2010 Derby City Council election

The 2010 Derby City Council election took place on 5 May 2010 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under No Overall Control.

2010 Derby City Council election

6 May 2010
17 of the 51 seats to Derby City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 17 14 18 Seats before 15 15 19 Seats won 12 5 2 Seats after 17 16 16 Seat change 2 1 3 Popular vote 36,384 22,151 13,557 Percentage 48.0% 29.2% 17.9%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2010 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Election result

2010 Derby City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	2	1	1	47.1	34.4	37,747	0.1
	Conservative	5	2	0	2	29.4	33.7	36,908	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	3	3	23.5	27.2	29,767	2.7
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	2.7	2,908	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.5	1,641	0.2
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	695	1.4

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2006 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ajit Atwal	2,114	38.2
	Labour	Afzal Asaf	2,106	38.1
	Conservative	David Taylor	1,313	23.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Allestree

Location of Allestree ward

Allestree (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Michael Webb	4,908	58.7
	Liberal Democrats	Deena Smith	1,841	22.0
	Labour	Robyn Joy Sewter	1,608	19.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Location of Alvaston ward

Alvaston (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Mary Winter	2,344	37.9
	Conservative	Gerald Desmond Potter	1,590	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Withers	1,430	23.1
	Independent	Kevin Winson	823	13.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Arboretum

Location of Arboretum ward

Arboretum (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shiraz Khan	2,732	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rehmat Khan	2,132	38.0
	Conservative	Ashley Waterhouse	739	13.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Blagreaves

Location of Blagreaves ward

Blagreaves (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Skelton	3,145	47.2
	Labour	Shaz Parveen	1,947	29.2
	Conservative	Singh Dard Tarlochan	1,566	23.5
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Boulton

Location of Boulton ward

Boulton (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ranjit Banwait	3,410	55.6
	Conservative	Phil Bailey	1,689	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kyle Martin David	824	13.4
	Green	David Leonard Foster	213	3.5
Turnout
	Labour hold

Chaddesden

Location of Chaddesten ward

Chaddesden (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sara Frances Bolton	2,614	40.9
	Conservative	Steve Hassell	2,161	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Anthony Jackson	879	13.8
	BNP	Paul Hilliard	733	11.5
Turnout
	Labour hold

Chellaston

Location of Chellaston ward

Chellaston (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Ingall	3,626	48.9
	Labour	Andy Findlay	2,439	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Waleed Hussain	946	12.7
	Independent	Paul Randle	412	5.6
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour

Darley

Location of Darley ward

Darley (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lorraine Mary Radford	2,608	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Dorothy Cooper	2,176	30.8
	Labour	Richard Leslie Felix	1,799	25.5
	Green	Jane Sarah Temple	482	6.8
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Derwent

Location of Derwent ward

Derwent (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dave Roberts	2,164	42.5
	Conservative	Lisa Ann Harper	1,333	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Edward Ahern	968	20.0
	BNP	Alex Johnstone	633	12.4
Turnout
	Labour hold

Littleover

Location of Littleover ward

Littleover (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Ashburner	3,156	41.5
	Conservative	Maxwell Craven	2,450	32.3
	Labour	Karen Hillier-Smith	1,991	26.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth

Location of Mackworth ward

Mackworth (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Michael Whitby	2,055	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	Catrin Sian Rutland	1,547	27.6
	Conservative	Adrian Pegg	1,446	25.8
	BNP	Raymond Herbert Dixon	554	9.9
Turnout
	Labour hold

Mickleover

Location of Mickleover ward

Mickleover (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Fay Winter	3,342	40.3
	Conservative	John Harold Keith	2,984	36.0
	Labour	Lester John Pendrey	1,549	18.7
	BNP	Jonathan Barlow	411	5.0
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Normanton

Location of Normanton ward

Normanton (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Williamson	2,859	52.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Tafseer Habib	1,566	28.7%
	Conservative	Lisa Jane Marshall	881	16.1%
	Independent	Zbigniew Wójcik	156	2.9%
Turnout
	Labour hold

Oakwood

Location of Oakwood ward

Oakwood (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mick Barker	3,131	47.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Bélà Horvath	1,804	27.1%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Gerrard	1,732	26.0%
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Sinfin

Location of Sinfin ward

Sinfin (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robin Cyril Turner	2,446	50.1%
	Conservative	Mike Cook	1,335	27.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Hastie	853	17.5%
	Independent	Steve Powell	250	5.1%
Turnout
	Labour hold

Spondon

Location of Spondon ward

Spondon (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Poulter	3,148	47.0%
	Labour	Richard Morgan	1,952	29.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kirkman King	1,044	15.6%
	BNP	Stephen Roland Hill	547	8.2%
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Notes and references

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