Cambridge City Council elections

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

Council composition

Year Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Conservative Green Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (42 seats)
1973 26 5 11 – 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[1]
1976 16 2 24 0 0 Conservative
1978 17 2 22 0 1 Conservative
1979 18 3 20 0 1 No overall control
1980 21 4 16 0 1 No overall control
1982 20 9 13 0 0 No overall control
1983 21 9 12 0 0 No overall control
1984 21 10 11 0 0 No overall control
1986 22 10 10 0 0 Labour
1987 20 11 11 0 0 No overall control
1988 22 7 13 0 0 Labour
1990 24 7 11 0 0 Labour
1991 25 7 10 0 0 Labour
1992 21 12 9 0 0 No overall control
1994 19 16 7 0 0 No overall control
1995 20 18 4 0 0 No overall control
1996 23 18 1 0 0 Labour
1998 21 18 3 0 0 No overall control
1999 21 18 3 0 0 No overall control
2000 16 23 3 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2002 16 24 2 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2003 14 26 2 0 0 Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[2]
2004 13 28 1 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2006 13 29 0 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2007 13 29 0 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2008 11 28 1 1 1 Liberal Democrats
2010 9 29 1 2 1 Liberal Democrats
2011 13 26 0 2 1 Liberal Democrats
2012 18 21 1 1 1 No overall control
2014 24 15 1 0 2 Labour
2015 24 14 1 1 2 Labour
2016 26 13 0 1 2 Labour
2018 26 15 0 1 1 Labour
2019 26 15 0 0 1 Labour
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[3]
2021 27 12 0 2 1 Labour
2022 29 9 0 3 1 Labour
2023 27 10 0 4 1 Labour
2024 25 10 1 5 1 Labour
2026 17 11 1 12 1 No overall control

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
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
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
East Chesterton By-Election 1 May 2025[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Illingworth 871 33.1 +1.1
Labour Sarah Haithcock 756 28.7 −13.4
Green Sarah Nicmanis 478 18.2 +2.8
Reform Mike Nicolson 301 11.4 +11.4
Conservative Steven George 224 8.5 −2.0
Majority 115 4.4
Turnout 2,630
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
West Chesterton By-Election 1 May 2025[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Dalzell 1,204 38.5 +2.5
Labour Rosy Greenlees 1,030 33.0 −9.9
Green Hannah Copley 533 17.1 +3.9
Reform Tommy Brace 197 6.3 +6.3
Conservative Michael Harford 160 5.1 −2.8
Majority 174 4.4
Turnout 3,124
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

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. 8 August 2019.
  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.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — East Chesterton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Chesterton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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