2019 Cambridge City Council election

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.

2019 Cambridge City Council election

2 May 2019
16: one-third of 42 plus 2 by-elections 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 26 14 Seats won 9 7 Seats after 26 15 Seat change 1 Popular vote 13,936 13,131 Percentage 37.2 35.0 Swing 9.2 3.1   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Seats before 1 1 Seats won 0 0 Seats after 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 907 5,746 Percentage 2.4 15.3 Swing 2.4 6.6
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Cambridge City Council election

Results summary

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

Results by Ward

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Haf Morlais Davies	1,055	50.0	-7.0
	Green	Naomi Anne Bennett	477	22.6	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Robert Butt	328	15.6	-5.1
	Conservative	David Philip Smith	179	8.5	-3.2
	Renew	Boris Boyd	69	3.3	New
Turnout			2,108	31.1	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carina O'Reilly	1,097	48.9	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	554	24.7	+0.1
	Green	Stephen Roger Lawrence	351	15.7	+6.6
	Conservative	Harry Clynch	240	10.7	-3.8
Turnout			2,241	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Chadwick	1,186	59.9	+9.1
	Labour	Isabel Lambourne	698	29.4	-10.4
	Green	Matthew Evan Green	332	14.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Oliver Hammond Riley	160	6.7	-3.8
Turnout			2,376	35.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Ashton	1,062	49.4	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Henry David Wright	464	21.6	+5.5
	Green	Jenny Helen Richens	352	16.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Mohamed Delowar Hossain	270	12.6	-6.9
Turnout			2,148	34.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grace Gabriella Hadley	1,041	46.0	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Harrison	422	18.7	+1.1
	Green	Sarah Louise Nicmanis	395	17.5	+7.7
	Conservative	Donald Fisher Douglas	250	11.1	-5.6
	UKIP	Bill Kaminski	153	6.8	New
Turnout			2,261	35.7
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerri Bird	1,097	44.1	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Stewart Dunn	827	33.2	+2.4
	Green	Gareth Peter Bailey	271	10.9	-1.9
	Conservative	Timur Coskun	165	6.6	-4.5
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	128	5.1	+1.6
Turnout			2,488	38.4
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexandra Lucy Jane Collis	851	48.4	-3.3
	Labour	Kevin Andrew Price	751	42.7	-9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Jonathan Hallam	455	25.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Charles Redpath	380	21.6	-0.6
	Green	Angela Kalinzi Ditchfield	352	20.0	+10.8
	Conservative	Eric William Barrett-Payton	190	10.8	-6.1
	UKIP	David Paul Corn	181	10.3	New
	Conservative	Benedict Smith	164	9.3	-7.6
Turnout			1769	28.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Porrer	870	48.6	+5.1
	Labour	Steve King	478	26.7	-10.6
	Green	Emma Elizabeth Garnett	329	18.4	+6.9
	Conservative	William Phelps	112	6.3	-1.4
Turnout			1,789	30.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

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
Turnout			2,002	35.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Davey	969	45.5	-12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Elizabeth Brown	622	29.2	+9.2
	Green	Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino	433	20.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Stephen Robert Burdett	106	5.0	-3.8
Turnout			2,130	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Gregory Pippas	1,067	36.8	-7.4
	Independent	Sam Davies	838	28.9	New
	Labour	Dan Greef	464	16.0	-13.0
	Green	Elisabeth Jane Whitebread	329	11.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Manas Deb	205	7.1	-12.0
Turnout			2,903	43.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Smith	1,138	48.4	-10.9
	Green	Caitlin Ruth Patterson	540	23.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Guy Blanchard Lewis	526	22.4	-0.5
	Conservative	Martin Keegan	146	6.2	-0.7
Turnout			2,350	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lord	1,509	43.7	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Leo 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 Barbara Galloway	600	17.4	+8.9
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	431	12.5	-3.7
	Green	Sue Wells	399	11.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Philip James Salway	349	10.1	-6.1
Turnout			3497	36.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe	1,444	50.5	+6.3
	Labour	Alex Skinner	933	32.7	-7.5
	Green	Shayne Mary Mitchell	310	10.9	+4.3
	Conservative	Michael John Harford	170	6.0	-3.0
Turnout			2,857	47.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing