Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 39 councillors are returned from 24 wards. The elections are held concurrently with the local government elections for Chatteris Town Council, March Town Council, Whittlesey Town Council, Wisbech Town Council and the other parish councils in the district (except for the 1979 local elections), when the general election was held with district elections and the town and parish elections were pushed back to 24 May 1979. 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. The Electoral Reform Society declared Fenland District Council top of the Rotten Boroughs table in the 2019 elections. 12 councillors out of 39 – all Conservative – were returned unopposed. Political control Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Leadership The leaders of the council since 2014 have been: Council elections Composition since 1973 Notes: District result maps By-election results 1995-1999 1999-2003 2003-2007 2007-2011 2011-2015 This by-election was due to the Conservative incumbent cllr Farmer being disqualified for a firearms offence. This was cllr Tierney's third attempt to win a seat on FDC. 2015-2019 2019-2023 References By-election results External links Fenland District Council Council elections in Cambridgeshire Fenland District District council elections in England