We are responsible for conducting a variety of different elections
District elections are held every four years in May.
The Fenland district is divided into 24 wards. It is represented by 39 councillors. View current councillors and their wards.
Parish and Town Council elections are held every four years in May. They are usually combined with District Council elections. View Town and Parish Council information.
We hold these elections on behalf of the County Council. They are held every 4 years, usually on the first Thursday in May. There are 11 divisions which are single councillor wards.
The next election is due in 2021. Elections take place every four years.
Find out more about the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
These elections take place every four years in May. Find out more about Cambridgeshire's Police and Crime Commissioner.
MPs are voted into the House of Commons in a Parliamentary General Election. We organise the elections for the North-East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary constituency. This covers the same area as the district boundary but also includes parts of the East Cambridgeshire district (Littleport, Mepal and Sutton) to the south.
Parliamentary elections are usually held every five years on the first Thursday in May.
A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between a regularly scheduled election. Common reasons for this are:
Information about by-elections are published on our Election Notices page.
A referendum asks the electorate to vote on a specific issue. It can be nationwide or just in a specific area. An example is the 2016 EU referendum.
No referendums are currently scheduled.
Under the Local Government Act 2000, you can petition your council to hold a referendum on whether local people should elect a mayor to lead the council.
Each local authority has an executive. They are organised as:
We currently have a Leader (elected by the Council) and a Cabinet of Councillors.
A mayor is directly elected by all voters in the council's area to be the head of the council's decision making body. Having a directly elected major is a 'constitutional change'. This means a referendum is held to give all voters in Fenland a chance to choose if they want this arrangement.
A petition must be raised to call a referendum for a directly elected mayor. This needs to be signed by 5% of local government electors that are included in the current Register of Electors.
The verification figure is published annually in a formal notice. View the 
Notice of Verification Number [61.27KB].
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