Election Name: | 2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election |
Country: | Cambridgeshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2026 Huntingdonshire District Council election |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Seats For Election: | All 52 seats to Huntingdonshire District Council |
Majority Seats: | 27 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 30 seats, 46.6% |
Seats1: | 22 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 37,001 |
Percentage1: | 43.5% |
Swing1: | 4.3% |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Last Election2: | 5 seats, 5.1% |
Seats2: | 11 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,021 |
Percentage2: | 13.0% |
Swing2: | 7.9% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 7 seats, 17.0% |
Seats3: | 10 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 17,130 |
Percentage3: | 20.2% |
Swing3: | 3.2% |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 4 seats, 16.8% |
Seats4: | 4 |
Popular Vote4: | 10,259 |
Percentage4: | 12.1% |
Swing4: | 4.7% |
Party5: | St Neots Ind. |
Last Election5: | 6 seats, 8.1% |
Seats5: | 4 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 5,926 |
Percentage5: | 7.0% |
Swing5: | 1.1% |
Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election6: | 0 seats, 0.1% |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 3,456 |
Percentage6: | 4.1% |
Swing6: | 4.0% |
Leader of the council | |
Posttitle: | Leader of the council after election |
Before Election: | Ryan Fuller |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Sarah Conboy |
After Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
The 2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The elections saw two councillors elected unopposed,[2] the first uncontested elections in the district since 1988.
The Conservative Party had been in control of the District Council since 1976. The Conservatives lost eight of their councillors, including the leader of the council, Ryan Fuller. As such the council after the election is under no overall control.[3] [4] A coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Green and Independent councillors subsequently took control of the council, with Sarah Conboy, the leader of the council's Liberal Democrat group, being appointed leader of the council.[5]
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The Great Paxton by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Richard West.[8] [9]