# 2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 41
* Liberal Democrats 8
* UK Independence Party 2
* Independent 1

## Background

The leader of the council, Conservative Ian Bates, stood down at the election, with Jason Ablewhite being chosen as the new leader by the Conservative group on the council in March 2011 defeating Doug Dew. Other councillors who stood down at the election included Mike Newman who has been a member of the council since the 1970s and the deputy leader of the council Mike Simpson. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour contested most seats along with a number of candidates from the UK Independence Party and one independent in St Ives South.

## Election result

The Conservatives gained 4 seats from the Liberal Democrats to win 19 of the 22 seats on the council that were contested. The Liberal Democrats won only 2 seats at the election, with the party losing Kendal Cooper in St Neots Priory Park and Gordon Thorpe in St Neots Eaton Socon, as well as seats in Fenstanton and Huntingdon North. Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party won 1 seat in Ramsey, but also took control of Ramsey Town Council, the first council the party took control of in the United Kingdom. Labour failed to win any seats, but did get an increased vote share and got within 41 votes in Huntingdon North.
Huntingdonshire local election result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 19 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 86.4 | 55.1 | 23,438 | +7.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 9.1 | 21.6 | 9,209 | -10.7% |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 3,492 | -0.5% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 5,624 | +3.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 811 | +1.4% |

## Ward results

Brampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Jordan | 1,254 | 50.2 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Florendia Theodorou | 1,027 | 41.1 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Marion Kadewere | 216 | 8.7 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 9.1 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,497 | 53.4 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Earith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Godfrey | 1,410 | 61.7 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Iain Ramsbottom | 335 | 14.7 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hulme | 323 | 14.1 | −13.7 |
| | UKIP | Raymond Zetter | 217 | 9.5 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,075 | 47.0 | +21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,285 | 48.3 | −26.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ellington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Baker | 755 | 53.0 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | James Bevan | 567 | 39.8 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Kevin Goddard | 102 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 13.2 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,424 | 60.8 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Fenstanton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gregory Harlock | 666 | 56.0 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Saunderson | 365 | 30.7 | −16.2 |
| | Labour | Angela Richards | 158 | 13.3 | +8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 25.3 | +24.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,189 | 49.9 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Gransden and the Offords :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barbara Boddington | 1,450 | 76.6 | +14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Hayward | 223 | 11.8 | −17.5 |
| | Labour | Idris Davies | 220 | 11.6 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,227 | 64.8 | +31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,893 | 52.9 | −23.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Huntingdon East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Saeed Akthar | 1,424 | 49.0 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Sumner | 989 | 34.0 | −12.2 |
| | Labour | Ruth Pugh | 492 | 16.9 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 | 15.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,905 | 43.0 | −21.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Huntingdon North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Mackender-Lawrence | 385 | 34.1 | −13.1 |
| | Labour | Patrick Kadewere | 344 | 30.5 | +15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Shrapnel | 218 | 19.3 | −10.6 |
| | UKIP | Peter Ashcroft | 181 | 16.0 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 3.6 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,128 | 30.4 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Huntingdon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Sanderson | 1,165 | 62.6 | +14.8 |
| | Labour | David King | 283 | 15.2 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Burrell | 280 | 15.1 | −15.2 |
| | UKIP | Derek Norman | 132 | 7.1 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 882 | 47.4 | +29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,860 | 39.7 | −23.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kimbolton and Staughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Gray | 1,043 | 71.5 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Benford | 192 | 13.2 | −10.3 |
| | UKIP | Jennifer O'Dell | 112 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | David Underwood | 111 | 7.6 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 851 | 58.4 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,458 | 57.9 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Little Paxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Churchill | 898 | 74.5 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Cummings | 159 | 13.2 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Steven Sweeney | 149 | 12.4 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 61.3 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,206 | 46.0 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ramsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Ian Curtis | 1,503 | 53.1 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Normington | 1,016 | 35.9 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Susan Coomey | 309 | 10.9 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 487 | 17.2 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,828 | 43.9 | −22.2 |
| | UKIP hold | UKIP hold | Swing | | |
Somersham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Bull | 1,255 | 59.6 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Jebson | 357 | 17.0 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | David Brown | 287 | 13.6 | +9.9 |
| | UKIP | Michael Horwood | 206 | 9.8 | +5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 898 | 42.7 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 | 46.3 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Ives South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Davies | 1,066 | 47.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Jonathan Salt | 811 | 35.7 | +35.7 |
| | Labour | Richard Allen | 175 | 7.7 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Oliver | 114 | 5.0 | −26.9 |
| | UKIP | Paul Bullen | 103 | 4.5 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 11.2 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,269 | 45.3 | −19.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Eaton Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Harty | 1,549 | 68.7 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Mason | 707 | 31.3 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 842 | 37.3 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | 43.7 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Eaton Socon (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Harrison | 815 | | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Jennings | 709 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Hayward | 553 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Thorpe | 464 | | |
| | Labour | David Nicholls | 236 | | |
| | Labour | Patricia Nicholls | 223 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,000 | 37.2 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Eynesbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Ursell | 1,081 | 45.2 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Moores | 767 | 32.1 | −12.0 |
| | Labour | William O'Connor | 545 | 22.8 | +11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 13.1 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393 | 32.9 | −27.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Priory Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paula Longford | 1,204 | 55.8 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Cooper | 582 | 27.0 | −13.2 |
| | Labour | Emlyn Rees | 371 | 17.2 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 622 | 28.8 | +19.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,157 | 41.3 | −24.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Stilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Mitchell | 655 | 59.8 | −21.5 |
| | Labour | Mary Howell | 177 | 16.1 | −2.6 |
| | UKIP | Roger Henson | 174 | 15.9 | +15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Waites | 90 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 43.6 | −19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,096 | 46.9 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The Hemingfords :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Williams | 1,675 | 62.7 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Priestman | 506 | 18.9 | −7.7 |
| | Labour | John Watson | 286 | 10.7 | +2.7 |
| | UKIP | James Finnie | 205 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,169 | 43.8 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,672 | 55.8 | −21.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Upwood and the Raveleys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robin Howe | 602 | 56.9 | +2.3 |
| | UKIP | Robert Brown | 252 | 23.8 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Worgan | 125 | 11.8 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | Graeme Watkins | 79 | 7.5 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | 33.1 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,058 | 44.6 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Yaxley and Farcet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Butler | 1,776 | 61.3 | +13.0 |
| | Labour | Margaret Cochrane | 526 | 18.2 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | John Hyland | 407 | 14.1 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Land | 186 | 6.4 | −14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,250 | 43.2 | +15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,895 | 36.6 | −27.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |