East Cambridgeshire District Council elections

East Cambridgeshire District Council is a non-metropolitan district council in the county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Elections are held every four years.

Council elections

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat [a]	Others	Total
1973 [1] [2]	0	2	0	33	35
1976 [1] [3]	4	0	0	31	35
1979 [1]	2	0	0	33	35
1983 [1] [4]	3	1	1	32	37 [b]
1987 [1] [5]	3	1	5	28	37
1991 [1] [6]	6	1	4	26	37
1995 [7]	0	3	12	22	37 [c]
1999 [8] [9]	1	4	20	12	37
2003 [10]	15	0	18	6	39 [d]
2007 [11]	24	0	13	2	39
2011 [12]	25	0	10	4	39
2015	36	0	2	1	39
2019 [13]	15	0	13	0	28 [e]
2023 [14]	15	0	13	0	28

• Notes:

1. Liberal Party prior to 1982, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1982 to 1988.
2. New ward boundaries: The District of East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
3. Minor alterations to district boundaries: The Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1992.
4. New ward boundaries: The District of East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
5. New ward boundaries: The East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

2003-2007

The Swaffhams By-Election 6 May 2004 ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen Alderson	389	50.4	+50.4
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Marlow	344	44.6	−41.0
	Labour	Steven O'Dell	39	5.1	−9.3
Majority			45	5.8
Turnout			772
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Swaffhams By-Election 20 October 2005 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		539	66.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats		202	24.9	−0.4
	Labour		70	8.6	−5.2
Majority			337	41.6
Turnout			811
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Ely East By-Election 5 September 2013 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lis Every	418	37.5	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dian Warman	322	28.9	−8.2
	UKIP	Jeremy Tyrrell	145	13.0	+13.0
	Labour	Jane Frances	138	12.4	−8.6
	Independent	John Borland	93	8.3	+8.3
Majority			96	8.6
Turnout			1,116
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton By-Election 24 April 2014 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Dupre	523	50.9	+27.0
	Conservative	Neil Hitchin	280	27.2	−19.2
	UKIP	Daniel Divine	162	15.8	+15.8
	Labour	Jane Frances	63	6.1	−23.6
Majority			243	23.6
Turnout			1,028
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Soham South By-Election 19 June 2014 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Ross	363	34.4	−1.5
	UKIP	Daniel Divine	201	19.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Warner	191	18.1	−1.0
	Independent	Geoffrey Woollard	148	14.0	+14.0
	Independent	Gerard Hobbs	80	7.6	+7.6
	Labour	Fiona Ross	71	6.7	−9.4
Majority			162	15.4
Turnout			1,054
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2015-2019

Bottisham By-Election 4 February 2016 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Sharp	421	43.6	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Aronson	403	41.7	+9.8
	Labour	Steven O'Dell	99	10.2	−6.1
	UKIP	Daniel Divine	43	4.5	+4.5
Majority			18	1.9
Turnout			966
	Conservative hold		Swing

Soham North By-Election 22 June 2017 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Goldsack	423	59.7	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Jones	178	25.1	+4.6
	Labour	Peter Tyson	108	15.2	−0.4
Majority			245	34.6
Turnout			709
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ely South By-Election 7 September 2017 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Whelan	527	39.9	+13.2
	Conservative	Sarah Bellow	411	31.1	−19.7
	Labour	Rebecca Denness	384	29.0	+6.4
Majority			116	8.8
Turnout			1,322
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2019-2023

Soham North By-Election 23 September 2021 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Goldsack	484	50.8	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Pallett	369	38.8	−9.1
	Labour	Sam Mathieson	71	7.5	−2.4
	Green	Andrew Cohen	28	2.9	+2.9
Majority			115	12.1
Turnout			952
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2023-2027

Ely West By-Election 18 April 2024 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Trent	1,125	47.9
	Conservative	David Ambrose Smith	760	32.3
	Labour	Adam Wilson	466	19.8
Majority			365	15.5
Turnout			2,351
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stretham By-Election 1 May 2025 ^{[26] [27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Denney	820	36.8
	Conservative	William Ralph Furness	655	29.4
	Reform UK	Ryan Coogan	526	23.6
	Green	David Woricker	131	5.9
	Labour	Mark Hucker	95	4.3
Majority			165	7.4
Turnout			2,230	39.18%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

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2. The Times reported this election result as Labour 1, Independent 33, Vacant 1. "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times . 9 June 1973.
3. The Times reported this election result as Conservative 3, Independent 29, Independent Socialist 1, Independent Conservative 2. "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times . 8 May 1976.
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5. The Times reported this election result as Conservative 2, Liberal 5, Independent 11, Others 19. "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times . 9 May 1987.
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26. "Notice of Poll - East Cambridgeshire District Council Stretham Ward By-Election" (PDF). eastcambs.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
27. "Stretham District by-election results 1 May 2025". eastcambs.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2025.

External links

• East Cambridgeshire District Council