2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election

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2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election
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  2001 5 May 2005 2009  

All 69 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council
35 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election34 seats, 40.5%16 seats, 31.5%9 seats, 25.5%
Seats won42234
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Increase2.svg7Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote112,543104,31043,630
Percentage41.0%38.0%15.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.5%Increase2.svg6.5%Decrease2.svg9.6%

 Fourth party
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Party Green
Last election0 seats, 0%
Seats before0
Seats won0
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote10,979
Percentage3.3%

Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 map.svg
Results by electoral division. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. The election took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom General Election. 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. New electoral division boundaries were brought in for this election, increasing the number of seats from the 59 seats at the 2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, while the Labour Party lost all their rural councillors with their representation limited to the city of Cambridge.

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Results

Cambridgeshire County Council election, 2005 [1] [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 42N/AN/AN/A60.9%41.9%138,135N/A
  Liberal Democrats 23N/AN/AN/A33.3%37.4%123,533N/A
  Labour 3N/AN/AN/A4.3%14.9%49,252N/A
  Green 0N/AN/AN/A0.0%3.3%10,979N/A
  Labour Co-op 1N/AN/AN/A1.4%1.5%5,014N/A
  Independent 0N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.5%1,625N/A
  UKIP 0N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.4%1,416N/A

Party strength by electoral division

The following maps show the percentage of the vote each party obtained by electoral division. A colour key for each map can be viewed by clicking on the image.

Conservative Party Liberal Democrats
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Labour Party Green Party
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Results by electoral division

Cambridge (14 seats)

Abbey electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Paul Sales 1,384 39.9
Liberal Democrats Edward Sexton1,03329.8
Conservative Simon Mitton63118.2
Green Margaret Elizabeth Wright 41612.0
Turnout 55.5
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Arbury electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Rupert William George Moss-Eccardt 1,686 41.0
Labour Co-op Ian Charles Kidman1,38633.7
Conservative Shapour Meftah74318.1
Green Michael Smith2957.2
Turnout 60.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Castle electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats John David Cyril White 2,132 52.2
Conservative Robert William Boorman76718.8
Labour Jane Jacks73317.9
Green Stephen Roger Lawrence45111.1
Turnout 62.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Cherry Hinton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christine Margaret Carter 1,633 40.5
Liberal Democrats Benjamin William Hutchings1,10527.4
Conservative Edward Alexander MacNaghten1,05426.2
Green Neil Alan Ford2375.9
Turnout 64.0
Labour win (new seat)
Coleridge electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Martin Ballard 1,255 35.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Blackhurst1,20334.4
Conservative Steve Alexander Jones71820.6
Green Marilyn Carter2416.9
UKIP Albert Charles Watts772.2
Turnout 59.9
Labour win (new seat)
East Chesterton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Julian Leon Huppert 1,411 39.2
Labour Janet Robertson1,18732.9
Conservative Kevin Andre Francis69419.3
Green Peter Harry Pope3068.5
Turnout 60.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
King's Hedges electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Primrose Elizabeth Hughes 1,228 36.9
Liberal Democrats Clive Hollins1,12933.9
Conservative Rhona Corinne Boorman72821.9
Green Gerhard Ernst Goldbeck-Wood2437.3
Turnout 55.2
Labour win (new seat)
Market electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Gaynor Victoria Griffiths 1,877 50.1
Conservative Timothy James Haire66517.8
Labour Elizabeth Walter61016.3
Green Martin Vaughan Lucas-Smith59215.8
Turnout 57.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Newnham electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Arthur Luttrell Reid 1,978 50.7
Conservative Alasdair Ewen Ross70318.0
Labour Rita Rosemary Gaggs67117.2
Green Anna Serena Gomori-Woodcock55314.2
Turnout 62.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Petersfield electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Nichola Jane Harrison 1,356 40.4
Labour Lucy Ann Sheerman1,05231.3
Green John Collins52715.7
Conservative Rosemary Anne Clarkson42612.7
Turnout 54.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Queen Edith's electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey John Heathcock 2,392 59.2
Conservative Andre Beaumont84821.0
Labour Co-op Leonard Arthur Freeman57414.2
Green Shayne Mary Mitchell2255.6
Turnout 63.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Romsey electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Joanna Toomey 1,668 44.9
Labour Co-op Jozef Lawrence Gluza1,23533.3
Green Hamish Downer40210.8
Conservative Mark Patrick Fanken-Hall3599.7
UKIP Marjorie Ruth Hadley Barr451.2
Turnout 59.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Trumpington electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Anne Christine Kent 1,669 50.9
Conservative John Ionides90427.6
Labour Co-op George Samuel Tudor43513.3
Green Ceri Barbara Galloway2668.1
Turnout 61.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
West Chesterton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Wilkins 1,869 46.7
Labour Simon Richard Ainsley Watkins96424.1
Conservative James Andrew Strachan69917.5
Green Sarah Peake46811.7
Turnout 62.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Cambridgeshire (9 seats)

Burwell electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Williams 2,220 55.9
Conservative Lavinia Rebecca Edwards1,74944.1
Turnout 64.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Ely North and East electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Charles Bell 2,589 59.6
Conservative Victoria Angela Hearne-Casapieri1,75440.4
Turnout 60.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Ely South and West electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Linda Jane Crossley 2,123 56.2
Conservative Andrew Roderick Mair1,65643.8
Turnout 64.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Haddenham electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Thomas Ian Hunt 1,994 41.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson1,78937.1
Labour Michele Wilkinson71014.7
Green Astra Patricia Carter-Marsh3366.9
Turnout 66.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Littleport electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Miriam Bean 1,599 55.2
Conservative Frederick John William Brown1,29944.8
Turnout 51.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Soham and Fordham Villages electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Judith Broadway 3,380 27.9
Conservative John Powley 3,039 25.1
Liberal Democrats Michael William Allan2,87223.7
Conservative Jacqueline Petts2,83723.4
Turnout 50.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Sutton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Philip David Bailey 2,122 56.8
Conservative Philip Anderson Edmund Read1,61743.3
Turnout 63.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Woodditton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mathew Gauntlett Shuter 2,476 49.7
Liberal Democrats Beate (Sisse) McCall1,64433.0
Labour Steven John O'Dell85917.3
Turnout 65.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Fenland (11 seats)

Chatteris electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Alan Keith Melton 1,604 46.0
Liberal Democrats David Neale Upstone95527.4
Labour Susan Margaret Coomey92626.6
Turnout 62.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Forty Foot electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Geoffrey Farrar Harper 2,114 52.6
Labour Grant Charles Osbourn1,14228.4
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Vernon Bradford76519.0
Turnout 62.9
Conservative win (new seat)
March East electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Frederick Hartley Yeulett 1,623 44.5
Labour Karon Andree Webb1,19032.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Hal Pitt55115.1
Green Christopher John Bennett2877.9
Turnout 60.9
Conservative win (new seat)
March North electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Frederick West 1,497 52.1
Liberal Democrats Edna Howarth1,37847.9
Turnout 57.5
Conservative win (new seat)
March West electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael Kirby Ogden 2,105 57.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Michael Rodgers1,54942.4
Turnout 61.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Roman Bank and Peckover electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Brian Hardy 2,294 59.1
Liberal Democrats Toby Fisher1,59140.9
Turnout 57.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Waldersey electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jillian Mary Tuck 2,164 58.8
Liberal Democrats Shirley Fieldhouse1,51741.2
Turnout 57.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Whittlesey North electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Martin John Curtis 2,014 52.5
Labour Richard Jeremy Hibbert1,34134.9
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Philip Schofield48312.6
Turnout 62.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Whittlesey South electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Ralph Butcher 2,291 57.9
Labour Mark William Goffrey1,08227.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Spencer Yates58514.8
Turnout 61.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Wisbech North electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Leslie Sims 1,585 47.0
Labour Kevin Roy Goddard1,18435.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony William Morris60217.9
Turnout 48.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Wisbech South electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Simon John Edward King 1,941 53.7
Liberal Democrats Louis Jerome Rodrigues1,08429.9
UKIP Paul Sydney Clapp59216.4
Turnout 51.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Huntingdonshire (19 seats)

Brampton and Kimbolton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter James Downes 2,563 48.3
Conservative Ian Derek Gardner2,28542.1
Labour Robert Kenneth Pugh4608.7
Turnout 73.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Buckden, Gransden and The Offords electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Barbara Elizabeth Boddington 2,092 47.6
Liberal Democrats William Terence Clough1,27729.1
Independent Alec Baynton Stenner57913.2
Labour David Robert Nicholls44210.1
Turnout 72.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Godmanchester electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jeffery John Dutton 3,114 23.9
Conservative Colin Richard Hyams 2,847 21.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Ronald Fleming2,39718.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Frederick Shellens2,04715.7
Labour William Francis Hennessey1,30110.0
Labour David Michael Brown1,2989.9
Turnout 57.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Huntingdon electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Randolph Brown 2,830 25.9
Conservative Elaine Victoria Kadic 2,352 21.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Philip Burrell1,37512.6
Labour Ann Elizabeth Beevor1,33012.2
Liberal Democrats Ann Monk1,22711.2
Labour David Mitchell King1,11910.2
UKIP Leonard Bruce3763.4
UKIP Andrew David Manning3262.9
Turnout 52.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Little Paxton and St Neots North electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Harty 3,598 25.9
Conservative Sharon Rosemary Lee 3,342 24.1
Liberal Democrats Robert William Joseph Eaton2,38817.2
Liberal Democrats Gordon Sydney Edward Thorpe2,01714.6
Labour Janet Boston1,2729.2
Labour Patricia Anne Nicholls1,2408.9
Turnout 55.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Norman Cross electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Lawrence Walter McGuire 3,454 26.2
Conservative William George Martin Hensley 3,108 23.6
Labour Margaret Cochrane2,00915.2
Liberal Democrats John Robert Davidson1,72713.1
Labour Graeme Leslie Watkins1,57311.9
Liberal Democrats Janet Siobhan Nevin Dutton1,32810.1
Turnout 54.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Ramsey electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Susan Bridget Normington 1,737 46.3
Liberal Democrats Raymond Powell1,41237.6
Labour Carol Ann Harper60316.1
Turnout 58.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Sawtry and Ellington electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Keith Walters 2,898 58.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Graham Land1,24424.9
Labour Mary Theresa Howell84616.9
Turnout 67.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Somersham and Earith electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Ackerly Penhall Eddy 2,386 49.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bell Hulme1,81437.4
Labour Mark George Harry Holman64913.38
Turnout 66.5
Conservative win (new seat)
St no change electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kevin Antony Reynolds 3,747 23.8
Conservative Dennis Roy Pegram 3,229 20.5
Liberal Democrats David Frederick Hodge2,69117.1
Liberal Democrats Gillian Ann Jackson2,47115.7
Labour Richard John Allen1,3688.7
Labour Angela Louise Richards1,1917.6
Independent Stuart Frederick Littlewood1,0466.7
Turnout 55.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St Neots Eaton Socon electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Anne Giles 2,405 20.8
Conservative Rodney Samuel Farrer 2,293 19.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Pele Taylor2,05517.8
Conservative Paul Keith Ursell1,93516.8
Labour Anthony Jude Gregory1,52413.2
Labour William Francis O'Connor1,33711.6
Turnout 50.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
The Hemingfords and Fenstanton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ian Cyril Bates 2,598 52.8
Liberal Democrats Mark George Rainer1,65733.7
Labour John Philip Watson66213.5
Turnout 69.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Warboys and Upwood electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Victor Harold Lucas 2,544 55.4
Liberal Democrats John Michael Souter1,48932.4
Labour Steven Hicks56312.3
Turnout 64.6
Conservative win (new seat)

South Cambridgeshire (16 seats)

Bar Hill electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Edward Reynolds 2,266 45.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Joseph Flanagan1,80836.6
Labour John Samuel Shepherd87017.6
Turnout 69.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Bassingbourn electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Linda Joan Oliver 1,981 54.4
Liberal Democrats Ashley Woodford98226.9
Green Simon Peter Saggers67918.6
Turnout 67.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Bourn electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Lister John Wilson 1,125 45.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Rolf Hansford80732.5
Labour Mark David Hurn40616.4
Green Pauline Radley1435.8
Turnout 68.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Cottenham, Histon and Impington electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Matthew Bradney 3,269 21.3
Liberal Democrats John David Jenkins 3,213 20.9
Conservative Peter Cecil Henry Hudson2,71717.7
Liberal Democrats Linden Mary Leeke2,37715.5
Labour Helen Patricia Wright1,4539.5
Labour Aidan Romaine Hervey1,3578.9
Green Mark Johan Alexander Claessen9496.2
Turnout 61.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Duxford electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Timothy James Stone 2,140 43.9
Conservative Robin Driver2,10043.1
Labour Alexandra Mayer63413.0
Turnout 72.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Fulbourn electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robert John Turner 2,010 43.2
Liberal Democrats Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani1,93941.7
Green Mary Anne Lawson70515.2
Turnout 61.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Gamlingay electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley 2,541 45.1
Conservative Josephine Percy2,08436.9
Labour Mirian Lynn66311.8
Green Stephen Roy Edmondson3476.2
Turnout 72.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Hardwick electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Denzil John Baldwin 2,168 41.3
Liberal Democrats Livia Medb Mitson1,85535.4
Labour John Kazer78614.9
Green William Michael Connolley 4388.4
Turnout 71.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Linton electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats John Dennis Batchelor 2,298 43.7
Conservative Peter Norman Hase2,02338.5
Labour Michael Gale69613.2
Green William John Quinn2404.6
Turnout 72.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Melbourn electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Charles McCraith 2,083 42.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stuart Milton1,85437.4
Labour Donald John McCallum73514.8
Green Sally A S Nichols2815.7
Turnout 70.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Papworth and Swavesey electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mandy Lorraine Smith 2,033 52.5
Liberal Democrats Robin Barry Martlew1,84047.5
Turnout 67.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Sawston electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Christine Gail Kenney 3,270 20.2
Conservative Anthony Geoffrey Orgee 3,225 19.9
Liberal Democrats Max Arnold Parke Campbell2,91517.9
Liberal Democrats David Terrance Ford2,82917.5
Labour Ronald Hornby1,5779.7
Labour Pamela Mary Stacey1,5219.4
Green Jacquelyn Jean Garfit8775.4
Turnout 61.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Waterbeach electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Robert Michael Williamson 2,820 61.2
Conservative Gerda Ann Covell1,78938.8
Turnout 63.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Willingham electoral division
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Shona Fay Johnstone 2,011 46.7
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Anne Mead1,82542.3
Green Marion Eva Barber47511.0
Turnout 65.8
Conservative win (new seat)

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An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 3 May 2001 as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections. The previous election was the 1997 Cambridgeshire County Council election. All 59 councillors were elected from electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. New electoral division boundaries were brought in for the next elections, increasing the number of seats to 69 at the 2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election.

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An election to Oxfordshire County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections, coinciding with the 2005 United Kingdom general election. 73 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. This was the first election using the new electoral divisions following proposals from the Electoral Commission in 2004, meaning the council would consist of three seats more than previously.

References

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  2. "Local election results: Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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