2010 Bromley London Borough Council election

2010 Bromley Borough Council election

6 May 2010
All 60 seats to Bromley London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 49 seats, 54.1% 7 seats, 25.6% 4 seats, 12.3% Seats won 53 4 3 Seat change 4 3 1 Popular vote 82,368 41,170 25,849 Percentage 49.3% 24.6% 15.5% Swing 4.8% 1.0% 3.2%
Map of the results of the 2010 Bromley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections for Bromley Council were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

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 for three of the four years.

Summary of results

Bromley Council election result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	53	4	0	4	88.3	49.3	82,368	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	3	3	6.7	24.6	41,170	1.0
	Labour	3	0	1	1	5.0	15.5	25,849	3.2
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	4.0	6,726	0.4
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	3.7	6,181	3.3
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	1,814	1.6
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	1,739	0.3
	Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	1,371	New

Ward results

Bickley

Bickley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katherine Lymer	4,970	56.9
	Conservative	Catherine Rideout	4,953
	Conservative	Colin Smith	4,556
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Taylor	1,637	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Wye	1,515
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Bignell	1,299
	Labour	Arthur Johnson	915	10.5
	Labour	Velma Campbell	914
	Labour	Christopher Clough	897
	UKIP	John Bailey	612	7.0
	Green	Roisin Robertson	606	6.9
Turnout			8,380	71.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Biggin Hill

Biggin Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Norrie	2,855	49.0
	Conservative	Julian Benington	2,679
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Gostt	1,769	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Shekyls	1,552
	UKIP	Christopher Greenhough	467	8.0
	BNP	Michael Payne	390	6.7
	Labour	Jeannette Carter	345	5.9
	Labour	Keith Galley	344
Turnout			5,593	70.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromley Common and Keston

Bromley Common and Keston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexa Michael	4,111	54.4
	Conservative	Stephen Carr	4,099
	Conservative	Ruth Bennett	4,098
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Oliver	1,644	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Cope	1,490
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Southgate	1,347
	Labour	Colin Clary	1,023	13.5
	Labour	Kelly Galvin	941
	Labour	Tom Odoki-Olam	782
	UKIP	Owen Brolly	777	10.3
Turnout			7,734	67.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromley Town

Bromley Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Harmer	3,816	41.5
	Conservative	David Hastings	3,784
	Conservative	Diana MacMull	3,359
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Blackburn	2,059	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cooper	1,897
	Labour	Robert Armstrong	1,826	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Hawke	1,755
	Labour	Michael Gibson	1,686
	Labour	Marcus Oliver	1,527
	Green	Ann Garrett	877	9.5
	UKIP	Emmett Jenner	612	6.7
Turnout			8,467	66.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Grainger	4,915	60.1
	Conservative	Samaris Huntington-Thresher	4,505
	Conservative	Russell Jackson	4,449
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Challis	2,485	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Loosemore	2,483
	Liberal Democrats	James Whiteside	2,314
	Labour	Gillian Collins	784	9.6
	Labour	Christopher Purnell	743
	Labour	Aline Evans	628
Turnout			8,511	72.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chislehurst

Chislehurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Boughey	4,935	53.3
	Conservative	Eric Bosshard	4,800
	Conservative	Ian Payne	3,947
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Gault	1,639	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Colin England	1,421
	Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital	John Hemming-Clark	1,371	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Magrath	1,327
	Labour	Christian Mole	796	8.6
	Labour	Stuart Reid	746
	Green	Nicholas Hadziannis	515	5.6
	Labour	Gareth Wretham	480
	Green	Frances Speed	455
Turnout			8,388	71.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clock House

Clock House (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Phillips	2,817	32.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Milner	2,578
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Adams	2,564	29.7
	Conservative	David Jefferys	2,469
	Labour	Vanessa Allen	2,200	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nash	2,167
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Burns	2,134
	Labour	Kevin Brooks	1,815
	Labour	Richard Hart	1,557
	UKIP	Graham Chamberlain	536	6.2
	Green	Margaret Toomey	529	6.1
	Green	Adam Shahin	416
	Green	Rosanna Cavallo	393
Turnout			8,119	69.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Copers Cope

Copers Cope (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Mellor	4,289	54.9
	Conservative	Michael Tickner	4,267
	Conservative	Stephen Wells	4,267
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Stocker	2,138	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Donovan	2,027
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Weal	1,889
	Labour	Patricia Mansfield	1,381	17.7
	Labour	Catherine Milton	1,325
	Labour	Belinda Price	1,250
Turnout			8,321	67.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cray Valley East

Cray Valley East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fortune	2,568	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	David McBride	2,504	36.9
	Conservative	Roxhannah Fawthrop	2,280
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Curry	2,238
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Thompson	2,121
	Conservative	Lalit Khanna	1,996
	Labour	Nathaniel Arthur	1,050	15.5
	Labour	Stephanie Godbold	945
	Labour	Mohammed Zaman	817
	BNP	Mary Culnane	659	9.7
Turnout			6,507	59.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cray Valley West

Cray Valley West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Ellis	2,745	34.7
	Conservative	John Ince	2,596
	Conservative	Harry Stranger	2,372
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bignell	1,911	24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jenkins	1,655
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Webber	1,570
	Labour	Paul Davies	1,239	15.7
	Labour	Sharon Wheeler	1,236
	Labour	Karen Roberts	1,194
	UKIP	Sheila Allen	796	10.1
	BNP	Roger Tonks	690	8.7
	Independent	Susan Gibbens	519	6.6
	Independent	John Gibbens	495
	Independent	Andrew Senft	432
Turnout			7,086	58.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Canvin	2,167	42.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Papworth	1,886
	Labour	Joshua King	1,668	32.6
	Labour	Allison Roche	1,425
	Conservative	Paul Durling	899	17.6
	Conservative	Karen Moran	822
	Green	Maureen Leary	377	7.4
	Green	Lisa Mutti	283
Turnout			5,148	59.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Darwin

Darwin (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Scoates	1,362	46.1
	Independent	Peter Bloomfield	1,295	43.8
	UKIP	James Greenhough	299	10.1
Turnout			3,001	73.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farnborough and Crofton

Farnborough and Crofton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Joel	5,067	59.0
	Conservative	Robert Evans	5,000
	Conservative	Timothy Stevens	4,791
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Rabbatts	2,139	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Powell	2,134
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Silvester	1,944
	UKIP	Christine Diamond	726	8.5
	Labour	Bryan Gay	656	7.6
	Labour	Andrew Amos	629
	Labour	Christopher Taylor	627
Turnout			8,695	75.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayes and Coney Hall

Hayes and Coney Hall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thelma Manning	5,549	58.5
	Conservative	Graham Arthur	5,250
	Conservative	Neil Reddin	4,893
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Griffiths	1,990	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Daniell	1,648
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Whitaker	1,428
	Labour	Katharine Head	1,182	12.5
	Labour	John Parke	1,005
	Labour	Richard Watts	812
	Green	John Reber	769	8.1
Turnout			9,053	72.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kelsey and Eden Park

Kelsey and Eden Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Lynch	4,827	58.2
	Conservative	Peter Dean	4,658
	Conservative	Diane Smith	4,586
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Tuhey	2,067	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Carter	2,020
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Caine	1,869
	Labour	Alan Burn	1,396	16.8
	Labour	John Dempster	1,352
	Labour	Sandie Albery	1,253
Turnout			8,674	71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mottingham and Chislehurst North

Mottingham and Chislehurst North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Charsley	2,229	50.1
	Conservative	Charles Rideout	1,914
	Labour	Judith Armstrong	1,061	23.9
	Labour	Ian Horrigan	969
	Liberal Democrats	John Houghton	836	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Coyte	812
	Green	Zoe Mercer	320	7.2
Turnout			4,541	61.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orpington

Orpington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Huntington-Thresher	4,055	49.6
	Conservative	Pauline Tunnicliffe	3,990
	Conservative	Lydia Buttinger	3,954
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hall	2,802	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Taylor	2,460
	Liberal Democrats	Gerda Loosemore-Reppen	2,408
	Labour	Christopher Price	818	10.0
	Labour	Patrick Collins	781
	Labour	Mohammed Bhuiyan	664
	Green	Tamara Galloway	495	6.1
Turnout			8,187	69.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penge and Cator

Penge and Cator (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Getgood	3,300	40.1
	Labour	Katherine Bance	3,272
	Labour	Peter Fookes	3,229
	Conservative	Christopher Phillips	2,484	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Papworth	2,453	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Rathbone	2,183
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna van der Meer	2,088
	Conservative	Akudo Ike	1,580
	Conservative	Mark Slawinski	1,466
Turnout			7,885	65.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Petts Wood and Knoll

Petts Wood and Knoll (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Auld	5,197	57.4
	Conservative	Anthony Owen	5,112
	Conservative	Simon Fawthrop	4,667
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Anthony	1,904	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Goodlad	1,903
	Liberal Democrats	James Thompson	1,687
	Labour	Frank Evans	679	7.5
	Labour	Malcolm Barker	641
	UKIP	James Spurrell	635	7.0
	Green	Martin Childs	632	7.0
	Labour	Peter Tozer	522
Turnout			8,594	78.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow and Sundridge

Plaistow and Sundridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor Harmer	3,562	42.5
	Conservative	Peter Morgan	3,538
	Conservative	Michael Turner	3,381
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Comrie	1,952	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Furniss	1,932
	Liberal Democrats	David Pike	1,716
	Labour	Elizabeth Johnstone	1,455	17.4
	Labour	Julian Richards	1,330
	Labour	George Johnstone	1,257
	UKIP	Lindsay Clayton	721	8.6
	Green	John Street	696	8.3
Turnout			7,890	67.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shortlands

Shortlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Noad	3,629	57.9
	Conservative	George Taylor	2,986
	Green	Anna James	910	14.5
	Labour	Gareth Abbit	892	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Connor	835	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ayres	767
	Labour	Isabella Leslie	428
Turnout			5,629	73.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Wickham

West Wickham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Beckley	5,487	65.8
	Conservative	Brian Humphrys	5,364
	Conservative	Nicholas Bennett	5,045
	Liberal Democrats	Chantal Lane	1,675	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Radford	1,518
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Crowe	1,504
	Labour	Gary Kent	1,183	14.2
	Labour	Hazel Dunford	1,165
	Labour	Richard Williams	818
Turnout			8,825	75.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing