- Source: 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 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:
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2023 Fenland District Council election
- Fenland District
- 2003 Fenland District Council election
- Fenland District Council elections
- 2019 Fenland District Council election
- East Cambridgeshire
- 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election
- 2023 United Kingdom local elections
- South Holland District
- 2013 Cambridgeshire County Council election
