Colchester Borough Council election, 2010

Colchester Borough Council election, 2010

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20 seats (out of 60 seats) 31 seats seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrat Conservative Labour Last election 24 26 7 Seats before 23 24 7 Seats won 26 27 7 Seat change 3 3 0 Popular vote 27,738 26,184 9,047 Percentage 39.9 37.6 13.0 Swing 2.7 0.3 0.0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Green BNP Last election 3 0 0 Seats before 3 0 0 Seats won 3 0 0 Seat change 0 0 0 Popular vote 2,710 3,792 98 Percentage 3.9 5.4 0.1 Swing 0.4 3.1 0.3

The 2010 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

The Liberal Democrats became the largest party on the council with 26 seats after taking 3 seats from the Conservatives. The gains came in Berechurch and Mile End wards where the sitting councillors were not defending the seats, as well as Stanway where Conservative councillor Gaye Pyman was defeated by 265 votes. This dropped the Conservatives to 24 seats, while Labour stayed on 7 seats and there remained 3 independents. Overall turnout at the election was 65.3%, ranging from a high of 74.6% in Pyefleet to a low of 47.9% in St Andrew's ward.

Following the election the coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Labour and independents remained in control of the council administration.

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