Cambridge City Council elections

One third of Cambridge City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Seats on Council

Year
Year	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	Green	Independent
2011	26	13	0	2	1
2012	21	18	1	1	1
2014	15	24	1	0	2
2015	14	24	1	1	2
2016	13	26	0	1	2
2018	14	26	0	1	1
2019	15	26	0	0	1
2021	12	27	0	2	1
2022	9	29	0	3	1
2023	10	27	0	4	1
2024	10	25	1	5	1

Council elections

Results maps

1978 results map
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2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Arbury By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Schofield	1,769	51.3	−3.6
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	1,106	32.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wesson	571	16.6	+6.0
Majority			663	19.2
Turnout			3,446
	Labour hold		Swing

Petersfield By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Reed	664	58.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dixon	186	16.4	−8.7
	Conservative	Peter Welton	121	10.7	−1.9
	Green	Margaret Wright	117	10.3	+10.3
	Independent	Laurence Jones	48	4.2	+4.2
Majority			478	42.1
Turnout			1,136	15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1998-2002

Arbury By-Election 10 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri James	723	44.5	+29.8
	Labour	Stuart Newbold	540	33.2	−24.0
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	312	19.2	−8.9
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	51	3.1	+3.1
Majority			183	11.3
Turnout			1,626	31.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2002-2006

Coleridge By-Election 21 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Stafford	829	46.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackhurst	638	36.0	+14.8
	Conservative	Steven Mastin	263	14.8	−7.4
	UKIP	Albert Watts	42	2.4	−5.7
Majority			191	10.8
Turnout			1,772	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2006-2010

Trumpington By-Election 16 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackhurst	858	51.4	+5.9
	Conservative	John Ionides	618	37.0	+1.3
	Labour	Pamela Stacey	109	6.5	−2.6
	Green	Ceri Galloway	85	5.1	−4.6
Majority			240	14.4
Turnout			1,675	30.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

East Chesterton By-Election 4 June 2009^[4]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	836	37.6	−0.8
	Conservative	552	24.9	−3.6
	Labour	319	14.4	−3.8
	Green	313	14.1	+4.1
	UKIP	201	9.0	+9.0
Majority		284	12.8
Turnout		2,221
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

2010-2014

Coleridge By-Election 4 November 2010^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Owers	900	44.0	+11.7
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	734	35.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Barnes	223	10.9	−14.6
	Green	Valerie Hopkins	137	6.7	−4.2
	UKIP	Albert Watts	53	2.6	−0.3
Majority			166	8.1
Turnout			2,047
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Abbey By-Election 2 May 2013^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Roberts	878	51.4	−3.0
	Green	Oliver Perkins	336	19.7	−4.2
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	284	16.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Streets	209	12.2	+2.9
Majority			542	31.8
Turnout			1,707
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

2014-2018

Queen Edith's By-Election 13 November 2014^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Viki Sanders	933	36.5	−6.1
	Labour	Rahima Ahammed	790	30.9	+1.2
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	614	24.0	+7.7
	Green	Joel Chalfen	222	8.7	−2.7
Majority			143	5.6
Turnout			2,559
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Arbury By-Election 4 May 2017^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,267	46.8	−14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	992	36.5	+20.8
	Conservative	Henry Collins	450	16.6	+4.5
Majority			275	10.2
Turnout			2,709
	Labour hold		Swing

2018-2022

Petersfield By-Election 13 September 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelley Green	873	47.9	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	663	36.4	+16.4
	Green	Virgin Ierubino	171	9.4	−3.5
	Conservative	Othman Cole	115	6.3	−2.5
Majority			210	11.5
Turnout			1,822
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham By-Election 8 August 2019^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Matthews	774	59.5	+16.3
	Labour	Niamh Marian Sweeney	235	18.1	−18.1
	Green	Mark Slade	149	11.5	+1.5
	Conservative	Michael David Spencer	143	11.0	+0.2
Majority			539	41.4
Turnout			1,301
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2022-2026

Trumpington By-Election 18 August 2022^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Levien	1,017	49.8
	Labour	Rahima Ahammed	472	23.1
	Green	Ceri Galloway	298	14.6
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	256	12.5
Majority			545	26.7
Turnout			2,043
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

King's Hedges By-Election 4 July 2023^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohamed Delowar Hossain	622	34.9	+3.0
	Labour	Zarina Anwar	598	33.6	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Leon Dalzell	418	23.5	+8.5
	Green	Elizabeth Alice May	142	8.0	–6.0
Majority			24	1.3
Turnout			1,780	26.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.3

Queen Edith's By-Election 23 November 2023^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Immy Blackburn-Horgan	745	35.0	−2.9
	Labour	Thomas Ron	678	31.8	+8.1
	Conservative	David Carmona	454	21.3	+1.9
	Green	Oliver Fisher	252	11.8	+1.6
Majority			67	3.1
Turnout			2,129
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Romsey By-Election 12 September 2024^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beth Gardiner-Smith	596	42.8	−9.4
	Green	Zak Karimjee	409	29.4	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Walmsley	249	17.9	+6.7
	Conservative	Rob Nelson	138	9.9	+2.3
Majority			187	13.4
Turnout			1,392
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ The City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2019. Retrieved on 18 March 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — East Chesterton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coleridge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Queen Edith's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Arbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Petersfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Cambridge City Council - Newnham By Election - Thursday, 8th August, 2019". democracy.cambridge.gov.uk. Cambridge City Council.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Trumpington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Result of City Council by-election in King's Hedges ward". Cambridge City Council. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Queen Edith's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Romsey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

External links

[1] The City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975

[2] slation.gov.uk - The City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2019. Retrieved on 18 March 2024.

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project — East Chesterton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project — Coleridge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Queen Edith's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Arbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[9] "Local Elections Archive Project — Petersfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[10] "Cambridge City Council - Newnham By Election - Thursday, 8th August, 2019". democracy.cambridge.gov.uk. Cambridge City Council.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Trumpington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[12] "Result of City Council by-election in King's Hedges ward". Cambridge City Council. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Queen Edith's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Romsey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

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v t e Council elections in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
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Cambridge City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
East Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Fenland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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South Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
Isle of Ely County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964
Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council	1967 1970 Abolished
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes