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

Year	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	Green	Independent
2011	26	13	0	2	1
2012	22	17	0	1	1
2014	15	24	1	0	2
2015	14	24	1	1	2

Council elections

• Cambridge City Council election, 1998
• Cambridge City Council election, 1999
• Cambridge City Council election, 2000
• Cambridge City Council election, 2002
• Cambridge City Council election, 2003
• Cambridge City Council election, 2004
• Cambridge City Council election, 2006
• Cambridge City Council election, 2007
• Cambridge City Council election, 2008
• Cambridge City Council election, 2010
• Cambridge City Council election, 2011
• Cambridge City Council election, 2012
• Cambridge City Council election, 2014
• Cambridge City Council election, 2015

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
	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 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

External links

• Cambridge City Council
• Cambridge City Election Results since 1945