Huntingdonshire local elections

One third of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 52 councillors have been elected from 29 wards.[1]

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Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - present

Council elections

Huntingdonshire Council election, 1998

Huntingdonshire Council election, 1999

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2000

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2002

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2003

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)[3]

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2006

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2007

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2008

Huntingdonshire Council election, 2010

By-election results

1997-2001

Farcet By-Election 21 August 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 185 54.9 -2.9
Labour 139 41.2 +16.1
Liberal Democrat 13 3.9 -13.2
Majority 46 13.7
Turnout 337 33.0
Conservative hold Swing
Brampton By-Election 6 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 641 48.0 +23.4
Conservative 623 46.7 -11.9
Independent 71 5.3 +5.3
Majority 18 1.3
Turnout 1,335 38.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Eynesbury By-Election 2 April 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 522 44.5 +16.4
Liberal Democrat 426 36.3 -1.5
Labour 225 19.2 -12.8
Majority 96 8.2
Turnout 1,176 19.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Huntingdon North By-Election 3 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 679 70.7 +29.7
Labour 281 29.3 -20.3
Majority 398 41.4
Turnout 960 14.0
Conservative hold Swing
Upwood and the Raveleys By-Election 8 March 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 270 49.4 -6.3
Liberal Democrat 251 45.9 +13.9
Labour 26 4.8 -7.5
Majority 19 3.5
Turnout 547 38.2
Conservative hold Swing

2001-2005

Eynesbury By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,265 41.5 -1.7
Labour 917 30.1 +2.6
Liberal Democrat 863 28.3 -1.0
Majority 348 11.4
Turnout 3,045
Conservative hold Swing
Farcet By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 376 48.3 -5.4
Labour 309 39.7 -3.1
Liberal Democrat 94 12.1 +8.6
Majority 67 8.6
Turnout 779
Conservative hold Swing
Gransden By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 819 61.9 +6.7
Liberal Democrat 505 38.1 +6.6
Majority 314 23.8
Turnout 1,324
Conservative hold Swing
Eaton Socon By-Election 21 March 2002[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 992 63.3 +7.8
Conservative 576 36.7 -1.3
Majority 416 26.6
Turnout 1,568 28.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Hemingford Grey By-Election 19 September 2002[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 553 52.9 +29.0
Conservative 493 47.1 -13.4
Majority 60 5.8
Turnout 1,046 50.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

2005-2009

Little Paxton By-Election 5 May 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 920 56.7 -13.3
Liberal Democrat 703 43.3 +19.8
Majority 217 13.4
Turnout 1,623 68.9
Conservative hold Swing
Earith By-Election 12 October 2006[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Godfrey 703 67.4 -1.2
Liberal Democrat Joyce James 295 28.3 +3.6
Labour Richard Allen 45 4.3 -2.5
Majority 408 39.1
Turnout 1,043 22.6
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Ford By-Election 23 November 2006[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 658 53.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrat 577 46.7 +6.5
Majority 81 6.6
Turnout 1,235 23.4
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys and Bury By-Election 15 February 2007[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Ward 1,122 64.7 +27.9
Conservative Andrew Monk 495 28.5 -29.4
UKIP Robert Brown 97 5.6 +5.6
Labour Richard Allen 20 1.2 -4.0
Majority 627 36.2
Turnout 1,734 37.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Ramsey By-Election 2 April 2009[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Monk 626 38.1 -8.1
UKIP Peter Reeve 520 31.6 +9.8
Liberal Democrat Robert Mumford 432 26.3 -0.9
Labour Graeme Watkins 67 4.1 -0.8
Majority 106 6.5
Turnout 1,645 25.8
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

Ramsey By-Election 23 July 2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Peter Reeve 753 39.2 +17.4
Conservative Angela Curtis 569 29.6 -16.6
Independent Jeffrey Clarke 303 15.8 +15.8
Liberal Democrat Melanie Allgood 295 15.4 -11.8
Majority 184 9.6
Turnout 1,920 30.1
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Huntingdon North By-Election 29 October 2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Trish Shrapnel 243 32.6 +2.7
Conservative Laine Kadic 213 8.6 -18.6
UKIP Peter Ashcroft 167 22.4 +14.1
Labour Ann Beevor 123 16.5 +1.8
Majority 30 4.0
Turnout 746 19.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Fenstanton By-Election 25 February 2010[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Colin Saunderson 391 51.1 +4.2
Conservative David O'Neill 337 44.1 -4.1
Labour Angela Richards 37 4.8 -0.1
Majority 54 7.0
Turnout 765 31.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  7. ^ "Tories hold four seats as Ukip and Greens advance". Daily Mail. 2006-11-24. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-418362/Tories-hold-seats-Ukip-Greens-advance.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
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  9. ^ "Elections In Ramsey And Huntingdon On 2 April 2009". Huntingdonshire District Council. 2009-04-03. http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/News+and+Communications/Press+releases/2009/April/elections+in+ramsey+and+huntingdon+on+2+april+2009.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
  10. ^ "UKIP election win ‘is watershed’". News & Crier. 2009-07-25. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_crier/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=436266. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
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  12. ^ "Election Results". Huntingdonshire District Council. http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/Councils%20and%20Democracy/Council/Elections/Pages/Election%20Results.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 

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