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The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election.^[1]

2015 Cambridge City Council election

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7 May 2015

2016 →

16: one-third of 42
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Seat change
Swing

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Independent	Green
Seats won	0	0
Seats after		0
Seat change
Swing

Winner of each seat at the 2015 Cambridge City Council election

Results summary

2015 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8		57.1	16	24	57.1	20,279	34.5	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	35.7	9	14	33.3	16,257	27.6	-2.0
	Independent	0		0.0	1	2	4.8	89	0.2	-1.9
	Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	10,266	17.5	+4.2
	Green	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	9,675	16.5	+3.0
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,261	3.8	+3.0

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Hart	1,645	42.5	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Martin	831	21.5	+4.9
	Green	Monica Hone	701	18.1	-2.6
	Conservative	David Cowan	696	18.0	+3.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carina O'Reilly	1,673	39.1	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	1,165	27.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	597	13.9	+0.4
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	568	13.3	-2.3
	UKIP	Celia Conway	281	6.6	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Holt	1,288	30.1	+3.6
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,084	25.4	-4.5
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	951	22.3	+11.9
	Green	Martin Bonner	920	21.5	+6.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Ashton	1,839	41.5	-38.5
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	843	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Sexton	790	17.8	-2.2
	UKIP	Alex Crowson	393	8.9	N/A
	Green	Phillip Barnett	364	8.2	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Benstead	1,606	38.1	-13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cooper	1,044	24.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	748	17.8	+1.1
	Green	Shaun Esgate	558	13.2	-0.7
	UKIP	Bill Kaminski	259	6.1	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerri Bird	1,630	38.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shahida Rahman	1,165	27.8	-7.4
	Conservative	Alex Boyd	608	14.5	+5.9
	Green	Peter Pope	466	11.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Pater Burkinshaw	327	7.8	-2.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Hedges

King's Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Price	1,367	39.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Newsam	726	20.7	-1.2
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	552	15.7	+2.5
	UKIP	Dave Corn	419	12.0	N/A
	Green	Angela Ditchfield	355	10.1	-1.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Market

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Oscar Gillespie	1,147	27.7	+2.0
	Labour	Danielle Greene	1,140	27.5	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dom Weldon	1,134	27.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Daniel Coughlan	726	17.5	-0.3
Turnout
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Markus Gehring	1,387	32.7	-2.9
	Labour	Ewan McGaughey	1,203	28.4	-4.9
	Green	Kate Honey	947	22.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Sam Carr	700	16.5	+3.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	1,632	44.0	-9.0
	Green	Atus Mariqueo-Russell	864	23.3	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parkin	795	21.4	-0.6
	Conservative	Ben Flook	422	11.4	+2.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Pippas	1,502	33.7	-8.9
	Labour	Matt Worth	1,102	24.7	-5.0
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	1,093	24.5	+8.2
	Green	Joel Chalfen	546	12.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Candido Channell	213	4.8	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Smith	1,636	37.7	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Adey	1,314	30.3	-7.5
	Green	Jane Carpenter	951	21.9	+8.0
	Conservative	Rahatul Raja	436	10.1	+3.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe O'Connell	1,498	29.9	-16.3
	Conservative	Daniel John	1,366	27.3	-7.6
	Labour	Nick Gay	1,182	23.6	+4.5
	Green	Ceri Galloway	751	15.0	N/A
	UKIP	Richard Jeffs	213	4.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe	1,618	37.0	-2.9
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	1,540	35.2	+4.8
	Green	Har Kaur	537	12.3	+1.7
	Conservative	Linda Yeatman	528	12.1	+1.3
	UKIP	Mary King	156	3.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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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
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Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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