2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 39 seats, compared to 11 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. [3] 18 seats were contested at the election by a total of 69 candidates, with the Conservatives defending 14 of the seats. [3] [4]

Among the councillors who were defending seats were the Conservative leader of the council, Ian Bates, in The Hemingfords ward, and the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Peter Downes in Brampton. [3] Ian Bates was challenged by an independent candidate, Maxine Hay, who had become a road safety campaigner after her son was killed after being hit by a car, with the Liberal Democrat candidate for the seat withdrawing in her favour. [5]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats made a net gain of 1 seat to move to 12 councillors at the expense of the Conservatives who remained in control of the council with 38 seats. [6] The Liberal Democrats gained seats in Buckden and Huntingdon East from the Conservatives, but lost a seat back to them in St Neots Eaton Socon. [6]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2008 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1312-172.252.716,920-5.2%
  Liberal Democrats 421+122.229.99,593-1.5%
  Independent 10005.65.21,681+5.2%
  Labour 000006.11,948-2.0%
  UKIP 000005.61,796+5.0%
  Green 000000.6181-0.4%

Ward results

Brampton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Downes1,41557.3+6.5
Conservative Keith Stukins1,00740.8−5.3
Labour Patrick Kadewere492.0−1.2
Majority 40816.5+11.8
Turnout 2,47152.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Buckden [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terry Clough79559.4+20.1
Conservative Alan Barber51438.4−18.4
Labour Thelma Lomax302.2−1.7
Majority 28121.0N/A
Turnout 1,33952.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Godmanchester [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Godley87246.7−3.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Wilson84145.0+2.2
UKIP Shirley Reeve794.2+4.2
Labour Ann Beevor764.1−2.5
Majority 311.7−6.0
Turnout 1,86840.9−2.2
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Shellens1,23947.3+9.6
Conservative Malcolm Lyons1,01638.8−10.3
Labour Ruth Pugh1545.9−2.0
UKIP Derek Norman1455.5+5.5
Green Angela Mander-Jones642.4−2.8
Majority 2238.5N/A
Turnout 2,61838.9+2.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Huntingdon North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeff Dutton47347.2+11.4
Liberal Democrats John Morgan30029.9−7.8
Labour David King14714.7−5.6
UKIP Peter Ashcroft838.3+8.3
Majority 17317.3
Turnout 1,00326.1−1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Little Paxton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Churchill80669.1−0.9
Independent Frank Owens19616.8+16.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Cummings655.6−17.9
Labour Chrissy Ellarby514.4−2.1
Green Sarah Boulton494.2+4.2
Majority 61052.3+5.8
Turnout 1,16748.0−0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Swales95746.2−11.8
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Hollis56427.2−7.1
UKIP Peter Reeve45221.8+21.8
Labour Susan Coomey1004.8−2.9
Majority 39319.0−4.8
Turnout 2,07332.5+3.9
Conservative hold Swing
Sawtry [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Dick Tuplin1,02353.1+1.6
Conservative Vivienne McGuire82442.8+7.9
Labour Kevin Goddard794.1+0.3
Majority 19910.3−6.2
Turnout 1,92638.8+0.9
Independent hold Swing
Somersham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Criswell1,12363.4−2.6
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme50228.3+0.3
UKIP Julian Fairweather804.5+4.5
Labour Mary Howell663.7−2.3
Majority 62135.1−3.0
Turnout 1,77139.3+1.3
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Ablewhite 86455.2−3.0
Liberal Democrats Robin Waters32120.5−9.7
UKIP Michael Horwood27617.6+17.6
Labour Angela Richards1056.7−4.9
Majority 54334.7+6.6
Turnout 1,56631.3+6.4
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Davies1,23165.8+10.3
Liberal Democrats David Hodge48325.8−10.2
Labour John Watson1568.3−0.1
Majority 74840.0+20.5
Turnout 1,87040.0+4.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Dew46443.1−7.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Saunderson38135.4−6.3
UKIP Margaret King16815.6+15.6
Labour Ros Trayner635.9−2.1
Majority 837.7−0.9
Turnout 1,07649.0+5.4
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Ford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Farrer1,13261.1+5.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Franks56230.3−8.1
Labour David Brown925.0−0.6
Green Karen How683.7+3.7
Majority 57030.7+13.1
Turnout 1,85434.8−2.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Socon [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mandy Thomas91157.5+10.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Giles62039.2−8.3
Labour Carole Hitchings523.3−2.5
Majority 29118.4N/A
Turnout 1,58337.8+3.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Neots Eynesbury [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hansard1,03154.9+13.7
Liberal Democrats Diana Collins66635.4−0.6
Labour William O'Connor1829.7+0.5
Majority 36519.4+14.2
Turnout 1,87925.5−4.5
Conservative hold Swing
The Hemingfords [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bates1,41269.1+3.3
Independent Maxine Hay46222.6+22.6
Labour Jacqueline Gilbert1688.2+2.9
Majority 95046.5+9.7
Turnout 2,04243.8−1.5
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys and Bury [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Ward83946.0+9.2
Conservative Jill Travener78743.2−14.8
UKIP Lisa Duffy 1387.6+7.6
Labour Graeme Watkins593.2−2.0
Majority 522.8
Turnout 1,82338.7+0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watt1,49668.3−6.6
UKIP Robert Brown37517.1+17.1
Labour Margaret Cochrane31914.6−10.5
Majority 1,12151.2+1.3
Turnout 2,19028.5+0.9
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

Ramsey April 2009

A by-election was held in Ramsey on 2 April 2009 after the death of Conservative councillor Ross Muir. [9] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Andy Monk with a majority of 106 votes over Peter Reeve of the UK Independence Party. [9]

Ramsey by-election 2 April 2009 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Monk62638.1−8.1
UKIP Peter Reeve52031.6+9.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Mumford43226.3−0.9
Labour Graham Watkins674.1−0.7
Majority 1066.4−12.6
Turnout 1,64525.8−6.7
Conservative hold Swing

Ramsey July 2009

A by-election was held in Ramsey on 23 July 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Ray Powell. [11] The seat was gained for the UK Independence Party by Peter Reeve with a majority of 184 votes over the Conservative Angela Curtis. [11]

Ramsey by-election 23 July 2009 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Peter Reeve75339.2+7.6
Conservative Angela Curtis56929.6−8.5
Independent Jeffrey Clarke30315.8+15.8
Liberal Democrats Melanie Allgood29515.4−10.9
Majority 1849.6N/A
Turnout 1,92030.1+4.3
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Huntingdon North

A by-election was held in Huntingdon North on 29 October 2009 after Liberal Democrat councillor Sam Kemp resigned from the council. [12] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Trish Shrapnel with a majority of 30 votes over Conservative Laine Kadic, in a seat won by the Conservatives at the last council election in 2008. [12] [13]

Huntingdon North by-election 29 October 2009 [12] [13] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trish Shrapnel24332.6+2.7
Conservative Laine Kadic21328.6−18.6
UKIP Peter Ashcroft16722.4+14.1
Labour Ann Beevor12316.5+1.8
Majority 304.0
Turnout 74619.0−7.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fenstanton

A by-election was held in Fenstanton on 25 February 2010 after Conservative councillor Paul Dakers resigned from the council saying that all political parties were hopeless. [14] [15] The seat was gained by Liberal Democrat Colin Saunderson from the Conservatives, with a majority of 54 votes. [15]

Fenstanton by-election 25 February 2010 [15] [10] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Saunderson39151.1+4.2
Conservative David O'Neill33744.1−4.1
Labour Angela Richards374.8−0.1
Majority 547.0N/A
Turnout 76531.0−6.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Full election results". The Guardian . The Guardian. 3 May 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "Two leaders are seeking re-election". Peterborough Evening Telegraph . NewsBank. 10 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Sixty-nine candidates to contest HDC seats in May". Hunts Post. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lib Dems' tactical withdrawal clears way for bid to oust HDC leader". Hunts Post. 9 April 2008.
  6. 1 2 "LibDems make a gain in Huntingdonshire". Peterborough Evening Telegraph . NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
  7. ↑ "Results - Local elections 08". The Times . NewsBank. 3 May 2008.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "Successful poll day for Hunts Tories". Hunts Post. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "Election victory for UKIP". Cambridge News . 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "Lib Dems hold seat in Huntingdon". Peterborough Telegraph . 3 November 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Lib Dems hold marginal council seat". Local Government Chronicle . 30 October 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Angry resignation of Fenstanton's district councillor". Hunts Post. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  15. 1 2 3 "Lib Dems and Tories gain as Labour vote slips". Press Association . The Independent. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Fenstanton Parish News". Fenstanton. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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