2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council election

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2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council election
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All 28 seats to East Cambridgeshire District Council
15 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderAnna BaileyLorna DupréSue Austen
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election15 seats, 41.9%13 seats, 40.7%0 seats, 1.9%
Seats before1610 [lower-alpha 1] 2
Seats after15130
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East Cambridgeshire UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat
Leader before election

Anna Bailey
Conservative

Leader after election

Anna Bailey
Conservative

The 2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 28 members of East Cambridgeshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The Conservative Party retained control of the Council.

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Overview

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative control. At the previous election in 2019 the Conservatives had won 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats had won 13 seats. A by-election and changes of allegiance between 2019 and 2022 meant that going into the election the Conservative held 16 seats and the Liberal Democrats 9 seats, with an independent group comprising two former Liberal Democrats. There was also one vacant seat. [2]

Following the results, the council remained under Conservative control; the overall result in seat numbers was the same as that of 2019, with the Conservatives taking 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats 13 seats. [3]

Results
PartySeatsChange
Conservative Party 15Steady2.svg
Liberal Democrats 13Steady2.svg

Results by ward

The results for each ward were: [4] [5]

Bottisham

Bottisham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Cane* 888 49.0 +2.5
Liberal Democrats John Trapp* 831 45.8 +2.5
Conservative Ruth Betson62534.5+1.0
Conservative Toby Huffer56231.0+1.5
Labour Steven O'Dell26014.3+1.3
Labour Mike Swift19610.8−6.5
Green Mark Slade1598.8−1.2
Majority
Turnout 1,81340.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Burwell

Burwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Brown* 827 48.4 +4.8
Conservative Lavinia Edwards* 817 47.8 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Wrench46827.4±0.0
Labour Liz Swift42424.8+10.2
Liberal Democrats James Forsyth41124.0+3.0
Labour Geraldine Tait37922.2+9.3
Majority
Turnout 1,71034.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Downham

Downham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anna Bailey* 598 57.4 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Martha Zantides33332.0−4.7
Labour Lois Appleyard11010.6N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,04142.6
Conservative hold Swing

Ely East

Ely East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Wade 942 52.2 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Kathrin Holtzmann 855 47.5 +8.7
Conservative Rachel Butler66536.9−3.8
Conservative Sana Sheikh51028.3−7.7
Labour Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill27015.0+6.4
Labour Daniel Rudderham26114.5+6.0
Majority
Turnout 1,80140.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Ely North

Ely North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Whelan* 883 57.9 +8.2
Liberal Democrats Chika Akinwale 841 55.1 +9.6
Conservative Richard Hobbs43428.5−6.0
Conservative Tom Boucher43028.2−6.2
Labour Clem Butler20513.4
Labour Frank Danes17611.5−3.5
Majority
Turnout 1,52539.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ely West

Ely West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Whelan* 1,405 44.0 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Colbert 1,324 41.5 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Pitt 1,272 39.9 −4.2
Labour Rebecca Denness84826.6+13.6
Conservative David Ambrose Smith83126.1−3.9
Conservative Roderick Mair80925.4−3.9
Conservative Lawrence Whitworth74723.4+0.1
Labour Mark Hucker71822.5+12.4
Labour Adam Wilson59918.8+8.8
Green Pip Gardner40112.6−4.6
No DescriptionSue Austen*2828.8−37.8
Majority
Turnout 3,19044.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Seats recorded as Liberal Democrat holds for comparison with 2019, but two of the three councillors in this ward had subsequently left the party and formed an independent group in 2020. One of them, Sue Austen, stood for re-election as an independent but was unsuccessful.

Fordham & Isleham

Fordham & Isleham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Huffer* 858 58.3 +4.5
Conservative Kelli Pettitt 764 51.9 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Connor Docwra39626.9+4.7
Liberal Democrats Rupert Moss-Eccardt30220.5+7.1
Labour Simon Cull26217.8+8.3
Labour Mark Pithers22215.1+5.9
Majority
Turnout 1,47228.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Haddenham

Haddenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Wilson* 496 47.6 −3.3
Conservative Steve Cheetham43141.4+6.6
Labour Lydia Hill11411.0+4.5
Majority
Turnout 1,04139.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Littleport

Littleport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Ambrose-Smith* 781 48.2
Conservative Martin Goodearl 729 45.0
Conservative David Miller 652 40.2
Labour Adam Cooley52332.3
Labour Chris Dorrington50731.3
Labour Hilary Noculak48930.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Porter28917.8
Liberal Democrats Rachel Winters28317.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton27416.9
Majority
Turnout 1,62122.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Soham North

Soham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Goldsack* 601 45.8 +3.2
Conservative Keith Horgan 412 31.4 −6.1
Independent Josh Schumann39630.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Alec Jones*38729.5−15.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Marsh36327.7−20.6
Labour Kim Brady15011.4+1.4
Labour Chris Horne1309.9+1.3
Majority
Turnout 1,31226.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Both seats are recorded as Conservative gains from Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with the 2019 result, but Mark Goldsack had earlier won his seat for the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021.

Soham South

Lucius Vellacott was 18 on the date of his election, making him the youngest District Councillor in the United Kingdom at the time. [6]

Soham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bovingdon* 591 50.3 +2.2
Conservative Lucius Vellacott 517 44.0 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Blaney35129.9−3.6
Liberal Democrats Kieran Park29625.2−6.6
Labour Jane Harris25221.4+3.0
Labour Louis Needs20517.4+3.8
Majority166
Turnout 1,17525.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Stretham

Stretham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Shepherd 1,063 42.2 +6.5
Conservative Bill Hunt* 1,019 40.5 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Pauline Wilson90936.1+2.9
Conservative William Thurston82132.6−13.2
No DescriptionDoug Stuart54221.5N/A
Labour Molly Butler25310.0−7.6
Labour Sarah Perkins2088.3−2.8
Majority
Turnout 2,51846.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sutton

Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lorna Dupre* 1,233 74.8 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Inskip* 1,003 60.9 +7.0
Conservative Sarah Bradley43526.4−4.9
Labour Jack Allum1237.5N/A
Labour Dominic Myers975.9N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,64837.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Woodditton

Woodditton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Sharp* 918 56.5 +3.8
Conservative James Lay 842 51.8 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Helen Barker40424.9+5.8
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Moss-Eccardt32920.2+2.2
Labour Sarah Fraser28317.4+5.5
Labour Jacqueline Lacey-Eresh22513.8+3.1
UKIP Richard Fullerton855.2−9.2
Majority
Turnout 1,62532.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-Elections

Ely West

Triggered by resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Robert Pitt.

Ely West by-election, 18 April 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Trent 1,125 47.9 +10.6
Conservative David Ambrose Smith76032.3+10.3
Labour Adam Wilson46619.8−2.7
Majority365+15.6N/A
Turnout 2,37433.3−10.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.1

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  1. ↑ Including one vacant seat at Ely East last held by Matthew Downey who was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2019 but was removed from the party and subsequently disqualified from the council in March 2023 for non-attendance. [1]
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