Huntingdonshire local elections
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One third of Huntingdonshire
District
Council in Cambridgeshire
, England
is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 52 councillor
s have been elected from 29 wards
.
Huntingdonshire Council election, 1999
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2000
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2002
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2003
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2006
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2007
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2008
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2010
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...
District
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
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
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 52 councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...
s have been elected from 29 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:...
.
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 - present |
Council elections
Huntingdonshire Council election, 1998Huntingdonshire Council election, 1999
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2000
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2002
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2003
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2006
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2007
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2008
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2010
Huntingdonshire Council election, 2010
The 2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election, took place on the 6th May 2010 coinciding with the General Election. The council is elected by thirds, with elections taking place in three of every four years. 2010 saw 17 of the councils 52 seats contested...