Cambridge local elections
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One third of Cambridge City 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 - present
[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
Cambridge Council election, 2007
Cambridge Council election, 2008
[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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Coleridge By-Election 21 July 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Benjamin Stafford | 829 | 46.8 | +13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
| Trumpington By-Election 16 November 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
