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Local Election Results 2008

Huntingdonshire

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Alconbury and The Stukeleys, Earith, Ellington, Elton and Folksworth, Fenstanton, Gransden and The Offords, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton and Staughton, St Neots Priory Park, Stilton or Upwood and The Raveleys. The election in Buckden this year was a by-election.

Other results for Huntingdonshire: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
By-elections for Huntingdonshire (may be incomplete): 19th September 2002 (Hemingford Grey) — 5th May 2005 (Little Paxton) — 12th October 2006 (Earith) — 23rd November 2006 (St Neots Eaton Ford) — 15th February 2007 (Warboys & Bury) — 2nd April 2009 (Ramsey) — 23rd July 2009 (Ramsey) — 29th October 2009 (Huntingdon N.) — 25th February 2010 (Fenstanton) — 21st June 2012 (Earith) — 2nd May 2013 (Brampton) — 7th August 2014 (Warboys & Bury) — 27th November 2014 (St Neots Priory Park) — 10th December 2015 (Huntingdon E.) — 4th May 2017 (St Neots Eaton Ford) — 1st August 2019 (Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots) — 12th December 2019 (Alconbury) — 6th May 2021 (Huntingdon N.; St Ives E.; St Ives S.; Warboys) — 8th July 2021 (St Neots E.) — 4th November 2021 (Huntingdon E.) — 2nd May 2024 (Great Paxton)
Results for Cambridgeshire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Huntingdonshire 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 16920 52.7% 13
Liberal Democrat 9592 29.9% 4
Labour 1948 6.1% 0
UK Independence Party 1796 5.6% 0
Independent 1681 5.2% 1
Green Party 181 0.6% 0

Brampton

Peter Downes LD 1415 57.3%
Keith Stukins C 1007 40.8%
Patrick Kadewere Lab 49 2.0%

Buckden [By-election]

Terry Clough LD 795 59.4%
Alan Barber C 514 38.4%
Thelma Lomax Lab 30 2.2%

Godmanchester

Peter Godley C 872 46.7%
Graham Wilson LD 841 45.0%
Shirley Reeve UKIP 79 4.2%
Ann Beevor Lab 76 4.1%

The Hemingfords

Ian Bates C 1412 69.1%
Maxine Hay Ind 462 22.6%
Jacqueline Gilbert Lab 168 8.2%

Huntingdon East [LD gain from C]

Michael Shellens LD 1239 47.3%
Malcolm Lyons C 1016 38.8%
Ruth Pugh Lab 154 5.9%
Derek Norman UKIP 145 5.5%
Angela Mander-Jones Grn 64 2.4%

Huntingdon North

Jeff Dutton C 473 47.2%
John Morgan LD 300 29.9%
David King Lab 147 14.7%
Peter Ashcroft UKIP 83 8.3%

Little Paxton

Kenneth Churchill C 806 69.1%
Frank Owens Ind 196 16.8%
Alan Cummings LD 65 5.6%
Chrissy Ellarby Lab 51 4.4%
Sarah Boulton Grn 49 4.2%

Ramsey

Phillip Swales C 957 46.2%
Malcolm Hollis LD 563 27.2%
Peter Reeve UKIP 452 21.8%
Susan Coomey Lab 100 4.8%

St Ives East

Jason Ablewhite C 864 55.2%
Robin Waters LD 321 20.5%
Michael Horwood UKIP 276 17.6%
Angela Richards Lab 105 6.7%

St Ives South

John Davies C 1231 65.8%
David Hodge LD 483 25.8%
John Watson Lab 156 8.3%

St Ives West

Julie Dew C 464 43.1%
Colin Saunderson LD 381 35.4%
Margaret King UKIP 168 15.6%
Ros Trayner Lab 63 5.9%

St Neots Eaton Ford

Bob Farrer C 1132 61.1%
Keith Franks LD 562 30.3%
David Brown Lab 92 5.0%
Karen How Grn 68 3.7%

St Neots Eaton Socon [C gain from LD]

Mandy Thomas C 911 57.5%
Derek Giles LD 620 39.2%
Carole Hitchings Lab 52 3.3%

St Neots Eynesbury

Andrew Hansard C 1031 54.9%
Diana Collins LD 666 35.4%
William O'Connor Lab 182 9.7%

Sawtry

Dick Tuplin Ind 1023 53.1%
Vivienne McGuire C 824 42.8%
Kevin Goddard Lab 79 4.1%

Somersham

Steve Criswell C 1123 63.4%
Tony Hulme LD 502 28.3%
Julian Fairweather UKIP 80 4.5%
Mary Howell Lab 66 3.7%

Warboys and Bury

Peter Ward LD 839 46.0%
Jill Tavener C 787 43.2%
Lisa Duffy UKIP 138 7.6%
Graeme Watkins Lab 59 3.2%

Yaxley and Farcet

John Watt C 1496 68.3%
Robert Brown UKIP 375 17.1%
Margaret Cochrane Lab 319 14.6%

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