# 2010 Eastleigh Borough Council election

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 % |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2984 | 74.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Bursledon & Old Netley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Justin Baker | 2025 | 52.1 |
| | Conservative | John Milne | 1371 | 35.2 |
| | Labour | justin Baker | 298 | 7.7 |
| | UKIP | Beryl Humphrey | 196 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3980 | 67.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Chandler's Ford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 329 | 12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2733 | 72.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Chandler's Ford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Broadhurst | 1779 | 51.9 |
| | Conservative | Cindy George | 1295 | 37.8 |
| | Labour | Philip Grice | 236 | 6.9 |
| | UKIP | Angela Young | 115 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3429 | 73.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Eastleigh Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 2604 | 54.7 |
| | Conservative | | 1015 | 21.3 |
| | Labour | | 793 | 16.7 |
| | UKIP | | 262 | 5.5 |
| | Independent | | 83 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4757 | 60.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Eastleigh North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Sollitt | 2329 | 54.9 |
| | Conservative | | 1215 | 28.6 |
| | Labour | | 517 | 12.2 |
| | UKIP | | 182 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,243 | 67.47 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Eastleigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Sollitt | 1831 | 48.6 |
| | Labour | Peter Luffman | 878 | 23.3 |
| | Conservative | Felicity Smith | 841 | 22.3 |
| | UKIP | George Stewart | 221 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3771 | 61.66 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Fair Oak and Horton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1034 | 34.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,409 | 75.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Hedge End Grange Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 457 | 27.5 | +13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,666 | 38.5 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hedge End St. Johns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 292 | 11.4 | −9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,550 | 43.5 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hedge End Wildern :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith House | 920 | 58.5 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hudson | 550 | 35.0 | −5.5 |
| | UKIP | Frederick Estall | 103 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 23.5 | +11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,573 | 38.6 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hiltingbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Caldwell | 1,326 | 63.3 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Child | 587 | 28.0 | −5.7 |
| | UKIP | Marion Stewart | 109 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Beryl Addison | 73 | 3.5 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 35.3 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,095 | 51.0 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hiltingbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Davidovitz | 994 | 50.6 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grahame Smith | 839 | 42.7 | −5.2 |
| | UKIP | Vivienne Young | 79 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin Butt | 53 | 2.7 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 7.9 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,965 | 48.1 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West End North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 294 | 18.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,612 | 41.2 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
West End South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 445 | 26.2 | +19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,698 | 37.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |