2010 Merton London Borough Council election
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![]() Map of the results of the 2010 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 6 May 2010. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and a national general election.[1]
Following the elections, a Labour minority administration was formed with the support of the three Merton Park Ward Residents Association councillors, this replaced the previous Conservative administration.[3][4]
Results
[edit]Labour became the largest party in Merton, defeating the incumbent minority Conservative administration. However, Labour fell three seats short of a majority, so the council remained under no overall control.
The Liberal Democrats regained two seats in West Barnes from the Conservatives and the Merton Park Ward Residents' Association maintained its three councillors in Merton Park.[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 28 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
46.7% | 39.0% | 101,959 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 27 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
45.0% | 36.3% | 94,893 | ![]() | |
Merton Park Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0% | 2.9% | 7,572 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
3.3% | 18.1% | 47,291 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.7% | 4,331 | ![]() | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.9% | 2,439 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 1,445 | n/a | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.5% | 1,206 | ![]() | |
CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 149 | n/a |
UKIP defections
[edit]On 15 May 2013, four Conservative councillors defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP). This included Suzanne Evans, who later became a national UKIP spokeswoman.[6] No by-elections were called as a result of the defections.
Results by Ward
[edit]Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diane Neil Mills* | 1,888 | 39.6 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Henry Nelless* | 1,758 | 36.8 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Judge | 1,733 | 36.3 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Abdul Latif | 1,634 | 34.2 | −6.5 | |
Labour | Pauline Cowper | 1,542 | 32.3 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Emma Nye | 1,484 | 31.1 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Towner | 1,229 | 25.7 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Karim | 1,103 | 23.1 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Warne | 1,068 | 22.4 | +9.3 | |
Turnout | 4,773 | 66.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cannon Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Deborah Shears* | 2,195 | 44.0 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Miles Windsor | 1,967 | 39.5 | −15.1 | |
Conservative | Logie Lohendran | 1,860 | 37.3 | −14.4 | |
Labour | Leslie Boodram | 1,355 | 27.2 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Carter | 1,195 | 24.0 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Shelley McNicol | 1,169 | 23.5 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Aejaz Khanzada | 1,094 | 22.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Rutledge | 1,050 | 21.1 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Lambert | 1,007 | 20.2 | +8.1 | |
Independent | Ray Skinner | 498 | 10.0 | N/A | |
BNP | Paul Laws | 378 | 7.6 | N/A | |
CPA | Samuel Jayakrishna | 149 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,983 | 71.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Colliers Wood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Draper* | 2,608 | 55.8 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Laxmi Attawar | 2,367 | 50.6 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Gam Gurung | 2,261 | 48.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Amelia East | 1,001 | 21.4 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Daisy Meyland-Smith | 960 | 20.5 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker | 888 | 19.0 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Cesar Sepulveda | 848 | 18.1 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Archer | 804 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Green | Michael Dees | 622 | 13.3 | −22.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Wynes-Devlin | 608 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,677 | 61.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cricket Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Munn* | 2,928 | 61.7 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Russell Makin* | 2,748 | 57.9 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Judy Saunders* | 2,714 | 57.2 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Barbara Mansfield | 1,207 | 25.4 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Denise March | 966 | 20.4 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | William Brierly | 937 | 19.7 | −7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Pizey | 757 | 16.0 | −0.9 | |
BNP | Brian Wilkes | 398 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,746 | 62.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dundonald
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Dean | 2,130 | 43.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Chris Edge* | 2,028 | 41.6 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Suzanne Grocott | 1,888 | 38.7 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Crosby | 1,748 | 35.9 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Fairclough | 1,611 | 33.1 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alain Desmier | 1,562 | 32.0 | +15.1 | |
Labour | Christine Bickerstaff | 953 | 19.6 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Paul Parkinson | 770 | 15.8 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Bishara Torossian | 657 | 13.5 | −7.1 | |
Green | Ian Christie | 582 | 11.9 | −7.4 | |
Turnout | 4,874 | 70.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Figge’s Marsh
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Agatha Akyigyina* | 3,271 | 69.3 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Geraldine Stanford* | 3,245 | 68.8 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Peter Walker | 2,972 | 63.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Gregory Capper | 838 | 17.8 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Hugh Lenon | 817 | 17.3 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | John Telford | 741 | 15.7 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Usaama Kaweesa | 733 | 15.5 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Henry Pringle | 335 | 7.1 | −1.5 | |
Turnout | 4,718 | 62.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Graveney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Kirby* | 3,008 | 69.4 | +11.1 | |
Labour | John Dehaney* | 2,937 | 67.7 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Greg Udeh* | 2,539 | 58.6 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Sally Hammond | 878 | 20.2 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benedict Fletcher | 829 | 19.1 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Beth Mitchell | 755 | 17.4 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Eleanor Mill | 741 | 17.1 | −5.8 | |
Turnout | 4,336 | 61.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hillside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Suzanne Evans | 2,258 | 52.1 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | David Williams* | 2,041 | 47.1 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | David Simpson* | 2,006 | 46.3 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bowers | 1,263 | 29.1 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Houlihan | 1,105 | 25.5 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Tibbetts | 1,000 | 23.1 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Peter McGinity | 771 | 17.8 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Ailsa Williams | 634 | 14.6 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Ross Savill | 601 | 13.9 | +0.7 | |
Green | Nick Robins | 427 | 9.9 | −4.9 | |
UKIP | Jimmy Stewart | 139 | 3.2 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 4,334 | 65.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lavender Fields
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mark Allison* | 2,226 | 55.3 | +1.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Edith Macauley* | 2,192 | 54.5 | +4.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Mark Betteridge* | 2,158 | 53.6 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies | 857 | 21.3 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Gordon Southcott | 779 | 19.4 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hardy | 758 | 18.8 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Ron Wilson | 756 | 18.8 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nadeem Mirza | 621 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Eliane Patton | 583 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Green | John Barker | 341 | 8.5 | −12.4 | |
Turnout | 4,025 | 57.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Longthornton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brenda Fraser | 2,906 | 63.9 | +10.4 | |
Labour | David Chung* | 2,828 | 62.2 | +9.8 | |
Labour | Sam Thomas | 2,391 | 52.6 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Hayward | 1,261 | 27.7 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Jeya Nadanakumaran | 1,052 | 23.1 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | Kaunain Nurani | 1,028 | 22.6 | −12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Harlow | 832 | 18.3 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Andrew Mills | 301 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,548 | 64.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lower Morden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Groves* | 2,413 | 50.4 | −12.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Hilton | 2,110 | 44.1 | −18.0 | |
Conservative | Ray Tindle | 1,869 | 39.1 | −18.9 | |
Labour | Terry Daniels | 1,582 | 33.1 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Mark Inger | 1,454 | 30.4 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Muzaffar Mansoor | 1,217 | 25.4 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Pearce | 907 | 19.0 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Asif Ashraf | 798 | 16.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Patricia Donelson | 456 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,783 | 70.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Merton Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merton Park Residents | Karin Forbes* | 2,538 | 50.5 | +1.6 | |
Merton Park Residents | John Sargeant | 2,519 | 50.2 | +2.9 | |
Merton Park Residents | Peter Southgate* | 2,515 | 50.1 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Pete Digger | 1,359 | 27.1 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Eleanor Sturge | 1,170 | 23.3 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | Linda Taylor | 1,106 | 22.0 | −11.8 | |
Labour | Christopher McKeon | 862 | 17.2 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Burch | 690 | 13.7 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Charles Ocansey | 671 | 13.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Teresa Ocansey | 636 | 12.7 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Graham Mills | 227 | 4.5 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 5,021 | 72.2 | |||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing |
Pollards Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Whelton* | 2,820 | 47.4 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Jeffrey Hanna | 2,718 | 46.4 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Richard Williams* | 2,574 | 46.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Ralph Smith | 1,170 | 25.3 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Vaughan-Payne | 912 | 19.7 | −15.5 | |
Conservative | Aaron Wood | 877 | 19.0 | −14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Ajakaiye | 496 | 10.7 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hamish Norbrook | 476 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Independent | John Cole | 297 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Mike Tilcock | 269 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,626 | 64.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ravensbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Jones* | 2,389 | 52.7 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Stephen Alambritis* | 2,367 | 52.2 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Peter McCabe* | 2,221 | 49.0 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Margaret Groves | 1,364 | 30.1 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Adam Bush | 1,247 | 27.5 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Deryck Ross | 1,035 | 22.8 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joan Pyke-Lees | 719 | 15.9 | +1.6 | |
BNP | Robert Holmes | 423 | 9.3 | −7.2 | |
Turnout | 4,536 | 64.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Raynes Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Brierly* | 2,466 | 49.4 | −10.4 | |
Conservative | Linda Scott* | 2,217 | 44.5 | −13.1 | |
Conservative | Rod Scott* | 2,117 | 42.5 | −13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Amer | 1,601 | 32.1 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francesca Woodhouse | 1,415 | 28.3 | +12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kieron Faller-Mead | 1,219 | 24.4 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Margaret Tulloch | 909 | 18.2 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Charles Lucas | 863 | 17.3 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Geeta Nargrund | 778 | 15.6 | +1.2 | |
Green | Richard Evans | 572 | 11.5 | −2.8 | |
Turnout | 4,987 | 69.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St Helier
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maxi Martin* | 2,385 | 53.4 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Stan Anderson | 2,206 | 49.4 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Dennis Pearce* | 2,185 | 48.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Crowe | 1,373 | 30.8 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Lazur | 1,189 | 26.6 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Gary Watkinson | 1,161 | 26.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maximilian Camplin | 762 | 17.1 | +3.3 | |
BNP | Edward Atkins | 426 | 9.5 | −9.7 | |
BNP | Brian Wilkes | 358 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,464 | 63.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Holmes | 2,036 | 43.2 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Krystal Miller* | 1,980 | 42.0 | −9.3 | |
Conservative | Simon Withey* | 1,836 | 39.0 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Payne | 1,287 | 27.3 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Katherine Cowling | 1,215 | 25.8 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewa Mieczkowska | 1,138 | 24.2 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Clare Antenen | 1,077 | 22.9 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicolas Webb | 1,068 | 22.7 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Alison Fletcher Rogers | 1,042 | 22.1 | −4.8 | |
Green | Liz Matthews | 641 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,712 | 65.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samantha George* | 3,213 | 69.3 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | John Bowcott* | 3,200 | 69.0 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Chellew* | 3,115 | 67.2 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Blanchard | 960 | 20.7 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon McGrath | 781 | 16.8 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Willis | 702 | 15.1 | +6.3 | |
Labour | William Bottriell | 543 | 11.7 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Michael Norman-Smith | 447 | 9.6 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Brian Paul | 403 | 8.7 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 4,638 | 72.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Barnes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mary-Jane Jeanes | 1,970 | 39.0 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Dysart | 1,915 | 38.0 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Gilli Lewis-Lavender* | 1,900 | 37.7 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Lewis-Lavender | 1,854 | 36.7 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Sarah McAlister | 1,728 | 34.2 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nazir Malik | 1,675 | 33.2 | −2.5 | |
Labour | Ruth Bailham | 900 | 17.8 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Danny Connellan | 812 | 16.1 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Michael Somerville | 690 | 13.7 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Angela Caldara* | 381 | 7.6 | −36.6 | |
Green | Francis Cluer | 357 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,046 | 71.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wimbledon Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tariq Ahmad* | 2,310 | 43.1 | −13.3 | |
Conservative | Janice Howard | 2,293 | 42.8 | −14.6 | |
Conservative | Oonagh Moulton* | 2,198 | 41.0 | −16.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Busby | 1,548 | 28.9 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alice Munro | 1,440 | 26.9 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Doran | 1,380 | 25.7 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Hugh Constant | 1,104 | 20.6 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Tony Mendes | 960 | 17.9 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Anthony Draper | 867 | 16.2 | −2.6 | |
Green | Samantha Guy | 440 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Green | Richmond Crowhurst | 349 | 6.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Mark McAleer | 204 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,360 | 68.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-Elections
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ms. Linda Taylor | 1,837 | 47.6 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Ms. Louise Deegan | 931 | 24.1 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Busby | 838 | 21.7 | −7.2 | |
Green | Richmond Crowhurst | 253 | 6.6 | +0.1 | |
Turnout | 48.0 | −20.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Tariq Ahmad.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ms. Caroline Cooper-Marbiah | 1,685 | 72.2 | +23.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Lord | 441 | 18.9 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | Shafqat Janjua | 157 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Ling | 52 | 2.2 | −16.8 | |
Turnout | 29.9 | −31.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Gam Gurung.
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