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2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election
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All 52 seats to Huntingdonshire District Council
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 30 seats, 46.6% 5 seats, 5.1% 7 seats, 17.0%
Seats won 22 11 10
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 6 Increase 3
Popular vote 37,001 11,021 17,130
Percentage 43.5% 13.0% 20.2%
Swing Decrease 4.3% Increase 7.9% Increase 3.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party Labour St Neots Ind. Green
Last election 4 seats, 16.8% 6 seats, 8.1% 0 seats, 0.1%
Seats won 4 4 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 10,259 5,926 3,456
Percentage 12.1% 7.0% 4.1%
Swing Decrease 4.7% Decrease 1.1% Increase 4.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election
Leader of the council before election

Ryan Fuller
Conservative

Leader of the council after election

Sarah Conboy
Liberal Democrats

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.

Summary

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Background

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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]

Election result

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2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election[6]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 52 22 2 10 Decrease 8 42.3 43.5 37,001 –4.3
  Independent 12 11 6 0 Increase 6 21.2 13.0 11,021 +7.9
  Liberal Democrats 18 10 3 0 Increase 3 19.2 20.2 17,130 +3.2
  Labour 20 4 1 1 Steady 7.7 12.1 10,259 –4.7
  St Neots Ind. 6 4 0 2 Decrease 2 7.7 7.0 5,926 –1.1
  Green 12 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.9 4.1 3,456 +4.0
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 206 N/A

Ward results

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Alconbury

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Alconbury[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Gardener 690 63.0 +1.8
Green David Bale 406 37.0 +27.6
Majority
Turnout 1,096 37.5
Conservative hold Swing

Brampton

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Brampton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Shaw 1,616 72.8 +22.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jordan 1,448 65.3 +13.5
Conservative Cameron Reed 627 28.3 −6.3
Conservative Raz Ansary 495 22.3 −8.0
Majority
Turnout 2,219 34.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Buckden

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Buckden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Hassall 686 63.3 +15.1
Conservative Sam Collins 397 36.7 −15.1
Majority
Turnout 1,083 39.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Fenstanton

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Fenstanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Tevlin 593 50.4 +31.8
Conservative David Mead 438 37.2 −23.6
Labour James Hughes 145 12.3 −8.3
Majority
Turnout 1,176 37.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Godmanchester and Hemingford Abbots

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Godmanchester and Hemingford Abbots
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Conboy 1,857 67.2 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Debbie Mickelburgh 1,581 57.2 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Brett Mickelburgh 1,532 55.4 +10.8
Conservative Susan Simpson 825 29.9 −9.6
Conservative Paula Sparling 787 28.5 +0.2
Conservative Gus Rankin 772 27.9 +0.7
Reform UK Sarah Smith 206 7.5 −32.0
Majority
Turnout 2,763 37.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Paxton

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Great Paxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard West 540 49.4 −20.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Ashby 435 39.8 +24.9
Labour Peter Goldsmith 119 10.9 −4.5
Majority
Turnout 1,094 42.3
Conservative hold Swing

Great Staughton

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Great Staughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Cawley 626 58.2 −4.5
Green John McCutcheon 231 21.5 N/A
Labour Alexander Bolingbroke 219 20.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,076 41.1
Conservative hold Swing

Hemingford Grey and Houghton

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Hemingford Grey and Houghton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doug Dew 841 47.4 −15.4
Conservative David Keane 708 39.9 −16.2
Liberal Democrats David Priestman 603 34.0 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Lucas 578 32.6 +11.3
Green Seona Gunn-Kelly 269 15.2 N/A
Labour Michael Gleadow 235 13.2 −3.3
Green Georgie Hunt 123 6.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,775 37.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Holywell-cum-Needingworth

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Holywell-cum-Needingworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Hodgson-Jones Unopposed N/A −50.0
Conservative Jon Neish Unopposed N/A −52.9
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Huntingdon East

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Huntingdon East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nathan Hunt 999 52.9 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Harvey 998 52.9 +12.3
Conservative Paul Caswell 778 41.2 +0.9
Conservative Jonas King 762 40.4 +6.5
Majority
Turnout 1,888 36.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Huntingdon North

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Huntingdon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Kadewere 1,079 52.5 +5.1
Labour Marion Kadewere 1,016 49.5 +10.0
Labour Sam Wakeford 950 46.3 +3.0
Conservative Leedo George 860 41.9 +8.0
Conservative Simon Burton 856 41.7 +10.5
Conservative Richard Valatka 753 36.7 +9.8
Majority
Turnout 2,054 24.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kimbolton

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Kimbolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Gray 884 71.1 −15.1
Labour Philip Sly 206 16.6 +2.8
Green Melina Lafirenze 154 12.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,244 45.5
Conservative hold Swing

Ramsey

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Ramsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Corney 1,477 63.0 +12.0
Conservative Jeff Clarke 1,400 59.7 +10.9
Conservative Roger Brereton 1,247 53.2 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme 719 30.6 +19.1
Labour Matthew Toyer 704 30.0 +16.2
Majority
Turnout 2,346 28.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sawtry

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Sawtry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bywater Unopposed N/A −65.3
Conservative Ross Martin Unopposed N/A N/A
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Somersham

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Somersham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Criswell 548 64.9 +6.3
Labour Martha Evans 296 35.1 +16.6
Majority
Turnout 844 29.5
Conservative hold Swing

St Ives East

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St Ives East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Burke 853 53.4 N/A
Independent Shariqa Mokbul 751 47.0 N/A
Conservative Adam Roberts 722 45.2 −7.9
Conservative Craig Smith 687 43.0 −9.5
Majority
Turnout 1,597 32.1
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

St Ives South

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St Ives South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nic Wells 1,157 55.1 +30.1
Labour Cath Gleadow 976 46.5 +10.9
Conservative Rianna D'Souza 765 36.4 −12.3
Conservative Martin Gill 727 34.6 −9.7
Majority
Turnout 2,100 35.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St Ives West

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St Ives West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Julie Kerr 423 47.0 N/A
Conservative Ryan Fuller 397 44.1 −13.9
Green Daniel Laycock 80 8.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 900 40.1
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

St Neots East

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St Neots East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lara Davenport-Ray 772 85.0 N/A
Independent Marcus Pickering 666 73.3 N/A
Conservative Mokbul Ahmed 53 5.8 −34.1
Conservative Ari Laakkonen 49 5.4 −22.8
Majority
Turnout 908 35.8
Green gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

St Neots Eatons

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St Neots Eatons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
St Neots Ind. Barry Banks 875 32.9 -25.1
Conservative Andrew Jennings 818 30.8 +2.9
Conservative Graham Welton 814 30.6 −0.8
St Neots Ind. Colin Maslen 787 29.6 −18.6
Conservative Neal Weston 763 28.7 +4.0
St Neots Ind. Gordon Thorpe 761 28.6 −25.5
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Hunt 626 23.6 +15.2
Independent Bob Farrer 502 18.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff 501 18.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Catmur 465 17.5 N/A
Green Catherine Goodman 301 11.3 N/A
Green Anna Pritchard 190 7.1 N/A
Green Thomas Allard 185 7.0 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,658 31.4
St Neots Ind. hold Swing
Conservative gain from St Neots Ind. Swing
Conservative gain from St Neots Ind. Swing

St Neots Eynesbury

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St Neots Eynesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
St Neots Ind. Simone Taylor 1,273 47.9 +3.0
St Neots Ind. Ian Taylor 1,155 43.5 +7.8
St Neots Ind. Doug Terry 1,075 40.5 +0.7
Conservative Sue Beeby 854 32.2 −0.4
Conservative Nigel Eaton 769 29.0 −2.1
Conservative Luke Millar 741 27.9 −3.1
Labour Amy Duckworth 596 22.4 +0.9
Labour Helen Stroud 549 20.7 +2.1
Labour Victoria Fowler 543 20.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,655 29.9
St Neots Ind. hold Swing
St Neots Ind. hold Swing
St Neots Ind. hold Swing

St Neots Priory Park and Little Paxton

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St Neots Priory Park and Little Paxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Ferguson 1,698 62.5 N/A
Independent Ben Pitt 1,485 54.7 N/A
Independent Richard Slade 1,306 48.1 N/A
Conservative Jean Matheson 1,081 39.8 +3.0
Conservative Keith Prentice 888 32.7 −1.0
Conservative Malcolm Whale 886 32.6 +7.9
Majority
Turnout 2,717 35.0
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Stilton, Folksworth and Washingley

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Stilton, Folksworth and Washingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Alban 1,331 70.1 −2.6
Conservative Marge Beuttell 1,111 58.5 −3.4
Labour Margaret Cochrane 398 21.0 +2.5
Labour Robert Bowden 348 18.3 +2.0
Green Rebecca Davis-Marsh 329 17.3 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,898 36.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The Stukeleys

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The Stukeleys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Sanderson 926 66.6 +6.2
Independent Ann Blackwell 754 54.2 +9.0
Independent Steve McAdam 750 54.0 +15.7
Conservative Phil Pearce 489 35.2 +3.3
Conservative Pete Digby 437 31.4 −0.2
Conservative Peter Brown 379 27.3 −1.1
Majority
Turnout 1,390 34.0
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Warboys

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Warboys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adela Costello 1,048 57.7 −3.9
Conservative Charlotte Lowe 954 52.6 −8.3
Labour Iain Ramsbottom 459 25.3 +5.6
Labour Ambrose Ntuk 427 23.5 +5.2
Green Beth Watson 416 22.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,815 30.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Yaxley

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Yaxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Butler 1,128 50.9 −10.1
Conservative Kevin Gulson 1,054 47.6 −8.0
Independent Sally Howell 907 40.9 N/A
Conservative Mac McGuire 745 33.6 −9.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood 736 33.2 N/A
Labour Richard Ilett 510 23.0 −0.9
Labour Tony Lawson 484 21.8 −2.0
Majority
Turnout 2,216 26.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2022–2026

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  • Douglas Dew (Hemingford Gray & Houghton), who had been elected as a Conservative crossed the floor to join the Liberal Democrats on 9 January 2023.[9]
  • Martin Hassall, elected as a Liberal Democrat, left the party to sit as an independent in May 2024.[10]

Great Paxton by-election

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Great Paxton by-election, 2 May 2024[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Catmur 518 47.8 +8.0
Conservative Ari Laakkonen 414 38.2 −11.2
Labour James Hughes 102 9.4 −1.5
Green Catherine Goodman 49 4.5 +4.5
Majority 104 9.6 N/A
Turnout 1,091 42.2 −0.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.6

The Great Paxton by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Richard West.[12][13]

St Neots Eatons by-election

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St Neots Eatons by-election, 19 September 2024[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barry Chapman 531 32.7 +32.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Hunt 426 26.2 +6.1
Conservative Nigel Eaton 420 25.9 −0.3
Independent Rob Simonis 125 7.7 +7.7
Labour Harvey Woodhouse 77 4.7 +4.7
Green Andrew Seal 45 2.8 −6.8
Majority 105 6.5
Turnout 1,624
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming Elections". Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "First councillors elected in Huntingdonshire elections as no challenge offered". Cambridgeshire Live. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Statement on Huntingdonshire District Council election results 2022". Huntingdonshire District Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Local Elections 2022: live updates from Huntingdonshire". The Hunts Post. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ Brown, Hannah (19 May 2022). "New Huntingdonshire leader discusses aims after historic power change and is 'under no illusion scale of task ahead'". Cambridge News. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Statement on Huntingdonshire District Council Election Results 2022". Huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  7. ^ "May 2022 Election Results: Alconbury Ward". Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  8. ^ "May 2022 Election Results: Brampton Ward". Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  9. ^ "Cambridgeshire Conservative defects to the Liberal Democrats". The Hunts Post. 9 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Huntingdonshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ^ Boothroyd, David (15 March 2024). "The dream shall never dye". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Lib Dems celebrate by-election win in Great Paxton". Hunts Post. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Neots Eatons Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
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