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Election results for Kenton

Borough Council Elections - Thursday 6 May 2010

Status: Published
Borough Council Elections - results by party
Previous results for Kenton
Summary of comparison with previous results for Kenton

Kenton ward

Kenton - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Bhikubhai Patel	Conservative	2805	16.64%	Elected
Reginald Colwill	Conservative	2667	15.82%	Elected
Arthur Steel	Conservative	2333	13.84%	Elected
John Daly	Labour	2218	13.15%	Not elected
Ruby Nerva	Labour	1832	10.87%	Not elected
Dennis Risby	Labour	1799	10.67%	Not elected
Felicity Dunn	Liberal Democrats	1013	6.01%	Not elected
Hugh Lawson-Tancred	Liberal Democrats	782	4.64%	Not elected
Riad Siddiqi	Liberal Democrats	630	3.74%	Not elected
Alan Mathison	Green Party	287	1.70%	Not elected
Lawrence Card	Green Party	265	1.57%	Not elected
Eileen Mays	Green Party	230	1.36%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	3
Total votes	16861
Electorate	9395
Number of ballot papers issued	5460
Number of proxy votes	20
Number of ballot papers rejected	29
Number of postal votes sent	918
Number of postal votes returned	686
Turnout	58.12%

Share of the votes (%)
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Bhikubhai Patel	16.64%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Reginald Colwill	15.82%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Arthur Steel	13.84%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
John Daly	13.15%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Ruby Nerva	10.87%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Dennis Risby	10.67%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Felicity Dunn	6.01%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Hugh Lawson-Tancred	4.64%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Riad Siddiqi	3.74%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Alan Mathison	1.70%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Lawrence Card	1.57%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Eileen Mays	1.36%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	21
voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled	8
Total rejected	29