2010 Tandridge District Council election

The 2010 Tandridge District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2010 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

14 of the seats on the council were up for election, with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats contesting every seat.[3] 3 Conservative councillors stood down at the election, Eric Morgan from Limpsfield ward, Matthew Groves from Queens Park ward and Ros Langham from Westway ward.[3] Meanwhile, in Burstow, Horne and Outwood ward, the sitting Conservative councillor, Peter Brown, stood as an independent after being deselected and in Whyteleafe Sakina Bradbury defended the seat for the Conservatives after defecting from the Liberal Democrats in 2008.[3] Other parties standing at the election included the UK Independence Party, Labour party with 8 candidates and the Green Party with 2 candidates.[3]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after holding 13 of the 14 seats contested to have 33 seats on the council.[4] No seats changed hands with the Conservatives holding Westway by 29 votes, Queens Park by 37 votes and Whyteleafe by 151 votes.[5] The Conservatives also comfortably held Burstow, Horne and Outwood, despite the challenge from the independent candidate and outgoing Conservative councillor Peter Brown.[5] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won the only seat not held by the Conservatives in Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh by 71 votes to remain on 8 councillors.[4][5] Overall turnout at the election was 71.63%.[6]

Tandridge local election result 2010[2][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 13 0 0 0 92.9 54.8 19,314 -3.2%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 7.1 30.8 10,837 +1.3%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 2,528 +1.8%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 2,011 +1.0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 313 -1.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 211 +0.1%

Ward results
Bletchingley and Nutfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Elias 1,762 58.4 -7.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Fowler 896 29.7 +15.0
UKIP Graham Bailey 358 11.9 -1.1
Majority 866 28.7 -22.3
Turnout 3,016 70.0 +32.7
Conservative hold Swing
Burstow, Horne and Outwood[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bond 1,762 56.7 -18.4
Liberal Democrats Sue Gauge 494 15.9 +15.9
Independent Peter Brown 313 10.1 +10.1
Labour Stephen Case-Green 277 8.9 -4.6
UKIP William Nock 264 8.5 -2.9
Majority 1,268 40.8 -20.8
Turnout 3,110 68.6 +31.3
Conservative hold Swing
Dormansland and Felcourt[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Sydney 1,330 63.3 -6.4
Liberal Democrats Tony Hardisty 625 29.7 +10.6
UKIP David Milne 146 6.9 +1.7
Majority 705 33.6 -17.0
Turnout 2,101 72.6 +34.3
Conservative hold Swing
Godstone[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rose Thorn 1,743 57.5 -0.4
Liberal Democrats Mary Tomlin 681 22.5 -2.3
UKIP Richard Grant 355 11.7 +1.1
Labour Maxine Mathews 252 8.3 +1.7
Majority 1,062 35.0 +1.9
Turnout 3,031 69.7 +30.9
Conservative hold Swing
Harestone[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Connolly 1,446 65.6 -8.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Bell 510 23.1 -2.8
Labour Simon Charles 156 7.1 +7.1
UKIP John Norrington 93 4.2 +4.2
Majority 936 42.5 -5.7
Turnout 2,205 74.1 +33.3
Conservative hold Swing
Limpsfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Pannett 1,383 63.4 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilson 667 30.6 -1.2
UKIP June Stone 131 6.0 -1.2
Majority 716 32.8 +3.6
Turnout 2,181 77.7 +33.7
Conservative hold Swing
Lingfield and Crowhurst[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Perkins 1,346 61.6 +18.1
Liberal Democrats James Thompson-Stewart 680 31.1 -21.2
UKIP Mark Fowler 159 7.3 +3.1
Majority 666 30.5
Turnout 2,185 68.8 +17.2
Conservative hold Swing
Oxted North and Tandridge[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Weightman 1,765 53.4 -13.3
Liberal Democrats Matthew Griffiths 1,033 31.2 -2.1
UKIP David Eardley 216 6.5 +6.5
Labour Christine Broughton 181 5.5 +5.5
Green Benedict Southworth 111 3.4 +3.4
Majority 732 22.1 -11.3
Turnout 3,306 75.9 +31.3
Conservative hold Swing
Oxted South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Compton 1,471 44.9 -10.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Wingate 734 22.4 +2.9
Labour Barbara Harling 719 21.9 +10.9
UKIP Tony Stone 253 7.7 -1.7
Green Michaela O'Brien 100 3.1 -1.3
Majority 737 22.5 -13.6
Turnout 3,277 74.9 +25.2
Conservative hold Swing
Queens Park[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rod Stead 960 47.6 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Graham Lloyd-Evans 923 45.8 +2.2
Labour Emma Wheale 132 6.6 +3.2
Majority 37 1.8 -7.6
Turnout 2,015 72.6 +18.9
Conservative hold Swing
Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Morrow 1,441 46.7 +2.7
Conservative Simon Peniston-Bird 1,370 44.4 -2.4
UKIP Christopher Bailey 275 8.9 -0.3
Majority 71 2.3
Turnout 3,086 72.9 +24.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Warlingham West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glynis Whittle 1,226 61.9 -10.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Kempster 583 29.4 +1.7
UKIP Janet Bailey 172 8.7 +8.7
Majority 643 32.5 -12.1
Turnout 1,981 73.8 +30.4
Conservative hold Swing
Westway[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eithne Webster 828 43.8 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Jean Pidgeon 799 42.3 -8.5
Labour Jonathan Wheale 158 8.4 +2.2
UKIP Helena Windsor 106 5.6 +5.6
Majority 29 1.5
Turnout 1,891 63.8 +25.8
Conservative hold Swing
Whyteleafe[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sakina Bradbury 922 50.4 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Greaves 771 42.2 -11.6
Labour John Burgess 136 7.4 +2.8
Majority 151 8.3
Turnout 1,829 67.0 +31.3
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Tandridge". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. "Candidates prepare for local council elections". Get Surrey. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. "Tories dominate local elections in Surrey". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
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  6. "District Elections results 2010". Tandridge District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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