2010 Election
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May 6th
was a great day for the
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents . . . .
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With the General Election falling on the same day as Local Elections for the first time since Merton became a Borough, everyone was expecting a much larger turnout than usual. They were right. It rose from less than 50% to 73%. |  |
| It was also feared that some voters might think of the local elections as part of the national election and simply vote for the same party both nationally and locally. For supporters of the Independent Residents, it seems this simply didn?t happen. |  |
Voters understood that the elections, and the issues which should decide them, were quite separate. |
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As a result, the Independent Residents saw an increase in their share of the votes cast, from a tantalising 49.97% in 2006 to 52.98% |
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2010 2006 Votes Share of
votes cast Votes Share of
votes cast Merton Park Ward Independent
Residents Karin Elizabeth Forbes
2538 Peter William Southgate
2515 John Sargeant 2519 Total 7572 52.98% 4815 49.97% Conservative Party
Pete
Digger 1359 Eleanor
Peveril Sturge 1170 Linda
Joan Taylor 1106 Total 3635 25.43% 3420 35.49% Labour
Party Christopher
James McKeon 862 Charles
Kobina Ocansey 671 Teresa
Ocansey 636 Total 2169 15.18% 987 10.24% Liberal
Democrat Duncan
John Burch 690
278 UK
Independence Party Graham
Walter Mills 227
136 TOTAL VOTES
CAST 14293 9636
For the full results in Merton Park and the other Wards in Merton, click here
For Merton as a whole, the elections across the 20 Wards has changed the distribution of seats:
| 2010 | 2006 | |
| Labour | 28 | 27 |
| Conservative | 27 | 30 |
| Merton Park Ward Independent Residents | 3 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | 0 |