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2010 Wokingham Borough Council election

2010 Wokingham Borough Council election

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The 2010 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, 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 Wokingham 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:

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 43 seats, but lose 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats who then had 11 councillors.[3][4] Liberal Democrat Sue Smith gained Loddon from Conservative Abdul Loyes by 51 votes in the only change in the political composition of the council.[5] This was the first time since the 2001 election that the Conservatives had failed to gain seats at an election for Wokingham council.[6] Overall turnout in the election was 71.33%,[4] significantly up after the council election was held at the same time as the general election.[6]

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References

  1. "Wokingham". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. "Reading remains a hung council". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  4. Midgley, Emma; Minard, Jenny (7 May 2010). "Berkshire's election stories as the nation votes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  5. "Wokingham Borough Council Election results 2010". getwokingham. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  6. Rudd, Lewis (12 May 2010). "Lib Dems gain Woodley seat from Tories". getsurrey. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  7. "2010 Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 22 July 2011.[permanent dead link]

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