The 2007 Fenland District 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.^[1]

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2007 Fenland District Council election

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All 40 seats to Fenland District Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election  ? seats, ?%  ? seats, ?%  ? seats, ?% Seats won 39 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader N/A Party Independent UKIP Green Last election 0 seats, 0% 0 seats, % Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 0 Popular vote 0 Percentage 0  %
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their majority on the council after winning 39 of the 40 seats on the council.^[2] Only 13 of the 27 wards were contested, with Conservatives taking the seats in the other 14 wards without opposition.^[2] This meant the Conservatives had been guaranteed a majority even before voting, as 18 of their candidates were unopposed and another 4 were in multi seat wards were there were not enough candidates from other parties.^[3]

Labour lost the 3 seats they had been defending, 2 in Waterlees ward in Wisbech and 1 in March East.^[2] What was remarkable, however, about the results was areas such as Waterlees ward, traditionally, had been part of larger wards (until the 2003 boundary changes) that were opposition strongholds. ^[3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats failed to win any seats, but did come within 37 votes in Slade Lode ward in Chatteris.^[2] The only non-Conservative elected was independent Mark Archer, who gained Manea from Conservative Robert Sears by almost 200 votes,^[4] in a seat which Sears had won in a by-election in 2006.^[3]

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