2019 Cambridge City Council election

The 2019 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other nationwide local elections. ^[1]

2019 Cambridge City Council election

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16: one-third of 42 plus 2 by-elections 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 26 14 Seats won 9 7 Seats after 26 15 Seat change 1 Popular vote 13,936 13,131 Percentage 37.2% 35.0% Swing 9.2% 3.1%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Seats before 1 1 Seats won 0 0 Seats after 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 907 5,746 Percentage 2.4% 15.3% Swing 2.4% 6.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Cambridge City Council election

Results summary

2019 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9		56.3	17	26	61.9	13,936	37.2	–9.2
	Liberal Democrats	7	1	43.8	8	15	35.7	13,131	35.0	+3.1
	Green	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	5,746	15.3	+6.6
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,308	8.8	–3.9
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	0.0	838	2.2	New
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	462	1.2	+0.9
	Renew	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	69	0.2	New

Results by ward

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Haf Morlais Davies	1,055	50.0	−7.0
	Green	Naomi Anne Bennett	477	22.6	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Robert Butt	328	15.6	−5.1
	Conservative	David Philip Smith	179	8.5	−3.2
	Renew	Boris Boyd	69	3.3	New
Turnout			2,108	31.1	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carina O'Reilly	1,097	48.9	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	554	24.7	+0.1
	Green	Stephen Roger Lawrence	351	15.7	+6.6
	Conservative	Harry Clynch	240	10.7	−3.8
Turnout			2,241	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Chadwick	1,186	59.9	+9.1
	Labour	Isabel Lambourne	698	29.4	−10.4
	Green	Matthew Evan Green	332	14.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Oliver Hammond Riley	160	6.7	−3.8
Turnout			2,376	35.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Ashton	1,062	49.4	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Henry David Wright	464	21.6	+5.5
	Green	Jenny Helen Richens	352	16.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Mohamed Delowar Hossain	270	12.6	−6.9
Turnout			2,148	34.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grace Gabriella Hadley	1,041	46.0	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Harrison	422	18.7	+1.1
	Green	Sarah Louise Nicmanis	395	17.5	+7.7
	Conservative	Donald Fisher Douglas	250	11.1	−5.6
	UKIP	Bill Kaminski	153	6.8	New
Turnout			2,261	35.7
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerri Bird	1,097	44.1	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Stewart Dunn	827	33.2	+2.4
	Green	Gareth Peter Bailey	271	10.9	−1.9
	Conservative	Timur Coskun	165	6.6	−4.5
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	128	5.1	+1.6
Turnout			2,488	38.4
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexandra Lucy Jane Collis	851	48.4	−3.3
	Labour	Kevin Andrew Price	751	42.7	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Jonathan Hallam	455	25.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Charles Redpath	380	21.6	−0.6
	Green	Angela Kalinzi Ditchfield	352	20.0	+10.8
	Conservative	Eric William Barrett-Payton	190	10.8	−6.1
	UKIP	David Paul Corn	181	10.3	New
	Conservative	Benedict Smith	164	9.3	−7.6
Turnout			1769	28.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Porrer	870	48.6	+5.1
	Labour	Steve King	478	26.7	−10.6
	Green	Emma Elizabeth Garnett	329	18.4	+6.9
	Conservative	William Phelps	112	6.3	−1.4
Turnout			1,789	30.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Markus Gehring	1,003	50.1	+0.4
	Labour	Joe Beastall	552	27.6	−8.4
	Green	Mark Slade	276	13.8	+6.6
	Conservative	Dolly Theis	171	8.5	+1.3
Turnout			2,002	35.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Davey	969	45.5	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Elizabeth Brown	622	29.2	+9.2
	Green	Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino	433	20.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Stephen Robert Burdett	106	5.0	−3.8
Turnout			2,130	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Gregory Pippas	1,067	36.8	−7.4
	Independent	Sam Davies	838	28.9	New
	Labour	Dan Greef	464	16.0	−13.0
	Green	Elisabeth Jane Whitebread	329	11.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Manas Deb	205	7.1	−12.0
Turnout			2,903	43.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Smith	1,138	48.4	−10.9
	Green	Caitlin Ruth Patterson	540	23.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Guy Blanchard Lewis	526	22.4	−0.5
	Conservative	Martin Keegan	146	6.2	−0.7
Turnout			2,350	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lord	1,509	43.7	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Leo Summerbell	1,474	42.6	+5.0
	Labour	Matt Bird	977	28.3	−9.4
	Labour	May Shafi	773	22.4	−15.3
	Green	Ceri Barbara Galloway	600	17.4	+8.9
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	431	12.5	−3.7
	Green	Sue Wells	399	11.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Philip James Salway	349	10.1	−6.1
Turnout			3497	36.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe	1,444	50.5	+6.3
	Labour	Alex Skinner	933	32.7	−7.5
	Green	Shayne Mary Mitchell	310	10.9	+4.3
	Conservative	Michael John Harford	170	6.0	−3.0
Turnout			2,857	47.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Local Elections - Thursday, 2 May 2019". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 15 May 2019.