Fenland District Council elections
Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 40 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.[1]
Fenland rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 17,296 votes to 5,509, on a turnout of just under 34%, in a referendum held in July 2005.[2]
Political control
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[3]
Party in control | Years |
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No overall control | 1973 - 1976 |
Conservative | 1976 - 1995 |
Labour | 1995 - 1999 |
Conservative | 1999 - present |
Council elections
- Fenland District Council election, 1973
- Fenland District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[4]
- Fenland District Council election, 1979
- Fenland District Council election, 1983
- Fenland District Council election, 1987
- Fenland District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5][6]
- Fenland District Council election, 1995
- Fenland District Council election, 1999
- Fenland District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)[7][8]
- Fenland District Council election, 2007
- Fenland District Council election, 2011
- Fenland District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)[9]
District result maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
By-election results
1995-1999
Manea By-Election 6 March 1997 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 278 | 50.1 | |||
Labour | 133 | 24.0 | |||
Independent | 98 | 17.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 46 | 8.2 | |||
Majority | 145 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 555 | 50.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Leverington By-Election 31 July 1997 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 434 | 56.7 | +10.8 | ||
Labour | 252 | 32.9 | -21.2 | ||
Independent | 79 | 10.3 | +10.3 | ||
Majority | 182 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 765 | 24.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
March West By-Election 31 July 1997 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 574 | 50.6 | -0.3 | ||
Conservative | 561 | 49.4 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 13 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,135 | 27.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
March East By-Election 30 October 1997 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 707 | 59.4 | +8.2 | ||
Conservative | 483 | 40.6 | +10.0 | ||
Majority | 224 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,190 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1999-2003
Manea By-Election 24 June 1999 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 298 | 71.8 | +71.8 | ||
Labour | 57 | 13.7 | -37.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 42 | 10.1 | -38.9 | ||
Independent Labour | 18 | 4.3 | +4.3 | ||
Majority | 241 | 58.1 | |||
Turnout | 415 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
March East By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 1,596 | 49.6 | |||
Conservative | 1,366 | 42.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 258 | 8.0 | |||
Majority | 230 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,220 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Whittlesey Bassenhally By-Election 12 July 2001 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 402 | 49.2 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 343 | 42.0 | -0.8 | ||
Labour | 72 | 8.8 | -1.2 | ||
Majority | 59 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 817 | 25.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wisbech South West By-Election 26 July 2001 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 546 | 65.4 | +20.5 | ||
Labour | 289 | 34.6 | +10.1 | ||
Majority | 257 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 835 | 16.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2003-2007
Roman Bank By-Election 30 September 2004 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Philip Hatton | 501 | 50.2 | -21.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Maddy Forster | 254 | 25.5 | +25.5 | |
Independent | 155 | 15.5 | +15.5 | ||
Labour | 88 | 8.8 | -19.1 | ||
Majority | 247 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 998 | 21.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Manea By-Election 2 February 2006[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Sears | 264 | 45.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Howes | 136 | 23.2 | ||
Independent | Mark Archer | 136 | 23.2 | ||
Independent | Stephen Wilson | 39 | 6.6 | ||
Labour | Richard Hibbert | 12 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 128 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 587 | 42.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Slade Lode By-Election 13 July 2006[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Florence Newell | 259 | 57.2 | +17.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Howes | 194 | 42.8 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 65 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 453 | 26.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2007-2011
Parsons Drove and Wisbech St Mary By-Election 3 April 2008[12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Phil Wait | 646 | 61.8 | ||
Labour | Dave Goode | 191 | 18.3 | ||
Independent | Paul Carpenter | 119 | 11.4 | ||
UKIP | Paul Clapp | 55 | 5.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Chris Howes | 35 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 455 | 43.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,046 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary By-Election 11 December 2008[13] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Scrimshaw | 512 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Gavin Booth | 208 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Dave Goode | 190 | 18.8 | ||
Green | Paul Carpenter | 101 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 304 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,011 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
March West By-Election 8 October 2009[14] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Steve Count | 803 | 53.9 | -5.2 | |
Labour | Martin Field | 460 | 29.9 | +29.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Elliott | 250 | 16.2 | -24.7 | |
Majority | 370 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,540 | 28 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The Mills By-Election 4 March 2010[15] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Chambers | 301 | 45.9 | -11.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Howes | 264 | 40.2 | -2.7 | |
UKIP | Sandra Rylance | 58 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Max Kelly | 33 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 37 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 656 | 31.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wisbech Kirkgate By-Election 15 April 2010[16] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Dave Patrick | 287 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | Steve Tierney | 145 | 25.9 | ||
Labour | Barry Diggle | 74 | 13.2 | ||
UKIP | Paul Clapp | 54 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 142 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 560 | 31.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2011-2015
Staithe By-Election 22 September 2011[17] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Hodgson | 228 | 42.0 | -13.1 | |
Labour | John White | 166 | 30.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert McLaren | 90 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
UKIP | Will Schooling | 39 | 7.2 | -8.9 | |
Independent | Phil Webb | 20 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 62 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 543 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Councillors - General Information". Fenland District Council. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ↑ "Result: Mayoral Referendum". Fenland Citizen. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ "Fenland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Fenland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ↑ "Fenland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ↑ "Comfortable winner Sears". Cambs Times. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ Rory, Carroll (2006-07-19). "Election: Florence back on council". Fenland Citizen.
- ↑ "Convincing win for Conservatives". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Result of Poll Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary Ward". Fenland District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ↑ "Tories keep it 39 out of 40 with decisive by election contest for Fenland District Council". The Cambs Times. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ "Declaration of Result - The Mills Ward of Fenland District Council". Fenland District Council. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
- ↑ "Dave Patrick stuns Tories and wins Wisbech seat on Fenland District Council for Lib Dems". Wisbech Standard. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ↑ "Tories retain Staithe seat on Fenland Council despite 7% swing towards Labour". Wisbech Standard. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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