Election Result for 6 May 2010
State of the Parties: No Overall Control
| Party | Council Seats Before |
Defending | Stood | Held | Gain | Lost | Overall Change |
Council Seats After |
| Conservative (Party Votes: 52,309) |
25 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| Labour (Party Votes: 60,232) |
20 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| Liberal Democrat (Party Votes: 37,465) |
19 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 15 |
| Independent (Party Votes: 0) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Vacant (Party Votes: 0) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| U.K. Independence (Party Votes: 5,296) |
0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party (Party Votes: 5,623) |
0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| British National Party (Party Votes: 1,339) |
0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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