Fenland Local Elections
Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 40 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.
Fenland rejected the introduction of a directly elected mayor by 17,296 votes to 5,509, on a turnout of just under 34%, in a referendum held in July 2005.
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