Fenland council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 18 wards · 43 seats contested

Most seats
35
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
43
across 18 wards
Turnout
25.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 35 +21 25,075 56.9% +3.9
Independent 6 -4 7,827 17.8% -5.4
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 2,202 5.0% -5.9
Labour Party 0 +0 6,326 14.4% +8.0
Green Party 0 -1 1,942 4.4% -2.2
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 0 +0 424 1.0% —
Transform Party 0 +0 154 0.3% —
Reform UK 0 +0 115 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 43
Conservative and Unionist Party 43
Labour Party 20
Independent 19
Green Party 6
Liberal Democrats 5
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 2
Reform UK 1
Transform Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 43 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Chatteris North & Manea 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Marks Elected 825 69.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Robert Gowler Elected 701 59.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Edward Hovell Carney Elected 692 58.2% —
Green Party Emma Pollard 527 44.3% —
Labour Party Janet Elizabeth O'Keefe 425 35.7% —
Green Party Liz Wright 396 33.3% —
Majority165
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,189

Chatteris South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Clive Benney Elected 578 57.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Murphy Elected 517 51.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Hay Elected 509 50.4% —
Independent Daniel Divine 383 37.9% —
Labour Party Amanda Jane Hirson 307 30.4% —
Independent Aurelia Dominika Stempien-Wyrwal 296 29.3% —
Green Party Steven John Henderson Chappell 286 28.3% —
Transform Party Matt Jeal 154 15.2% —
Majority126
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,010

Doddington & Wimblington 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Maureen Therese Davis Elected 732 67.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David William Connor Elected 708 65.6% —
Labour Party Katie Elizabeth Louise Clark 256 23.7% —
Labour Party Philip John Snowdon 246 22.8% —
Liberal Democrats Liam Thomas O'Rourke 218 20.2% —
Majority452
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,080

Elm & Christchurch 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Matthew Brian Summers Elected 447 50.5% —
Independent Dal Roy Elected 402 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Petya Kneksis 396 44.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Boryana Pehlivanova 317 35.8% —
Labour Party Marian Jean Phillips 211 23.8% —
Majority6
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)886

Leverington & Wisbech Rural 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Jane Clark Elected 926 76.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Seaton Elected 889 73.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Barber Elected 818 67.6% —
Labour Party Benedict Charles Lewis Allen 406 33.6% —
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Hermien Dyer 215 17.8% —
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Mark Dyer 209 17.3% —
Independent Charles James Eric Cutler 167 13.8% —
Majority412
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,210

March East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Frederick Clark Elected 604 46.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark William Purser Elected 555 43.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Harris Elected 509 39.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Levent Ali 477 36.9% —
Independent Jennifer Ann Lawler 455 35.2% —
Labour Party Martin Edmund Craik Field 445 34.5% —
Labour Party Angela Mayes 419 32.5% —
Labour Party Katharine Mary Bultitude 410 31.8% —
Majority32
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,291

March North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Count Elected 563 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kim French Elected 558 38.6% —
Independent Paul Hicks Elected 553 38.2% —
Independent Mike Cornwell 552 38.1% —
Labour Party Hannah Orbell 471 32.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ashley Smith 447 30.9% —
Labour Party Martyn David Balmont 392 27.1% —
Labour Party George Patrick Broughton 372 25.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Robert Court 319 22.0% —
Reform UK David Maryan 115 7.9% —
Majority1
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,447

March South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan French Elected 416 56.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Christy Elected 409 55.7% —
Labour Party Clare Rachel Hale 263 35.8% —
Labour Party Robert John Williams 207 28.2% —
Green Party Simon Wilkes 174 23.7% —
Majority146
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)734

March West & Benwick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Woollard Elected 549 76.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Taylor Elected 533 74.0% —
Labour Party Stewart Hearn 359 49.9% —
Majority174
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)720

Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gavin George Rodney Booth Elected 706 58.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael John Humphrey Elected 688 57.4% —
Liberal Democrats Diane Priscilla Cutler Elected 617 51.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Georgiou 552 46.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clayton Maxwell Payne 495 41.3% —
Liberal Democrats Rasa McGill 342 28.5% —
Labour Party Sebastian David John O'Keefe 194 16.2% —
Majority65
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,198

Whittlesey East & Villages 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Boden Elected 698 68.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Miscandlon Elected 631 62.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Haq Nawaz Elected 579 57.1% —
Independent Bob Wicks 520 51.3% —
Green Party David Habbin 312 30.8% —
Labour Party Stephen Michael Clay 302 29.8% —
Majority59
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,014

Whittlesey Lattersey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Mockett Elected 190 61.3% —
Labour Party Ian Robert Moyes 120 38.7% —
Majority70
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast310

Whittlesey North West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dee Laws Elected 689 76.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elisabeth Sennitt Clough Elected 597 66.3% —
Labour Party Peter Gilman 266 29.6% —
Green Party John Male 247 27.4% —
Majority331
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)900

Whittlesey South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kay Frances Mayor Elected 537 60.4% —
Independent Roy Gerstner Elected 472 53.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Maria Boccia 432 48.6% —
Independent Peter John Bibb 337 37.9% —
Majority40
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)889

Wisbech North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lucie Foice-Beard Elected 198 60.2% —
Independent Alan Wheeldon 96 29.2% —
Independent Marina Margaret Jennings 35 10.6% —
Majority102
Turnout17.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast329

Wisbech Riverside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Meekins Elected 447 81.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Oliver Elected 400 72.6% —
Labour Party Kathryn Mary Hearn 255 46.3% —
Majority145
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)551

Wisbech South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Hoy Elected 859 74.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Tierney Elected 823 71.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Wallwork Elected 793 68.7% —
Independent Ruth Freeman 496 43.0% —
Independent Peter Anton Freeman 491 42.5% —
Majority297
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,154

Wisbech Walsoken & Waterlees 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sydney Imafidon Elected 656 58.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Billy Rackley Elected 638 56.9% —
Independent David Roy Patrick Elected 557 49.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sylwia Salvidge 549 49.0% —
Independent Garry Stephen Monger 523 46.7% —
Independent Simon Mark Crowson 441 39.3% —
Majority8
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,121

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