2014 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2014 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, UK Independence Party in purple, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2014. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, UK Independence Party in purple, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2014.

The 2014 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 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

At the last election in 2012 the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 seats, compared to 7 Liberal Democrats, 3 UK Independence Party, 2 independents and 1 for Labour. [3] However, in early 2013 Conservative councillors, Ken Churchill from Little Paxton ward and Bob Farrer from St Neots Eaton Ford, left the Conservatives to become independents and then joined the UK Independence Party in November 2013. [4] [5] Subsequently in January 2014 another Conservative councillor, Colin Hyams of Godmanchester ward, defected to the Liberal Democrats. [6]

The changes meant that before the election the Conservatives had 35 councillors, Liberal Democrats 7, UK Independence Party 5, independents 3, Labour had 1 seat and 1 seat was vacant after the death of the Conservative councillor for Warboys and Bury, John Pethard. [7] 17 of the 52 seats on the council were contested with 5 councillors, Terry Clough, Nick Guyatt, Colin Hyams, Terry Rogers and Alan Williams, standing down at the election. [7]

Election result

The Conservatives stayed in control of the council after winning 11 of the 17 seats contested, [8] but lost 1 seat to the UK Independence Party in Yaxley and Farcet. [9] The UK Independence Party also gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats in Huntingdon East by 34 votes to end the election with 7 councillors. [10] [8] The only other change came in Buckden where independent Terry Hayward won a seat, which had formerly been held by Liberal Democrat William Clough before he stood down at the election. [11] These defeats reduced the Liberal Democrats to 5 seats on the council, [8] but Sarah Conboy did hold Godmanchester for the party after Colin Hyams, who had defected to the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives earlier in 2014, stood down. [12]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2014 [8] [13]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1101-164.738.912,396+2.6%
  UKIP 320+217.631.410,003+10.8%
  Independent 210+111.85.41,734-8.4%
  Liberal Democrats 102-25.910.73,398-5.9%
  Labour 0000012.53,986-0.7%
  Green 000001.0333+1.0%

Ward results

Alconbury and the Stukeleys [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Baker44738.2−20.2
UKIP Martin Cohen33228.4+28.4
Liberal Democrats Mary Watkin31126.6−6.1
Labour Nick Sherratt816.9−2.0
Majority 1159.8−15.9
Turnout 1,17146−29
Conservative hold Swing
Buckden [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terry Hayward67458.6+58.6
Conservative Julie Wisson25322.0−10.1
UKIP John Lloyd16914.7+14.7
Labour Robert Pugh544.7+0.3
Majority 42136.6
Turnout 1,15044−33
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Earith [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Francis1,06253.5−8.2
UKIP Peter Verrechia52426.4+16.9
Labour Margaret Cochrane21610.9−3.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme1849.3−4.8
Majority 53827.1−19.9
Turnout 1,98642−6
Conservative hold Swing
Elton and Folksworth [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rita Mathews53157.0−4.0
UKIP Roger Henson27329.3+20.3
Labour Kevin Goddard12713.6+3.4
Majority 25827.7−13.6
Turnout 93144−32
Conservative hold Swing
Godmanchester [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Conboy90146.0+18.5
Conservative Peter Brown47024.0−4.3
UKIP Paul Dickinson40420.6+12.7
Labour Ruth Pugh1839.3−0.1
Majority 43122.0
Turnout 1,95839+5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gransden and the Offords [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard West84653.5−23.1
Labour Doctor Johnson38124.1+12.5
UKIP Keith Drew35322.3+22.3
Majority 46529.4−35.4
Turnout 1,58043−10
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Andrew Hardy88232.5+17.4
Liberal Democrats Ste Greenall84831.2−5.7
Conservative Daryl Brown70225.9−9.5
Labour David King28210.4−2.2
Majority 341.3
Turnout 2,71438+6
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Huntingdon West [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Cawley65440.6−22.0
UKIP Dennis Brown42526.4+19.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell31719.7+4.6
Labour Mark Johnson21513.3−1.9
Majority 22914.2−33.2
Turnout 1,61131−9
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Peter Reeve1,55363.6+2.7
Conservative Madeleine Jackson65026.6−3.6
Labour Iain Ramsbottom1516.2−2.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Jebson893.6+3.6
Majority 90337.0+6.4
Turnout 2,44337+8
UKIP hold Swing
Sawtry [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Tysoe87745.5+45.5
UKIP Simon Bywater81342.1+25.5
Labour Margaret Coomey23912.4+4.6
Majority 643.4
Turnout 1,92939+10
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives East [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Reynolds62139.2−7.3
UKIP Paul Bullen58236.7+12.8
Labour Jim Lomax22614.3+2.4
Liberal Democrats John Oliver1569.8+0.5
Majority 392.5−20.2
Turnout 1,58531+3
Conservative hold Swing
St. Ives South [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angie Dickinson86642.5−4.5
UKIP Margaret King58528.7+24.2
Labour John Watson34016.7+9.0
Liberal Democrats Colin Saunderson24612.1+7.1
Majority 28113.8+2.6
Turnout 2,03738−7
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eynesbury [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Van De Kerkhove1,06046.7+46.7
UKIP Marian Appleton45720.1−0.7
Conservative Louie Ruck42218.6−23.5
Labour Angela Hogan2119.3−13.7
Green Gareth Thomas1185.2+5.2
Majority 60326.6
Turnout 2,26830+9
Independent hold Swing
St Neots Priory Park [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Chapman1,04848.4−7.4
UKIP Carol Gamby58026.8+26.8
Labour Stephen Hinchley32114.8−2.4
Green Melina Lafirenze2159.9+9.9
Majority 46821.6−7.2
Turnout 2,16432−9
Conservative hold Swing
The Hemingfords [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doug Dew1,30358.5+18.0
UKIP Philip Foster55024.7+13.0
Labour Richard Allen37616.9+9.8
Majority 75333.8+26.9
Turnout 2,22944+4
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys and Bury [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bucknell86449.4+3.1
UKIP Andy Monk57632.9+6.7
Labour Mary Howell1729.8−5.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Wills1387.9−4.9
Majority 28816.5−3.6
Turnout 1,75036+8
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Barry Hyland94540.3+15.7
Conservative Maddie Banerjee78033.3−13.5
Labour Graeme Watkins41117.5−5.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Waites2088.9+3.6
Majority 1657.0
Turnout 2,34428+5
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections between 2014 and 2015

Warboys and Bury

A by-election took place in Warboys and Bury on 7 August 2014 after the death of Conservative councillor John Pethard. [14] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Angie Curtis with a majority of 59 votes over the UK Independence Party. [15]

Warboys and Bury by-election 7 August 2014 [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angie Curtis61946.6−2.8
UKIP Michael Tew56042.1+9.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Wills785.9−2.0
Labour Mary Howell725.4−4.4
Majority 594.4−12.1
Turnout 1,32927.6−8
Conservative hold Swing

St Neots Priory Park

A by-election was held on in St Neots Priory Park on 27 November 2014 after the death of Conservative councillor Paula Longford. [17] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Ian Gardener with a majority of 111 votes over the UK Independence Party. [17]

St Neots Priory Park by-election 27 November 2014 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Gardener44845.5−2.9
UKIP Carol Gamby33734.2+7.4
Labour Angela Hogan19920.2+5.4
Majority 11111.3−10.3
Turnout 98415−17
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Me, a District Councillor?" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Papworth, Andrew (1 February 2013). "St Neots councillors quit Conservatives to stand as independents". Hunts Post. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Curwen, Edward (5 November 2013). "Big boost for UKIP in Huntingdonshire as former Conservative councillors Bob Farrer and Ken Churchill defect". News & Crier. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Makey, Julian (30 January 2014). "Tory Huntingdonshire district councillor Colin Hyams defects to Lib Dems". News & Crier. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  7. 1 2 Makey, Julian (13 May 2014). "Huntingdonshire residents to cast their votes in local and Euro elections next week". News & Crier. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Results Elections 2014". The Times . NewsBank. 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.
  9. ↑ Barrett, Hywel (23 May 2014). "UKIP beats Conservatives in Yaxley and Farcet election". Hunts Post. Retrieved 13 July 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "HDC election results: Huntingdon East – UKIP gain from Lib Dem". Hunts Post. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Barrett, Hywel (23 May 2014). "Independent replaces Liberal Democrats in Buckden". Hunts Post. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Barrett, Hywel (23 May 2014). "Liberal Democrats win in Godmanchester". Hunts Post. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Election Results". Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Forthcoming Elections". Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Tory Angie Curtis holds Warboys in byelection win at Huntingdonshire District Council". Cambridge News. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Huntingonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Conservatives old on to Priory Park in Huntingdonshire District Council vote". Cambridge News. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Election Results for St Neots". Huntingdonshire District Council. 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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