# 2010 Fareham Borough Council election

The 2010 Fareham Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 22
* Liberal Democrat 9

## Election result

The election saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning 10 seats compared to 6 for the Liberal Democrats. Four new councillors were elected after the previous councillors stood down, while both the Conservative leader of the council Sean Woodward and the Liberal Democrat group leader Roger Price were re-elected. Overall turnout was high at 71.62% after the election was held at the same as the 2010 general election.
Fareham Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | 48.4 | 32,933 | -12.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 26,566 | +11.8% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 6,934 | +3.4% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 661 | -0.2% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 611 | -0.4% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 218 | -1.0% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 150 | -0.3% |

## Ward results
### Fareham East

Fareham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Whittle | 1,943 | 47.5 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Latham | 1,749 | 42.8 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Cameron Crouchman | 395 | 9.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 4.7 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,087 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham North

Fareham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pamela Bryant | 2,464 | 60.2 | −12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Baker | 933 | 22.8 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Simon Brown | 457 | 11.2 | +3.7 |
| | Green | David Harrison | 239 | 5.8 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,531 | 37.4 | −22.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,093 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham North West

Fareham North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Davies | 1,987 | 55.0 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Day | 951 | 26.3 | −14.0 |
| | Labour | Angela Carr | 498 | 13.8 | +7.0 |
| | UKIP | Graeme Young | 179 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,036 | 28.7 | +16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,615 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham South

Fareham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dennis Steadman | 1,589 | 48.1 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowena Leonard | 761 | 23.0 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | James Carr | 655 | 19.8 | +2.8 |
| | English Democrat | Joe Jenkins | 150 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | Green | John Vivian | 147 | 4.5 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 828 | 25.1 | −17.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,302 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham West

Fareham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Leslie Keeble | 2,526 | 61.8 | −6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Chaloner | 858 | 21.0 | +7.8 |
| | Labour | Michael Prior | 423 | 10.3 | +4.6 |
| | UKIP | Steve Richards | 283 | 6.9 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,668 | 40.8 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,090 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hill Head

Hill Head :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Mandry | 2,721 | 59.4 | −14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Abrams | 1,427 | 31.2 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Ian Christie | 429 | 9.4 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,294 | 28.3 | −25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,577 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Locks Heath

Locks Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Bayford | 2,439 | 57.4 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Pritchard | 1,373 | 32.3 | +19.8 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Knight | 439 | 10.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,066 | 25.1 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,251 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Park Gate

Park Gate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Bayford | 2,362 | 57.6 | −18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Haysom | 1,186 | 28.9 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | Helen Price | 556 | 13.5 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,176 | 28.7 | −31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,104 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Portchester East

Portchester East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Price | 3,554 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brown | 3,178 |
| | Conservative | Geoff Fazackarley | 1,929 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Smith | 1,231 |
| | Labour | Stuart Rose | 721 |
| | Labour | Richard Ryan | 607 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,220 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Portchester West

Portchester West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Bell | 1,856 | 43.7 | −16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana East | 1,566 | 36.9 | +10.9 |
| | Labour | Les Ricketts | 406 | 9.6 | +2.9 |
| | Independent | Shaun Cunningham | 218 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
| | UKIP | Peter White | 199 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | 6.8 | −27.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,245 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sarisbury

Sarisbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sean Woodward | 2,785 | 68.0 | −13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Savage | 1,311 | 32.0 | +19.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,474 | 36.0 | −32.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,096 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stubbington

Stubbington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Forrest | 2,159 | 51.0 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Gaisford | 1,773 | 41.9 | −13.4 |
| | Labour | Mike Segar | 302 | 7.1 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | 9.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,234 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Titchfield

Titchfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Connir Hockley | 2,475 | 59.8 | −12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Englefield | 987 | 23.9 | +9.6 |
| | Labour | Alan Mayes | 450 | 10.9 | +2.9 |
| | Green | Peter Doggett | 225 | 5.4 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,488 | 36.0 | −21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,137 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Englefield | 2,454 | 63.4 | +16.8 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hockley | 1,180 | 30.5 | −20.0 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mooney | 239 | 6.2 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,274 | 32.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,873 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Warsash

Warsash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Cartwright | 2,903 | 70.0 | −11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christne Savage | 889 | 21.4 | +12.6 |
| | Labour | Nicola Moore | 357 | 8.6 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,014 | 48.5 | −24.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,149 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |