| Election Name: | 2010 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | All 54 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 0 |
| Last Election1: | 0 seats, 0% |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 80,516 |
| Percentage1: | % |
| Swing1: | 0 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 0 seats, 0% |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 32,894 |
| Percentage2: | % |
| Swing2: | 0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 0% |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 30,154 |
| Percentage3: | % |
| Swing3: | 0% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
| Next Election: | 2014 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
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.
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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.[1] 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.[2] [3]