The2011 Fenland District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members ofFenlandDistrict Council inCambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election and theConservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

2011 Fenland District Council election

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All 40 seats toFenland District Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader N/A Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since N/A Leader's seat N/A Last election 39 seats, 97.5% 0 seats, 0% 0 seats, % Seats before 38 1 0 Seats won 34 2 0 Seat change -4 +1 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent UKIP Green Last election 1 0 seats, % 0 seats, % Seats before 0 0 Seats won 4 0 0 Seat change +3 0 Percentage % % Swing % %
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

In the2007 election, the Conservatives won 39 of the 40 seats, with the only other seat being won by anindependent.^[2] However, in April 2010Liberal Democrat Dave Patrick gained a seat at aby-election from the Conservatives in Kirkgateward.^[3]

A total of 96 candidates stood in the election for the 40 seats on the council.^[4] 2 Conservatives candidates were unopposed at the election, Martin Curtis in Kingsmoor and Pop Jolley inWimblington, a substantial drop from the number at the 2007 election.^[4] For the other 38 seats the candidates were 38 Conservatives, 20Labour, 19 Liberal Democrats, 10 independents, 4United Kingdom Independence Party and 3Green Party.^[5] The most candidates were in Waterlees ward inWisbech, where 9 candidates stood for 2 seats on the council.^[5]

The Conservatives retained control of the council, but their majority was reduced slightly.^[6] They won 34 of the 40 seats on the council, after losing 4 seats, 3 toindependents and 1 to the Liberal Democrats.^[6][7] The wins for the Conservatives included Will Sutton inElm andChristchurch, where he defeated the former Conservative member of thecabinet Phil Webb, who been deselected before the election and stood as an independent.^[7] Conservative leader of the council Alan Melton, who comfortably held his own seat in Birch ward inChatteris, said he was "ecstatic" at the results, which he said showed support for his party's policies.^[7]

The Conservatives losses came in Waterlees, where independents Michael and Virginia Bucknor gained both seats from the Conservatives, and inMarch West where independent Rob Skoulding took one of the three seats.^[7] Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat Gavin Booth gained one of the two seats inParson Drove andWisbech St Mary from the Conservatives.^[7] After independent Mark Archer and Liberal Democrat Dave Patrick held their seats, this meant the opposition on the council was 4 independent and 2 Liberal Democratcouncillors.^[7]

Fenland local election result 2011^[8]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	0	4	4	85.0	59.9	24,602	-7.7
	Independent	4	3	0	3	10.0	11.3	4,647	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	1	5.0	10.9	4,463	-8.4
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	15.4	6,321	+7.8
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	541	+1.3
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	497	+1.2

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