2010 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

6 May 2010
All 60 seats to Waltham Forest London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chris Robbins Matt Davis John Macklin Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Grove Green Endlebury Chapel End (retiring) Last election 26 seats 15 seats 19 seats Seats won 36 18 6 Seat change 9 3 14 Percentage 38.9% 24.9% 30.1%
Map of the results of the 2010 Waltham Forest council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Labour

Elections for London Borough of Waltham Forest were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.

In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years.

After eight years of the council being in no overall control, although governed by Labour, firstly in a minority and latterly in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, Labour regained their overall majority on the council.

Eligibility

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 6 May 2010 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

Composition before election

Election result

Waltham Forest Council election result 2010^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36	9	0	+9	60.0	38.9	109,998
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	14	-14	10.0	30.1	85,036
	Conservative	18	3	0	+3	30.0	24.9	70,400
	Green	0	0	0			4.3	12,133
	Independent	0	0	0			1.4	3,963
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.2	551
	TUSC	0	0	0			0.2	332
	CPA	0	0	0			0.1	278

Results by ward

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2006 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.

References