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The 2010 Sunderland Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Labour 52 *Conservative 18 *Independent 4 *Liberal Democrat 1 ==Campaign== Before the election Sunderland council had 48 Labour, 21 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat and 5 independent councillors, with the independents being made up of 4 in an alliance and 1 described as an "Independent Conservative". In total 89 candidates stood for the 25 seats being contested, with a full 25 from the Labour party, 23 Conservatives, 23 Liberal Democrats, 12 British National Party, 2 Green Party and 4 independents.〔 This was a substantial decline in candidates for the British National Party, which in previous years had contested every ward.〔 The 2 seats not contested by the Conservative party in Copt Hill and Houghton were where independent candidates had been successful in previous years, with the Conservative party leader on the council Lee Martin saying the party would not have been able to win the seats.〔 The seats were again contested by independents campaigning against the Houghton Quarry landfill site.〔 Labour were confident of making gains, pointing to the lowest council tax in the North East and efforts to improve schools and address unemployment.〔 However the Conservatives were also looking to make gains and particularly targeted seats they had previously won in Doxford, Ryhope and Washington South.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunderland City Council election, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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