Eastleigh Borough Council election, 2010

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 4 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 39
• Conservative 4
• Labour 1

Election result

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	13	1	0	+1	81.3
	Conservative	2	0	0	0
	Labour	1	0	1	-1
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0

Ward results

Botley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Fraser	1,528	51.1
	Conservative	Jerry Hall	1,160	38.9
	Labour	Geoffrey Kosted	170	5.7
	UKIP	Peter Stewart	126	4.2
Majority
Turnout			2984	74.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bursledon & Old Netley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Justin Baker	2025	52.1
	Conservative	John Milne	1371	35.2
	Labour	justin Baker	298	7.7
	UKIP	Beryl Humphrey	196	4.9
Majority
Turnout			3980	67.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chandler's Ford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Pam Holden-Brown	1348	49.3
	Conservative	John Milne	1019	37.3
	Labour	Beryl Addison	211	7.7
	UKIP	Paul Webber	155	5.7
Majority			329	12.0
Turnout			2733	72.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chandler's Ford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Broadhurst	1779	51.9
	Conservative	Cindy George	1295	37.8
	Labour	Philip Grice	236	6.9
	UKIP	Angela Young	115	3.4
Majority
Turnout			3429	73.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat		2604	54.7
	Conservative		1015	21.3
	Labour		793	16.7
	UKIP		262	5.5
	Independent		83	1.7
Turnout			4757	60.95
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Sollitt	2329	54.9
	Conservative		1215	28.6
	Labour		517	12.2
	UKIP		182	4.3
Majority
Turnout			4,243	67.47
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Sollitt	1831	48.6
	Labour	Peter Luffman	878	23.3
	Conservative	Felicity Smith	841	22.3
	UKIP	George Stewart	221	5.9
Majority
Turnout			3771	61.66
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Fair Oak and Horton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Des Scott	2,737	54.2
	Conservative	Christopher Rhodes	1,703	31.5
	Labour	Mary Shephard	336	6.2
	UKIP	Hugh McGuinness	273	5.0
Majority			1034	34.3
Turnout			5,409	75.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hedge End Grange Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Bloom	1,019	61.2	+6.3
	Conservative	Paul Philp	562	33.7	-7.3
	Labour	George Carter	46	2.8	-1.3
	UKIP	Caroline Bradbeer	39	2.3	+2.3
Majority			457	27.5	+13.6
Turnout			1,666	38.5	+10.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hedge End St. Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Skinner	1,298	50.9	-1.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Hall	1,006	39.5	+7.6
	UKIP	Michale O'Donoghue	246	9.6	-0.3
Majority			292	11.4	-9.3
Turnout			2,550	43.5	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hedge End Wildern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Keith House	920	58.5	+6.2
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	550	35.0	-5.5
	UKIP	Frederick Estall	103	6.5	+6.5
Majority			370	23.5	+11.7
Turnout			1,573	38.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hiltingbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Caldwell	1,326	63.3	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Child	587	28.0	-5.7
	UKIP	Marion Stewart	109	5.2	+5.2
	Labour	Beryl Addison	73	3.5	-1.9
Majority			739	35.3	+8.1
Turnout			2,095	51.0	-3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hiltingbury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Davidovitz	994	50.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Smith	839	42.7	-5.2
	UKIP	Vivienne Young	79	4.0	+4.0
	Labour	Kevin Butt	53	2.7	-0.5
Majority			155	7.9	+6.9
Turnout			1,965	48.1	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

West End North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Tennent	871	54.0	+9.6
	Conservative	Neville Dickinson	577	35.8	-11.1
	Labour	Edith Durham	100	6.2	-2.6
	UKIP	Daniel Bradbeer	64	4.0	+4.0
Majority			294	18.2
Turnout			1,612	41.2	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West End South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Sortwell	960	56.5	+8.4
	Conservative	Reginald Campbell	515	30.3	-11.4
	Labour	Daniel Clarke	125	7.4	-2.9
	UKIP	Peter Stewart	98	5.8	+5.8
Majority			445	26.2	+19.8
Turnout			1,698	37.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

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