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

Seats on Council

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

Council elections

Results maps

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 Candidate 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
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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 Increase 4.3

References

  1. ^ The City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  2. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ legislation.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. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/news/2023/07/04/result-of-city-council-by-election-in-kings-hedges-ward%7Ctitle=Result of City Council by-election in King's Hedges ward|date=4 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2023|website=Cambridge City Council

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