2010 Coventry City Council election

Map of the results of the 2010 Coventry election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red

Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.

Labour gained five seats (Cheylesmore, Foleshill, Sherbourne, Whoberley, Wyken) from the Conservatives and one seat (St Michael's) from the Socialist Party. As a result, Labour gained control of the council, with 30 out of 54 seats.

A general election was held on the same day, which accounts for the higher turnout.

Election result

Coventry Local Election Result 2010
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 13 6 0 +6 72.22 42.29 57,686 +6.69
  Conservative 5 0 5 -5 27.78 28.51 38,891 -9.41
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.00 17.70 24,141 +9.63
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.58 6,248 -3.32
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 1 -1 0.00 3.08 4,204 +0.34
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.72 2,348 -0.94
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.33 1,810 -3.78
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 912 N/A
  Christian Movement for Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.12 160 N/A

Council Composition

The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:

Party Previous council Staying councillors Seats up for election Election result New council
Labour 24 17 7 13 30
Conservative 27 17 10 5 22
Socialist Alternative 2 1 1 0 1
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 0 1
BNP 0 0 0 0 0
Independent 0 0 0 0 0
Green 0 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 0 0 0 0
Total 54 36 18 18 54

Ward results

Bablake ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew John Williams 2,902 34.6
Labour Randhir Auluck 2,715 32.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Simpson 1455 17.3
Independent Walter William Milner 703 8.4
BNP Mark Badrick 518 6.2
Socialist Alternative Hannah Grace Seaman 105 1.3
Majority 187
Turnout 8440 68.5
Conservative hold Swing
Binley and Willenhall ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Mutton 3,246 46.6
Conservative Ric Richards 1,641 23.6
Liberal Democrats Phillip Edward Banner 1,019 14.6
UKIP Colin Stubbs 442 6.4
BNP Jade Fahey 391 5.6
Green Andrew Stephen Jones 126 1.8
Socialist Alternative Lindsay Currie 94 1.4
Majority 1,605 22.95
Turnout 6993 57.3
Labour hold Swing
Cheylesmore ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harjinder Singh Sehmi 3,040 37.8
Conservative Linda Ann Reece 2,934 36.5
Liberal Democrats Napier Penlington 1,489 18.5
Green John Verdult 327 4.1
Socialist Alternative Matthew John Fisher 257 3.2
Majority 106 1.31
Turnout 8084 65.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Earlsdon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Antony Hammon 3,207 36.0
Labour Christopher Nicholas Youett 3,014 33.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Stephen Benefield 2111 23.7
Green Scott Redding 408 4.6
Socialist Alternative Thomas Allan House 172 1.9
Majority 193 2.15
Turnout 8967 72.6
Conservative hold Swing
Foleshill ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tariq Khan 3,703 55.7
Conservative Altaf Adalat Jim 2,008 30.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Martin Tallis 469 7.1
BNP Paul Jones 200 3.0
Christian Movement for Great Britain Ron Lebar 160 2.4
Socialist Alternative Jim Hensman 105 1.6
Majority 295 6.84
Turnout 4,311 39.84
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Henley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Barry Maton 2,994 41.6
Liberal Democrats Brian David Patton 1951 27.1
Conservative Will Jones 1519 21.1
BNP Tom Gower 577 12.62
Socialist Alternative Josie Kenny 154 2.1
Majority 1043 14.42
Turnout 7,231 56
Labour hold Swing
Holbrook ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Lucas 3,731 52.0
Conservative Vinod Kumar 1,303 18.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Brian Sewards 956 13.3
BNP Leisel Dawn Wagstaff 483 6.7
Independent Sue Smith 461 6.4
Green Danny Foulstone 137 1.9
Socialist Alternative Glen Martin Watson 105 1.5
Majority 2,428 21.84 33.66
Turnout 7,213 59.0
Labour hold Swing
Longford ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lindsley Harvard 3,623 50.3
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi 1393 19.3
Liberal Democrats Adam James Curran 1065 14.8
BNP Darren Thomas 498 6.9
UKIP Aaron Davies 470 6.5
Socialist Alternative Clive Dunkley 152 2.1
Majority 2,558 35.31
Turnout 7,244 56.2
Labour hold Swing
Lower Stoke ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Townshend 3,535 47.3
Conservative Sarah Chen 1,647 22.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas George Wood 1,264 16.9
BNP Davied Edward Clarke 503 6.7
Socialist Alternative Richard Marcus Charles Groves 273 3.7
Green Laura Vesty 256 3.4
Majority 1,888 25.12
Turnout 12,772 58.8
Labour hold Swing
Radford ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kieran Mulhall 3,580 52.2
Conservative Jane Marie Williams 1,279 18.6
Liberal Democrats James Peter John Simpson 1,091 15.9
BNP Philip Mark Jones 415 6.0
Green Justin Timothy Wood 208 3.0
Independent John Joseph Ryan 127 1.9
Socialist Alternative Lenny Shail 99 1.4
Independent Dave Anderson 61 0.9
Majority 2,301 33.39
Turnout 6,892 53.0
Labour hold Swing
Sherbourne ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Seamus Walsh 3,208 42.3
Conservative David Arrowsmith 2,010 27.3
Liberal Democrats Vincent McKee 1,353 17.9
BNP John Paul Hurren 434 5.7
Green Stephen Robert George Gray 205 2.7
Socialist Alternative Jason Arnold Toynbee 163 2.2
Independent Kirpal Singh 143 1.9
Majority 1,138 14.96
Turnout 7,609 62.7
Labour hold Swing
St Michael's ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Stuart Welsh 2,958 48.1
Socialist Alternative Rob Windsor 1,783 48.64
Conservative Maya Ali 1,403 22.8
Majority 1,715 18.92
Turnout 6,211 43.2
Labour gain from Socialist Alternative Swing
Upper Stoke ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sucha Bains 3,439 47.7
Liberal Democrats Nick SOlman 1,983 27.5
Conservative Val Stone 1127 15.6
BNP Jason Mundy 480 6.7
Socialist Alternative Paul Stephen Smith 185 2.6
Majority 1,456 20.07
Turnout 3,854 31.39
Labour hold Swing
Wainbody ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Crookes 3,641 43.3
Labour Sundeep Singh Virk 2,457 29.2
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Bridget Basu 1,830 21.8
BNP Mary Jane Nicholls 217 2.6
Independent Alex Iwanczuk 190 2.3
Socialist Alternative Fiona Pashazadeh 75 0.9
Majority 1,184 13.96
Turnout 8,483 67.4
Conservative hold Swing
Westwood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Skinner 2,803 43.16
Labour Bilal Akhtar 2,767 35.3
Liberal Democrats Terence Kenny 1,352 17.3
BNP David Clarke 521 6.7
Independent Merle Ross Gering 281 3.6
Socialist Alternative James Richard Donnelly 109 1.4
Majority 36 0.46
Turnout 7,869 61.7
Conservative hold Swing
Whoberley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bally Singh 2,781 35.0
Conservative Cliff Ridge 2,324 29.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Rees Lewis 1,719 21.6
BNP Keith Oxford 388 4.9
Independent Steve Mahoney 382 4.8
Socialist Alternative Teresa Chalcroft 210 2.6
Green Martin Lyle 143 1.8
Majority 457 5.73
Turnout 7,979 64.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Woodlands ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julia Elizabeth Lepoidevn 3,203 36.2
Labour Damian Gannon 3,182 35.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Coleman 1,558 17.6
BNP David John White 623 7.0
Green Daniel John Gower 187 2.1
Socialist Alternative James Daryl Edgar 102 1.2
Majority 21 0.24
Turnout 8,883 68.2
Conservative hold Swing
Wyken ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faye Abbott 3,713 46.4
Conservative Angela Marie Waters 2,547 31.8
Liberal Democrats Beverley Elizabeth Patton 1,476 18.4
Socialist Alternative Kyly Emmeline Wilson 271 3.4
Majority 1,116 14.48
Turnout 8,050 64.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  • "Local election results 2010". Coventry City Council. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2011.