2010 Merton London Borough Council election
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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]
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All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 66.3% (23.4%)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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]
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 | 1 | 46.7% | 39.0% | 101,959 | 4.2% | |
Conservative | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 45.0% | 36.3% | 94,893 | 8.3% | |
Merton Park Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0% | 2.9% | 7,572 | 0.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.3% | 18.1% | 47,291 | 6.1% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.7% | 4,331 | 2.2% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.9% | 2,439 | 0.3% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 1,445 | n/a | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.5% | 1,206 | 0.2% | |
CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 149 | n/a |
UKIP defections
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.