Cambridge City Council elections

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

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1979
No overall control	1979 - 1986
Labour	1986 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1988
Labour	1988 - 1992
No overall control	1992 - 1996
Labour	1996 - 1998
No overall control	1998 - 2000
Liberal Democrats	2000 - 2012
No overall control	2012 - 2014
Labour	2014 - present

Seats on Council

Year
Year	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	Green	Independent
2011	26	13	0	2	1
2012	22	18	1	0	1
2014	15	24	1	0	2
2015	14	24	1	1	2

Council elections

Cambridge City Council election, 1973
Cambridge City Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
Cambridge City Council election, 1978
Cambridge City Council election, 1979
Cambridge City Council election, 1980
Cambridge City Council election, 1982
Cambridge City Council election, 1983
Cambridge City Council election, 1984
Cambridge City Council election, 1986
Cambridge City Council election, 1987
Cambridge City Council election, 1988
Cambridge City Council election, 1990
Cambridge City Council election, 1991
Cambridge City Council election, 1992
Cambridge City Council election, 1994
Cambridge City Council election, 1995
Cambridge City Council election, 1996
Cambridge City Council election, 1998
Cambridge City Council election, 1999
Cambridge City Council election, 2000
Cambridge City Council election, 2002
Cambridge City Council election, 2003
Cambridge City Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Cambridge City Council election, 2006
Cambridge City Council election, 2007
Cambridge City Council election, 2008
Cambridge City Council election, 2010
Cambridge City Council election, 2011
Cambridge City Council election, 2012
Cambridge City Council election, 2014
Cambridge City Council election, 2015

By-election results

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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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

Arbury By-Election 10 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Coleridge By-Election 21 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Benjamin Stafford	829	46.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

Trumpington By-Election 16 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat 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.

External links

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

Peterborough City Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

East Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Fenland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Huntingdonshire District Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 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

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

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 Abolished

Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council	1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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