2015 Huntingdonshire District Council election

Last updated June 10, 2025

The 2015 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

Huntingdonshire District Council election, 2015
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	39	1	1		53.2	29,585	+14.3
Liberal Democrats	5	0	0		8.4	4,689	-2.3
UKIP	4	0	1	1	18.4	10,207	-13.0
Independent	4	0	0		4.8	2,689	-0.6
Labour	2	1	0	1	14.2	7,878	+1.7
Green	0	0	0		0.8	466	-0.2

Ward results

Brampton

Brampton 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Paul Morris	1,031	56.2
	Conservative	Lin Sinclair	643	35.1
	Labour	Rob Gardiner	160	8.7
Majority			388	21.1	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from

Godmanchester

Godmanchester 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Warren Sutkins	411	24
	Labour	Samuel Paul Sweek	253	15
	Liberal Democrats	David Richard Underwood	1055	61
Majority
			Swing

Huntingdon East

Huntingdon East 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Fletcher	610	25
	Labour	Marion Kadewere	294	12
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Frederick Shellens	1208	49
	UKIP	Jane Varghese	375	15
Majority			598	5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Huntingdon North

Huntingdon North 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richards Valatka	171	17	−16
	Independent	Alan James Mackender-Lawrence	115	11	0
	Labour	Patrick Kadewere	433	43	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lakkana Rajiv Peiris Yalagala	48	5	−4
	UKIP	Peter Henry Ashcroft	234	23	5.5
Majority			199	19	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Little Paxton

Little Paxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Swain	361	48.7	−27.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Bartrick	231	24.7	+11.5
	Green	Liz Timms	140	16.4	N/A
	UKIP	Daniel Morris	121	13.0	N/A
	Labour	Nicholas Janson Kumbula	81	15.0	+2.6
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey

Ramsey 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ian James Curtis	300
	Labour	Kevin John Minnette	303
	UKIP	Lisa Ann Duffy	1,109
Majority
	UKIP hold		Swing

Sawtry

Sawtry 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nikki Elliott
	Independent	Dick Tuplin
	Labour	Jonathan Hugh Orchard
	UKIP	Nicholas Vaughan Ashley
Majority
			Swing

Somersham

Somersham 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Steve Criswell
	Labour	Iain Michael Ramsbottom
	UKIP	Shirley Joy Reeve
Majority
			Swing

St Ives East

St Ives East 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jason David Ablewhite
	Labour	Angela Louise Richards
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Macrae Saunderson
	UKIP	Paul Bullen
Majority
			Swing

St Ives South

St Ives South 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Winston Davies
	Eccentric Party of Great Britain	Lord Toby Jug
	Labour	John Philip Watson
	UKIP	Lynne Alexandra Bullen
Majority
			Swing

St Ives West

St Ives West 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ryan Fuller
	Labour	Richard John Allen
	Liberal Democrats	David Frederick Hodge
	UKIP	Margaret Teresa King
Majority
			Swing

St Neots Eaton Ford

St Neots Eaton Ford 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Graham John Welton
	Green	Melina Lafirenze
	Independent	Bob Farrer
	Independent	Sandie Giles
	Labour	Anna Elizabeth Hayward
Majority
			Swing

St Neots Eaton Socon

St Neots Eaton Socon 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Keith Ivan Prentice
	Independent	Derek Arthur Giles
	Labour	Patricia Anne Nicholls
Majority
			Swing

St Neots Eynesbury

St Neots Eynesbury 2015 (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Anthony Moores
	Conservative	Adrian Lee Usher
	Independent	Jim Corley
	Independent	Simone Leigh Taylor
	Labour	Doctor Nik Johnson
	Labour	Tony McNeill
Majority
			Swing
			Swing

The Hemingfords

The Hemingfords 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alison Donaldson
	Labour	Robert Anthony Leach
	Liberal Democrats	David John Priestman
	UKIP	Philip Foster
Majority
			Swing

Warboys and Bury

Warboys and Bury 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Tavener	821	51%	4.7
	UKIP	Mick Mean	402	25%	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hulme	237	15%	3.2
	Labour	Kevin Roy Goddard	165	10%	4.8
Majority			419	27%	6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	38

Yaxley and Farcet

Yaxley and Farcet 2015
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	UKIP
	Labour
Majority
		Swing

By-elections between 2015 and 2016

Huntingdon East by-election

A by-election was held in Huntingdon East on 10 December 2015 after the resignation of UKIP councillor Andrew Hardy.^[2] The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Ste Greenall.

Huntingdon East by-election 10 December 2015^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ste Greenall	844	45.0	+17.2
	Conservative	Tom Fletcher	596	31.8	−3.3
	UKIP	Martin Cohen	293	15.6	−7.8
	Labour	Duncan Williams	141	7.5	−5.0
Majority			248	13.2
Turnout			1,874
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ Mansfield, Daniel (30 October 2015). "UKIP councillor triggers by-election after resigning from seat". The Hunts Post. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Huntingdon East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[2] Mansfield, Daniel (30 October 2015). "UKIP councillor triggers by-election after resigning from seat". The Hunts Post. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project — Huntingdon East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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