (Con)
Simon Hoar (Con)
West Thornton Paul Smith (Lab)
Bernadette Khan (Lab)
Humayun Kabir (Lab)
Woodside Karen Jewitt (Lab)
Tony Newman (Lab)
Paul Scott (Lab)
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References
  1. Labour council hopeful issues legal challenge over Waddon election, Croydon Guardian, 28 May 2010
  2. High Court hearing into Waddon election fiasco cancelled, Croydon Guardian, January 2011
  3. http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2010/23/
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