Editing Huntingdonshire (section)

===Proposed revival of administrative county===
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (1992) considered in the 1990s the case for making a Huntingdonshire [[unitary authority]] as part of a general structural review of English local government that led to unitary authorities in two other English counties that had been abolished: [[Rutland]] and [[Herefordshire]].

The draft recommendations envisaged three possible scenarios for structural change in Cambridgeshire: the preferred option and the third option had a unitary Huntingdonshire, whilst the second option would have seen Huntingdonshire combine with [[City of Peterborough|Peterborough]] and [[Fenland District|Fenland]] to form a "Peterborough and Huntingdonshire" unitary authority. The Final recommendations of the commission for Cambridgeshire recommended no change in the status quo in Cambridgeshire.<ref name=final_cambs>Local Government Boundary Commission for England. ''Final Recommendations for the Future Local Government of Cambridgeshire.'' October 1994.</ref> The districts of Peterborough and Huntingdonshire were referred back to the commission for reconsideration in 1995. The commission recommended the creation of a Peterborough unitary authority, but proposed that Huntingdonshire remain part of the shire county of Cambridgeshire, noting that "there was no exceptional county allegiance to Huntingdonshire, as had been perceived in Rutland and Herefordshire."<ref name=cooksey>Local Government Boundary Commission for England. ''Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of: Basildon & Thurrock, Blackburn & Blackpool, Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe, Dartford & Gravesham, Gillingham & Rochester upon Medway, Exeter, Gloucester, Halton & Warrington, Huntingdonshire & Peterborough, Northampton, Norwich, Spelthorne and the Wrekin.'' December 1995.</ref>

[[David McKie]] writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'' in October 1994 noted that "Writers-in demanded an independent Huntingdon; but MORI's more broadly based poll showed that most Huntingdonians – that is, most of [Prime Minister] [[John Major]]'s electors – were content to stay part of Cambridgeshire."<ref>"Commentary: Hatred of Harlow and bad thoughts about Basildon", David McKie, ''The Guardian'', 31 October 1994.</ref>