Cambridgeshire County Council elections

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Cambridgeshire County Council is elected every four years using the first past the post system of election. As of 2021 the council consists of 61 council seats, representing 59 electoral divisions.

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County council composition

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Reform Green UKIP Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (68 seats)
1973 [1] 18115–––13No overall control
1977 [1] 5671–0–4Conservative
1981 [1] 351911–0–3Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 68 to 77
1985 [1] 292126–0–1No overall control
1989 [1] 462010–0–1Conservative
1993 [1] 332121–0–2No overall control
Peterborough becomes a unitary authority; seats decreased from 77 to 59
1997 [1] 331016–000Conservative
2001 34916–000Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 59 to 69
2005 42423–000Conservative
2009 43223–110Conservative
2013 32714–0124No overall control
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 69 to 61
2017 36715–003Conservative
2021 289200004No overall control
2025 1053110302Liberal Democrats

County result maps

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Cambridgeshire County Council.

1973-1976

Trumpington By-Election, October 1975 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Brookes 1,056 63.5
Labour L. Ann Pettifor49329.6
Liberal Bernard Greaves1156.9
Majority 56333.8
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Romsey By-Election, February 1979 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hopkins 794 50.2
Conservative Gerald Cotman50131.6
Liberal Alan Charlesworth28818.1
Majority 29318.5
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

1993−1997

Abbey By-Election, 7 November 1996 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Shaw 723 72.2 +6.9
Conservative Simon Mitton17517.5−3.4
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Knowles10410.4−3.4
Majority 54854.7+10.3
Turnout 1,00220.6
Labour hold Swing

1997−2001

Melbourn By-Election, 4 March 1999 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats R L Trueman [6] 1,206 51.0 +14.1
Conservative 92239.0+5.4
Labour 23610.0−6.6
Majority 28412.0
Turnout 2,36432.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Houghton & Wyton By-Election, 8 April 1999 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S M Campbell [6] 1,300 52.0 −3.9
Liberal Democrats 1,20248.0+18.8
Majority 984.0
Turnout 2,50234.0
Conservative hold Swing
March East By-Election, 4 January 2001 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Yeulett [9] 769 56.2 +13.1
Labour 31322.9−13.5
Liberal Democrats 17712.9−0.4
Independent 1098.0+8.0
Majority 45633.3
Turnout 1,36817.3
Conservative hold Swing

2001−2005

Newnham By-Election, 1 May 2003 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Reid 930 51.3 −3.8
Conservative C. Gail Kenney37620.7+1.5
Labour Daphne Roper29016.0−9.6
Green Anna Gomori-Woodcock21812.0+12.0
Majority 55430.6+1.1
Turnout 1,81423.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Melbourn By-Election, 2 October 2003 [10] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stuart Milton 1,298 56.9 +19.5
Conservative David Leon Porter98543.1+2.9
Majority 31313.8
Turnout 2,28330.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Fulbourn By-Election, 10 June 2004 [10] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Barker 1,392 45.5 +16.3
Liberal Democrats Frances Amrani1,05734.5+22.0
Labour Martin Evans61320.0−25.5
Majority 33511.0
Turnout 3,06246.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Castle By-Election, 10 December 2004 [10] [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John White 922 55.8 −1.5
Conservative Robert Boorman28016.9−2.5
Labour Jane Jacks27616.7−6.6
Green Stephen Lawrence1177.1+7.1
UKIP Helene Davies583.5+3.5
Majority 64238.9+4.9
Turnout 1,65323.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2005−2009

Ely South and West By-Election, 19 January 2006 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Higginson 1,140 60.0 +3.8
Conservative Roderick Mair58330.7−13.1
Green Andrew Allen1055.5+5.5
Labour Fiona Ross723.8+3.8
Majority 55729.3
Turnout 1,90032.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Romsey By-Election, 4 May 2006 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alice Douglas 955 40.2 −4.8
Labour Paul Gilchrist65627.6−5.7
Green Jesse Griffiths26511.2+0.4
Conservative Richard Normington25810.9+1.2
Respect Denise Knowelden24010.1+10.1
Majority 29912.6
Turnout 2,37437.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Somersham and Earith By-Election, 12 October 2006 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Criswell 1,377 68.0 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hulme56628.0−9.4
Labour Richard Allen814.0−9.4
Majority 81140.0
Turnout 2,02428.2
Conservative hold Swing
Little Paxton and St Neot's North By-Election, 3 May 2007 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Churchill 2,412 52.9 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Eaton1,88541.4+8.5
Labour Richard Allen2605.7−11.8
Majority 52711.5
Turnout 4,55737.5
Conservative hold Swing
Sutton By-Election, 3 May 2007 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Read 1,077 47.5 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Dewar57425.3−31.5
Independent Kenneth Winters48521.4+21.4
Labour Fiona Ross1305.7+5.7
Majority 50322.2
Turnout 2,26636.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Roman Bank and Peckover By-Election, 3 January 2008 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Humphrey 897 61.1 +2.1
Labour Barry Diggle38025.9+25.9
UKIP Paul Clapp19213.1+13.1
Majority 51735.2
Turnout 1,46921.9
Conservative hold Swing
Romsey By-Election, 1 May 2008 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kilian Bourke 781 37.0 −8.0
Labour Chris Freeman59728.3−5.0
Conservative Mike Morley28913.7+4.0
Green Keith Garrett23711.2+0.4
Left List Andrew Osborne2079.8+9.8
Majority 1848.7
Turnout 2,11133.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hardwick By-Election, 27 November 2008 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fiona Whelan 1,369 49.9 +14.5
Conservative John Ionides1,16942.6+1.3
Labour Helen Haugh2087.6−7.4
Majority 2007.3
Turnout 2,74636.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2009-2013

Ramsey Election, 23 July 2009 [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Peter Reeve 865 45.3 +45.3
Conservative Susan Normington68235.7−10.6
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hulme30816.1−21.5
Labour Susan Coomey532.8−13.3
Majority 1839.6
Turnout 1,90830.1
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Wisbech North by-election, 15 April 2010 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Hoy 548 34.8 −6.9
Liberal Democrats David Patrick50632.1+20.0
Labour Barry Diggle28718.2+2.7
UKIP Paul Clapp23314.8−15.9
Majority 422.7
Turnout 1,57421.1
Conservative hold Swing

By-election called following the death of Leslie Sims.

East Chesterton by-election, 16 September 2010 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Manning 832 40.9 +5.1
Labour Gerri Bird66332.6+17.6
Conservative Matthew Bradney33416.4−8.4
Green Peter Pope1175.7−9.0
Cambridge SocialistsAnna Gordon532.6+2.6
UKIP Peter Burkinshaw371.8−8.0
Majority 1698.3
Turnout 2,03630.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-election called following the resignation of Siep Wijsenbeek.

March North by-election, 3 March 2011 [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Count 616 52.4 −3.4
Labour Louis Sugden28224.0+10.3
Liberal Democrats William McAdam27723.6−6.9
Majority 33428.4
Turnout 1,17521.0
Conservative hold Swing

By-election following death of John West

Arbury by-election, 5 May 2011 [19] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Sales 1,214 37.9 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Amy Ellis1,07833.7−8.3
Conservative Shapour Meftah49615.5−0.3
Green Martin Bonner41112.8−0.4
Majority 1364.3
Turnout 3,19947.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2013−2017

Willingham by-election, 22 May 2014 [19] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hudson 1,252 41.8 +2.2
UKIP Martin Hale64221.4−7.1
Labour Ben Monks47115.7−1.7
Liberal Democrats Susan Gymer33811.3+4.7
Green Helen Stocks2959.8+1.9
Majority 61020.3
Turnout 2,99838.4
Conservative hold Swing

By-election following resignation of Ray Manning on 2 April 2014.

Bar Hill by-election, 12 February 2015 [19] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Harford 787 46.0 +0.6
UKIP Martin Hale25114.7−7.3
Liberal Democrats Fiona Whelan23813.9+5.4
Labour Alex Smith23513.7+0.1
Green Claudia Roland20011.7+2.3
Majority 53631.3
Turnout 1,71123.6
Conservative hold Swing

By-election held following the death of John Reynolds.

Whittlesey North by-election, 7 May 2015 [19] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Boden 2,237 56.2 +0.6
UKIP Paul Edwards1,13128.4−1.1
Liberal Democrats David Chapman61515.4+15.4
Majority 1,10627.8
Turnout 3,98365.5
Conservative hold Swing

By-election following resignation of Martin Curtis on 22 March 2015.

Wisbech South by-election, 4 June 2015 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Hoy 1,020 63.8 +32.4
UKIP Susan Carson29818.6−19.6
Labour Dean Reeves21913.7−2.7
Liberal Democrats Josie Ratcliffe613.8−10.1
Majority 72245.2
Turnout 1,90820.0
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Peter Lagoda, who was elected for the UK Independence Party, following his conviction for benefit fraud. [25]

Romsey by-election, 25 June 2015 [19] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zoe Moghadas 829 37.3 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Nichola Martin78235.2−12.7
Green Debbie Aitchison46721.0+15.1
Conservative Raja Rahatul1004.5+0.1
UKIP Richard Jeffs462.1−3.0
Majority 472.1
Turnout 2,22432.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

By-election following the resignation of Killian Bourke on 11 May 2015.

Chatteris by-election, 14 October 2015 [19] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Richard Mandley 600 41.0 +6.2
Conservative Alan Melton59040.3+5.8
Liberal Democrats John Freeman27418.7−2.6
Majority 100.7
Turnout 1,46423.5
UKIP hold Swing

By-election following the death of Sandra Rylance.

Sutton by-election, 18 February 2016 [19] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lorna Dupré 1,063 52.5 +19.8
Conservative Mike Bradley65132.2−17.2
UKIP Pete Bigsby20810.3+10.3
Independent Owen Winters1025.0+5.0
Majority 41220.3
Turnout 2,04431.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Phil Read, who was elected as a Conservative. [29]

St. Neots Eaton Socon and Eynesbury by-election, 5 May 2016 [19] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Simone Taylor 1,104 34.2
Conservative Karl Wainwright1,02431.7
Labour Nik Johnson 62519.3
Independent James Corley47914.8
Majority 802.5
Turnout 3,23227.0
Independent hold Swing

By-election following the death of Councillor Steven Van de Kerkhove in January 2016. 2-member division.

2017−2021

Soham North and Isleham by-election, 4 October 2018 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Goldsack 858 48.8 −17.4
Liberal Democrats Victoria Charlesworth52730.0+12.5
Labour Lee Jinks19110.9−5.5
Independent Geoffrey Woollard18210.4+10.4
Majority 33118.8−30.0
Turnout 1,77221.2−5.7
Conservative hold Swing −15.0
Trumpington by-election, 2 May 2019 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ashwood 1,328 46.7 +7.7
Labour Rob Grayston74126.0−3.6
Conservative Shapour Meftah45215.9−8.4
Green Beverley Carpenter32511.4+4.3
Majority 58720.6+11.2
Turnout 2,88337.0−7.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.6
Duxford by-election, 27 February 2020 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter McDonald 1,607 59.6 +26.3
Conservative Stephen Edwards1,09040.4−14.7
Majority 51719.2−2.7
Turnout 2,71132.5−13.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +20.5

2021−2025

St Neots The Eatons by-election, 16 February 2023 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff 1,042 43.5 +43.5
Conservative Andrew Jennings74631.1−5.3
Independent Colin Maslen36015.0+15.0
Labour Taylor Purdon25010.4−2.5
Majority 29612.3
Turnout 2,398
Liberal Democrats gain from St Neots Independents Swing
Arbury by-election, 4 May 2023 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Black 1,174 43.0 –5.2
Conservative Robert Boorman76127.9+11.1
Green Stephen Lawrence39714.6+1.2
Liberal Democrats Sam Oliver39614.5–7.2
Majority 41315.1
Turnout 2,728
Labour hold Swing
Soham South and Haddenham by-election, 4 May 2023 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Hunt 1,568 44.6 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Connor Docwra1,27636.3+12.8
Labour Simon Patenall37910.8−6.8
Green Pip Gardner2938.3+0.8
Majority 2928.3
Turnout 3,567
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet: 21 March 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood 509 31.0 +5.6
Conservative Kev Gulson47028.6–28.3
Independent Sally Howell44827.3New
Labour Richard Ilett17510.6–7.1
Green Ellisa Westerman422.6New
Majority 392.4N/A
Turnout 1,64820.0–7.2
Registered electors 8,259
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +16.9

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

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