Cambridge City Council election, 2006

Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. As Cambridge City Council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the city's 14 wards was up for election. The exception was Romsey, where two seats were up for election as a by-election for the other seat was held on the same day. Therefore, 15 of the 42 seats on the Council were up for election. Overall turnout was 34.4%, down from 37.0% in 2004. The lowest turnout (28.4%) was in Abbey ward and the highest (40.8%) in Queen Edith's.

Results

Cambridge Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	11	1	0	+1	73.3	38.4	11853	-4.8
	Labour	4	1	1	0	26.7	25.4	7837	-2.1
	Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0	22.1	6799	3.0
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	3908	2.7
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	294	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	138	0.2

The composition of the Council after the election was:

• Liberal Democrats - 29 (69.0%)
• Labour - 13 (31.0%)

Results by ward

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miriam Lynn	668	37.4
	Green	Margaret Wright	464	26.0
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	362	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Sexton	292	16.3
Majority			204	11.4
Turnout			1,786	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Ward	1,022	40.3
	Labour	Michael Todd-Jones	816	32.1
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	482	19.0
	Green	Michael Smith	219	8.6
Majority			206	8.1
Turnout			2,539	36.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Kightley	985	48.3
	Conservative	Edward MacNaghten	476	23.3
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	298	14.6
	Labour	Lucy Sheerman	282	13.8
Majority			509	24.9
Turnout			2,041	31.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Newbold	1,071	42.9
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	864	34.6
	Liberal Democrat	Natalie Mayer-Hutchings	367	14.7
	Green	Neal Ford	193	7.7
Majority			207	8.3
Turnout			2,495	32.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Herbert	909	41.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Blackhurst	477	22.0
	Conservative	Stephen Alexander Jones	463	21.3
	Green	Hamish Downer	186	8.6
	UKIP	Albert Watts	138	6.4
Majority			432	19.9
Turnout			2,173	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marian Holness	884	40.6
	Labour	Richard Layfield	583	26.8
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	482	22.1
	Green	Peter Pope	228	10.5
Majority			301	13.8
Turnout			2,177	35.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Neale Upstone	718	40.0
	Labour	Gerri Bird	533	29.7
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	350	19.5
	Green	Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood	193	10.8
Majority			185	10.3
Turnout			1,794	29.61
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Rosenstiel	772	42.7
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	392	21.7
	Green	Martin Lucas-Smith	359	19.9
	Labour	Maureen Donnelly	285	15.8
Majority			380	21.0
Turnout			1,808	28.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roderick Cantrill	974	46.2
	Conservative	James Strachan	475	22.6
	Labour	Joseph Powell	336	16.0
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	321	15.2
Majority			499	23.7
Turnout			2,106	31.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	879	39.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Cooper	848	37.7
	Green	John Collins	282	12.5
	Conservative	Rosemary Clarkson	243	10.8
Majority			31	1.4
Turnout			2,252	35.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Baker	1,489	56.7
	Conservative	Donald Douglas	735	28.0
	Labour	Leonard Freeman	219	8.3
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	181	6.9
Majority			754	28.7
Turnout			2,624	40.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Romsey

Note: the top two candidates were elected; vote percentage and swing for parties, not candidates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Ellis-Miller	1,065	Lib Dem
	Liberal Democrat	Raj Shah	815	41.0
	Labour	Jonathan Goodacre	623	Lab
	Labour	Tariq Sadiq	491	24.3
	Green	Jesse Griffiths	358	Green
	Respect	Thomas Woodcock	294	Respect
	Respect	Samuel Caldwell	268	12.3
	Conservative	Hugh Mennie	235	Con
	Green	Neil Hewett	216	12.5
	Conservative	Angela Ozturk	216	9.8
Majority			192	8.1
Turnout			2291	36.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large bloc voting). Party vote percentages are calculated as percent of the total number of votes; the number (not the percentage) of turnout has been estimated by halving the total number of votes.

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Stuart	960	45.5
	Conservative	John Ionides	752	35.7
	Green	Ceri Galloway	205	9.7
	Labour	Pamela Stacey	191	9.1
Majority			208	9.9
Turnout			2,108	39.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Max Boyce	1,000	42.5
	Conservative	Steven Mastin	488	20.8
	Labour	Simon Watkins	442	18.8
	Green	Sarah Peake	421	17.9
Majority			512	21.8
Turnout			2,351	36.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sources

• Cambridge City Council: Local election results
• Cambridge City Council: 2006 local election full results
• Cambridge City Election Results since 1945

See also

• Cambridge local elections
• United Kingdom local elections, 2006
• Elections in the United Kingdom