The 2007 Fenland District Council election took place on 4 May 2007 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
| Election Name: | 2007 Fenland District Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2003 Fenland District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2003 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Fenland District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats to Fenland District Council |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2007 |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | ? seats, ?% |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | ? seats, ?% |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | ? seats, ?% |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Colour4: | 6EFFC5 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Leader5: | N/A |
| Party5: | United Kingdom Independence Party |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 0% |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 0 |
| Percentage5: | 0 |
| Swing5: | N/A |
| Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election6: | 0 seats, % |
| Seats Before6: | 0 |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Percentage6: | % |
| Swing6: | % |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their majority on the council after winning 39 of the 40 seats on the council.[2] Only 13 of the 27 wards were contested, with Conservatives taking the seats in the other 14 wards without opposition.[2] This meant the Conservatives had been guaranteed a majority even before voting, as 18 of their candidates were unopposed and another 4 were in multi seat wards were there were not enough candidates from other parties.[3]
Labour lost the 3 seats they had been defending, 2 in Waterlees ward in Wisbech and 1 in March East.[2] What was remarkable, however, about the results was areas such as Waterlees ward, traditionally, had been part of larger wards (until the 2003 boundary changes) that were opposition strongholds. [3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats failed to win any seats, but did come within 37 votes in Slade Lode ward in Chatteris.[2] The only non-Conservative elected was independent Mark Archer, who gained Manea from Conservative Robert Sears by almost 200 votes,[4] in a seat which Sears had won in a by-election in 2006.[3]