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2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election

2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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The 2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and UK Independence Party in purple. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives continued to run the council with 38 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 12 and there were 2 independents.[3] However, in July 2009 the UK Independence Party won their first seat on the council after Peter Reeve won a by-election for Ramsey ward, taking the seat from the Liberal Democrats.[4] He was then joined by the other Ramsey councillor, Andy Monk, who had been elected at another by-election in April 2009 as a Conservative,[5] but defected to the UK Independence Party in January 2010.[6]

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives in another by-election in Fenstanton in February 2010.[7] These changes meant that going into the 2010 election there were 36 Conservative, 12 Liberal Democrat, 2 UK Independence Party and 2 independent councillors.[1]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council by 1 to have a majority of 22 seats on the council.[1][8]

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References

  1. "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. "local elections 2010". The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. "Election victory for UKIP". Cambridge News. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. "Successful poll day for Hunts Tories". Hunts Post. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. "Conservative district councillor announces his defection to Cambs branch of UKIP". Cambs24. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. "Lib Dems and Tories gain as Labour vote slips". The Independent. Press Association. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. "Local election results". Cambridge News. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

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