Cambridgeshire County Council elections

Cambridgeshire County Council is elected every four years using the first past the post system of election. As of 2021 the council consists of 61 council seats, representing 59 electoral divisions.

County council composition

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat[1]	UKIP	Green	Other	Total
1973[2]	28	22	5	0	0	13	68
1977[2]	56	7	1	0	0	4	68
1981[2]	35	19	11	0	0	3	68
1985[2]	29	21	26	0	0	1	77
1989[2]	46	20	10	0	0	1	77
1993[3]	33	21	20	0	0	3[4]	77
1997[3][5][6]	33	10	16	0	0	0	59
2001[5][6]	34	9	16	0	0	0	59
2005[7]	42	4	23	0	0	0	69
2009[8]	42	2	23	1	1	0	69
2013[9]	32	7	14	12	0	4	69
2017[10]	36	7	15	0	0	3	61
2021	28	9	20	0	0	4	61

Composition since 1973

1973

1977

1981

1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2009

2013

2017

2021

County result maps

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  2005 results map
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  2009 results map
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  2013 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2021 results map

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Cambridgeshire County Council.

1973-1976

Trumpington By-Election, October 1975 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Brookes	1,056	63.5
	Labour	L. Ann Pettifor	493	29.6
	Liberal	Bernard Greaves	115	6.9
Majority			563	33.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romsey By-Election, February 1979 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hopkins	794	50.2
	Conservative	Gerald Cotman	501	31.6
	Liberal	Alan Charlesworth	288	18.1
Majority			293	18.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

1993−1997

Abbey By-Election, 7 November 1996^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Shaw	723	72.2	+6.9
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	175	17.5	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Knowles	104	10.4	−3.4
Majority			548	54.7	+10.3
Turnout			1,002	20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1997−2001

Melbourn By-Election, 4 March 1999^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R L Trueman[15]	1,206	51.0	+14.1
	Conservative		922	39.0	+5.4
	Labour		236	10.0	−6.6
Majority			284	12.0
Turnout			2,364	32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Houghton & Wyton By-Election, 8 April 1999^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S M Campbell[15]	1,300	52.0	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats		1,202	48.0	+18.8
Majority			98	4.0
Turnout			2,502	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

March East By-Election, 4 January 2001^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Yeulett[18]	769	56.2	+13.1
	Labour		313	22.9	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats		177	12.9	−0.4
	Independent		109	8.0	+8.0
Majority			456	33.3
Turnout			1,368	17.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001−2005

Newnham By-Election, 1 May 2003^[19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Reid	930	51.3	−3.8
	Conservative	C. Gail Kenney	376	20.7	+1.5
	Labour	Daphne Roper	290	16.0	−9.6
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	218	12.0	+12.0
Majority			554	30.6	+1.1
Turnout			1,814	23.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Melbourn By-Election, 2 October 2003^[19][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stuart Milton	1,298	56.9	+19.5
	Conservative	David Leon Porter	985	43.1	+2.9
Majority			313	13.8
Turnout			2,283	30.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Fulbourn By-Election, 10 June 2004^[19][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Barker	1,392	45.5	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Amrani	1,057	34.5	+22.0
	Labour	Martin Evans	613	20.0	−25.5
Majority			335	11.0
Turnout			3,062	46.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castle By-Election, 10 December 2004^[19][23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John White	922	55.8	−1.5
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	280	16.9	−2.5
	Labour	Jane Jacks	276	16.7	−6.6
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	117	7.1	+7.1
	UKIP	Helene Davies	58	3.5	+3.5
Majority			642	38.9	+4.9
Turnout			1,653	23.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2005−2009

Ely South and West By-Election, 19 January 2006^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Higginson	1,140	60.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Roderick Mair	583	30.7	−13.1
	Green	Andrew Allen	105	5.5	+5.5
	Labour	Fiona Ross	72	3.8	+3.8
Majority			557	29.3
Turnout			1,900	32.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey By-Election, 4 May 2006^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Douglas	955	40.2	−4.8
	Labour	Paul Gilchrist	656	27.6	−5.7
	Green	Jesse Griffiths	265	11.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Richard Normington	258	10.9	+1.2
	Respect	Denise Knowelden	240	10.1	+10.1
Majority			299	12.6
Turnout			2,374	37.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Somersham and Earith By-Election, 12 October 2006^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Criswell	1,377	68.0	+18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hulme	566	28.0	−9.4
	Labour	Richard Allen	81	4.0	−9.4
Majority			811	40.0
Turnout			2,024	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Paxton and St Neot's North By-Election, 3 May 2007^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Churchill	2,412	52.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Eaton	1,885	41.4	+8.5
	Labour	Richard Allen	260	5.7	−11.8
Majority			527	11.5
Turnout			4,557	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton By-Election, 3 May 2007^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Read	1,077	47.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dewar	574	25.3	−31.5
	Independent	Kenneth Winters	485	21.4	+21.4
	Labour	Fiona Ross	130	5.7	+5.7
Majority			503	22.2
Turnout			2,266	36.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Roman Bank and Peckover By-Election, 3 January 2008^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Humphrey	897	61.1	+2.1
	Labour	Barry Diggle	380	25.9	+25.9
	UKIP	Paul Clapp	192	13.1	+13.1
Majority			517	35.2
Turnout			1,469	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romsey By-Election, 1 May 2008^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kilian Bourke	781	37.0	−8.0
	Labour	Chris Freeman	597	28.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Mike Morley	289	13.7	+4.0
	Green	Keith Garrett	237	11.2	+0.4
	Left List	Andrew Osborne	207	9.8	+9.8
Majority			184	8.7
Turnout			2,111	33.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hardwick By-Election, 27 November 2008^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Whelan	1,369	49.9	+14.5
	Conservative	John Ionides	1,169	42.6	+1.3
	Labour	Helen Haugh	208	7.6	−7.4
Majority			200	7.3
Turnout			2,746	36.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2009-2013

Ramsey Election, 23 July 2009^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Peter Reeve	865	45.3	+45.3
	Conservative	Susan Normington	682	35.7	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hulme	308	16.1	−21.5
	Labour	Susan Coomey	53	2.8	−13.3
Majority			183	9.6
Turnout			1,908	30.1
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Wisbech North by-election, 15 April 2010^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy	548	34.8	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Patrick	506	32.1	+20.0
	Labour	Barry Diggle	287	18.2	+2.7
	UKIP	Paul Clapp	233	14.8	−15.9
Majority			42	2.7
Turnout			1,574	21.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election called following the death of Leslie Sims.

East Chesterton by-election, 16 September 2010^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Manning	832	40.9	+5.1
	Labour	Gerri Bird	663	32.6	+17.6
	Conservative	Matthew Bradney	334	16.4	−8.4
	Green	Peter Pope	117	5.7	−9.0
	Cambridge Socialists	Anna Gordon	53	2.6	+2.6
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	37	1.8	−8.0
Majority			169	8.3
Turnout			2,036	30.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-election called following the resignation of Siep Wijsenbeek.

March North by-election, 3 March 2011^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Count	616	52.4	−3.4
	Labour	Louis Sugden	282	24.0	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	William McAdam	277	23.6	−6.9
Majority			334	28.4
Turnout			1,175	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election following death of John West

Arbury by-election, 5 May 2011^[28][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sales	1,214	37.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Ellis	1,078	33.7	−8.3
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	496	15.5	−0.3
	Green	Martin Bonner	411	12.8	−0.4
Majority			136	4.3
Turnout			3,199	47.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2013−2017

Willingham by-election, 22 May 2014^{[28] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	1,252	41.8	+2.2
	UKIP	Martin Hale	642	21.4	−7.1
	Labour	Ben Monks	471	15.7	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Gymer	338	11.3	+4.7
	Green	Helen Stocks	295	9.8	+1.9
Majority			610	20.3
Turnout			2,998	38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election following resignation of Ray Manning on 2 April 2014.

Bar Hill by-election, 12 February 2015^[28][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Harford	787	46.0	+0.6
	UKIP	Martin Hale	251	14.7	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Whelan	238	13.9	+5.4
	Labour	Alex Smith	235	13.7	+0.1
	Green	Claudia Roland	200	11.7	+2.3
Majority			536	31.3
Turnout			1,711	23.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election held following the death of John Reynolds.

Whittlesey North by-election, 7 May 2015^[28][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Boden	2,237	56.2	+0.6
	UKIP	Paul Edwards	1,131	28.4	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Chapman	615	15.4	+15.4
Majority			1,106	27.8
Turnout			3,983	65.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election following resignation of Martin Curtis on 22 March 2015.

Wisbech South by-election, 4 June 2015^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy	1,020	63.8	+32.4
	UKIP	Susan Carson	298	18.6	−19.6
	Labour	Dean Reeves	219	13.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Ratcliffe	61	3.8	−10.1
Majority			722	45.2
Turnout			1,908	20.0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Peter Lagoda, who was elected for the UK Independence Party, following his conviction for benefit fraud.^[34]

Romsey by-election, 25 June 2015^[28][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zoe Moghadas	829	37.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Martin	782	35.2	−12.7
	Green	Debbie Aitchison	467	21.0	+15.1
	Conservative	Raja Rahatul	100	4.5	+0.1
	UKIP	Richard Jeffs	46	2.1	−3.0
Majority			47	2.1
Turnout			2,224	32.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

By-election following the resignation of Killian Bourke on 11 May 2015.

Chatteris by-election, 14 October 2015^[28][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Mandley	600	41.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Alan Melton	590	40.3	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Freeman	274	18.7	−2.6
Majority			10	0.7
Turnout			1,464	23.5
	UKIP hold		Swing

By-election following the death of Sandra Rylance.

Sutton by-election, 18 February 2016^[28][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Dupré	1,063	52.5	+19.8
	Conservative	Mike Bradley	651	32.2	−17.2
	UKIP	Pete Bigsby	208	10.3	+10.3
	Independent	Owen Winters	102	5.0	+5.0
Majority			412	20.3
Turnout			2,044	31.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Phil Read, who was elected as a Conservative.^[38]

St. Neots Eaton Socon and Eynesbury by-election, 5 May 2016^[28][39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simone Taylor	1,104	34.2
	Conservative	Karl Wainwright	1,024	31.7
	Labour	Nik Johnson	625	19.3
	Independent	James Corley	479	14.8
Majority			80	2.5
Turnout			3,232	27.0
	Independent hold		Swing

By-election following the death of Councillor Steven Van de Kerkhove in January 2016. 2-member division.

2017−2021

Soham North and Isleham by-election, 4 October 2018 ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Goldsack	858	48.8	−17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Charlesworth	527	30.0	+12.5
	Labour	Lee Jinks	191	10.9	−5.5
	Independent	Geoffrey Woollard	182	10.4	+10.4
Majority			331	18.8	−30.0
Turnout			1,772	21.2	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−15.0

Trumpington by-election, 2 May 2019 ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ashwood	1,328	46.7	+7.7
	Labour	Rob Grayston	741	26.0	−3.6
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	452	15.9	−8.4
	Green	Beverley Carpenter	325	11.4	+4.3
Majority			587	20.6	+11.2
Turnout			2,883	37.0	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.6

Duxford by-election, 27 February 2020 ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McDonald	1,607	59.6	+26.3
	Conservative	Stephen Edwards	1,090	40.4	−14.7
Majority			517	19.2	−2.7
Turnout			2,711	32.5	−13.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+20.5

2021−2025

St Neots The Eatons by-election, 16 February 2023^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	1,042	43.5	+43.5
	Conservative	Andrew Jennings	746	31.1	−5.3
	Independent	Colin Maslen	360	15.0	+15.0
	Labour	Taylor Purdon	250	10.4	−2.5
Majority			296	12.3
Turnout			2,398
	Liberal Democrats gain from St Neots Independents		Swing

Arbury by-election, 4 May 2023^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Black	1,174	43.0	–5.2
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	761	27.9	+11.1
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	397	14.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Oliver	396	14.5	–7.2
Majority			413	15.1
Turnout			2,728
	Labour hold		Swing

Soham South and Haddenham by-election, 4 May 2023^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Hunt	1,568	44.6	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Docwra	1,276	36.3	+12.8
	Labour	Simon Patenall	379	10.8	−6.8
	Green	Pip Gardner	293	8.3	+0.8
Majority			292	8.3
Turnout			3,567
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yaxley and Farcet: 21 March 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wood	509	31.0	+5.6
	Conservative	Kev Gulson	470	28.6	–28.3
	Independent	Sally Howell	448	27.3	New
	Labour	Richard Ilett	175	10.6	–7.1
	Green	Ellisa Westerman	42	2.6	New
Majority			39	2.4	N/A
Turnout			1,648	20.0	–7.2
Registered electors			8,259
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.9

See also

• Cambridge local elections
• East Cambridgeshire local elections
• Fenland local elections
• Huntingdonshire local elections
• Peterborough local government
• South Cambridgeshire local elections