London local elections, 2010

London local elections, 2010

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All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs
First party Second party   Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Party Labour Conservative Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 Popular vote 32.6% 32.0% Swing 5.0% 3.1% Councils 17 11 Councils +/– 10 3 Councillors 875 717 Councillors +/– 190 68   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nick Clegg Caroline Lucas Party Liberal Democrat Green Leader since 18 December 2007 5 September 2008 Popular vote 22.0% 6.6% Swing 1.7% 1.3% Councils 2 0 Councils +/– 1 Councillors 243 2 Councillors +/– 74 10
London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue, Liberal Democrat in yellow and no overall control in black.

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 2010. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.

Despite losing 6 Parliamentary seats in London in the General Election conducted on the same day, Labour's share of the vote, council seats and control of Councils rose substantially. 10 councils swung to Labour control, and the party gained 190 council seats. Conservative support in the capital declined slightly by 3%, with the party losing 3 councils and 68 councillors. The Liberal Democrats increased their vote share slightly but lost 74 councillors, as well as losing control of Richmond upon Thames council to the Conservatives.

The success of minor parties in the 2006 elections was not repeated, and the smaller parties were almost wiped out. The British National Party, Christian Peoples Alliance and Socialist Party lost all of their seats, while the Greens lost 10 of their 12 seats and Respect lost 14 out of 15. In total, just 23 candidates from minor parties were elected, the joint-lowest ever (equal to 1986).

All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were also held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2006.

Councillor statistics

In three London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.