Cambridge City Council elections

One third of Cambridge City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1979
No overall control	1979 - 1986
Labour	1986 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1988
Labour	1988 - 1992
No overall control	1992 - 1996
Labour	1996 - 1998
No overall control	1998 - 2000
Liberal Democrats	2000 - 2012
No overall control	2012 - 2014
Labour	2014–present

Seats on Council

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Year	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	Green	Independent
2011	26	13	0	2	1
2012	22	18	1	0	1
2014	15	24	1	0	2
2015	14	24	1	1	2
2016	13	26	0	1	2
2018	14	26	0	1	1
2019	15	26	0	0	1
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Council elections

By-election results

Arbury By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Schofield	1,769	51.3	−3.6
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	1,106	32.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wesson	571	16.6	+6.0
Majority			663	19.2
Turnout			3,446
	Labour hold		Swing

Petersfield By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Reed	664	58.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dixon	186	16.4	−8.7
	Conservative	Peter Welton	121	10.7	−1.9
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Margaret Wright	117	10.3	+10.3
	Independent	Laurence Jones	48	4.2	+4.2
Majority			478	42.1
Turnout			1,136	15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury By-Election 10 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri James	723	44.5	+29.8
	Labour	Stuart Newbold	540	33.2	−24.0
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	312	19.2	−8.9
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Stephen Lawrence	51	3.1	+3.1
Majority			183	11.3
Turnout			1,626	31.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Coleridge By-Election 21 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Stafford	829	46.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackhurst	638	36.0	+14.8
	Conservative	Steven Mastin	263	14.8	−7.4
	UKIP	Albert Watts	42	2.4	−5.7
Majority			191	10.8
Turnout			1,772	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington By-Election 16 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackhurst	858	51.4	+5.9
	Conservative	John Ionides	618	37.0	+1.3
	Labour	Pamela Stacey	109	6.5	−2.6
	Green	Ceri Galloway	85	5.1	−4.6
Majority			240	14.4
Turnout			1,675	30.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newnham By-Election 8 August 2019^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Matthews	774	59.5	+16.3
	Labour	Niamh Marian Sweeney	235	18.1	−18.1
	Green	Mark Slade	149	11.5	+1.5
	Conservative	Michael David Spencer	143	11.0	+0.2
Majority			539	41.4
Turnout			1,301
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ The City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Cambridge City Council - Newnham By Election - Thursday, 8th August, 2019". democracy.cambridge.gov.uk. Cambridge City Council.

External links

[1] The City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975

[2] slation.gov.uk - The City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[3] "Cambridge City Council - Newnham By Election - Thursday, 8th August, 2019". democracy.cambridge.gov.uk. Cambridge City Council.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes