The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2026: Reform UK took two seats and an Independent one, Reform on the most votes with 32 per cent. Independents won all three seats here in both 2018 and 2022. This by-election fills a Reform seat, vacated when Tony Nelson resigned on 30 June 2026, weeks after the May election, citing personal reasons. Six candidates are standing.
| Party | Share |
|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 47.9% |
| Reform UK | 30.3% |
| Conservative | 6.7% |
| Green | 5.5% |
| Labour | 4.9% |
| Independent | 4.8% |
Labour: fewer than 10 wins in 100 each.
Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Green.
How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Green | Reform UK | Independents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 12% | - | 21% | 8% | 32% | 27% |
| May 2022 | 31% | 22% | - | - | - | 46% |
| May 2018 | 35% | 15% | 5% | - | - | 45% |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.
Huntingdonshire is a district council: it runs housing, planning and bin collections. Current control: no overall control.
Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.
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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
Schools, social care and highways here are run by Cambridgeshire County Council, which is not affected by this vote.
The ward is part of the St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire constituency. Liberal Democrat MP Ian Sollom won it at the 2024 general election with 37 per cent of the vote.