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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cambridge City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. A major issue was a proposed congestion charge. [2]
Labour retained its majority on the council, but replaced its leader after the election, with Mike Davey being appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023. [3]
The overall results were as follows: [4]
2023 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 10 | ![]() | 62.5 | 17 | 27 | 64.3 | 14,980 | 38.2 | –6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | ![]() | 25 | 6 | 10 | 23.8 | 8,691 | 22.1 | –5.0 | |
Green | 2 | ![]() | 12.5 | 2 | 4 | 9.5 | 7,033 | 17.9 | +0.3 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 893 | 2.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,552 | 19.2 | +9.3 | |
Heritage | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 0.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.1 | N/A | |
The ward results were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk(*): [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Elliot Tong | 1,077 | 42.7 | -5.3 | |
Labour | Zarina Anwar | 804 | 31.9 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | David Philip Smith | 463 | 18.4 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Ansell | 174 | 6.9 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 273 | 10.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,518 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Todd-Jones* | 1,175 | 48.1 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Robert William Boorman | 671 | 27.5 | +13.1 | |
Green | Stephen Roger Lawrence | 333 | 13.6 | -3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Oliver | 264 | 10.8 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 504 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,443 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cheney-Anne Payne* | 816 | 39.6 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Antoinette Nestor | 716 | 34.7 | –7.1 | |
Labour | Mary Murphy | 651 | 31.6 | –10.2 | |
Independent | David Summerfield | 632 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Will Tilbrook | 437 | 21.2 | –14.3 | |
Green | Esme Hennessy | 338 | 16.4 | –1.1 | |
Green | Dan Kittmer | 225 | 10.9 | –6.6 | |
Conservative | Rhona Corinne Boorman | 162 | 7.9 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Tomasz Dyl | 145 | 7.0 | +1.8 | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
The by-election in Castle ward was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Sarah Baigent in March 2023.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Paul Dryden* | 1,119 | 43.0 | –15.3 | |
Conservative | Zachary Marsh | 1,056 | 40.6 | +23.7 | |
Green | Richard Michael Potter | 235 | 9.0 | –3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Archie McCann | 193 | 7.4 | –4.9 | |
Majority | 63 | 2.4 | –39.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,603 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rosy Moore* | 1,085 | 45.9 | –10.4 | |
Labour | Tim Griffin | 895 | 37.9 | –18.4 | |
Green | Sarah Louise Nicmanis | 661 | 28.0 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Eric William Barrett-Payton | 627 | 26.5 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Robin Nelson | 611 | 25.8 | +11.8 | |
Green | Peter Price | 397 | 16.8 | –0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judy Margaret Brunton | 259 | 11.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Brunton | 194 | 8.2 | –1.6 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
The by-election in Coleridge ward was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Lewis Herbert in March 2023. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Flora Gilderdale* | 1,014 | 38.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Illingworth | 887 | 33.6 | –3.5 | |
Conservative | Frank Ribeiro | 341 | 12.9 | +3.4 | |
Green | Elizabeth Alice May | 305 | 11.6 | –3.6 | |
Heritage | Colin Miller | 59 | 2.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Peter Burkinshaw | 33 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 127 | 4.8 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,639 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
This seat had been vacant since December 2022 following the resignation of the previous Labour councillor, Carla McQueen. Alice Gilderdale had previously been councillor for Market ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Collis* | 798 | 39.2 | –11.4 | |
Conservative | Mohamed Delowar Hossain | 650 | 31.9 | +18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fionna Tod | 305 | 15.0 | –5.0 | |
Green | Adrian Mark Matthews | 285 | 14.0 | –2.4 | |
Majority | 148 | 7.3 | –23.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,038 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Anthony William Martinelli | 796 | 41.2 | –2.2 | |
Labour | Rosy Greenlees | 671 | 34.7 | +2.1 | |
Green | Krzysztof Strug | 283 | 14.6 | –2.9 | |
Conservative | James Appiah | 184 | 9.5 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 125 | 6.5 | –4.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,934 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jean Margaret Glasberg | 895 | 40.5 | +15.5 | |
Labour | Anne Miller | 756 | 34.2 | –2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chang Liu | 398 | 18.0 | –15.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Williams | 161 | 7.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 139 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,210 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() | |||
This seat had been vacant since March 2023 following the resignation of Labour councillor Niamh Sweeney.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Katie Thornburrow* | 1,302 | 49.5 | –6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emmanuel Carraud | 509 | 19.4 | –2.0 | |
Green | Joshua Morris-Blake | 449 | 17.1 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Roper | 370 | 14.1 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 793 | 30.1 | –4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,630 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Karen Young | 1,131 | 37.9 | –4.1 | |
Labour | Thomas Ron | 709 | 23.7 | –7.1 | |
Conservative | Gordon Gregory | 580 | 19.4 | +6.0 | |
Green | Jacqueline Whitmore | 306 | 10.2 | –3.6 | |
Independent | Antony Carpen | 261 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 422 | 14.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,987 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mairéad Healy* | 1,219 | 45.5 | –12.6 | |
Green | Suzie Webb | 555 | 20.7 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Azamuddin | 514 | 19.2 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Walmsley | 389 | 14.5 | –1.1 | |
Majority | 664 | 24.8 | –15.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,677 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Flaubert* | 931 | 35.6 | –6.5 | |
Labour | Carlos Toranzos | 752 | 28.8 | –2.4 | |
Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 605 | 23.1 | +9.2 | |
Green | Chloe Mosonyi | 327 | 12.5 | –0.4 | |
Majority | 179 | 6.8 | –4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,615 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rachel Wade | 1,314 | 42.4 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dalzell | 1,008 | 32.6 | –1.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Harford | 412 | 13.3 | +6.6 | |
Green | Shayne Mitchell | 362 | 11.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 306 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,096 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Delowar Hossain | 622 | 34.9 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Zarina Anwar | 598 | 33.6 | –5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dalzell | 418 | 23.5 | +8.5 | |
Green | Elizabeth May | 142 | 8.0 | –6.0 | |
Majority | 24 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,780 | 26.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() | |||
The King's Hedges by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Alex Collis on 15 May 2023. [7] It marked the first Conservative Cambridge City Council victory since 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 3.2 | –11.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,129 | 32.3 | |||
Registered electors | 6,591 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() | |||
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