Huntingdonshire District Council elections

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Map showing the composition of Huntingdonshire District Council after the 2014 election. Conservatives in blue, UK Independence Party in purple, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independents in light grey and Labour in red.

One third of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 52 councillors have been elected from 29 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976–present

Council elections

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.[3]

Year Conservative UK Independence Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour Vacant
1990[4] 42 0 3 2 6 0
1991[5] 41 0 5 2 5 0
1992[6] 42 0 7 1 3 0
1994[7] 37 0 11 1 4 0
1995[8] 31 0 14 1 7 0
1996[9] 33 0 13 2 5 0
1998[10] 34 0 14 2 3 0
1999[11] 36 0 14 2 0 1
2000[12] 37 0 13 3 0 0
2002[13] 37 0 13 3 0 0
2003[14] 36 0 14 3 0 0
2004[3] 40 0 10 2 0 0
2006[15] 40 0 10 2 0 0
2007[16] 39 0 11 2 0 0
2008[17] 38 0 12 2 0 0
2010[18] 37 2 12 1 0 0
2011[19] 41 2 8 1 0 0
2012[20] 39 3 7 2 1 0
2014[21] 34 7 5 4 1 1
2015

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[22] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Farcet 21 August 1997 Conservative Conservative
Brampton 6 November 1997 Conservative Liberal Democrat
Eynesbury 2 April 1998 Liberal Democrat Conservative
Gransden by-election 10 December 1998 Conservative Conservative
Huntingdon North by-election 3 June 1999 Conservative Conservative
Upwood and the Raveleys by-election 8 March 2001 Conservative Conservative
Eynesbury by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Farcet by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Gransden by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Eaton Socon by-election 21 March 2002 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Hemingford Grey by-election 19 September 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrat
Little Paxton by-election 5 May 2005 Conservative Conservative
Earith by-election 12 October 2006 Conservative Conservative
St Neots Eaton Ford by-election 23 November 2006 Conservative Conservative
Warboys and Bury by-election 15 February 2007 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Ramsey by-election 2 April 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ramsey by-election 23 July 2009 Liberal Democrat UKIP
Huntingdon North by-election 29 October 2009 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Fenstanton by-election 25 February 2010 Conservative Liberal Democrat
Earith by-election 21 June 2012 Conservative Conservative
Brampton by-election 2 May 2013 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Warboys and Bury by-election 7 August 2014 Conservative Conservative
St Neots Priory Park by-election 27 November 2014 Conservative Conservative

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