Of the nineteen Huntingdon Town councillors, five are retiring – Steve McAdam, Audrey McAdam, Padrica Kennington, Ann Blackwell, and Mike Baker. Brian Luckham was coöpted to South Ward during this term and is standing for Stukeley Meadows ward in these elections. Everyone else who is restanding is doing so in the ward they currently represent. Juliet Cole and Sarah Gifford stood down during this last year, so at least seven of the nineteen will be newly elected (though some candidates have previously been on the town council). At least a third of the council changing feels significant to me.
Forty candidates are contesting the elections and there are no uncontested seats. Given how many towns and parishes don’t have contested elections, that’s a good thing. In 2022, there weren’t contested elections in Central, Hinchingbrooke Park, South West, South, or West, and there were coöptions at the start of the term.
| Ward | Seats | Gre | Lab | Lib | Con | Ref | Ind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| E | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| HP | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| NE | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| SW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| S | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SM | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| W | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Σ | 19 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
E – East; HP – Hinchingbrooke Park; NE – North East; SW – South West; S – South; SM – Stukeley Meadows; W – West. Ind includes candidates with no ballot description.
Central (2)
- Damilola ADEMINIYI – Labour Party
- Muhhamad Shahzad AMIR – Conservative Party Candidate
- Aparna VINODKUMAR PANAMPILLY – Conservative Party Candidate
- Fardous SIDDIQUE – Labour Party
- Karl Brian WEBB – Independent
East (4)
- Aiwan ANTONY – Conservative Party Candidate
- Kiran BALA – Conservative Party Candidate
- Mark Neil FEARON
- Tomin GEO – Conservative Party Candidate
- Jo HARVEY – Liberal Democrats
- Nathan HUNT – Liberal Democrats
- Lavanya KRISHNAN – Conservative Party Candidate
- Amanda NORTON – Liberal Democrats
Hinchingbrooke Park (1)
- Karl Gordon BROCKETT – Independent
- Rodel Carag DAQUIOAG – Conservative Party Candidate
North East (4)
- David Landon COLE – Labour Party
- Zara Louise Bobby DOLAN-ANSARY – Labour Party
- Leedo GEORGE – Conservative Party Candidate
- Hari Krishna GOPALA KRISHNAN – Conservative Party Candidate
- Marion KADEWERE – Labour Party
- Patrick KADEWERE – Labour Party
- Alan NICOL – Conservative Party Candidate
- Sreelakshmi PRADEEP – Conservative Party Candidate
- Lianne SIMPSON – Independent
- Jenny TAYLOR
South West (1)
- Julie BROCKETT
- Georgie HUNT – The Green Party Candidate
- Alan POLY – Conservative Party Candidate
- Sam WAKEFORD – Labour Party
South (1)
- Ambrose NTUK – Labour Party
- Mithun THOMAS – Conservative Party Candidate
Stukeley Meadows (5)
- Alan John BRUGNOLI
- Freya CUSHMAN – Labour Party
- Leila Sophie EMPSON – Labour Party
- Brian John LUCKHAM – Independent
- Phil PEARCE
- Tom SANDERSON
West (1)
- Yavin Michael OWENS – Labour Party
- Renjith REMESH – Conservative Party Candidate
- Mike SIMPSON – Reform UK
Data from Huntingdonshire District Council. (2026). Statement of Persons Nominated. [Online]. Elections. Last Updated: 9 April 2026. Available at: https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/ezefhwcs/statement-of-persons-nominated-town-_-parish-councils-7-may-2026.pdf [Accessed 9 April 2026].