2007 Cambridge City Council election

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The 2007 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

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2007 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 10Steady2.svg66.7192969.010,48033.1-5.5
  Labour 5Steady2.svg33.381331.08,58727.1+1.7
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07,88024.9+3.5
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04,01012.7+0.1
  Respect 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03581.1-0.6
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03521.1+0.7

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Hart 701 35.5 -1.9
Green Margaret Wright59330.0+4.0
Conservative Andrew Bower39820.1-0.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Sexton28414.4-1.9
Majority1085.5-5.9
Turnout 1,97630.8+2.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.0

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Levy 887 35.8 -4.5
Labour Mike Todd-Jones87535.3+3.2
Conservative Shapour Meftah50420.3+1.3
Green Michael Smith2118.5-0.1
Majority120.5-7.6
Turnout 2,47737.4+0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.9

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tania Zmura 806 42.5 -5.8
Conservative Edward MacNaughten49025.8+2.5
Green Margery Abbott30916.3+1.7
Labour Margery Abbott29315.4+1.6
Majority31616.6-8.3
Turnout 1,89829.8-1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.2

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Russ McPherson 1,126 46.1 +3.2
Conservative Sarah El-Neil80633.0-1.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Edkins25710.5-4.2
Green Hamish Downer1305.3-2.4
UKIP Marjorie Barr1215.0N/A
Majority32013.1+4.8
Turnout 2,44039.4-0.3
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.4

Coleridge

Coleridge (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jeremy Benstead 861 39.8
Labour Tariq Sadiq 739 34.1
Conservative Christopher Howell72133.3
Conservative Richard Normington66230.6
Liberal Democrats Emma Lindsay31214.4
Green Valerie Hopkins25311.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Yates24811.5
Green Neil Ford2159.9
UKIP Albert Watts1165.4
Turnout 2,16536.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Blair 731 34.6 -6.0
Conservative Kevin Francis58327.6+5.5
Labour Stefan Haselwimmer45721.6-5.2
Green Peter Pope22510.7+0.2
UKIP Peter Burkinshaw1155.4N/A
Majority1487.0-6.8
Turnout 2,11136.3+0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.8

King's Hedges

King's Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Pill 679 35.9 -4.1
Labour Gerri Bird66135.0+5.3
Conservative Michelle Tempest36819.5±0.0
Green James Youd1819.6-1.2
Majority180.9-9.4
Turnout 1,88932.8+3.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Decrease2.svg4.7

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Dixon 679 42.4 -0.3
Green Gergory Patton34421.5+1.6
Conservative Timothy Haire34121.3-0.4
Labour Lucy Sheerman23714.8-1.0
Majority33520.9-0.1
Turnout 1,60125.7-3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.0

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Smith 842 44.9 -1.3
Conservative James Strachan48926.1+3.5
Green Aneaka Kaur Kellay30016.0+0.8
Labour Louis Couffait24613.1-2.9
Majority35318.8-4.9
Turnout 1,87728.8-2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.4

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Walker 1,063 45.3 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Steven Cooper81734.9-2.8
Conservative James Martin23910.2-0.6
Green Shayne Mitchell2259.6-2.9
Majority24610.4+9.0
Turnout 2,34438.7+2.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg4.6

Queen's Edith

Queen's Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Viki Sanders 1,364 53.4 -3.3
Conservative Donald Douglas76029.7+1.7
Labour Len Freeman2218.6+0.3
Green Martin Lawson2108.2+1.3
Majority60423.6-5.1
Turnout 2,55542.2+1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.5

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rah Shah 774 36.2 -5.2
Labour Jonathan Goodacre49623.2-1.0
Respect Tom Woodcock35816.8+5.4
Green Jesse Griffiths27112.7-1.2
Conservative Angela Ozturk23811.1+2.0
Majority27813.0
Turnout 2,13734.9-2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.1

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Blackhurst 913 45.2 -0.3
Conservative Peter Hase77438.3+2.6
Green Ceri Galloway1728.5-1.2
Labour Pamela Stacey1607.9-1.2
Majority1396.9-3.0
Turnout 2,01937.9-1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.5

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Armstrong 887 40.0 -2.5
Conservative Steven Mastin50722.9+2.1
Labour Simon Watkins45120.4+1.6
Green Sarah Peake37116.7-1.2
Majority38017.1-4.7
Turnout 2,21636.0-0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.3

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References

  1. "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 28 December 2021.