2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

Elections for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

2010 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election

6 May 2010
All 54 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat 0 Last election 0 seats, 0% 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 0% Seats won 12 1 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 80,516 32,894 30,154 Percentage % % % Swing 0 0% 0%
Results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

In London borough council elections the entire council is elected every four years, unlike some other English councils, where a third of the councillors are elected for a four-year term in three successive years, with no elections in the fourth.

Map of the results of the 2010 Kensington and Chelsea council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Summary of results

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea election result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
	Conservative	43	0	2	-2
	Labour	9	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	0	2

Ward Results

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Borwick	1,853	59.8
	Conservative	James Husband	1,821
	Conservative	Joanna Gardner	1,786
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Good	883
	Liberal Democrats	John Faulder	865
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Pritchard	774
	Labour	David Lewis	365
	Labour	Christina Alkaff	363
	Labour	Margaret Pringle	347
Turnout

Brompton

Brompton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shireen Ritchie	1,567	67.4
	Conservative	Iain Hanham	1,548
	Conservative	Quentin Marshall	1,523
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Harris	452	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Coxon	410
	Labour	Martin Green	307	13.2
	Labour	Susie Parsons	282
	Labour	Daver Perry	214

Campden

Campden (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Ahern	1,786	67.1
	Conservative	Christopher Buckmaster	1,774
	Conservative	Robert Freeman	1,682
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Elliot	592	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Priscilla Congreve	524
	Liberal Democrats	James Crichton-Miller	484
	Labour	Mark Sautter	285	10.7
	Labour	Ghulam Lasharie	273
	Labour	John Parsons	261

Colville

Colville (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Caruana	1,459	42.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Jones	1,244
	Labour	Dez O'Neill	1,096	32.2
	Labour	Amir Akhrif	1,082
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kosta	1,061
	Labour	Beinazir Lasharie	913
	Conservative	Alexander Bond	735	21.6
	Conservative	Samia Bentayeb	730
	Conservative	Lloyd North	696
	UKIP	David Coburn	115	3.4

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Holt	1,525	63.9
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rutherford	1,519
	Conservative	Anthony Coates	1,472
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Michel	486	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Somers	477
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Young	434
	Labour	Brian Dodgeon	374	15.7
	Labour	Susan Warren	279
	Labour	Damian Williams	239

Cremorne

Cremorne (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maighread Condon-Simmonds	1,588	50.2
	Conservative	Mark Daley	1,542
	Conservative	Matthew Neal	1,327
	Labour	Richard Briggs	730	23.1
	Labour	Lesley-Anne Arnold	728
	Liberal Democrats	Julian England	693	21.9
	Labour	Richard Chute	636
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Ford	620
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Lawrence	578
	UKIP	Alasdair Seton-Marsden	155	4.9

Earl's Court

Earl's Court (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Phelps	1,358	44.9
	Conservative	Terence Buxton	1,262
	Conservative	Jonathon Read	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Peacock	621	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Somers	578
	Labour	Joel Bishop	569	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Wade	560
	Labour	Mabel McKeown	487
	Green	William Ridley	302	10.0
	Labour	Oliver Dearie	179
	Independent	Malcolm Spalding	174	5.8

Changes 2010–2014

The Conservatives lost the Earl's Court Ward by-election in September 2010 to the Liberal Democrats and narrowly won the Cremorne Ward by-election by only 19 votes. Many commentators blamed the Conservative councillors led by Merrick Cockell for these poor results, stating that the council did not adequately take into account residents' views on projects such as the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel and the Earl's Court building works.