Cambridge council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 14 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats

Labour Party

Seats contested

across 14 wards

Turnout

—

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	9	-1	13,936	37.2%	-9.2
Liberal Democrats	7	+2	13,131	35.0%	+3.2
Green Party	0	+0	5,746	15.3%	+6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	0	+0	3,308	8.8%	-3.9
Independent	0	+0	838	2.2%	—
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	0	+0	462	1.2%	+1.0
Renew	0	+0	69	0.2%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 16
Conservative and Unionist Party	16
Labour Party	16
Liberal Democrats	16
Green Party	15
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	3
Independent	1
Renew	1

A party standing a full slate could field 16 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Abbey

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Haf Davies Elected	1,055	50.0%	-6.9
Green Party	Naomi Anne Bennett	477	22.6%	+12.0
Liberal Democrats	Jake Butt	328	15.6%	-5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	David Philip Smith	179	8.5%	-3.2
Renew	Boris Boyd	69	3.3%	—
Majority		578
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,108

Labour Party hold

Arbury

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Carina O'Reilly Elected	1,097	48.9%	-2.8
Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	554	24.7%	+0.1
Green Party	Stephen Roger Lawrence	351	15.7%	+6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	Harry Clynch	240	10.7%	-3.8
Majority		543
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,242

Labour Party hold

Castle

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Greg Chadwick Elected	1,186	49.9%	+9.1
Labour Party	Isabel Lambourne	698	29.4%	-10.4
Green Party	Matthew Green	332	14.0%	+6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Oliver Hammond Riley	160	6.7%	-3.7
Majority		488
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,376

Liberal Democrats hold

Cherry Hinton

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Mark William Ashton Elected	1,062	49.4%	-7.3
Liberal Democrats	Henry David Wright	464	21.6%	+5.5
Green Party	Jenny Richens	352	16.4%	+8.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Delowar Hossain	270	12.6%	-7.0
Majority		598
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,148

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Coleridge

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Grace Hadley Elected	1,041	46.0%	-9.9
Liberal Democrats	Alex Harrison	422	18.7%	+1.1
Green Party	Sarah Louise Nicmanis	395	17.5%	+7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Donald Fisher Douglas	250	11.1%	-5.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Bill Kaminski	153	6.8%	—
Majority		619
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,261

Labour Party hold

East Chesterton

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Gerri Bird Elected	1,097	44.1%	-8.5
Liberal Democrats	Owen Dunn	827	33.2%	+1.2
Green Party	Gareth Peter Bailey	271	10.9%	-2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	Timur Coskun	165	6.6%	-6.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Peter Burkinshaw	128	5.1%	+1.6
Majority		270
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,488

Labour Party hold

King's Hedges 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Alex Collis Elected	851	51.2%	-0.5
Labour Party	Kevin Andrew Price Elected	751	45.2%	—
Liberal Democrats	Luke Jonathan Hallam	455	27.4%	+5.2
Liberal Democrats	Ewan Charles Redpath	380	22.9%	—
Green Party	Angela Kalinzi Ditchfield	352	21.2%	+12.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Eric William Barrett-Payton	190	11.4%	-5.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	David Paul Corn	181	10.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Benedict Smith	164	9.9%	—
Majority		296
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,662

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Market

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Katie Porrer Elected	870	48.6%	+5.2
Labour Party	Steve King	478	26.7%	-10.6
Green Party	Emma Garnett	329	18.4%	+6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	William Phelps	112	6.3%	-1.4
Majority		392
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,789

Liberal Democrats hold

Newnham

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Markus Gehring Elected	1,003	50.1%	+0.4
Labour Party	Joe Beastall	552	27.6%	-8.4
Green Party	Mark Slade	276	13.8%	+6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	Dolly Theis	171	8.5%	+1.3
Majority		451
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,002

Liberal Democrats hold

Petersfield

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Mike Davey Elected	969	45.5%	-2.4
Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	622	29.2%	-7.2
Green Party	Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino	433	20.3%	+10.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Stephen Robert Burdett	106	5.0%	-1.3
Majority		347
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,130

Labour Party hold

Queen Edith's

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	George Gregory Pippas Elected	1,067	36.8%	-7.5
Independent	Sam Davies	838	28.9%	—
Labour Party	Dan Greef	464	16.0%	-13.1
Green Party	Elisabeth Whitebread	329	11.3%	+3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Manas Deb	205	7.1%	-12.0
Majority		229
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,903

Liberal Democrats hold

Romsey

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Anna Smith Elected	1,138	48.4%	-10.9
Green Party	Caitlin Patterson	540	23.0%	+12.1
Liberal Democrats	Joshua Guy Blanchard Lewis	526	22.4%	-0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Martin Keegan	146	6.2%	-0.7
Majority		598
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,350

Labour Party hold

Trumpington 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Peter Lord Elected	1,509	46.3%	+8.8
Liberal Democrats	Daniel Leo Summerbell Elected	1,474	45.3%	—
Labour Party	Matt Bird	977	30.0%	-7.7
Labour Party	May Shafi	773	23.7%	—
Green Party	Ceri Galloway	600	18.4%	+9.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Shapour Meftah	431	13.2%	-3.0
Green Party	Sue Wells	399	12.3%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Philip James Salway	349	10.7%	—
Majority		497
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		3,256

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party · Liberal Democrats gain

West Chesterton

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe Elected	1,444	50.5%	+6.4
Labour Party	Alex Skinner	933	32.7%	-7.5
Green Party	Shayne Mitchell	310	10.9%	+4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Mike Harford	170	6.0%	-3.1
Majority		511
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,857

Liberal Democrats hold

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