Cambridgeshire County Council elections

Shire Hall in Cambridge, headquarters of Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council is elected every four years by the first past the post system of election. The council currently consists of 69 councillors, representing 60 electoral divisions. The Conservative Party is currently the largest party on the council, having lost overall control in the 2013 local elections. The council meets at Shire Hall in Cambridge, on the site of Cambridge Castle's bailey and a 19th century prison.

Under the Local Government Act 1972 the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire was created from the merger of the administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough, both of which were formed in 1965. The first elections to the new authority were in April 1973, and the council took office on 1 April 1974.

From its creation until 1998, the county council administered the entire area of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire. Peterborough city council became a unitary authority in 1998, but continues to form part of the county for ceremonial purposes.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party		Tenure
	No overall control	1973 – 1977
	Conservative	1977 – 1985
	No overall control	1985 – 1989
	Conservative	1989 – 1993
	No overall control	1993 – 1997
	Conservative	1997 – 2013
	No overall control	2013 – present

County council composition

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat^[1]	UKIP	Green	Other	Total
Election							Total
1973^[2]	28	22	5	0	0	13	68
1977^[2]	56	7	1	0	0	4	68
1981^[2]	35	19	11	0	0	3	68
1985^[2]	29	21	26	0	0	1	77
1989^[2]	46	20	10	0	0	1	77
1993^[3]	33	21	20	0	0	3^[4]	77
1997^[3]^[5]^[6]	33	10	16	0	0	0	59
2001^[5]^[6]	34	9	16	0	0	0	59
2005^[7]	42	4	23	0	0	0	69
2009^[8]	42	2	23	1	1	0	69
2013^[9]	32	7	14	12	0	4	69

Composition since 1973

1973

1977

1981

1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2009

2013

County result maps

2005 results map
2009 results map
2013 results map

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Cambridgeshire County Council.

1993-1997

Abbey By-Election, 7 November 1996^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Shaw	723	72.2	+6.9
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	175	17.5	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Knowles	104	10.4	-3.4
Majority			548	54.7	+10.3
Turnout			1,002	20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1997-2001

Melbourn By-Election, 4 March 1999^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	R L Trueman^[12]	1,206	51.0	+14.1
	Conservative		922	39.0	+5.4
	Labour		236	10.0	-6.6
Majority			284	12.0
Turnout			2,364	32.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Houghton & Wyton By-Election, 8 April 1999^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S M Campbell^[12]	1,300	52.0	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat		1,202	48.0	+18.8
Majority			98	4.0
Turnout			2,502	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

March East By-Election, 4 January 2001^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F Yeulett^[15]	769	56.2	+13.1
	Labour		313	22.9	-13.5
	Liberal Democrat		177	12.9	-0.4
	Independent		109	8.0	+8.0
Majority			456	33.3
Turnout			1,368	17.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001-2005

Newnham By-Election, 1 May 2003^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Reid	930	51.3	-3.8
	Conservative	C. Gail Kenney	376	20.7	+1.5
	Labour	Daphne Roper	290	16.0	-9.6
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	218	12.0	+12.0
Majority			554	30.6	+1.1
Turnout			1,814	23.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Melbourn By-Election, 2 October 2003^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Stuart Milton	1,298	56.9	+19.5
	Conservative	David Leon Porter	985	43.1	+2.9
Majority			313	13.8
Turnout			2,283	30.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Fulbourn By-Election, 10 June 2004^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Barker	1,392	45.5	+16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Amrani	1,057	34.5	+22.0
	Labour	Martin Evans	613	20.0	-25.5
Majority			335	11.0
Turnout			3,062	46.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castle By-Election, 10 December 2004^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	J. David White	922	55.8	-1.5
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	280	16.9	-2.5
	Labour	Jane Jacks	276	16.7	-6.6
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	117	7.1	+7.1
	UKIP	Helene Davies	58	3.5	+3.5
Majority			642	38.9	+4.9
Turnout			1,653	23.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2005-2009

Ely South and West By-Election, 19 January 2006^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Higginson	1,140	60.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Roderick Mair	583	30.7	-13.1
	Green	Andrew Allen	105	5.5	+5.5
	Labour	Fiona Ross	72	3.8	+3.8
Majority			557	29.3
Turnout			1,900	32.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Romsey By-Election, 4 May 2006^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alice Douglas	955	40.2	-4.8
	Labour	Paul Gilchrist	656	27.6	-5.7
	Green	Jesse Griffiths	265	11.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Richard Normington	258	10.9	+1.2
	Respect	Denise Knowelden	240	10.1	+10.1
Majority			299	12.6
Turnout			2,374	37.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Somersham and Earith By-Election, 12 October 2006^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Criswell	1,377	68.0	+18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hulme	566	28.0	-9.4
	Labour	Richard Allen	81	4.0	-9.4
Majority			811	40.0
Turnout			2,024	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Paxton and St Neot's North By-Election, 3 May 2007^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Churchill	2,412	52.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Eaton	1,885	41.4	+8.5
	Labour	Richard Allen	260	5.7	-11.8
Majority			527	11.5
Turnout			4,557	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton By-Election, 3 May 2007^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Read	1,077	47.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Dewar	574	25.3	-31.5
	Independent	Kenneth Winters	485	21.4	+21.4
	Labour	Fiona Ross	130	5.7	+5.7
Majority			503	22.2
Turnout			2,266	36.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Roman Bank and Peckover By-Election, 3 January 2008^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Humphrey	897	61.1	+2.1
	Labour	Barry Diggle	380	25.9	+25.9
	UKIP	Paul Clapp	192	13.1	+13.1
Majority			517	35.2
Turnout			1,469	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romsey By-Election, 1 May 2008^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kilian Bourke	781	37.0	-8.0
	Labour	Chris Freeman	597	28.3	-5.0
	Conservative	Mike Morley	289	13.7	+4.0
	Green	Keith Garrett	237	11.2	+0.4
	Left List	Andrew Osborne	207	9.8	+9.8
Majority			184	8.7
Turnout			2,111	33.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hardwick By-Election, 27 November 2008^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Whelan	1,369	49.9	+14.5
	Conservative	John Ionides	1,169	42.6	+1.3
	Labour	Helen Haugh	208	7.6	-7.4
Majority			200	7.3
Turnout			2,746	36.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2009-2013

Ramsey Election, 23 July 2009^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Peter Reeve	865	45.3	+45.3
	Conservative	Susan Normington	682	35.7	-10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hulme	308	16.1	-21.5
	Labour	Susan Coomey	53	2.8	-13.3
Majority			183	9.6
Turnout			1,908	30.1
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Wisbech North By-Election, 15 April 2010^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy	548	34.8	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Patrick	506	32.1	+20.0
	Labour	Barry Diggle	287	18.2	+2.7
	UKIP	Paul Clapp	233	14.8	-15.9
Majority			42	2.7
Turnout			1,574	21.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Liberal prior to 1981, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988.
1 2 3 4 5 Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
1 2 "Briefing Notes for the County Council Elections to be held on 5 May 2005" (PDF). Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
↑ Including one Liberal councillor
1 2 "COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS 7th June 2001 RESULTS" (PDF). Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
1 2 "Election 2001 - Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
↑ "Election 2005 - Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
↑ "Election 2009 - Cambridgeshire". BBC News. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
↑ "Results for Cambridgeshire". BBC News. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - November 1996". Keith Edkins. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - March 1999". Keith Edkins. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
1 2 "Notice of Meeting". Cambridgeshire County Council. 1999-05-04. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - April 1999". Keith Edkins. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - January 2001". Keith Edkins. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
↑ "Notice of Meeting". Cambridgeshire County Council. 2001-02-06. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
1 2 3 4 "Democracy in Cambridgeshire 2001 to 2005- Results of By Elections since June 2001". Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Results of By elections held since May 2005". Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ "News releases - Liberal Democrats Win Hardwick County Council Seat". Cambridgeshire County Council. 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ Election delayed from 4 June due to the death of incumbent councillor and Liberal Democrat candidate Ray Powell
↑ "UKIP election win ‘is watershed’". News & Crier. 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ "Dave Patrick stuns Tories and wins Wisbech seat on Fenland District Council for Lib Dems". Wisbech Standard. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

External links

Council elections in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Peterborough City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Cambridge City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

East Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Fenland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Huntingdonshire District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

South Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire

Unitary authorities	City of Peterborough

Boroughs or districts	City of Cambridge District of East Cambridgeshire District of Fenland District of Huntingdonshire District of South Cambridgeshire

Major settlements	Cambridge Cambourne Chatteris Ely Godmanchester Huntingdon March Peterborough Ramsey St Ives St Neots Soham Whittlesey Wisbech See also: List of civil parishes in Cambridgeshire

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