2026 Cambridge City Council election
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The 2026 Cambridge City Council election will be held on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridgeshire, England.[1][2] This will be on the same day as other local elections.
Due to ongoing local government reorganisation, this will be the final election to Cambridge City Council before it is abolished and replaced by a successor unitary authority. Elections to the successor authority are due to take place in 2027.
Council composition
In 2024, the Labour Party retained control of the council.[3][4]
| After 2024 election | Before 2026 election | ||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 25 | Labour | 23 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | Liberal Democrats | 11 | ||
| Green | 5 | Green | 6 | ||
| Conservative | 1 | Conservative | 1 | ||
| Your Party | Did not exist | Your Party | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | Independent | 0 | ||
Changes 2024–2026:
- August 2024: Mairéad Healy (Independent, elected as Labour) resigns – by-election held September 2024[5]
- September 2024: Beth Gardiner-Smith (Labour) wins by-election[6]
- March 2025: Sam Carling (Labour) and Alice Gilderdale (Labour) resign – by-elections held May 2025[7][8]
- May 2025: Jamie Dalzell (Liberal Democrats) and Bob Illingworth (Liberal Democrats) gain by-elections from Labour[9][10]
- August 2025: Dave Baigent (Labour) joins Your Party[11]
- March 2026: Ingrid Flaubert (Liberal Democrats) joins Green Party[12]
Election result
| 2026 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 13 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | |||||||||
| Green | 5 | |||||||||
| Conservative | 1 | |||||||||
| Your Party | 0 |  |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | N/A[a] | N/A | N/A | |
| Reform | 0 | |||||||||
| Independent | 0 | |||||||||
| Communist | 0 | |||||||||
