2026 Huntingdonshire District Council election

2026 Huntingdonshire District Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
All 52 seats to Huntingdonshire District Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered140,117
Turnout58,266
41.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sarah Conboy Ross Martin Ryan Coogan
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Reform
Last election 10 seats, 20.2% 22 seats, 43.5% 0 seats, 0.2%
Seats before 16 18 0
Seats won 20 15 10
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 3 Increase 10
Popular vote 32,120 30,812 33,032
Percentage 26.4% 25.4% 27.2%
Swing Increase 6.2% Decrease 18.1% Increase 27.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader [a] Lara Davenport-Ray Sam Wakeford
(defeated)
Party Independent Green Labour
Last election 11 seats, 20.0% 1 seat, 4.1% 4 seats, 12.1%
Seats before 13[b] 2 3
Seats won 4 2 1
Seat change Decrease 9 Steady Decrease 2
Popular vote 8,216 10,386 6,731
Percentage 6.8% 8.5% 5.5%
Swing Decrease 6.2% Increase 4.4% Decrease 6.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2026 Huntingdon District Council election.
Leader before election

Sarah Conboy
Liberal Democrat
No overall control[c]

 Leader after election

Sarah Conboy
Liberal Democrat
No overall control[d]

The 2026 Huntingdonshire District Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect all 52 members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England.[1]

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Greens and some of the independent councillors, led by Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Conboy. After the election, the council remained under no overall control, and the Liberal Democrats overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party on the council. Another coalition was formed after the election, again led by Sarah Conboy, this time comprising the Liberal Democrats, Greens and independent councillors.[2]

Due to ongoing local government reorganisation, this will be the final election to Huntingdonshire District Council before it is abolished and replaced by a successor unitary authority. Elections to the successor authority are due to take place in 2027.

Background

In 2022, the Conservative Party lost the council to no overall control.[3] The Conservatives remained the largest party after the 2022 election, but the council was run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Greens and independent councillors.[4]

Council composition

After 2022 election Before 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 22 Conservative 18
Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats 16
Labour 4 Labour 3
Green 1 Green 2
Independent 11 Independent 13[b]
The St Neots Independent Group 4 The St Neots Independent Group Dissolved

Changes 2022–2026:

  • January 2023: Doug Dew (Conservative) joins Liberal Democrats[5]
  • March 2024: Richard West (Conservative) resigns – by-election held May 2024[6]
  • May 2024:
    • James Catmur (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives[7]
    • Martin Hassall (Liberal Democrats) leaves party to sit as an independent[8]
  • June 2024: Graham Welton (Conservative) dies – by-election held September 2024[9]
  • September 2024: Barry Chapman (Independent) gains by-election from Conservatives[10]
  • September 2025: Roger Brereton (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[11]
  • November 2025: St Neots Independent Group dissolved – Barry Banks, Ian Taylor, Simone Taylor, and Doug Terry sit as independents
  • January 2026:
    • Michael Burke (Independent), Cath Gleadow (Labour), and Sally Howell (Independent) join Liberal Democrats[12][13]
    • Stephen Ferguson (Independent) joins Greens[14]
  • February 2026:
    • Ann Blackwell (Independent) and Tom Sanderson (Independent) join Liberal Democrats[15]

Election result

2026 Huntingdonshire District Council election[16]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 52 20 7 3 Increase 4 38.5 26.4 32,120 +6.2
  Conservative 52 15 2 5 Decrease 3 28.8 25.4 30,812 –18.1
  Reform 52 10 10 0 Increase 10 19.2 27.2 33,032 +27.0
  Independent 13 4 0 9 Decrease 9 7.7 6.8 8,216 –6.2
  Green 33 2 1 1 Steady 3.8 8.5 10,386 +4.4
  Labour 27 1 1 3 Decrease 2 1.9 5.5 6,731 –6.6
  Animal Welfare 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 96 N/A
  Party of Women 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 94 N/A

Ward results

Alconbury

Alconbury[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Gardener* 641 46.1 −16.9
Reform Roger Lane 380 27.3 N/A
Green Chip Colquhoun 184 13.2 −23.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Caine 130 9.4 N/A
Labour Joy Isaacs 55 4.0 N/A
Majority 261 18.8 –7.2
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1,394 48.1 +10.6
Registered electors 2,897
Conservative hold

Brampton

Brampton (2 seats)[19][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liam Dewey-Beckett 1,160 45.7 −27.1
Liberal Democrats Warren Smith 989 39.0 −26.3
Conservative Bill Sinclair 646 25.5 −2.8
Reform Malcom Ryman 559 22.0 N/A
Reform Leslie Parren 552 21.8 N/A
Conservative Philip Makwana 524 20.7 −1.6
Green Hannah Copley 356 14.0 N/A
Labour Damilola Ademiniyi 176 6.9 N/A
Labour Fardous Siddique 113 4.5 N/A
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,690 40.5 +5.6
Registered electors 6,645
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Buckden

Buckden[20][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Martin Hassall* 514 38.7 −24.6
Reform Ian Simmonds 296 22.3 N/A
Conservative Catherine Grigg 245 18.5 −18.2
Liberal Democrats Sean Calvin 161 12.1 −51.2
Green Christopher Burlow 75 5.7 N/A
Labour James Kerr 36 2.7 N/A
Majority 218 16.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 2
Turnout 1,329 46.2 +7.0
Registered electors 2,876
Independent hold

Note: Hassall had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2022 before becoming an independent in 2024[8]

Fenstanton

Fenstanton[21][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Sarkies 542 38.3 −12.1
Conservative Martin Hewitt 462 32.6 −4.6
Reform Hayley Howatt 291 20.6 N/A
Green Danny Scott 121 8.5 N/A
Majority 78 5.5 –7.7
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 1,419 44.8 +7.4
Registered electors 3,170
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease3.8

Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots

Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots (3 seats)[22][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Conboy* 1,720 53.0 −14.2
Liberal Democrats Debbie Mickelburgh* 1,507 46.4 −10.8
Liberal Democrats Brett Mickelburgh* 1,405 43.3 −12.1
Reform Ronald Spencer 936 28.8 +21.3
Reform Mark Turley 742 22.9 N/A
Reform Kieron Marriner 724 22.3 N/A
Conservative Paula Sparling 671 20.7 −9.2
Conservative Kevin Barr 630 19.4 −9.1
Conservative Rosemary Armstrong 541 16.7 −11.2
Green Francis Reid 407 12.5 N/A
Labour Daniel Mayhew 237 7.3 N/A
Labour Ambrose Ntuk 221 6.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 3,499 43.4 +6.0
Registered electors 8,063
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Paxton

Great Paxton[23][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Claffey 657 48.2 +8.4
Conservative Amanda Lower 433 31.8 −17.6
Reform Malcolm Gaylor 205 15.0 N/A
Green Hollie Topliffe 68 5.0 N/A
Majority 224 16.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 1,366 51.8 +9.5
Registered electors 2,636
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase13.0

Great Staughton

Great Staughton[24][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Cawley* 566 43.1 −15.1
Reform Ann Fryer 357 27.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme 198 15.1 N/A
Green Paul Westerman 121 9.2 −12.3
Labour Yavin Owens 71 5.4 −15.0
Majority 209 15.9 –20.8
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1,317 50.2
Registered electors 2,623
Conservative hold

Hemingford Grey & Houghton

Hemingford Grey & Houghton (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Keane* 852 41.0 −6.4
Conservative Paul Simpson 658 31.7 −8.2
Liberal Democrats David Priestman 636 30.6 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Meredith 590 28.4 −4.2
Reform Graham Bundy 432 20.8 N/A
Reform Adrian Hyde 405 19.5 N/A
Green Tamara Page 315 15.2 ±0.0
Labour Kevin Bryant 169 8.1 −5.1
Animal Welfare Jacqui Cook 96 4.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 2,230 45.4 +8.1
Registered electors 4,914
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Holywell-cum-Needingworth

Holywell-cum-Needingworth (2 seats)[25][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jon Neish* 889 37.5 N/A
Conservative Paul Hodgson-Jones* 861 36.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robin Carter 677 28.6 N/A
Reform John Bleazard 606 25.6 N/A
Reform Bob Marsh 583 24.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Laura Blows 486 20.5 N/A
Green Phoebe Watts 358 15.1 N/A
Labour Matthew Wetherfield 276 11.7 N/A
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 2,615 45.9 +8.6
Registered electors 5,695
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Huntingdon East

Huntingdon East (2 seats)[26][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Harvey* 875 42.9 –10.0
Liberal Democrats Nathan Hunt* 811 39.8 –13.1
Reform David Howard 549 26.9 N/A
Reform Sergiu Ardelean 511 25.0 N/A
Conservative Frederick Joyce 455 22.3 –18.9
Conservative Tomin Geo 432 21.2 –19.2
Green Seona Gunn-Kelly 204 10.0 N/A
Labour Zara Dolan-Ansary 144 7.1 N/A
Labour Rashid Mahmood 99 4.9 N/A
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,151 41.6 +5.4
Registered electors 5,171
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Huntingdon North

Huntingdon North (3 seats)[27][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform David Henly 627 29.1 N/A
Reform Steven Lancaster 595 27.6 N/A
Reform Mike Simpson 592 27.5 N/A
Labour Patrick Kadewere* 574 26.6 –25.9
Labour Marion Kadewere* 545 25.3 –24.2
Conservative Sophie Feary 487 22.6 –19.3
Labour Sam Wakeford* 474 22.0 –24.3
Conservative Leedo George 471 21.8 –19.9
Green Georgie Hunt 414 19.2 N/A
Green Ryan Grange 383 17.8 N/A
Conservative Keith Prentice 317 14.7 –22.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Humphrey 283 13.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Grice 270 12.5 N/A
Independent Lianne Simpson 239 11.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Phillip Jones 197 9.1 N/A
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 2,355 27.9 +3.0
Registered electors 8,440
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour

Kimbolton

Kimbolton[28][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Gray* 912 61.3 −9.8
Reform David Blake 298 20.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Catmur* 120 8.1 N/A
Green Julie Stark 90 6.1 −6.3
Labour Kelly Ramsbottom 67 4.5 −12.1
Majority 614 41.3 –13.2
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1,491 52.6 +7.1
Registered electors 2,833
Conservative hold

Ramsey

Ramsey (3 seats)[29][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ryan Coogan 1,127 35.7 N/A
Reform Howard Tobias 1,110 35.2 N/A
Reform Karan Maheshwari 1,027 32.5 N/A
Independent Steve Corney* 954 30.2 N/A
Independent Val Fendley 864 27.4 N/A
Conservative Adela Costello* 830 26.3 –36.7
Independent Ash Austin 784 24.8 N/A
Conservative Jeff Clarke* 747 23.7 –36.0
Green Anna Pritchard 405 12.8 N/A
Conservative Zak Martin 384 12.2 –41.0
Labour Janet Boston 381 12.1 –17.9
Liberal Democrats Gerard Crean 318 10.1 –20.5
Liberal Democrats Clare Delderfield 283 9.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Graham Wilson 254 8.0 N/A
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 3,455 39.0 +10.1
Registered electors 8,854
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Independent

Shortly after the election it was reported that the Police were investigating an allegation of a false declaration on Mr Coogan's nomination papers.[30]

Sawtry

Sawtry (2 seats)[31][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bywater* 1,364 66.3 N/A
Conservative Ross Martin* 1,088 52.9 N/A
Reform Rick Rambridge 505 24.6 N/A
Reform Haydn Stevens 453 22.0 N/A
Green Ian Scales 237 11.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wilson 206 10.0 N/A
Labour Robin Simpson 182 8.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kerry York 77 3.7 N/A
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 2,167 40.8 N/A
Registered electors 5,307
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Somersham

Somersham[32][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Hodgson-Jones 408 33.7 −31.2
Reform Edward Binns 359 29.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Brown 220 18.2 N/A
Labour Kevin Hawkins 121 10.0 −25.1
Green Jamie Troup 103 8.5 N/A
Majority 49 4.1 –25.7
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 1,212 40.7 +11.2
Registered electors 2,979
Conservative hold

St. Ives East

St. Ives East (2 seats)[33][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Burke* 567 31.0 −22.4
Independent Shariqa Mokbul* 516 28.2 –18.8
Reform Noah Sanderson 506 27.7 N/A
Reform Mandy Harrington 467 25.5 N/A
Conservative Paul Bullen 390 21.3 –23.9
Green Louise Newberry 354 19.4 N/A
Conservative Martin Gill 347 19.0 –24.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Jordan 259 14.2 N/A
Labour Luke Viner 252 13.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 2,018 40.5 +8.4
Registered electors 4,978
Liberal Democrats hold
Independent hold

Note: Burke had been elected as an Independent in 2022 before joining the Liberal Democrats in 2024[12]

St. Ives South

St. Ives South (2 seats)[34][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Bulat 842 33.9 –12.6
Liberal Democrats Nic Wells* 641 25.8 –29.3
Labour William Deacon 635 25.6 N/A
Conservative Craig Smith 586 23.6 –12.8
Liberal Democrats Cath Gleadow* 522 21.0 N/A
Reform Paul Dickinson 484 19.5 N/A
Conservative Andrew Riddell 472 19.0 –15.6
Reform Natasha Fatio 410 16.5 N/A
Green Peter Brasher 374 15.1 N/A
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,657 44.5 +9.3
Registered electors 5,970
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Incumbent Cath Gleadow had been elected as a Labour councillor but had left to join the Liberal Democrats.

St. Ives West

St. Ives West[35][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Julie Kerr* 552 53.7 +6.7
Reform Max Mulcrone 211 20.5 N/A
Conservative Cheryl Cannon 125 12.2 −31.9
Green Rose Williams 77 7.5 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jordan 63 6.1 N/A
Majority 341 33.2 +30.3
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 1,029 44.8 +4.7
Registered electors 2,299
Independent hold

St Neots East

St Neots East (2 seats)[36][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lara Davenport-Ray* 951 65.0 –20.0
Green Stephen Ferguson* 834 57.0 N/A
Reform Alan Hilton 249 17.0 N/A
Reform Rob Moores 235 16.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sally Guinee 200 13.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Harrison 163 11.1 N/A
Conservative Gary Hyams 152 10.4 +4.6
Conservative Angela Robertson 142 9.7 +4.3
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 1,565 39.7 +3.9
Registered electors 3,939
Green hold
Green gain from Independent


Stephen Ferguson has been elected as an independent councillor for St Neots Priory Park and Little Paxton at the 2022 election,joined the Green Party earlier in 2026 and hence shown as gain.

St Neots Eatons

St Neots Eatons[37][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Hunt 1,161 35.9 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Hunt 1,158 35.8 +17.0
Liberal Democrats Geoff Seeff 1,140 35.3 +17.8
Reform Colin Maslen 1,134 35.1 N/A
Reform Stewart Thornton 1,077 33.3 N/A
Reform David Smith 946 29.3 N/A
Conservative Nigel Eaton 563 17.4 –13.4
Conservative Andrew Jennings* 558 17.3 –13.3
Independent Barry Banks* 514 15.9 N/A
Conservative Harry Vallance 379 11.7 –17.0
Green Barry Dajchin 288 8.9 –2.4
Green Ellisa Westerman 284 8.8 +1.7
Green Nicholas Sharp 246 7.6 +0.6
Labour Michael Gilks 156 4.8 N/A
Party of Women Bev White 94 2.9 N/A
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 3,467 41.5 +10.1
Registered electors 8,357
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

St. Neots Eynesbury

St. Neots Eynesbury (3 seats)[38][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Tony Nelson 978 34.6 N/A
Independent Sam Smith 944 33.4 N/A
Reform Ricky Ioannides 938 33.2 N/A
Reform Pavlos Kasdovasilis 830 29.4 N/A
Independent Ian Taylor* 698 24.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Deanna Seeff 653 23.1 N/A
Green Catherine Goodman 649 23.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Camille Etchart 621 22.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Antoine McGowan 505 17.9 N/A
Independent Doug Terry* 388 13.7 N/A
Conservative Kenneth Billington 377 13.3 −18.9
Conservative Julie Martin 348 12.3 −16.7
Independent Ben Streeter-Strong 286 10.1 N/A
Conservative Alexander Pushkarev 267 9.4 −18.5
Rejected ballots 30
Turnout 3,122 35.0 +5.1
Registered electors 8,911
Reform gain from Independent
Independent hold
Reform gain from Independent

Less than two months after his election, Cllr Nelson resigned.[39]

St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton

St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton (3 seats)[40][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Innes 1,193 36.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Young 1,112 34.3 N/A
Conservative Richard Tomlinson 1,044 32.2 −9.9
Liberal Democrats Ganesh Sittampalam 1,025 31.6 N/A
Independent Barry Chapman* 963 29.7 N/A
Reform Tony Osborne 886 27.3 N/A
Reform Steve O'Hara 732 22.6 N/A
Reform Randall McDonald 594 18.3 N/A
Conservative Harriet Dolby 542 16.7 −17.2
Conservative Alfie Yorke 512 15.8 −17.9
Green Christopher Ferguson 495 15.3 N/A
Green Robert Bralee 328 10.1 N/A
Green John Holmes 307 9.5 N/A
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 3,502 43.3 +8.3
Registered electors 8,087
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Conservative gain from Independent

Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley

Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley (2 seats)[41][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Alban* 1,381 59.0 −11.1
Conservative Marge Beuttell* 1,106 47.2 −11.3
Reform Sharon Brennan 720 30.7 N/A
Reform Eric Darling 654 27.9 N/A
Green Stasi Revel 245 10.5 −6.8
Labour Robert Bowden 207 8.8 −12.2
Liberal Democrats Padrica Kennington 203 8.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Amanda Norton 168 7.2 N/A
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 2,510 48.2 +11.5
Registered electors 5,211
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

The Stukeleys

The Stukeleys (3 seats)[42][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Sanderson* 878 45.9 −20.7
Liberal Democrats Louise Ascroft 670 35.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ann Blackwell* 646 33.8 −20.4
Conservative Phil Pearce 553 28.9 −6.3
Conservative Alan Brugnoli 512 26.8 −4.6
Conservative Sally Smith 490 25.6 −1.7
Reform Mandy Simmonds 472 24.7 N/A
Reform Val Cody 466 24.4 N/A
Reform Suzanna Williams 450 23.5 N/A
Green Judy Moore 263 13.7 N/A
Labour Freya Cushman 212 11.1 N/A
Labour Sikho Ndebele 129 6.7 N/A
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,122 41.5 +7.5
Registered electors 5,120
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold

Note: Both Sanderson and Blackwell were elected as Independents in 2022 before joining the Liberal Democrats in 2026[15]

Warboys

Warboys (2 seats)[43][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Lowe* 895 39.5 −18.2
Conservative Douglas McIlwain 818 36.1 −16.5
Reform Alan Garford 722 31.9 N/A
Reform Sarah Smith 705 31.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sharon Docherty 347 15.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Helen Kewley 323 14.3 N/A
Green Anthony Bailly 289 12.8 −10.1
Green John Wills 240 10.6 N/A
Labour Ian Ramsbottom 187 8.3 −17.0
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,421 41.1 +10.2
Registered electors 5,893
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Yaxley

Yaxley (3 seats)[44][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood 1,255 43.2 +10.0
Reform James Francis 1,152 39.7 N/A
Reform Peter Gammons 1,105 38.1 N/A
Reform Christopher Reeve 1,088 37.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sally Howell* 1,074 37.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kieran Edwards 801 27.6 N/A
Conservative Eric Butler* 651 22.4 −28.5
Conservative Kev Gulson* 616 21.2 −26.4
Conservative Justin Andrews 472 16.3 −17.3
Green Max Jephtha 321 11.1 N/A
Labour Michelle Britton 176 6.1 −16.9
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 3,163 38.3 +11.7
Registered electors 8,249
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats

By-elections

St Neots Eynesbury

St Neots Eynesbury by-election: 20 August 2026[45][46]
Resignation of Tony Nelson (Reform)[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Taylor 1,024 47.9 +29.8
Reform Steve O'Hara 647 30.3 +3.1
Conservative Alexander Pushkarev 143 6.7 −3.8
Green Anna Pritchard 118 5.5 −12.5
Labour Michael Gilks 104 4.9 N/A
Independent Daniel Laycock 102 4.8 N/A
Majority 377 17.6 N/A
Turnout 2,140 24.1 −10.9
Registered electors 8,884
Liberal Democrats gain from Reform Swing Increase13.4

Until May 2026, the Independent candidate was active in the Green Party[48] and the Liberal Democrat was an Independent Councillor for St Neots Eynesbury who lost his seat in the local elections.[49]

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  2. 1 2 Of the 13 Independent councillors sitting before the election, 8 sat in the HDC Independent group, 4 sat in the Cambs Independent group, and 1 was non-aligned.
  3. ↑ Liberal Democrat–Independent–Labour–Green coalition.
  4. ↑ Liberal Democrat-Green-Independent coalition.
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