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2010 United Kingdom local elections

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2010 United Kingdom local elections

| country = United Kingdom

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour =

| previous_election = 2009 United Kingdom local elections

| previous_year = 2009

| next_election = 2011 United Kingdom local elections

| next_year = 2011

| seats_for_election = All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,
20 out of 55 unitary authorities, 76 out of 212 district councils,
and 4 directly elected mayors

| election_date = 6 May 2010

| 1blank = Councils

| 2blank = Councils +/–

| 3blank = Councillors

| 4blank = Councillors +/–

| image1 = File:David Cameron official.jpg

| colour1 =

| leader1 = {{nowrap|David Cameron}}

| leader_since1 = {{nowrap|6 December 2005}}

| leaders_seat1 =

| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)

| last_election1 =

| seats1 =

| seat_change1 =

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 = 35%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}4%

| 1data1 = 66

| 2data1 = {{decrease}}4

| 3data1 = 3,462

| 4data1 = {{decrease}}121

| image2 = File:Gordon Brown (2008).jpg

| colour2 =

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Gordon Brown}}

| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|24 June 2007}}

| leaders_seat2 =

| party2 = Labour Party (UK)

| last_election2 =

| seats2 =

| seat_change2 =

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 = 27%

| swing2 = {{increase}}1%

| 1data2 = 37

| 2data2 = {{increase}}17

| 3data2 = 2,976

| 4data2 = {{increase}}417

| image3 = File:Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg

| colour3 =

| leader3 = {{nowrap|Nick Clegg}}

| leader_since3 = {{nowrap|18 December 2007}}

| leaders_seat3 =

| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| last_election3 =

| seats3 =

| seat_change3 =

| popular_vote3 =

| percentage3 = 26%

| swing3 = {{increase}}1%

| 1data3 = 14

| 2data3 = {{decrease}}4

| 3data3 = 1,730

| 4data3 = {{decrease}}132

| map_image = United Kingdom local elections, 2010.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

}}

The 2010 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, concurrently with the 2010 general election.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/06/gordon-brown-may-6-election |title=Gordon Brown confirms 6 May general election date |publisher=Guardian Media Group|work=The Guardian |date=6 April 2010|access-date=6 April 2010 | first=Haroon | last=Siddique}} Direct elections were held to all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 76 second-tier district authorities, 20 unitary authorities and various Mayoral posts, all in England. For those authorities elected "all out" these were the first elections since 2006. The results provided some comfort to the Labour Party,{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} losing the general election on the same day, as it was the first time Conservative councillor numbers declined since 1996.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Summary of results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" align="center" | Party

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Councillors

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Councils

valign="top" | Number

! valign="top" | Change

! valign="top" | Number

! valign="top" | Change

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| align="right" |3,462

| align="right" |{{decrease}}121

| align="right" |66

| align="right" |{{decrease}}4

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| align="right" |2,976

| align="right" |{{increase}}417

| align="right" |37

| align="right" |{{increase}}17

{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| align="right" |1,730

| align="right" |{{decrease}}132

| align="right" |14

| align="right" |{{decrease}}4

style="color:inherit;background:#d3d3d3" |

| align="left" | Residents

| align="right" |63

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

{{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}

| align="right" |36

| align="right" |{{decrease}}8

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

{{Party name with colour|British National Party}}

| align="right" |19

| align="right" |{{decrease}}27

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

{{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK, 1989)}}

| align="right" |15

| align="right" |{{decrease}}1

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

{{Party name with colour|United Kingdom Independence Party}}

| align="right" |9

| align="right" |{{decrease}}4

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

style="color:inherit;background:#d3d3d3" |

| align="left" | Others

| align="right" |298

| align="right" |{{decrease}}117

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{nochange}}

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|No overall control}}" |

| align="left" | No overall control

| align="right" |n/a

| align="right" |n/a

| align="right" |47

| align="right" |{{decrease}}7

Source: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm]

London boroughs

{{main|2010 London local elections}}

File:Greater London UK district local election 2010 map.svg

All seats in the 32 London Boroughs were up for election.

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Barking and Dagenham

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Barnet

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bexley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Brent

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bromley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Camden

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Croydon

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Ealing

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Enfield

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Greenwich

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hackney

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hammersmith and Fulham

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Haringey

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Harrow

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Havering

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hillingdon

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hounslow

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Islington

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kensington and Chelsea

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kingston upon Thames

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lambeth

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lewisham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Merton

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Newham

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Redbridge

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Richmond upon Thames

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Southwark

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Sutton

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tower Hamlets

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Waltham Forest

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wandsworth

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Westminster

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

Metropolitan boroughs

File:United Kingdom local elections, 2010.svg

One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election.

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Barnsley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Birmingham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bolton

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bradford

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bury

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Calderdale

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Coventry

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Doncaster

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Dudley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Gateshead

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kirklees

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Knowsley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Leeds

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Liverpool

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Manchester

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Newcastle upon Tyne

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | North Tyneside

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Oldham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rochdale

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rotherham

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | St. Helens

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Salford

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Sandwell

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Sefton

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Sheffield

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Solihull

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | South Tyneside

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Stockport

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Sunderland

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tameside

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Trafford

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wakefield

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Walsall

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wigan

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wirral

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wolverhampton

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

Unitary authorities

One third of the council seats were up for election in 20 unitary authorities.

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | New Control

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Blackburn with Darwen

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bristol

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Derby

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Halton

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hartlepool

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kingston upon Hull

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Milton Keynes

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | North East Lincolnshire

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Peterborough

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Plymouth

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Portsmouth

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Reading

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Slough

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Southampton

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Southend-on-Sea

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Stoke-on-Trent

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Swindon

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Thurrock

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Warrington

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wokingham

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

The elections in Stoke-on-Trent had originally been cancelled following a referendum result which decided to abolish the existing Mayor and Cabinet system of governance, with replacement elections to take place in 2011 following a review of the council by the Boundary Committee for England.{{cite news|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/localgovernment/1226870 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090609045700/http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/localgovernment/1226870 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2009 |title=Strengthening local leadership and improving services in Stoke-on-Trent |publisher=Ministry of Communities and Local Government |date=8 May 2009 |access-date=13 July 2009}} However, it was later decided to hold elections to one-third of the council in 2010 as planned.{{cite news|url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/ce/elections_team/elections-2010/notice-of-election.en |title=Notice of Election - City of Stoke on Trent |publisher=Stoke on Trent City Council |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425002314/http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/ce/elections_team/elections-2010/notice-of-election.en |archive-date=April 25, 2010 }}

Non-metropolitan districts

The elections that were due to be held in Exeter and Norwich were cancelled due to structural changes.{{cite news|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/uksi_20100997_en_1 |title=The Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010 No. 997 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=10 April 2010 |work=Legislation.gov.uk }}{{cite news|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/uksi_20100998_en_1 |title=The Exeter and Devon (Structural Changes) Order 2010 No. 998 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816041822/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/uksi_20100998_en_1 |archive-date=16 August 2010 }} Following the 2010 general election, the structural changes were cancelled, leading to elections in both cities in September 2010 (see 2010 Exeter City Council election and 2010 Norwich City Council election).

=Half of council=

Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election.

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | New Control

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Adur

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cheltenham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Fareham

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Gosport

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hastings

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Nuneaton and Bedworth

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Oxford

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

=Third of council=

69 district councils had one third of their seats up for election.

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | New Control

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Amber Valley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Barrow-in-Furness

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Basildon

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Basingstoke and Deane

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bassetlaw

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Brentwood

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Broxbourne

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Burnley

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cambridge

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cannock Chase

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Carlisle

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Castle Point

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cherwell

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Chorley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Colchester

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Craven

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Crawley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Daventry

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Eastleigh

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Elmbridge

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Epping Forest

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Gloucester

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Great Yarmouth

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Harlow

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Harrogate

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hart

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Havant

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hertsmere

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Huntingdonshire

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hyndburn

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Ipswich

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lincoln

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Maidstone

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Mole Valley

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Newcastle-under-Lyme

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | North Hertfordshire

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Pendle

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Preston

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Purbeck

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Redditch

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Reigate and Banstead

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rochford

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rossendale

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rugby

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Runnymede

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rushmoor

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | St Albans

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | South Cambridgeshire

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | South Lakeland

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Stevenage

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Stratford-on-Avon

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Stroud

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Swale

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tamworth

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tandridge

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Three Rivers

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tunbridge Wells

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Watford

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Waveney

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Welwyn Hatfield

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | West Lancashire

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | West Lindsey

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | West Oxfordshire

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Weymouth and Portland

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Winchester

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Woking

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Worcester

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Worthing

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wyre Forest

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Details

Mayoral elections

There were four mayoral elections.

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Local Authority

! colspan=2 | Previous Mayor

! colspan=2 | New Mayor

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hackney

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Jules Pipe (Labour)

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Jules Pipe (Labour)

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lewisham

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Newham

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Sir Robin Wales (Labour)

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Sir Robin Wales (Labour)

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Watford

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat)

|Details

References

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Category:May 2010 in the United Kingdom

Category:Premiership of Gordon Brown

Category:Premiership of David Cameron