2023 Fenland District Council election
The 2023 Fenland District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. The Conservatives retained their majority on the council.
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Overview
editPrior to the election the council had been under Conservative majority control since 1999, and the leader of the council was Chris Boden, who had been in post since 2019.[1] The independent councillors, Liberal Democrats and the Green councillor formed a single political group called the "Fenland Independent Alliance", led by independent councillor Mike Cornwell.[2]
New ward boundaries took effect for this election, increasing the number of seats on the council from 39 to 43.[3][4]
The Conservatives won 35 of the seats on the council, retaining their majority. The Green Party lost their only seat on the council, and the opposition group leader, Mike Cornwell, lost his seat by a single vote.[5][6]
Overall results
editThe overall results were:[7]
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 43 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 81.4 | 56.9 | 25,075 | +6.8 | |
Independent | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14.0 | 17.8 | 7,827 | –2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 2,202 | –5.5 | ||
Labour | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 6,325 | +7.9 | ||
Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 1,942 | –8.4 | |
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 424 | N/A | ||
Breakthrough Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 154 | N/A | ||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 115 | N/A |
Ward results
editThe Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Fenland District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[8] The results by each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[9]
Chatteris North & Manea
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charlie Marks* | 825 | 56.2 | ||
Conservative | Alan Gowler | 701 | 47.8 | ||
Conservative | James Carney | 692 | 47.2 | ||
Green | Emma Pollard | 527 | 35.9 | ||
Labour | Janet O'Keefe | 425 | 29.0 | ||
Green | Liz Wright | 396 | 27.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,467 | 25.48 | |||
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Chatteris South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Benney* | 578 | 48.0 | ||
Conservative | Peter Murphy* | 517 | 42.9 | ||
Conservative | Anne Hay* | 509 | 42.2 | ||
Independent | Daniel Divine* | 383 | 31.8 | ||
Labour | Amanda Hirson | 307 | 25.5 | ||
Independent | Aurelia Stempien-Wyrwal | 296 | 24.6 | ||
Green | Steven Chappell | 286 | 23.7 | ||
Breakthrough Party | Matt Jeal | 154 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,205 | 25.92 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Doddington & Wimblington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maureen Davis* | 732 | 60.5 | ||
Conservative | David Connor* | 708 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | Katie Clark | 256 | 21.2 | ||
Labour | Philip Snowdon | 246 | 20.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Liam O'Rourke | 218 | 18.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,209 | 30.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elm & Christchurch
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Matthew Summers | 447 | 45.7 | ||
Independent | Dal Roy | 402 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Petya Kneksis | 396 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Boryana Pehlivanova | 317 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | Marian Phillips | 211 | 21.6 | ||
Turnout | 978 | 25.11 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Leverington & Wisbech Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samantha Clark* | 926 | 59.9 | ||
Conservative | Chris Seaton* | 889 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | Brenda Barber | 818 | 52.9 | ||
Labour | Benedict Allen | 406 | 26.3 | ||
ADF | Hermien Dyer | 215 | 13.9 | ||
ADF | Mark Dyer | 209 | 13.5 | ||
Independent | Charles Cutler | 167 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,546 | 30.07 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
March East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Clark* | 604 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Mark Purser* | 555 | 38.0 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Harris | 509 | 34.9 | ||
Conservative | Levent Ali | 477 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Jennifer Lawler | 455 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | Martin Field | 445 | 30.5 | ||
Labour | Angela Mayes | 419 | 28.7 | ||
Labour | Katharine Bultitude | 410 | 28.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,459 | 28.28 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
John Clark was elected in 2019 as a Conservative, but had left the party to sit as an independent in February 2023.[10]
March North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Count* | 563 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Kim French* | 558 | 33.2 | ||
Independent | Paul Hicks | 553 | 32.9 | ||
Independent | Mike Cornwell* | 552 | 32.9 | ||
Labour | Hannah Orbell | 471 | 28.1 | ||
Conservative | Ashley Smith | 447 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | Martyn Balmont | 392 | 23.3 | ||
Labour | George Broughton | 372 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Court | 319 | 19.0 | ||
Reform UK | David Maryan | 115 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,679 | 28.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
March South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jan French* | 416 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Gary Christy | 409 | 50.8 | ||
Labour | Clare Hale | 263 | 32.7 | ||
Labour | Robert Williams | 207 | 25.7 | ||
Green | Simon Wilkes* | 174 | 21.6 | ||
Turnout | 805 | 26.76 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
March West & Benwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Woollard | 549 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Tim Taylor | 533 | 57.3 | ||
Labour | Stewart Hearn | 359 | 38.6 | ||
Turnout | 930 | 25.11 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Booth* | 706 | 50.8 | ||
Conservative | Michael Humphrey* | 688 | 49.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Diane Cutler | 617 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Georgiou | 552 | 39.7 | ||
Conservative | Clayton Payne | 495 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rasa McGill | 342 | 24.6 | ||
Labour | Sebastian O'Keefe | 194 | 14.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,390 | 26.77 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Whittlesey East & Villages
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Boden* | 698 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | Alex Miscandlon* | 631 | 48.8 | ||
Conservative | Haq Nawaz | 579 | 44.7 | ||
Independent | Bob Wicks* | 520 | 40.2 | ||
Green | David Habbin | 312 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | Stephen Clay | 302 | 23.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,294 | 25.92 | |||
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Whittlesey Lattersey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jason Mockett* | 190 | 61.3 | ||
Labour | Ian Moyes | 120 | 38.7 | ||
Turnout | 312 | 24.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whittlesey North West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dee Laws* | 689 | 69.9 | ||
Conservative | Elisabeth Sennitt Clough | 597 | 60.5 | ||
Labour | Peter Gilman | 266 | 27.0 | ||
Green | John Male | 247 | 25.1 | ||
Turnout | 986 | 25.95 | |||
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Whittlesey South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kay Mayor* | 537 | 51.1 | ||
Independent | Roy Gerstner | 472 | 45.0 | ||
Conservative | Maria Boccia | 432 | 41.1 | ||
Independent | Peter Bibb | 337 | 32.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,050 | 28.90 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Wisbech North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lucie Foice-Beard | 198 | 60.2 | ||
Independent | Alan Wheeldon | 96 | 29.2 | ||
Independent | Marina Jennings | 35 | 10.6 | ||
Turnout | 336 | 17.01 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wisbech Riverside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Meekins* | 447 | 61.8 | ||
Conservative | Dave Oliver | 400 | 55.3 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Hearn | 255 | 35.3 | ||
Turnout | 19.85 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Nick Meekins had stood unsuccessfully for UKIP in 2015 and had been elected in 2019 as an independent, but had rejoined the Conservatives in 2021.[11]
Wisbech South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samantha Hoy* | 859 | 62.8 | ||
Conservative | Steve Tierney* | 823 | 60.2 | ||
Conservative | Susan Wallwork* | 793 | 58.0 | ||
Independent | Ruth Freeman | 496 | 36.3 | ||
Independent | Peter Freeman | 491 | 35.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,368 | 24.70 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Wisbech Walsoken & Waterlees
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sidney Imafidon | 656 | 49.5 | ||
Conservative | Billy Rackley* | 638 | 48.2 | ||
Independent | David Patrick* | 557 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Sylwia Salvidge | 549 | 41.4 | ||
Independent | Garry Monger | 523 | 39.5 | ||
Independent | Simon Crowson | 441 | 33.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,325 | 25.24 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ "Your councillors". Fenland District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Independent people truly representing communities". Fenland Citizen. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/48, retrieved 7 May 2023
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Fenland District Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Burnett, Tom; Senior, Matthew; Taylor, Joanna (5 May 2023). "Fenland District Council 2023 local election results in full as Tories retain control". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Local elections 2023: Tories hold East Cambs as 18-year old wins seat". BBC News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Fenland election result". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Fenland District Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "District Election Results". Fenland District Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Elworthy, John (9 February 2023). "Former Fenland Council leader John Clark quits Conservative Party". Cambs News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Why I quit as an independent to re-join Tories". Wisbech Standard. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.