2015 Cambridge City Council election

2015 Cambridge City Council election
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16: one-third of 42; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2015 Cambridge City Council election

The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election.^[1]

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2015 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election				Full council			This election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	{{{candidates}}}	8		57.1	16	24	57.1	20,279	34.5	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	{{{candidates}}}	5	1	35.7	9	14	33.3	16,257	27.6	-2.0
	Independent	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	1	2	4.8	89	0.2	-1.9
	Conservative	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	10,266	17.5	+4.2
	Green	{{{candidates}}}	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	9,675	16.5	+3.0
	UKIP	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,261	3.8	+3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Hart	1,645	42.5	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Martin	831	21.5	+4.9
	Green	Monica Hone	701	18.1	−2.6
	Conservative	David Cowan	696	18.0	+3.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carina O'Reilly	1,673	39.1	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	1,165	27.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	597	13.9	+0.4
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	568	13.3	−2.3
	UKIP	Celia Conway	281	6.6	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Holt	1,288	30.1	+3.6
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,084	25.4	−4.5
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	951	22.3	+11.9
	Green	Martin Bonner	920	21.5	+6.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Ashton	1,839	41.5	−38.5
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	843	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Sexton	790	17.8	−2.2
	UKIP	Alex Crowson	393	8.9	N/A
	Green	Phillip Barnett	364	8.2	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Results summary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Benstead	1,606	38.1	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cooper	1,044	24.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	748	17.8	+1.1
	Green	Shaun Esgate	558	13.2	−0.7
	UKIP	Bill Kaminski	259	6.1	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerri Bird	1,630	38.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shahida Rahman	1,165	27.8	−7.4
	Conservative	Alex Boyd	608	14.5	+5.9
	Green	Peter Pope	466	11.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Pater Burkinshaw	327	7.8	−2.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Price	1,367	39.0	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Newsam	726	20.7	−1.2
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	552	15.7	+2.5
	UKIP	Dave Corn	419	12.0	N/A
	Green	Angela Ditchfield	355	10.1	−1.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Oscar Gillespie	1,147	27.7	+2.0
	Labour	Danielle Greene	1,140	27.5	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dom Weldon	1,134	27.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Daniel Coughlan	726	17.5	−0.3
Turnout
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Markus Gehring	1,387	32.7	−2.9
	Labour	Ewan McGaughey	1,203	28.4	−4.9
	Green	Kate Honey	947	22.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Sam Carr	700	16.5	+3.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	1,632	44.0	−9.0
	Green	Atus Mariqueo-Russell	864	23.3	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parkin	795	21.4	−0.6
	Conservative	Ben Flook	422	11.4	+2.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Pippas	1,502	33.7	−8.9
	Labour	Matt Worth	1,102	24.7	−5.0
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	1,093	24.5	+8.2
	Green	Joel Chalfen	546	12.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Candido Channell	213	4.8	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Smith	1,636	37.7	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Adey	1,314	30.3	−7.5
	Green	Jane Carpenter	951	21.9	+8.0
	Conservative	Rahatul Raja	436	10.1	+3.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe O'Connell	1,498	29.9	−16.3
	Conservative	Daniel John	1,366	27.3	−7.6
	Labour	Nick Gay	1,182	23.6	+4.5
	Green	Ceri Galloway	751	15.0	N/A
	UKIP	Richard Jeffs	213	4.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe	1,618	37.0	−2.9
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	1,540	35.2	+4.8
	Green	Har Kaur	537	12.3	+1.7
	Conservative	Linda Yeatman	528	12.1	+1.3
	UKIP	Mary King	156	3.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing