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]

Map showing the composition of Huntingdonshire District Council after the 2022 election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independents in grey, St Neots Independent Group in pink, Labour in red and Green Party in green.

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]

Year Conservative UK Independence Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour Green Vacant Notes
1973[3] 16 0 25 9 0
1976[3] 30 0 22 1 0 (New ward boundaries)[4]
1978[3] 35 1 15 2 0
1979[3] 24 3 7 6 0
1980[3] 33 1 13 6 0
1982[3] 32 2 12 7 0
1983[3] 37 2 6 8 0
1984[3] 36 7 3 7 0
1986[3] 41 2 4 6 0
1987[3] 44 1 1 5 0
1988[3] 46 1 2 4 0
1990[5] 42 3 2 6 0
1991[6] 41 5 2 5 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[7]
1992[8] 42 7 1 3 0
1994[9] 37 0 11 1 4 0
1995[10] 31 0 14 1 7 0
1996[11] 33 0 13 2 5 0
1998[12] 34 0 14 2 3 0
1999[13] 36 0 14 2 0 1
2000[14] 37 0 13 3 0 0
2002[15] 37 0 13 3 0 0
2003[16] 36 0 14 3 0 0
2004[2] 40 0 10 2 0 0 New ward boundaries[17]
2006[18] 40 0 10 2 0 0
2007[19] 39 0 11 2 0 0
2008[20] 38 0 12 2 0 0
2010[21] 37 2 12 1 0 0
2011[22] 41 2 8 1 0 0
2012[23] 39 3 7 2 1 0
2014[24] 34 7 5 4 1 1
2015 35 6 4 4 2 0
2016 32 6 5 6 2 0
2018[25] 30 0 7 11 4 0 Whole council elected
2022[26] 22 0 10 15 4 1 0

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
  • 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;[27] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning 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 Independent
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

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