# 2010 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

Elections for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.
In London borough council elections the entire council is elected every four years, unlike some other English councils, where a third of the councillors are elected for a four-year term in three successive years, with no elections in the fourth.

## Summary of results

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea election result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss |
| Conservative | 43 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 |

## Ward Results
### Abingdon

Abingdon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Victoria Borwick | 1,853 | 59.8 |
| | Conservative | James Husband | 1,821 | |
| | Conservative | Joanna Gardner | 1,786 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Good | 883 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Faulder | 865 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Pritchard | 774 | |
| | Labour | David Lewis | 365 | |
| | Labour | Christina Alkaff | 363 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Pringle | 347 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Brompton

Brompton (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Shireen Ritchie | 1,567 | 67.4 |
| Conservative | Iain Hanham | 1,548 | |
| Conservative | Quentin Marshall | 1,523 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Harris | 452 | 19.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Coxon | 410 | |
| Labour | Martin Green | 307 | 13.2 |
| Labour | Susie Parsons | 282 | |
| Labour | Daver Perry | 214 | |

### Campden

Campden (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Tim Ahern | 1,786 | 67.1 |
| Conservative | Christopher Buckmaster | 1,774 | |
| Conservative | Robert Freeman | 1,682 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Elliot | 592 | 22.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Priscilla Congreve | 524 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Crichton-Miller | 484 | |
| Labour | Mark Sautter | 285 | 10.7 |
| Labour | Ghulam Lasharie | 273 | |
| Labour | John Parsons | 261 | |

### Colville

Colville (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Caruana | 1,459 | 42.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Jones | 1,244 | |
| Labour | Dez O'Neill | 1,096 | 32.2 |
| Labour | Amir Akhrif | 1,082 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Kosta | 1,061 | |
| Labour | Beinazir Lasharie | 913 | |
| Conservative | Alexander Bond | 735 | 21.6 |
| Conservative | Samia Bentayeb | 730 | |
| Conservative | Lloyd North | 696 | |
| UKIP | David Coburn | 115 | 3.4 |

### Courtfield

Courtfield (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Tony Holt | 1,525 | 63.9 |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Rutherford | 1,519 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Coates | 1,472 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carl Michel | 486 | 20.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | William Somers | 477 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Young | 434 | |
| Labour | Brian Dodgeon | 374 | 15.7 |
| Labour | Susan Warren | 279 | |
| Labour | Damian Williams | 239 | |

### Cremorne

Cremorne (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Maighread Condon-Simmonds | 1,588 | 50.2 |
| Conservative | Mark Daley | 1,542 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Neal | 1,327 | |
| Labour | Richard Briggs | 730 | 23.1 |
| Labour | Lesley-Anne Arnold | 728 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian England | 693 | 21.9 |
| Labour | Richard Chute | 636 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Ford | 620 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Lawrence | 578 | |
| UKIP | Alasdair Seton-Marsden | 155 | 4.9 |

### Earl's Court

Earl's Court (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Barry Phelps | 1,358 | 44.9 |
| Conservative | Terence Buxton | 1,262 | |
| Conservative | Jonathon Read | 1,150 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norma Peacock | 621 | 20.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Somers | 578 | |
| Labour | Joel Bishop | 569 | 18.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Wade | 560 | |
| Labour | Mabel McKeown | 487 | |
| Green | William Ridley | 302 | 10.0 |
| Labour | Oliver Dearie | 179 | |
| Independent | Malcolm Spalding | 174 | 5.8 |

## Changes 2010–2014

The Conservatives lost the Earl's Court Ward by-election in September 2010 to the Liberal Democrats and narrowly won the Cremorne Ward by-election by only 19 votes. Many commentators blamed the Conservative councillors led by Merrick Cockell for these poor results, stating that the council did not adequately take into account residents' views on projects such as the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel and the Earl's Court building works.