Huntingdonshire District Council elections

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]

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.[2]

Composition of the council[3]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] UKIP Green[b] Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (50 seats)
1973 16 9 0 – – 25 No overall control
New ward boundaries (53 seats)[4]
1976 30 1 0 – 0 22 Conservative
1978 28 2 1 – 0 23 Conservative
1979 35 2 1 – 0 15 Conservative
1980 33 6 1 – 0 13 Conservative
1982 32 7 2 – 0 12 Conservative
1983 37 8 2 – 0 6 Conservative
1984 36 7 3 – 0 7 Conservative
1986 41 6 2 – 0 4 Conservative
1987 44 5 1 – 0 3 Conservative
1988 46 4 1 – 0 2 Conservative
1990 41 6 3 – 0 3 Conservative
1991[5] 41 5 5 – 0 2 Conservative
1992 42 3 7 – 0 1 Conservative
1994 36 4 12 0 0 1 Conservative
1995 31 7 14 0 0 1 Conservative
1996 33 5 13 0 0 2 Conservative
1998 34 3 14 0 0 2 Conservative
1999 36 0 14 0 0 2 Conservative
2000 37 0 13 0 0 3 Conservative
2002 36 0 14 0 0 3 Conservative
2003 36 0 14 0 0 3 Conservative
New ward boundaries (52 seats)[6]
2004 40 0 10 0 0 2 Conservative
2006 39 0 11 0 0 2 Conservative
2007 39 0 11 0 0 2 Conservative
2008 38 0 12 0 0 2 Conservative
2010 37 0 12 2 0 1 Conservative
2011 41 0 8 2 0 1 Conservative
2012 39 1 7 3 0 2 Conservative
2014 35 1 5 7 0 4 Conservative
2015 36 2 4 6 0 4 Conservative
2016 34 2 6 6 0 4 Conservative
New ward boundaries (52 seats)
2018 30 4 7 0 0 11 Conservative
2022 22 4 10 0 1 15 No overall control
2026

District result maps

  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
    2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[7] 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 Democrats
Eynesbury 2 April 1998 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Gransden 10 December 1998 Conservative Conservative
Huntingdon North 3 June 1999 Conservative Conservative
Upwood and the Raveleys 8 March 2001 Conservative Conservative
Eynesbury 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Farcet 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Gransden 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Eaton Socon 21 March 2002 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Hemingford Grey 19 September 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Little Paxton 5 May 2005 Conservative Conservative
Earith 12 October 2006 Conservative Conservative
St Neots Eaton 23 November 2006 Conservative Conservative
Warboys and Bury 15 February 2007 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Ramsey 2 April 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ramsey 23 July 2009 Liberal Democrats UKIP
Huntingdon North 29 October 2009 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Fenstanton 25 February 2010 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Earith 21 June 2012 Conservative Conservative
Brampton 2 May 2013 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Warboys and Bury 7 August 2014 Conservative Conservative
St Neots Priory Park 27 November 2014 Conservative Conservative
Huntingdon East 10 December 2015 UKIP Liberal Democrats
St Neots Eaton Ford 4 May 2017 Conservative St Neots Independents
Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots 2 August 2019 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Alconbury 12 December 2019 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
St Ives East 13 February 2020 Conservative Conservative
Huntingdon North 6 May 2021 Labour Labour
St Ives East 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
St Ives South 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
Warboys 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
St Neots East 8 July 2021 Labour Independent
Huntingdon East 4 November 2021 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Great Paxton 2 May 2024 Conservative Liberal Democrats
St Neots Eatons 19 September 2024 Conservative Independent

Notes

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.

References

  1. ^ "The Huntingdonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2017, Statutory Instrument 2017 No. 480". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Huntingdonshire council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Huntingdon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Huntingdonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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