East Cambridgeshire District Council elections

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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.

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Council elections

ElectionConservativeLabourLiberal Democrat [lower-alpha 1] OthersTotal
1973 [1] [2] 0203335
1976 [1] [3] 4003135
1979 [1] 2003335
1983 [1] [4] 3113237 [lower-alpha 2]
1987 [1] [5] 3152837
1991 [1] [6] 6142637
1995 [7] 03122237 [lower-alpha 3]
1999 [8] [9] 14201237
2003 [10] 15018639 [lower-alpha 4]
2007 [11] 24013239
2011 [12] 25010439
2015 3602139
2019 [13] 15013028 [lower-alpha 5]
2023 [14] 15013028
  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

By-election results

2003-2007

The Swaffhams By-Election 6 May 2004 [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allen Alderson 389 50.4 +50.4
Liberal Democrats Francesca Marlow34444.6-41.0
Labour Steven O'Dell395.1-9.3
Majority455.8
Turnout 772
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Swaffhams By-Election 20 October 2005 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 539 66.5 +4.8
Liberal Democrats 20224.9-0.4
Labour 708.6-5.2
Majority33741.6
Turnout 811
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Ely East By-Election 5 September 2013 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lis Every 418 37.5 -4.5
Liberal Democrats Dian Warman32228.9-8.2
UKIP Jeremy Tyrrell14513.0+13.0
Labour Jane Frances13812.4-8.6
Independent John Borland938.3+8.3
Majority968.6
Turnout 1,116
Conservative hold Swing
Sutton By-Election 24 April 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lorna Dupre 523 50.9 +27.0
Conservative Neil Hitchin28027.2-19.2
UKIP Daniel Divine16215.8+15.8
Labour Jane Frances636.1-23.6
Majority24323.6
Turnout 1,028
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Soham South By-Election 19 June 2014 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hamish Ross 363 34.4 -1.5
UKIP Daniel Divine20119.1+19.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Warner19118.1-1.0
Independent Geoffrey Woollard14814.0+14.0
Independent Gerard Hobbs807.6+7.6
Labour Fiona Ross716.7-9.4
Majority16215.4
Turnout 1,054
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2015-2019

Bottisham By-Election 4 February 2016 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Sharp 421 43.6 -8.2
Liberal Democrats Steven Aronson40341.7+9.8
Labour Steven O'Dell9910.2-6.1
UKIP Daniel Divine434.5+4.5
Majority181.9
Turnout 966
Conservative hold Swing
Soham North By-Election 22 June 2017 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Goldsack 423 59.7 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Alec Jones17825.1+4.6
Labour Peter Tyson10815.2-0.4
Majority24534.6
Turnout 709
Conservative hold Swing
Ely South By-Election 7 September 2017 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Whelan 527 39.9 +13.2
Conservative Sarah Bellow41131.1-19.7
Labour Rebecca Denness38429.0+6.4
Majority1168.8
Turnout 1,322
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

Soham North By-Election 23 September 2021 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Goldsack 484 50.8 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Pallett36938.8-9.1
Labour Sam Mathieson717.5-2.4
Green Andrew Cohen282.9+2.9
Majority11512.1
Turnout 952
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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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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