Fenland District Council elections explained

Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 18 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.^[1]

Fenland rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 17,296 votes to 5,509, on a turnout of just under 34%, in a referendum held in July 2005.^[2]

Council elections

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat^[3]	Green	Others	Total
1973^[4] ^[5]	20	8	0	0	12	40
1976^[6]	27	8	1	0	4	40^[7]
1979	24	6	3	0	7	40
1983^[8]	22	8	6	0	4	40
1987^[9]	25	4	6	0	5	40
1991^[10]	27	6	2	0	5	40^[11]
1995^[12]	14	21	2	0	3	40
1999^[13] ^[14]	28	7	1	0	3	40^[15]
2003^[16]	36	3	0	0	1	40^[17]
2007^[18]	39	0	0	0	1	40
2011^[19]	34	0	2	0	4	40
2015	34	0	2	0	3	39^[20]
2019^[21]	26	0	2	1	10	39
2023^[22]	35	0	2	0	6	43^[23]

Composition since 1973

• Notes:

By-election results

2019-2023

References

• By-election results

External links

• Fenland District Council

Notes and References

1. si. The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2023. 2023. 48. 15 June 2023.
2. News: Result: Mayoral Referendum. 18 July 2005. Fenland Citizen. 13 September 2011.
3. [Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]
4. Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
5. The Times reported this election result as Conservative 18, Labour 8, Independent 14. News: Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats. The Times. 9 June 1973.
6. News: Heavy Labour losses in district polls.. The Times. 8 May 1976.
7. New ward boundaries: The District of Fenland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975.
8. The Times reported this election result as Conservative 19, Labour 8, Liberal 4, SDP 2, Independent 7. News: How votes were cast in local government elections.. The Times. 7 May 1983.
9. News: Results in Thursday's local elections.. The Times. 9 May 1987.
10. The Times reported this election result as Conservative 28, Labour 6, Liberal Democrat 2, Independent 4. News: Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections.. The Times. 4 May 1991.
11. Minor alterations to district boundaries: The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989 and The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990.
12. News: Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections.. The Times. 10. 6 May 1995.
13. News: How the Nations Voted.. The Times. 8 May 1999.
14. News: Fenland. BBC News. 26 January 2017.
15. One seat was left vacant at this election.
16. News: Fenland. BBC News. 26 January 2017.
17. New ward boundaries: The District of Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
18. News: Fenland. BBC News. 5 May 2007. 26 January 2017.
19. News: Fenland. BBC News. 26 January 2017.
20. New ward boundaries: The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.
21. News: Fenland. BBC News. 3 May 2019. 14 May 2019.
22. News: Fenland. BBC News. 3 May 2019. 14 May 2019.
23. New ward boundaries: The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2023.