Huntingdonshire District Council elections

Local government elections in Cambridgeshire, England

Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England holds elections for all its councillors together every fourth year. Prior to changing to all-out elections in 2018, one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without an election. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 52 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.[1]

## Council elections

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Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election reducing the number of seats by 1, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.[2]

Year  | Conservative | UK Independence Party | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Labour | Green | Vacant  | Notes

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1973[3] | 16  |  | 0  | 25  | 9  |  | 0  |
1976[3] | 30  |  | 0  | 22  | 1  |  | 0  | (New ward boundaries)[4]
1978[3] | 35  |  | 1  | 15  | 2  |  | 0  |
1979[3] | 24  |  | 3  | 7  | 6  |  | 0  |
1980[3] | 33  |  | 1  | 13  | 6  |  | 0  |
1982[3] | 32  |  | 2  | 12  | 7  |  | 0  |
1983[3] | 37  |  | 2  | 6  | 8  |  | 0  |
1984[3] | 36  |  | 7  | 3  | 7  |  | 0  |
1986[3] | 41  |  | 2  | 4  | 6  |  | 0  |
1987[3] | 44  |  | 1  | 1  | 5  |  | 0  |
1988[3] | 46  |  | 1  | 2  | 4  |  | 0  |
1990[5] | 42  |  | 3  | 2  | 6  |  | 0  |
1991[6] | 41  |  | 5  | 2  | 5  |  | 0  | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[7]
1992[8] | 42  |  | 7  | 1  | 3  |  | 0  |
1994[9] | 37  | 0  | 11  | 1  | 4  |  | 0  |
1995[10] | 31  | 0  | 14  | 1  | 7  |  | 0  |
1996[11] | 33  | 0  | 13  | 2  | 5  |  | 0  |
1998[12] | 34  | 0  | 14  | 2  | 3  |  | 0  |
1999[13] | 36  | 0  | 14  | 2  | 0  |  | 1  |
2000[14] | 37  | 0  | 13  | 3  | 0  |  | 0  |
2002[15] | 37  | 0  | 13  | 3  | 0  |  | 0  |
2003[16] | 36  | 0  | 14  | 3  | 0  |  | 0  |
2004[2] | 40  | 0  | 10  | 2  | 0  |  | 0  | New ward boundaries[17]
2006[18] | 40  | 0  | 10  | 2  | 0  |  | 0  |
2007[19] | 39  | 0  | 11  | 2  | 0  |  | 0  |
2008[20] | 38  | 0  | 12  | 2  | 0  |  | 0  |
2010[21] | 37  | 2  | 12  | 1  | 0  |  | 0  |
2011[22] | 41  | 2  | 8  | 1  | 0  |  | 0  |
2012[23] | 39  | 3  | 7  | 2  | 1  |  | 0  |
2014[24] | 34  | 7  | 5  | 4  | 1  |  | 1  |
2015 | 35  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 2  |  | 0  |
2016 | 32  | 6  | 5  | 6  | 2  |  | 0  |
2018[25] | 30  | 0  | 7  | 11  | 4  |  | 0  | Whole council elected
2022[26] | 22  | 0  | 10  | 15  | 4  | 1  | 0  |
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## District result maps

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* 2002 results map

* 2003 results map

* 2004 results map

* 2006 results map

* 2007 results map

* 2008 results map

* 2010 results map

* 2011 results map

* 2012 results map

* 2014 results map

* 2015 results map

* 2016 results map

* 2018 results map

* 2022 results map

## By-election results

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By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[27] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party

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Farcet  | 21 August 1997  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Brampton  | 6 November 1997  |  | Conservative |  | Liberal Democrats
Eynesbury  | 2 April 1998  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Conservative
Gransden | 10 December 1998  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Huntingdon North | 3 June 1999  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Upwood and the Raveleys | 8 March 2001  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Eynesbury | 7 June 2001  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Farcet | 7 June 2001  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Gransden | 7 June 2001  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Eaton Socon | 21 March 2002  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
Hemingford Grey | 19 September 2002  |  | Conservative |  | Liberal Democrats
Little Paxton | 5 May 2005  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Earith | 12 October 2006  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
St Neots Eaton | 23 November 2006  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Warboys and Bury | 15 February 2007  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
Ramsey | 2 April 2009  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Ramsey | 23 July 2009  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | UKIP
Huntingdon North | 29 October 2009  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
Fenstanton | 25 February 2010  |  | Conservative |  | Liberal Democrats
Earith | 21 June 2012  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Brampton | 2 May 2013  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
Warboys and Bury | 7 August 2014  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
St Neots Priory Park | 27 November 2014  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Huntingdon East | 10 December 2015  |  | UKIP |  | Liberal Democrats
St Neots Eaton Ford | 4 May 2017  |  | Conservative |  | St Neots Independents
Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots | 2 August 2019  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
Alconbury | 12 December 2019  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
St Ives East | 13 February 2020  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Huntingdon North | 6 May 2021  |  | Labour |  | Labour
St Ives East | 6 May 2021  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
St Ives South | 6 May 2021  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
Warboys | 6 May 2021  |  | Conservative |  | Conservative
St Neots East | 8 July 2021  |  | Labour |  | Independent
Huntingdon East | 4 November 2021  |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats
Great Paxton | 2 May 2024  |  | Conservative |  | Liberal Democrats
St Neots Eatons | 19 September 2024  |  | Conservative |  | Independent

## References

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1. ^ "The Huntingdonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2017, Statutory Instrument 2017 No. 480". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
2. ^ a b "Huntingdonshire council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Huntingdon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
5. ^ "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
6. ^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
8. ^ "Local election results 1992". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1992.
9. ^ "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1994. p. 9.
10. ^ "The complete list of local council election results". The Independent. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
11. ^ "Complete list of results - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1996. p. 8.
12. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
13. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
14. ^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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16. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
17. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Huntingdonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
18. ^ "Councillors". Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
19. ^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
20. ^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
21. ^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
22. ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
23. ^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
24. ^ "Me, a District Councillor?" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
25. ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council - Election 2018 Results". BBC News Online. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
26. ^ "Huntingdonshire.gov.uk". Huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
27. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

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