Election Name: | 2010 Hart District Council election |
Party Colour: | yes |
Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
Seats Before1: | 17 |
After Election: | Conservative |
Previous Election: | 2008 Hart District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Ongoing: | no |
Seats1: | 8 |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Country: | England |
Percentage1: | 53.3 |
Before Election: | No overall control |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Seats After1: | 20 |
Seats For Election: | 12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council |
Percentage3: | 13.9 |
Seats After2: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 18,293 |
Percentage2: | 27.7 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,514 |
Seats Before2: | 10 |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Next Election: | 2011 Hart District Council election |
Popular Vote3: | 4,773 |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats After3: | 5 |
Party3: | Community Campaign (Hart) |
Council control | |
Seats2: | 2 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
The 2010 Hart District Council election took place on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the United Kingdom General Election. One third of the council was up for re-election, the Conservatives gained three seats, one from Community Campaign Hart and the two independent seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats remained on 10 seats. With an increase from 17 seats to 20, the Conservatives gained a majority and administration of the council, which had been under no overall control since 2005[1] [2] .After the election, the composition of the council was:
The Conservatives had last been in administration between 2000-2005, with the council remaining under no overall control until this election, albeit with the Conservatives remaining as the largest party. The 2010 election saw the Conservatives gain three seats, the Crondall seat from Community Campaign Hart, and Fleet Central and Hartley Wintney from independent councillors, whilst the Liberal Democrats made no gains or losses. As such, the Conservatives gained an overall majority of the council with 20 councillors.