Stoke-on-Trent City Council election, 2010

Elections to Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 6 May 2010, coinciding with the national General election. One third - 20 seats - of the council were up for election.

Election result

After the election, the parties were represented thus: Labour 27 seats; Conservative 8 seats; British National Party 5 seats; Liberal Democrat 5 seats; Others 15 seats. Although Labour had greatly improved its position, becoming the largest party, the council remained in no overall control.

Stoke-on-Trent Council Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	11	-	11	85	35.28	34,000
	Conservative	2	-	-	0	10	24.04	23,164
	Liberal Democrat	1	-	2	-2	5	21.28	20,513
	Independent	0	-	6	-6	0	14.45	13,927
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	5.21	5,022
	BNP	0	-	3	-3	0	4.95	4,770
	England First	0	-	-	-	-	1.00	959
Turnout							30.2	55,988

Ward results

Abbey Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gwenyth Hassall	1639	32.85
	Conservative	Simon Sykes	1170	23.45
	BNP	Michael Durkin	835	16.73
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Gill	809	16.21
	Independent	Neil Walker	279	5.59
	Independent	Alexandrina Knight	258	5.17
Majority			469	9.40
Turnout			4990
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Bentilee and Townsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mervin Smith	1653	39.25
	BNP	Philip Sandland	864	20.52
	Conservative	Amy Sykes	618	14.68
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Smith	567	13.46
	Independent	Wendy Johnson	291	6.91
	Independent	Margaret Lowe	218	5.18
Majority			789	18.74
Turnout			4211
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Berryhill and Hanley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adrian Knapper	1486	36.86
	Conservative	David Jones	973	24.14
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Porch	738	18.31
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clewlow	450	11.16
	Independent	Denise Maddison	384	9.53
Majority			513	12.73
Turnout			4031
	Labour hold		Swing

Blurton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Barber	1741	35.04
	Conservative	Harold Mouat	939	18.90
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Grocock	873	17.57
	BNP	Terence Cope	764	15.38
	Independent	Jamie Naylor	652	13.12
Majority			802	16.14
Turnout			4969
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Burslem North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joy Garner	2074	44.52
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Black	978	20.99
	Conservative	Donald Smith	952	20.43
	UKIP	James Smith	655	14.06
Majority			1096	23.52
Turnout			4659
	Labour hold		Swing

Burslem South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Pervez	1866	42.28
	Independent	Edward Owen	918	20.80
	Conservative	Gareth Fallows	838	18.99
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Chowdhury	511	11.58
	Independent	Forid Ali	280	6.34
Majority			948	21.48
Turnout			4413
	Labour hold		Swing

Chell and Packmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Fradley	1835	36.27
	Independent	Ann James	1328	26.25
	Labour	Nicholas Jellyman	842	16.64
	UKIP	Christopher McCabe	547	10.81
	Liberal Democrat	Mazhar Hussain	507	10.02
Majority			507	10.02
Turnout			5059
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

East Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Matt Wilcox	1973	34.38
	Conservative	Jack Brereton	1675	29.19
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Ford	1043	18.17
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	461	8.03
	Independent	Geoffrey Knight	303	5.28
	Independent	Roger Ibbs	240	4.18
	Independent	Andrew Wragg	44	0.77
Majority			298	5.19
Turnout			5739
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Fenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Hill	1581	32.58
	Conservative	Stephen Brown	962	19.82
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Blakemore	946	19.49
	UKIP	John Cope	465	9.58
	Independent	Marjorie Bate	451	9.29
	England First	Kathleen Ward	236	4.86
	Independent	Sharon Baggaley	212	4.37
Majority			619	12.75
Turnout			4853
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Hanley West and Shelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammad Wazir	1631	42.95
	Liberal Democrat	Asim Shaheen	1340	35.29
	Conservative	Eleanor Bloor	826	21.75
Majority			291	7.66
Turnout			3797
	Labour hold		Swing

Hartshill and Penkhull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kassem al-Khatib	1492	27.21
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Billington	1452	26.48
	Conservative	Shaun Bennett	1155	21.06
	Independent	Ian Mitchell	495	9.03
	UKIP	Steven Morris	461	8.41
	Independent	Michael Williams	429	7.82
Majority			40	0.73
Turnout			5484
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Longton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Tolley	2436	41.34
	Conservative	James Whitehurst	1272	21.58
	Liberal Democrat	Conrad Lubinski	814	13.81
	England First	Mark Leat	606	10.28
	UKIP	Paul Goodwin	488	8.28
	Independent	Sheila Cowell	277	4.70
Majority			1164	19.75
Turnout			5893
	Labour hold		Swing

Longton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Olwen Hamer	2114	33.27
	Independent	Lilian Dodd	1585	24.94
	Liberal Democrat	Sadaqat Maqsoom	1373	21.61
	Conservative	Daniel Harley	1283	20.19
Majority			529	8.32
Turnout			6355
	Labour hold		Swing

Meir Park and Sandon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Abigail Brown	2215	36.94
	Labour	Alastair Watson	1900	31.68
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Whittaker	1471	24.53
	Independent	Jacqueline Pearson	411	6.85
Majority			315	5.25
Turnout			5997
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northwood and Birches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Bowers	2091	42.99
	Labour	Mahfooz Ahmad	1194	24.55
	Conservative	Pamela Jellyman	839	17.25
	Independent	Eve Maley	740	15.21
Majority			897	18.44
Turnout			4864
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Norton and Bradeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Duncan Walker	1485	29.61
	Conservative	Austin Cooke	1045	20.83
	Independent	John Nicholls	824	16.43
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Bowen	711	14.17
	Independent	Sheila Matthews	579	11.54
	UKIP	Sean Daley	372	7.42
Majority			440	8.77
Turnout			5016
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Stoke and Trent Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeremy Dillon	1475	29.10
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Grocock	1243	24.52
	Conservative	Harold Gregory	832	16.41
	Independent	Alan Joynson	634	12.51
	BNP	Stephen Issard	524	10.34
	UKIP	Michael Harold	361	7.12
Majority			232	4.58
Turnout			5069
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Trentham and Hanford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Wright	2500	38.06
	Labour	Lloyd Brown	1368	20.83
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Alcock	1321	20.11
	Independent	Peter Hayward	884	13.46
	UKIP	Philip Smith	496	7.55
Majority			1132	17.23
Turnout			6569
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunstall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Majid Khan	1366	25.84
	Independent	Lee Wanger	1211	22.91
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Nadeem	887	16.78
	Conservative	Laura Baskeyfield	844	15.96
	BNP	Paula Roberts	713	13.49
	UKIP	David Parfitt	266	5.03
Majority			155	2.93
Turnout			5287
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Weston and Meir North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ruth Rosenau	1691	33.16
	Conservative	Ross Ward	1384	27.14
	BNP	Anthony Simmonds	1070	20.98
	Liberal Democrat	Sabrina Bowers	838	16.43
	England First	Spencer Cartlidge	117	2.29
Majority			307	6.02
Turnout			5100
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Council elections in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2009 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2010 (→ 2011)

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See also: UK General election

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