Cambridge City Council elections

One third of Cambridge City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Conservative	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (42 seats)
1973	26	5	11	–	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (42 seats)^[1]
1976	16	2	24	0	0		Conservative
1978	17	2	22	0	1		Conservative
1979	18	3	20	0	1		No overall control
1980	21	4	16	0	1		No overall control
1982	20	9	13	0	0		No overall control
1983	21	9	12	0	0		No overall control
1984	21	10	11	0	0		No overall control
1986	22	10	10	0	0		Labour
1987	20	11	11	0	0		No overall control
1988	22	7	13	0	0		Labour
1990	24	7	11	0	0		Labour
1991	25	7	10	0	0		Labour
1992	21	12	9	0	0		No overall control
1994	19	16	7	0	0		No overall control
1995	20	18	4	0	0		No overall control
1996	23	18	1	0	0		Labour
1998	21	18	3	0	0		No overall control
1999	21	18	3	0	0		No overall control
2000	16	23	3	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2002	16	24	2	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2003	14	26	2	0	0		Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (42 seats)^[2]
2004	13	28	1	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2006	13	29	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2007	13	29	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2008	11	28	1	1	1		Liberal Democrats
2010	9	29	1	2	1		Liberal Democrats
2011	13	26	0	2	1		Liberal Democrats
2012	18	21	1	1	1		No overall control
2014	24	15	1	0	2		Labour
2015	24	14	1	1	2		Labour
2016	26	13	0	1	2		Labour
2018	26	15	0	1	1		Labour
2019	26	15	0	0	1		Labour
New ward boundaries (42 seats)^[3]
2021	27	12	0	2	1		Labour
2022	29	9	0	3	1		Labour
2023	27	10	0	4	1		Labour
2024	25	10	1	5	1		Labour
2026	17	11	1	12	1		No overall control

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Schofield	1,769	51.3	−3.6
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	1,106	32.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wesson	571	16.6	+6.0
Majority			663	19.2
Turnout			3,446
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Reed	664	58.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Stafford	829	46.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	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

Council composition

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	836	37.6	−0.8
	Conservative	552	24.9	−3.6
	Labour	319	14.4	−3.8
	Green	313	14.1	+4.1
	UKIP	201	9.0	+9.0
Majority		284	12.8
Turnout		2,221
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Owers	900	44.0	+11.7
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	734	35.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Barnes	223	10.9	−14.6
	Green	Valerie Hopkins	137	6.7	−4.2
	UKIP	Albert Watts	53	2.6	−0.3
Majority			166	8.1
Turnout			2,047
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Roberts	878	51.4	−3.0
	Green	Oliver Perkins	336	19.7	−4.2
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	284	16.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Streets	209	12.2	+2.9
Majority			542	31.8
Turnout			1,707
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Viki Sanders	933	36.5	−6.1
	Labour	Rahima Ahammed	790	30.9	+1.2
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	614	24.0	+7.7
	Green	Joel Chalfen	222	8.7	−2.7
Majority			143	5.6
Turnout			2,559
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,267	46.8	−14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	992	36.5	+20.8
	Conservative	Henry Collins	450	16.6	+4.5
Majority			275	10.2
Turnout			2,709
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelley Green	873	47.9	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	663	36.4	+16.4
	Green	Virgin Ierubino	171	9.4	−3.5
	Conservative	Othman Cole	115	6.3	−2.5
Majority			210	11.5
Turnout			1,822
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Matthews	774	59.5	+16.3
	Labour	Niamh Marian Sweeney	235	18.1	−18.1
	Green	Mark Slade	149	11.5	+1.5
	Conservative	Michael David Spencer	143	11.0	+0.2
Majority			539	41.4
Turnout			1,301
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Levien	1,017	49.8
	Labour	Rahima Ahammed	472	23.1
	Green	Ceri Galloway	298	14.6
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	256	12.5
Majority			545	26.7
Turnout			2,043
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohamed Delowar Hossain	622	34.9	+3.0
	Labour	Zarina Anwar	598	33.6	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Leon Dalzell	418	23.5	+8.5
	Green	Elizabeth Alice May	142	8.0	–6.0
Majority			24	1.3
Turnout			1,780	26.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.3

Romsey By-Election 12 September 2024^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beth Gardiner-Smith	596	42.8	−9.4
	Green	Zak Karimjee	409	29.4	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Walmsley	249	17.9	+6.7
	Conservative	Rob Nelson	138	9.9	+2.3
Majority			187	13.4
Turnout			1,392
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton By-Election 1 May 2025^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Illingworth	871	33.1	+1.1
	Labour	Sarah Haithcock	756	28.7	−13.4
	Green	Sarah Nicmanis	478	18.2	+2.8
	Reform	Mike Nicolson	301	11.4	+11.4
	Conservative	Steven George	224	8.5	−2.0
Majority			115	4.4
Turnout			2,630
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

West Chesterton By-Election 1 May 2025^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Dalzell	1,204	38.5	+2.5
	Labour	Rosy Greenlees	1,030	33.0	−9.9
	Green	Hannah Copley	533	17.1	+3.9
	Reform	Tommy Brace	197	6.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Michael Harford	160	5.1	−2.8
Majority			174	4.4
Turnout			3,124
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Immy Blackburn-Horgan	745	35.0	−2.9
	Labour	Thomas Ron	678	31.8	+8.1
	Conservative	David Carmona	454	21.3	+1.9
	Green	Oliver Fisher	252	11.8	+1.6
Majority			67	3.1
Turnout			2,129
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing