2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and UK Independence Party in purple. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and UK Independence Party in purple. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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

After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives continued to run the council with 38 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 12 and there were 2 independents. [3] However, in July 2009 the UK Independence Party won their first seat on the council after Peter Reeve won a by-election for Ramsey ward, taking the seat from the Liberal Democrats. [4] He was then joined by the other Ramsey councillor, Andy Monk, who had been elected at another by-election in April 2009 as a Conservative, [5] but defected to the UK Independence Party in January 2010. [6]

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives in another by-election in Fenstanton in February 2010. [7] These changes meant that going into the 2010 election there were 36 Conservative, 12 Liberal Democrat, 2 UK Independence Party and 2 independent councillors. [1]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council by 1 to have a majority of 22 seats on the council. [1] [8]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2010 [2] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1321+176.547.627,102-5.1%
  Liberal Democrats 311017.632.318,358+2.4%
  UKIP 10005.98.74,941+3.1%
  Labour 0000010.15,744+4.0%
  Independent 001-100.5308-4.7%
  Green 000000.5288-0.1%
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.3143+0.3%

Ward results

Alconbury and The Stukeleys [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Baker1,10858.4−9.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Monk62132.7+6.4
Labour Marion Kadewere1688.9+3.5
Majority 48725.7−16.4
Turnout 1,89775.3+26.8
Conservative hold Swing
Buckden [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terry Clough1,24963.4+4.0
Conservative Laine Kadic63332.1−6.3
Labour Sybil Tuckwood874.4+2.2
Majority 61631.3+10.3
Turnout 1,96977.0+24.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Earith [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Rogers1,89053.6−18.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme98027.8+5.4
UKIP Raymond Zetter35710.1+10.1
Labour Cindy Cochrane2968.4+2.5
Majority 91025.8−23.5
Turnout 3,52374.5+39.6
Conservative hold Swing
Elton and Folksworth [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Guyatt99461.0−22.4
Liberal Democrats Roy Benford32219.8+19.8
Labour Mary Howell16610.2−6.4
UKIP Roger Henson1479.0+9.0
Majority 67241.3−25.6
Turnout 1,62975.7+35.8
Conservative hold Swing
Godmanchester [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hyams1,69750.4+3.7
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cohen1,38841.3−3.7
Labour Ruth Pugh2798.3+4.2
Majority 3099.2+7.5
Turnout 3,36470.4+29.5
Conservative hold Swing
Gransden and The Offords [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard West1,71262.5−13.2
Liberal Democrats Anna Hayward80229.3+5.0
Labour Christine Ellarby2258.2+8.2
Majority 91033.2−18.2
Turnout 2,73976.7+35.6
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Greenall2,07546.2−1.1
Conservative Sid Akthar1,76639.3+0.5
Labour Patrick Kadewere45310.1+4.2
Green Jeff Knott2024.5+2.1
Majority 3096.9−1.6
Turnout 4,49664.8+25.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Huntingdon West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Cawley1,43947.8−22.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell91130.3+15.2
Labour Ann Beevor38312.7+4.6
UKIP Ian Curtis1926.4+6.4
Green Karen How862.9−3.8
Majority 52817.5−37.6
Turnout 3,01163.0+30.8
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Peter Reeve1,93745.1+23.3
Conservative Angela Curtis1,56336.4−9.8
Liberal Democrats Mel Allgood55312.9−14.3
Labour Susan Coomey2435.7+0.9
Majority 3748.7
Turnout 4,29666.1+33.6
UKIP hold Swing
Sawtry [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Tysoe1,64146.9+4.1
Liberal Democrats David Cutter1,22335.0+35.0
Labour Valerie Brooker3239.2+5.1
UKIP Shirley Reeve3108.9+8.9
Majority 41812.0
Turnout 3,49770.5+31.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
St Ives East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Reynolds1,53048.2−7.0
Liberal Democrats Robin Waters92329.1+8.6
Labour Angela Richards37411.8+5.1
UKIP Margaret King34710.9−6.7
Majority 60719.1−15.6
Turnout 3,17461.6+30.3
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doug Dew1,52847.0−18.8
Liberal Democrats David Hodge1,03731.9+6.1
Labour Richard Allen32510.0+1.7
UKIP Michael Horwood2186.7+6.7
Monster Raving Loony Lord Toby Jug1434.4+4.4
Majority 49115.1−24.9
Turnout 3,25165.1+25.1
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eynesbury [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Van De Kerkhove2,00744.1+8.7
Conservative Ian Gardener1,63235.8−19.1
Labour Francis O'Connor53911.8+2.1
UKIP Marian Appleton3758.2+8.2
Majority 3758.2
Turnout 4,55360.0+34.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
St Neots Priory Park [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Chapman1,62549.4+3.0
Liberal Democrats Bob Eaton1,32240.2−7.2
Labour Patricia Nicholls34110.4+4.3
Majority 3039.2
Turnout 3,28865.4+30.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Hemingfords [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Stephens2,12257.2−11.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Oliver98626.6+26.6
Independent Brian Gilmour3088.3−14.3
Labour John Watson2978.0−0.2
Majority 1,13630.6−15.9
Turnout 3,71377.4+33.6
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys and Bury [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bucknell1,74652.0+8.8
Liberal Democrats Bob Johnson90627.0−19.0
UKIP Lisa Duffy40712.1+4.5
Labour Graeme Watkins2998.9+5.7
Majority 84025.0
Turnout 3,35869.4+30.7
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maddie Banerjee2,47648.3−20.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Black1,05320.5+20.5
Labour Margaret Cochrane94618.5+3.9
UKIP Robert Brown65112.7−4.4
Majority 1,42327.8−23.4
Turnout 5,12663.7+35.2
Conservative hold Swing

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