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Fenland 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

8 ward races
9 seats
2 elected below the proportional quota
22.2% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 8 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 9 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party17,03063.0%9100.0%777.8%+2
Labour Party4,41116.3%00.0%222.2%-2
Independent2,0777.7%00.0%00.0%0
Liberal Democrats1,9467.2%00.0%00.0%0
Green Party1,4365.3%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)970.4%00.0%00.0%0
Workers Party of Britain480.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total27,045100.0%9100.0%9100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

March North & Waldersey · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 30.7% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +2.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 9,455

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1French J.Conservative and Unionist Party2,97831.5%Elected
2Count S.Conservative and Unionist Party2,90630.7%Elected
3Field M.E.C.Labour Party1,05311.1%
4Taylor M.A.Labour Party6677.1%
5Bligh S.Liberal Democrats6406.8%
6Stewart J.Green Party4464.7%
7White R.W.Green Party3844.1%
8Patrick D.R.Independent3814.0%

Electorate 18,295 · Ballots cast 9,455 · EC ward code E58000076 · Back to ward index

Wisbech West · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.4 pts Valid ballots 1,826

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Tierney S.Conservative and Unionist Party1,04957.4%Elected
2Maul A.Independent45124.7%
3Kerry D.J.Labour Party20211.1%
4Hurlock T.UK Independence Party (UKIP)975.3%
5Monk L.Independent271.5%

Electorate 7,650 · Ballots cast 1,826 · EC ward code E58000106 · Back to ward index

Roman Bank & Peckover · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.6 pts Valid ballots 3,002

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1King S.J.E.Conservative and Unionist Party1,72857.6%Elected
2Booth G.G.R.Liberal Democrats89529.8%
3Mountain C.Labour Party2428.1%
4Johnson R.M.Green Party1374.6%

Electorate 9,235 · Ballots cast 3,002 · EC ward code E58000085 · Back to ward index

Chatteris · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.1 pts Valid ballots 2,385

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hay A.V.Conservative and Unionist Party1,41059.1%Elected
2Phillips M.J.Labour Party41317.3%
3Divine D.R.Independent40517.0%
4Crawford A.W.N.Green Party1576.6%

Electorate 8,424 · Ballots cast 2,385 · EC ward code E58000058 · Back to ward index

Whittlesey South · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.1 pts Valid ballots 2,827

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Connor D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,72761.1%Elected
2Hibbert J.Labour Party49717.6%
3Wicks B.Independent45516.1%
4Wilkes S.A.Green Party1485.2%

Electorate 8,714 · Ballots cast 2,827 · EC ward code E58000104 · Back to ward index

Wisbech East · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.6 pts Valid ballots 2,169

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hoy S.Conservative and Unionist Party1,35862.6%Elected
2Crowson S.Independent35816.5%
3Mee R.M.Labour Party28613.2%
4McGill R.Liberal Democrats1195.5%
5Payne C.M.Workers Party of Britain482.2%

Electorate 7,875 · Ballots cast 2,169 · EC ward code E58000105 · Back to ward index

March South & Rural · single-seat

Marginal winner 68.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −18.5 pts Valid ballots 2,655

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gowing J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,81968.5%Elected
2Hirson A.J.Labour Party48018.1%
3O'Rourke L.T.Liberal Democrats1927.2%
4Pollard E.L.Green Party1646.2%

Electorate 8,441 · Ballots cast 2,655 · EC ward code E58000077 · Back to ward index

Whittlesey North · single-seat

Marginal winner 75.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −25.4 pts Valid ballots 2,726

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Boden C.Conservative and Unionist Party2,05575.4%Elected
2Bibb P.J.Labour Party57120.9%
3Cutler D.P.Liberal Democrats1003.7%

Electorate 8,181 · Ballots cast 2,726 · EC ward code E58000103 · Back to ward index