Fenland District Council elections

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Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 18 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. [1]

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Fenland rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 17,296 votes to 5,509, on a turnout of just under 34%, in a referendum held in July 2005. [2]

Council elections

ElectionConservativeLabourLiberal Democrat [lower-alpha 1] GreenOthersTotal
1973 [3] [4] 208001240
1976 [3] [5] 27810440 [lower-alpha 2]
1979 [3] 24630740
1983 [3] [6] 22860440
1987 [3] [7] 25460540
1991 [3] [8] 27620540 [lower-alpha 3]
1995 [9] 142120340
1999 [10] [11] 28710340 [lower-alpha 4]
2003 [12] 36300140 [lower-alpha 5]
2007 [13] 39000140
2011 [14] 34020440
2015 34020339 [lower-alpha 6]
2019 [15] 260211039
2023 [16] 35020643 [lower-alpha 7]

Composition since 1973

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District result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Manea By-Election 6 March 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 278 50.1
Labour 13324.0
Independent 9817.6
Liberal Democrats 468.2
Majority14526.1
Turnout 55550.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Leverington By-Election 31 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 434 56.7 +10.8
Labour 25232.9-21.2
Independent 7910.3+10.3
Majority18223.8
Turnout 76524.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
March West By-Election 31 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 574 50.6 -0.3
Conservative 56149.4+0.3
Majority131.2
Turnout 1,13527.7
Labour hold Swing
March East By-Election 30 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 707 59.4 +8.2
Conservative 48340.6+10.0
Majority22418.8
Turnout 1,190
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003

Manea By-Election 24 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 298 71.8 +71.8
Labour 5713.7-37.3
Liberal Democrats 4210.1-38.9
Independent Labour184.3+4.3
Majority24158.1
Turnout 41537.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
March East By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,596 49.6
Conservative 1,36642.4
Liberal Democrats 2588.0
Majority2307.2
Turnout 3,220
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Whittlesey Bassenhally By-Election 12 July 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 402 49.2 +2.0
Liberal Democrats 34342.0-0.8
Labour 728.8-1.2
Majority597.2
Turnout 81725.7
Conservative hold Swing
Wisbech South West By-Election 26 July 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 546 65.4 +20.5
Labour 28934.6+10.1
Majority25730.8
Turnout 83516.5
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Roman Bank By-Election 30 September 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Hatton 501 50.2 -21.9
Liberal Democrats Maddy Forster25425.5+25.5
Independent 15515.5+15.5
Labour 888.8-19.1
Majority24724.7
Turnout 99821.0
Conservative hold Swing
Manea By-Election 2 February 2006 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Sears 264 45.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Howes13623.2
Independent Mark Archer13623.2
Independent Stephen Wilson396.6
Labour Richard Hibbert122.0
Majority12821.8
Turnout 58742.1
Conservative hold Swing
Slade Lode By-Election 13 July 2006 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Newell 259 57.2 +17.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Howes19442.8+12.0
Majority6514.4
Turnout 45326.7
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Parsons Drove and Wisbech St Mary By-Election 3 April 2008 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Wait 646 61.8
Labour Dave Goode19118.3
Independent Paul Carpenter11911.4
UKIP Paul Clapp555.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Howes353.3
Majority45543.5
Turnout 1,046
Conservative hold Swing
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary By-Election 11 December 2008 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Scrimshaw 512 50.6
Liberal Democrats Gavin Booth20820.6
Labour Dave Goode19018.8
Green Paul Carpenter10110.0
Majority30430.0
Turnout 1,011
Conservative hold Swing
March West By-Election 8 October 2009 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Count 803 53.9 -5.2
Labour Martin Field46029.9+29.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Elliott25016.2-24.7
Majority37024.0
Turnout 1,54028
Conservative hold Swing
The Mills By-Election 4 March 2010 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Chambers 301 45.9 -11.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Howes26440.2-2.7
UKIP Sandra Rylance588.8+8.8
Labour Max Kelly335.0+5.0
Majority375.7
Turnout 65631.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wisbech Kirkgate By-Election 15 April 2010 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Patrick 287 51.3
Conservative Steve Tierney14525.9
Labour Barry Diggle7413.2
UKIP Paul Clapp549.6
Majority14225.4
Turnout 56031.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2011-2015

Staithe By-Election 22 September 2011 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hodgson 228 42.0 -13.1
Labour John White16630.6+1.8
Liberal Democrats Robert McLaren9016.6+16.6
UKIP Will Schooling397.2-8.9
Independent Phil Webb203.7+3.7
Majority6211.4
Turnout 54328.8
Conservative hold Swing
St Marys By-Election 25 October 2012 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Swan 397 62.5 +16.5
Independent Roy Gerstner16025.2-15.7
Labour Colin Gale7812.3+12.3
Majority23737.3
Turnout 635
Conservative hold Swing
Hill By-Election 17 January 2013 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Hoy 319 59.7 +1.3
Labour Dean Reeves11020.6-6.2
Independent John White10519.7+19.7
Majority20939.1
Turnout 534
Conservative hold Swing
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary By-Election 28 March 2013 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Broker 384 44.1 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Mary Lane24027.6-8.5
UKIP Alan Lay21424.6+24.6
English Democrat Maria Goldspink333.8+3.8
Majority14416.5
Turnout 871
Conservative hold Swing
Elm and Christchurch By-Election 9 December 2013 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michelle Tanfield 301 43.9 -13.1
UKIP Alan Burbridge23434.1+34.1
Independent Phil Webb7310.6+10.6
Labour Dean Reeves517.4-10.3
Liberal Democrats Trevor Brookman273.9-5.6
Majority679.8
Turnout 686
Conservative hold Swing
Roman Bank By-Election 8 May 2014 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Clark 763 48.1 -8.8
UKIP Alan Lay53733.8+33.8
Labour Barry Diggle19312.2-14.5
Independent Erbie Murat704.4+4.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Court241.5-14.9
Majority22614.2
Turnout 1,587
Conservative hold Swing
Medworth By-Election 16 October 2014 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Tierney 257 44.6 -14.5
UKIP Andrew Hunt20134.9+34.9
Labour Kathy Dougall7913.7-17.8
Liberal Democrats Josie Ratcliffe244.2-5.2
Independent Erbie Murat152.6+2.6
Majority569.7
Turnout 576
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Birch By-Election 21 June 2018 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Benney 326 62.1 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Helena Minton11321.5+6.9
Independent Steve Nicholson8616.4+16.4
Majority21340.6
Turnout 525
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Lattersey By-Election 6 May 2021 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Mockett 449 62.7 -3.6
Labour Jes Hibbert26737.3+3.6
Majority18225.4
Turnout 716
Conservative hold Swing

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