Cambridge local elections
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One third of Cambridge Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
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[edit] Political control
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 Democrat 2000 -
[edit] Council elections
Cambridge Council election 1998
Cambridge Council election 1999
Cambridge Council election 2000
Cambridge Council election 2002
Cambridge Council election 2003
Cambridge Council election 2004
Cambridge Council election 2006
[edit] 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| UK Independence | Albert Watts | 42 | 2.4 | -5.7 | |
| Majority | 191 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,772 | 30.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
