NINETEEN-year-old Sam Kemp made history on Friday by becoming the first teenager to be elected a member of Huntingdonshire District Council. Barely one in four electors voted in Huntingdon North Ward, but that was enough for Liberal Democrat Sam to remove
NINETEEN-year-old Sam Kemp made history on Friday by becoming the first teenager to be elected a member of Huntingdonshire District Council.
Barely one in four electors voted in Huntingdon North Ward, but that was enough for Liberal Democrat Sam to remove the sitting Conservative Maggie Wheeler by a majority of 19 votes.
Sam was elected with 376 of the 3,678 available votes, supported by barely 10 per cent of the electorate. Maggie Wheeler polled 357, with Labour veteran Ann Beevor on 202 and the Greens' John Clare a poor fourth with 62.
It was only the second time in the 33-year history of HDC that the Lib Dems had won a seat in the town - David Priestman was the first a year ago.
The win made up for losing Diana Collins's Eynesbury seat to Tory Paul Ursell by more than 100 votes. The BNP's Nicholas Smith pushed Labour into fourth place.
The Lib Dems were further boosted by winning two seats on Huntingdon Town Council, their first ever, said party leader Peter Downes.
Huntingdonshire District Council Elections – Full Results
Brampton Ward
Patricia Ann Jordan - Liberal Democrat - 1,237 - ELECTED
Jane King - The Conservative Party - 1,123
Sybil Iris Tuckwood - The Labour Party Candidate - 77
Earith Ward
Cindy Fui Sien Cochrane - The Labour Party Candidate - 95
Philip Michael David Godfrey - The Conservative Party - 1,157 - ELECTED
Leona Graham-Elen - Liberal Democrat - 361
Ellington Ward
Michael George Baker - Liberal Democrat - 747 - ELECTED
Stephen Cawley - The Conservative Party - 561
Elton and Folksworth Ward
Mary Theresa Howell - The Labour Party - 137
Mac McGuire - The Conservative Party - 690 - ELECTED
Fenstanton Ward
Paul Harrison Dakers - The Conservative Party - 442 - ELECTED
Angela Richards - The Labour Party - 45
Colin MacRae - Liberal Democrat - 430
Gransden and The Offords Ward
Barbara Elizabeth Boddington - The Conservative Party - 1,106 - ELECTED
Julia Martha Hayward - Liberal Democrat - 355
Huntingdon East Ward
Peter Ronald Fleming - Liberal Democrat - 901
David Mitchel King - The Labour Party - 188
Mike Simpson - Conservatives - 1,173 - ELECTED
Antony Staples - Green Party - 125
Huntingdon North Ward
Ann Elizabeth Beevor - The Labour Party - 202
John Dominic William - Green - 62
Sam Kemp - Liberal Democrat - 376 - ELECTED
Maggie Wheeler - The Conservative Party - 357
Huntingdon West Ward
David Michael Brown - The Labour Party - 112
Michael Philip Burrell - Liberal Democrat - 209
Karen Denise How - Green - 93
Tom Sanderson - The Conservative Party - 974 -ELECTED
Kimbolton and Staughton Ward
Roy Benford - Liberal Democrat - 314
Jonathan Alexander Gray - The Conservative Party - 985 - ELECTED
Patrick Kadewere - The Labour Party Candidate - 36
Ramsey Ward
Susan Margaret Coomey - The Labour Party - 140
Janet Dutton - Liberal Democrat - 620
Ross Muir - The Conservative Party - 1,050 - ELECTED
Somersham Ward
Tony Hulme - Liberal Democrat - 483
Michael Frank Newman - The Conservative Party - 1,140 - ELECTED
Karen Andree Webb - The Labour Party - 103
St Neots Eaton Ford Ward
David Harty - The Conservative Party - 1,102 - ELECTED
Martin Graham Land - Liberal Democrat - 755
John Philip Watson - The Labour Party -110
St Neots Eaton Socon Ward
Graham Hitchings - The Labour Party - 82
Mandy Jayne Thomas - The Conservative Party - 659
Gordon Sydney Edward - Liberal Democrat - 671 - ELECTED
St Neots Eynesbury Ward
Diana Elizabeth Collins - Liberal Democrat - 791
Bill O'Connor - The Labour Party - 201
Nicholas Smith - British National Party - 299
Paul Keith Ursell - The Conservative Party - 905 - ELECTED
St Neots Priory Park Ward
Richard John Allen - The Labour Party - 96
Kendal Elaine Cooper - Liberal Democrat - 742 - ELECTED
Paula Jayne Longford - The Conservative Party - 726
Stilton Ward
Margaret Cochrane - The Labour Party - 171
Peter Gerald Mitchell - The Conservative Party - 743 - ELECTED
Upwood and The Raveleys Ward
Terry Bell - The Conservative Party - 453 - ELECTED
Robert Hamilton Brown - UKIP - 166
Graeme Leslie Watkins - The Labour Party - 34
Patricia Ann Worgan - Liberal Democrat - 176
Yaxley and Farcet Ward
Eric Richard Butler - The Conservative Party - 1,548 - ELECTED
Kevin Roy Goddard - The Labour Party Candidate - 518
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