Fenland District Council Fenland may mean:
* Fenland, or the Fens, an area of low-lying land in eastern England
** Fenland District, a local authority district in Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, forming part of the Fens
** Fenland Airfield, an airfield near Spalding ...
in
Cambridgeshire
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, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 43
councillor
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Canada
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s representing 18
wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.
Fenland rejected the introduction of a
directly elected mayor by 17,296 votes to 5,509, on a
turnout of just under 34%, in a
referendum
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held in July 2005.
Council elections
Composition since 1973
*Notes:
District result maps
File:Fenland UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map
File:Fenland UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:Fenland UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
By-election results
1995-1999
1999-2003
2003-2007
2007-2011
2011-2015
This by-election was due to the Conservative incumbent cllr Farmer being disqualified for a firearms offence.
This was cllr Tierney's third attempt to win a seat on FDC.
2015-2019
2019-2023
References
By-election results
External links
Fenland District Council
{{Cambridgeshire elections
Council elections in Cambridgeshire
Fenland District
District council elections in England