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]

6 May 2010
12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
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 1 1 Popular vote 19,516 14,543 2,705 Percentage 50.1% 37.4% 6.9%
Map showing the results 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

• Conservative 26
• Labour 11[3]

Election result

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

Bewbush

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

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

Broadfield South[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Quirk	1,277	55.5%
	Labour	Colin Moffatt	1,023	44.5%
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Furnace Green

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

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

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

Maidenbower[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ken Trussell	2,989	69.9%
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,289	30.1%
Majority			1,700	39.7%
Turnout			4,278
	Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter 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

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

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
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Southgate

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

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	0.5%
Turnout			2,119
	Conservative gain from Labour

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2008". Local Elections Archive Project.
2. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 17 June 2019.
3. "Crawley". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
4. "2010- Crawley". Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 23 October 2011.