2019 Fenland District Council election

In recent months a number of prominent Tories had failed to win selection for wards they had held in many instances for several years. Some of these stood as independent candidates. Nick Meekins standing as an independent took David Oliver's seat. Cllr Michelle Tanfield retained her Elm and Christchurch seat along with Will Sutton as independents.^[2]

UKIP did not put up any candidates this election - former UKIP county councillor for Wisbech North ward (2013–2017), Paul Clapp said he felt he could "achieve more outside of the political system than in it". The local Green Party said it had "pushed hard" to field more candidates, but found "limited interest". The Labour candidate Martin Field (March East ward), felt uncontested seats were "bad for democracy". Labour had not a candidate standing in every seat in Fenland since 1995. Liberal Democrat candidate (Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary), Gavin Booth said: "The state of national politics now puts people off and this has caused a lot of apathy for local politics, which is a shame."

Two Independent councillors Virginia and Michael Bucknor stepped down, after 12 years in local politics, due to Mrs Bucknor's ill health.^[3] A former conservative councillor Andy Maul took one of the two seats they were vacating. A number of former Tory councillors standing as independents gained seats across the district, collectively they are forming the largest opposition for many years.^[4]

2019 Fenland District Council election[5]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	26	0	8	8	66.6	50.1	12,646	–9.8
	Independent	15	10	7	0	7	25.6	20.4	5,140	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	1	1		5.1	10.5	2,662	+4.9
	Green	5	1	1	0	1	2.7	12.8	3,236	+8.1
	Labour	5	0	0	0		0.0	6.5	1,554	–4.6

12 seats were uncontested.^[6] (* denotes sitting councillor)

Bassenhally (2 seats)^[7][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Boden*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Kay Mayor*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Miscandlon*	395	39.7
	Independent	Bob Wicks	381	38.3	N/A
	Conservative	Graham Costello	372	37.4
	Independent	Maria Goldspink	291	29.3	N/A
	Independent	Stephen Goldspink	274	27.6	N/A
Turnout			994	28.71
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Birch ^[9][6](1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Benney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clarkson ^[10][6](1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lynn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doddington and Wimblington ^[11][12](2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Connor*	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
	Conservative	Maureen Davis*	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elm and Christchurch (2 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Will Sutton*	451	46.3
	Independent	Michelle Tanfield*	444	45.5
	Conservative	Phil Webb	291	29.8
	Conservative	Pete Wheeler	282	28.9
	Green	Victoria Bunting	213	21.8
Turnout			975	26.25
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkgate (1 seat)^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Patrick	230	56.2	N/A
	Conservative	Garry Tibbs*	179	43.8	−10.1
Turnout				22.44
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Lattersey (1 seat)^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Bristow	407	66.3	+66.3
	Labour	Jes Hibbert	207	33.7	N/A
Turnout				29.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manea (1 seat)^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charlie Marks	404	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	Emma Kujat	258	34.6	−32.9
	Green	Robert White	84	11.3	N/A
Turnout				37.55
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

March East (3 seats)^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Clark*	581	38.6
	Conservative	Mark Purser	520	34.6
	Independent	Fred Yeulett*	514	34.2
	Independent	Andrew Pugh*	485	32.2
	Conservative	Raymond Jack	483	32.1
	Green	Andrew Crawford	408	27.1	N/A
	Labour	Martin Field	403	26.8
	Labour	Katharine Bultitude	400	26.6
Turnout			1,505	25.72
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

March North (3 seats)^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Cornwell*	524	42.9
	Conservative	Steve Count*	471	38.6
	Conservative	Kim French	449	36.8
	Green	Ruth Johnson	389	31.9
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	379	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Court*	365	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Silke Ibbotson	295	24.2
Turnout			1,221	22.27
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

March West (3 seats)^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Skoulding*	1,008	64.8
	Conservative	Jan French	847	54.5
	Green	Simon Wilkes [20]	524	33.7
	Conservative	Kit Owen*	510	32.8
	Labour	Matthew Routledge	369	23.7
Turnout			1,555	27.47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Medworth^[21][6] (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Tierney*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Octavia Hill (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy* [23]	639	64.0
	Conservative	Susan Wallwork	487	48.8
	Independent	Peter Freeman	420	42.1	N/A
	Labour	Clayton Payne	175	17.5
Turnout			998	24.58
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Booth*	815	70.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bligh*	722	62.1
	Conservative	Rita Drinkwater	350	30.1
	Conservative	Dean Rogers	268	23.0
Turnout			1,163	29.20
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Peckover (1 seat)^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nick Meekins [26]	292	57.3	+18.3
	Conservative	David Oliver*	218	42.7	−18.3
Turnout				28.19
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Nick Meekins rejoined the Conservatives in 2021.^[27]

Roman Bank (3 seats)^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Clark*	927	65.7
	Conservative	Michael Humphrey*	859	60.8
	Conservative	Chris Seaton*	794	56.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Cutler	465	32.9	N/A
Turnout			1,412	27.48
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slade Lode (1 seat)^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Divine	248	60.0	N/A
	Conservative	Florence Newell*	165	40.0	+40.0
Turnout				20.57
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

St Andrews ^[30][6](1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mason*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staithe ^[31][6](1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Topgood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonald (1 seat)^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Laws*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Mills (1 seat)^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Hay	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterlees Village (2 seats)^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Billy Rackley	449	51.4
	Independent	Andy Maul	440	50.4	N/A
	Conservative	Aigars Balsevics [35]	384	44.0
	Independent	Ray Pearson	266	30.5	N/A
Turnout			873	22.42
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Wenneye (1 seat)^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Murphy*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing