2010 Newham London Borough Council election

2010 Newham London Borough Council election
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All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Party Labour
Last election 54 seats, 41.4%
Seats won 60
Seat change Increase6
Popular vote 63,292
Percentage 60.8
Swing Increase19.4%
Map of the results of the 2010 Newham council election. Labour in red.
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Newham London Borough Council in London, England was held on 6 May 2010. This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election to the UK Parliament.

The whole council, including the directly elected mayor, was up for election for the first time since the 2006 election. The Labour Party won all 60 seats on the borough council, with support for the Respect Party, who had come second in 2006, collapsing from 23% to 3%. Both Respect and the Christian Peoples Alliance lost all of their seats.[1][2]

  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 November 2019.