1991 Fenland District Council election

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The 1991 Fenland District Council election took place in May 1991 to elect 40 members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election as part of the 1991 local elections

1991 Fenland District Council election
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  1987 May 1991 1995  

All 40 seats to Fenland District Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?%

 Fourth party
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Party Independent

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Ward results

Bassenhally [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Benwick &Doddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B Double 507 71.8
Labour M Collins19928.2
Chatteris Wast
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A Melton 509 75.4
Labour J Desborough166424.6
Majority
Turnout
Chatteris North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P Murphy 266 66.3
Independent J English7819.4
Labour M Parish5814.4
Majority
Turnout
Chatteris South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G Briton unopposed
Chatteris West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A German 314 63.8
Labour S Roylance 178 36.2
Elm and Christchurch (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Cotterell
Independent A Ingle
Turnout
Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Turnout
Leverington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T Jenkins 701 56.4
Conservative R Wallace620
Liberal Democrats D Chapman54343.6
Majority
Turnout
Kirkgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour 3
Majority
Turnout
Lattersey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Manea [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
March East (3 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Labour
Conservative
Labour
Green Christopher Bennett
Turnout
March North (3 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Turnout
March West (3 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Conservative unopposed
Conservative unopposed
Medworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Turnout
Peckover [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Roman Bank (3 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Turnout
Slade Lode [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Majority
Turnout
St Andrews [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
St Marys [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Staithe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
The Mills [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Independent
Majority
Turnout
Waterlees (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour
Labour
Conservative
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Turnout
Wenneye [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Murphy
Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Wimblington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout

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