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2023 Fenland District Council election

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All 43 seats to Fenland District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Chris Boden Mike Cornwell (defeated) Party Conservative Independent Last election 26 seats, 50.1% 10 seats, 20.4% Seats before 26 10 Seats after 35 6 Seat change 9 4 Popular vote 25,075 7,827 Percentage 56.9% 17.8% Swing 6.8% 2.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Green Last election 2 seats, 10.5% 1 seat, 12.8% Seats before 2 1 Seats after 2 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,202 1,942 Percentage 5.0% 4.4% Swing 5.5% 8.4%
Map of the results
Leader before election Chris Boden Conservative Leader after election Chris Boden Conservative

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 increased their majority on the council, against the national trend for local elections held on that day, giving the Conservative Party their largest numerical majority of any lower tier principal authority in the country.

Overview

Prior 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. 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.

New ward boundaries took effect for this election, increasing the number of seats on the council from 39 to 43.

The Conservatives won 35 of the seats on the council, increasing their majority on the Council from 13 to 27. The Green Party lost their only seat on the council, and the opposition group leader, Mike Cornwell, lost his seat by a single vote.

Overall results

The overall results were:

2023 Fenland District Council election
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

The 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. The results by each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.

Chatteris North & Manea

Chatteris South

Doddington & Wimblington

Elm & Christchurch

Leverington & Wisbech Rural

March East

John Clark was elected in 2019 as a Conservative, but had left the party to sit as an independent in February 2023.

March North

March South

March West & Benwick

Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary

Whittlesey East & Villages

Whittlesey Lattersey

Whittlesey North West

Whittlesey South

Wisbech North

Wisbech Riverside

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.

Wisbech South

Wisbech Walsoken & Waterlees

References

1. "Your councillors". Fenland District Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
2. "Independent people truly representing communities". Fenland Citizen. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
3. "The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/48, retrieved 7 May 2023
4. "Notice of Election" (PDF). Fenland District Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
5. 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.
6. "Local elections 2023: Tories hold East Cambs as 18-year old wins seat". BBC News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
7. "Fenland election result". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
8. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Fenland District Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
9. "District Election Results". Fenland District Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
10. Elworthy, John (9 February 2023). "Former Fenland Council leader John Clark quits Conservative Party". Cambs News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
11. "Why I quit as an independent to re-join Tories". Wisbech Standard. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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