2008 Cambridge City Council election

Map of the results

The 2008 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

Results summary

2008 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	57.1	20	28	66.7	9,718	32.8	-0.3
	Labour	3	2	21.4	8	11	26.2	7,624	25.7	-1.4
	Conservative	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	7,410	25.0	+0.1
	Green	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	3,374	11.4	-1.3
	Independent	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	851	2.9	N/A
	Left List	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	328	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	165	0.6	-0.5
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	161	0.5	N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Margaret Wright	812	41.4	+11.4
	Labour	John Durrant	645	32.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	376	19.2	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Callie Leroux	129	6.6	−7.8
Majority			167	8.5	—
Turnout			1,962	31.0	+0.2
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	7.0

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Todd-Jones	941	35.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri James	908	34.1	−1.7
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	468	17.6	−2.7
	Green	Catherine Terry	187	7.0	−1.5
	English Democrat	Tim Hawke	161	6.0	N/A
Majority			33	1.2	—
Turnout			2,665	40.8	+3.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.9

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hipkin	851	39.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Holt	707	32.4	−10.1
	Conservative	Edward MacNaghten	255	11.7	−14.1
	Labour	Sam Wakeford	225	10.3	−5.1
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	145	6.6	−9.7
Majority			144	6.6	—
Turnout			2,183	33.9	+4.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	24.6

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dryden	1,247	52.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Sarah El-Neil	827	34.5	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Savid Willingham	167	7.0	−3.5
	Green	Neil Ford	157	6.5	+1.2
Majority			420	17.5	+4.4
Turnout			2,398	39.2	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Howell	955	40.2	+8.3
	Labour	Tariq Sadiq	941	39.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alain Desmeir	219	9.2	−4.6
	Green	Valerie Hopkins	193	8.1	−3.1
	UKIP	Albert Watts	65	2.7	−2.4
Majority			14	0.5	—
Turnout			2,373	39.4	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.3

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Liddle	777	38.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	576	28.5	+0.9
	Labour	Stefan Haselwimmer	368	18.2	−3.4
	Green	Peter Pope	203	10.0	−0.7
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	100	4.9	−0.5
Majority			201	9.9	+2.9
Turnout			2,024	34.5	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.5

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McGovern	760	40.6	+4.7
	Labour	Gerri Bird	562	30.1	−4.9
	Conservative	Cyril Weinman	419	22.4	+2.9
	Green	James Youd	129	6.9	−2.7
Majority			198	10.6	+9.6
Turnout			1,870	33.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.8

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bick	645	44.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Sheila Lawlor	342	23.4	+2.1
	Labour	Nick Dale	255	17.4	+2.6
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	222	15.2	−6.3
Majority			303	20.7	−0.2
Turnout			1,464	24.6	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.2

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Reid	870	50.1	+5.2
	Conservative	James Strachan	427	24.6	−1.5
	Green	Jennifer Butler	238	13.7	−2.3
	Labour	William Redfern	200	11.5	−1.6
Majority			443	25.5	+6.7
Turnout			1,735	26.9	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Bradnack	857	44.3	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parkin	541	28.0	−6.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Newton	301	15.6	+5.4
	Green	Simon Sedgwick-Jell	236	12.2	+2.6
Majority			316	16.3	+5.8
Turnout			1,935	31.4	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Taylor	1,250	49.9	−3.5
	Conservative	Donald Douglas	838	33.5	+3.8
	Labour	Jonathan Goodacre	233	9.3	+0.7
	Green	Martin Lawson	183	7.3	−0.9
Majority			412	16.5	−7.1
Turnout			2,504	40.9	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.7

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smart	791	37.2	+1.0
	Labour	Len Freeman	535	25.1	+1.9
	Left List	Tom Woodcock	328	15.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Barker	285	13.4	+2.3
	Green	Keith Garrett	189	8.9	−3.8
Majority			256	12.0	−1.0
Turnout			2,128	33.2	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.5

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Salah al-Bandar	985	45.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Peter Hase	828	38.6	+0.3
	Green	Ceri Galloway	178	8.3	−0.2
	Labour	Pamela Stacey	154	7.2	−0.7
Majority			157	7.3	+0.4
Turnout			2,145	38.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.2

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Nimmo-Smith	969	43.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Steven Mastin	513	22.9	±0.0
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	461	20.5	±0.0
	Green	Sarah Peake	302	13.5	−3.2
Majority			456	20.3	+3.2
Turnout			2,245	37.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.6