2016 Cambridge City Council election

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The 2016 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The Labour Party grouping gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority on the council from 6 to 10 seats. [1]

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2016 Cambridge City Council election
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  2015 2 May 2016 2018  

16: one-third of 42
22 seats needed for a majority
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats
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Popular vote1
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Party Independent Green
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Results summary

2016 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Increase2.svg 264.3172661.915,27945.9+11.4
  Liberal Democrats 4Decrease2.svg 128.691331.09,17227.5-0.1
  Independent 1Steady2.svg7.1124.87762.3+2.1
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0112.43,33510.0-6.5
  Conservative 0Decrease2.svg 10.0000.03,92711.8-5.7
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.08302.5-1.3

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Leslie Johnson1,23561.3+18.8
Green Monica Ursula Hone29214.5-3.6
Liberal Democrats Nicky Shepard26613.2-8.3
Conservative Angela Ozturk22211.0-7.0
Turnout 2,01531.9-23.1
Labour hold Swing 13.6

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Todd-Jones1,43061.5+22.4
Conservative James Andrew Strachan28212.1-1.4
Liberal Democrats Timothy Derek Ward36815.8-11.4
Green Stephen Roger Lawrence24510.5-2.8
Turnout 2,32537.4-21.6
Labour hold Swing 16.9

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Hipkin77637.9-11.6†
Labour Patrick Sheil56227.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Timothy Argent38819.0-11.4
Green Alacia Natalie Gent1919.3-12.1
Conservative Edward Alexander Macnaghten1296.3-16.1
Turnout 2,04635.7-17.3
Independent hold Swing -4.8

†on 2012 election.

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Paul Dryden1,37360.8+19.3
Conservative Eric William Barrett-Payton36716.2-2.8
Liberal Democrats Jamie Dalzell2109.3-8.5
UKIP Richard Graham Jeffs1667.3-1.6
Green Caitlin Patterson1436.3-1.9
Turnout 2,259
Labour hold Swing

Coleridge

Coleridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosy Moore1,40460.3+22.2
Conservative Sam Barker34414.8-3.0
Liberal Democrats Raymundo Leysan Carlos23410.0-14.8
Green Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino1878.0-5.2
UKIP Bill Kaminski1586.8+0.7
Turnout 2,327
Labour hold Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margery Betty Abbott1,10341.6+2.7
Liberal Democrats Shahida Rahman 90634.2+6.4
Conservative Kevin Andre Francis2629.9-4.6
UKIP Peter Burkinshaw2027.6-0.2
Green Jiameng Gao1796.7-4.4
Turnout 2,652
Labour hold Swing

King's Hedges

King's Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Gawthrope98154.5+15.5
Liberal Democrats Hugh Bernard Newsam23313.7+13.0
UKIP Dave Corn22312.4+0.4
Conservative Anette Karimi21211.8+3.9
Green Angela Kalinzi Ditchfield1528.4-1.7
Turnout 1,801
Labour hold Swing

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Bick77738.5+11.1
Labour Danielle Greene71735.5+8.0
Green Stuart James Tuckwood40119.9-7.8
Conservative Barney Baber1256.2-11.3
Turnout 2,020
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Nethsingha 93943.2+10.5
Labour Ewan McGaughey78736.2+8.2
Conservative Julius Carrington23410.8-5.7
Green Mark Slade2169.9-12.5
Turnout 2,176
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Andrew Robertson1,30561.4+17.4
Green Sharon Deep Kaur32115.1-8.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Stephen Levy27713.0-8.4
Conservative Catherine Claire Durance22110.4-1.0
Turnout 2,124
Labour hold Swing

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer A Page-Croft1,18943.0+9.3
Labour John Beresford80129.0+4.3
Conservative Manas Deb54419.7-4.8
Green Joel Henry Chalfen2328.4-3.9
Turnout 2,766
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sophie Alice Barnett1,40949.7+12.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Helen Lindsay Smart1,01635.8+5.3
Green Jane Heather Carpenter2739.6-12.3
Conservative Roy Leonard Barton1394.9-5.2
Turnout 2,837
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Donald Marshall Adey1,21241.3+4.3
Labour Nick Gay75525.7+2.1
Conservative Shapour Meftah66422.6-4.7
Green Ceri Berbara Galloway30510.4-4.6
Turnout 2,936
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Sargeant1,41746.7+11.5
Liberal Democrats Nichola Jane Harrison1,15738.1+1.1
Green John David Bachelor1986.5-5.8
Conservative Simon Lee1826.0-6.1
UKIP Celia Margaret Conway812.7-0.9
Turnout 3,035
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.3

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References

  1. "Election results". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.