Fenland local elections
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Fenland
District
Council in Cambridgeshire
, England
is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 40 councillor
s have been elected from 27 wards
.
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.
Fenland Council election, 2003
(boundary changes took place for this election)
Fenland Council election, 2007
Fenland Council election, 2011
Fenland
Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens"...
District
Non-metropolitan district
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Council in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
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is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 40 councillor
Councillor
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s have been elected from 27 wards
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
.
Fenland rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 17,296 votes to 5,509, on a turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
of just under 34%, in a referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
held in July 2005.
Political control
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
1973 - 1976 |
| Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
1976 - 1995 |
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
1995 - 1999 |
| Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
1999 - present |
Council elections
Fenland Council election, 1999Fenland Council election, 1999
The 1999 Fenland Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control....
Fenland Council election, 2003
Fenland Council election, 2003
The 2003 Fenland Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999...
(boundary changes took place for this election)
Fenland Council election, 2007
Fenland Council election, 2007
The 2007 Fenland 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.-Election result:...
Fenland Council election, 2011
Fenland Council election, 2011
The 2011 Fenland Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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.-Background:...