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2019 Cambridge City Council election

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The 2019 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other nationwide local elections.[1][2]

Quick facts 16: one-third of 42 plus 2 by-elections 22 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
2019 Cambridge City Council election
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2 May 2019
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16: one-third of 42 plus 2 by-elections
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.6%
  First party Second party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 26 14
Seats won 9 7
Seats after 26 15
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 13,936 13,131
Percentage 37.2% 35.0%
Swing Decrease 9.2% Increase 3.1%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Green
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 838 5,746
Percentage 2.2% 15.3%
Swing Increase 2.2% Increase 6.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Cambridge City Council election
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There were 90,575 registered electors, and turnout was 36.6%.[3]

Results summary

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2019 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16 9 Steady 56.3 17 26 61.9 13,936 37.2 –9.2
  Liberal Democrats 16 7 Increase 1 43.8 8 15 35.7 13,131 35.0 +3.1
  Green 15 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,746 15.3 +6.6
  Conservative 16 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,308 8.8 –3.9
  Independent 1 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 2.4 838 2.2 New
  UKIP 3 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 462 1.2 +0.9
  Renew 1 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 69 0.2 New
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Results by ward

Abbey

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Abbey[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Haf Davies 1,055 50.0 −7.0
Green Naomi Bennett 477 22.6 +11.9
Liberal Democrats Jake Butt 328 15.6 −5.1
Conservative David Smith 179 8.5 −3.2
Renew Boris Boyd 69 3.3 New
Majority 578 27.4
Turnout 2,126 31.4 —
Rejected ballots 18 0.8
Registered electors 6,772
Labour hold Swing
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Arbury

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Arbury[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carina O'Reilly 1,097 48.9 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Tim Ward 554 24.7 +0.1
Green Stephen Lawrence 351 15.7 +6.6
Conservative Harry Clynch 240 10.7 −3.8
Majority 543 24.2
Turnout 2,270 35.4
Rejected ballots 28 1.2
Registered electors 6,407
Labour hold Swing
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Castle

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Castle[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Chadwick 1,186 49.9 +9.1
Labour Isabel Lambourne 698 29.4 −10.4
Green Matthew Green 332 14.0 +6.2
Conservative Oliver Riley 160 6.7 −3.8
Majority 488 20.5
Turnout 2,397 36.1
Rejected ballots 21 0.9
Registered electors 6,640
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Cherry Hinton

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Cherry Hinton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mark Ashton 1,062 49.4 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Henry Wright 464 21.6 +5.5
Green Jenny Richens 352 16.4 +8.8
Conservative Mohamed Hossain 270 12.6 −6.9
Majority 598 27.8
Turnout 2,181 34.6
Rejected ballots 33 1.5
Registered electors 6,297
Labour Co-op hold Swing
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Coleridge

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Coleridge[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Grace Hadley 1,041 46.0 −9.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Harrison 422 18.7 +1.1
Green Sarah Nicmanis 395 17.5 +7.7
Conservative Donald Douglas 250 11.1 −5.6
UKIP Bill Kaminski 153 6.8 New
Majority 619 27.4
Turnout 2,271 35.8
Rejected ballots 10 0.4
Registered electors 6,342
Labour hold Swing
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East Chesterton

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East Chesterton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerri Bird 1,097 44.1 −6.4
Liberal Democrats Owen Dunn 827 33.2 +2.4
Green Gareth Bailey 271 10.9 −1.9
Conservative Timur Coskun 165 6.6 −4.5
UKIP Peter Burkinshaw 128 5.1 +1.6
Majority 270 10.9
Turnout 2,496 38.5
Rejected ballots 8 0.3
Registered electors 6,482
Labour hold Swing
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King's Hedges

One of the two King's Hedges seats was filled by a by-election held alongside the ordinary election, following the death of the Mayor of Cambridge, Labour councillor Nigel Gawthrope.[10]

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King's Hedges (2 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexandra Collis 851 48.4 −3.3
Labour Kevin Price 751 42.7 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Luke Hallam 455 25.9 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Ewan Redpath 380 21.6 −0.6
Green Angela Ditchfield 352 20.0 +10.8
Conservative Eric Barrett-Payton 190 10.8 −6.1
UKIP David Corn 181 10.3 New
Conservative Benedict Smith 164 9.3 −7.6
Majority 296 16.8
Turnout 1,769 28.6
Rejected ballots 9 0.5
Registered electors 6,185
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Market

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Market[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Katie Porrer 870 48.6 +5.1
Labour Steve King 478 26.7 −10.6
Green Emma Garnett 329 18.4 +6.9
Conservative William Phelps 112 6.3 −1.4
Majority 392 21.9
Turnout 1,805 30.9
Rejected ballots 16 0.9
Registered electors 5,839
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
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Newnham

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Newnham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Markus Gehring 1,003 50.1 +0.4
Labour Joe Beastall 552 27.6 −8.4
Green Mark Slade 276 13.8 +6.6
Conservative Dolly Theis 171 8.5 +1.3
Majority 451 22.5
Turnout 2,014 35.8
Rejected ballots 12 0.6
Registered electors 5,626
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Petersfield

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Petersfield[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Davey 969 45.5 −12.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Brown 622 29.2 +9.2
Green Virgil Ierubino 433 20.3 +7.4
Conservative Stephen Burdett 106 5.0 −3.8
Majority 347 16.3
Turnout 2,154 40.5
Rejected ballots 24 1.1
Registered electors 5,323
Labour hold Swing
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Queen Edith's

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Queen Edith's[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Pippas 1,067 36.8 −7.4
Independent Sam Davies 838 28.9 New
Labour Dan Greef 464 16.0 −13.0
Green Elisabeth Whitebread 329 11.3 +3.6
Conservative Manas Deb 205 7.1 −12.0
Majority 229 7.9
Turnout 2,918 44.1
Rejected ballots 15 0.5
Registered electors 6,616
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Romsey

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Romsey[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Smith 1,138 48.4 −10.9
Green Caitlin Patterson 540 23.0 +12.1
Liberal Democrats Joshua Blanchard Lewis 526 22.4 −0.5
Conservative Martin Keegan 146 6.2 −0.7
Majority 598 25.4
Turnout 2,373 36.8
Rejected ballots 23 1.0
Registered electors 6,451
Labour hold Swing
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Trumpington

One of the two Trumpington seats was filled by a by-election held alongside the ordinary election, following the resignation of independent councillor Donald Adey.[17]

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Trumpington (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lord 1,509 43.7 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Summerbell 1,474 42.6 +5.0
Labour Matt Bird 977 28.3 −9.4
Labour May Shafi 773 22.4 −15.3
Green Ceri Galloway 600 17.4 +8.9
Conservative Shapour Meftah 431 12.5 −3.7
Green Sue Wells 399 11.5 +3.0
Conservative Philip Salway 349 10.1 −6.1
Majority 497 14.4
Turnout 3,497 36.4
Rejected ballots 40 1.1
Registered electors 9,604
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
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West Chesterton

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West Chesterton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Damien Tunnacliffe 1,444 50.5 +6.3
Labour Alex Skinner 933 32.7 −7.5
Green Shayne Mitchell 310 10.9 +4.3
Conservative Michael Harford 170 6.0 −3.0
Majority 511 17.9
Turnout 2,873 48.0
Rejected ballots 16 0.6
Registered electors 5,991
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Changes 2019–2021

  • In August 2020, Liberal Democrat councillor George Pippas (Queen Edith's) resigned because of ill health.[20][21]
  • In September 2020, Liberal Democrat councillors Rod Cantrill (Newnham) and Peter Lord (Trumpington) resigned.[22][23]
  • In October 2020, Labour councillor Kevin Price (King's Hedges) resigned in protest at a council motion on transgender rights.[24][25]
  • Because by-elections were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, the four seats were held vacant until the ordinary election on 6 May 2021.[23]

By-elections

Newnham

The Newnham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Lucy Nethsingha following her election as a Member of the European Parliament.[26]

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Newnham by-election, 8 August 2019[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Josh Matthews 774 59.5 +16.3
Labour Niamh Sweeney 235 18.1 –18.1
Green Mark Slade 149 11.5 +1.5
Conservative Michael Spencer 143 11.0 +0.2
Majority 539 41.4
Turnout 1,305 26.7[28]
Rejected ballots 4 0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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