Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England holds elections for all its councillors together every fourth year. Prior to changing to all-out elections in 2018, one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without an election. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 52 councillors have been elected from 26 wards. [1]
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election reducing the number of seats by 1, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. [2]
Year | Conservative | UK Independence Party | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Labour | Green | Vacant | Notes |
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1973 [3] | 16 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 0 | |||
1976 [3] | 30 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | (New ward boundaries) [4] | ||
1978 [3] | 35 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |||
1979 [3] | 24 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |||
1980 [3] | 33 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |||
1982 [3] | 32 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | |||
1983 [3] | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||
1984 [3] | 36 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
1986 [3] | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||
1987 [3] | 44 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
1988 [3] | 46 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
1990 [5] | 42 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
1991 [6] | 41 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [7] | ||
1992 [8] | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
1994 [9] | 37 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
1995 [10] | 31 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
1996 [11] | 33 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
1998 [12] | 34 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1999 [13] | 36 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
2000 [14] | 37 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2002 [15] | 37 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2003 [16] | 36 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2004 [2] | 40 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries [17] | |
2006 [18] | 40 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2007 [19] | 39 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2008 [20] | 38 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010 [21] | 37 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2011 [22] | 41 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2012 [23] | 39 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
2014 [24] | 34 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
2015 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
2016 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018 [25] | 30 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | Whole council elected | |
2022 [26] | 22 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [27] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
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