2023 Cambridge City Council election

2023 Cambridge City Council election
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16 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Anna Smith Tim Bick
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 29 seats, 44.5% 9 seats, 27.1%
Seats before 29 9
Seats won 10 4
Seats after 27 10
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,980 8,691
Percentage 38.2% 22.1%
Swing Decrease 6.3% Decrease 5.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Naomi Bennett
Party Green Independent
Last election 3 seats, 17.6% 1 seat, 2.4%
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 4 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 7,033 893
Percentage 17.9% 2.3%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 1.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cambridge City Council election
Leader before election

Anna Smith
Labour

Leader after election

Mike Davey
Labour

The 2023 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. A major issue was a proposed congestion charge.[2]

Labour retained its majority on the council, but replaced its leader after the election, with Mike Davey being appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.[3]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows:[4]

2023 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 10 Decrease 2 62.5 17 27 64.3 14,980 38.2 –6.3
  Liberal Democrats 4 Increase 1 25 6 10 23.8 8,691 22.1 –5.0
  Green 2 Increase 1 12.5 2 4 9.5 7,033 17.9 +0.3
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 2.4 893 2.3 +1.4
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 7,552 19.2 +9.3
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 59 0.2 N/A
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 33 0.1 N/A

Ward results

The ward results were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk(*):[5]

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Elliot Tong 1,077 42.7 −5.3
Labour Zarina Anwar 804 31.9 −6.2
Conservative David Philip Smith 463 18.4 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Ansell 174 6.9 −0.1
Majority 273 10.8 +0.1
Turnout 2,518
Green hold Swing Increase0.5

Arbury

Arbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Todd-Jones* 1,175 48.1 −4.6
Conservative Robert William Boorman 671 27.5 +13.1
Green Stephen Roger Lawrence 333 13.6 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Sam Oliver 264 10.8 −8.7
Majority 504 20.6 N/A
Turnout 2,443
Labour hold Swing Decrease8.9

Castle

Castle (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cheney-Anne Payne* 816 39.6 +4.1
Labour Antoinette Nestor 716 34.7 –7.1
Labour Mary Murphy 651 31.6 –10.2
Independent David Summerfield 632 30.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Will Tilbrook 437 21.2 –14.3
Green Esme Hennessy 338 16.4 –1.1
Green Dan Kittmer 225 10.9 –6.6
Conservative Rhona Corinne Boorman 162 7.9 +2.7
Conservative Tomasz Dyl 145 7.0 +1.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold

The by-election in Castle ward was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Sarah Baigent in March 2023.

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Paul Dryden* 1,119 43.0 –15.3
Conservative Zachary Marsh 1,056 40.6 +23.7
Green Richard Michael Potter 235 9.0 –3.6
Liberal Democrats Archie McCann 193 7.4 –4.9
Majority 63 2.4 –39.0
Turnout 2,603
Labour hold Swing Decrease19.5

Coleridge

Coleridge (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosy Moore* 1,085 45.9 –10.4
Labour Tim Griffin 895 37.9 –18.4
Green Sarah Louise Nicmanis 661 28.0 +10.8
Conservative Eric William Barrett-Payton 627 26.5 +12.5
Conservative Robin Nelson 611 25.8 +11.8
Green Peter Price 397 16.8 –0.4
Liberal Democrats Judy Margaret Brunton 259 11.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Tim Brunton 194 8.2 –1.6
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

The by-election in Coleridge ward was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Lewis Herbert in March 2023.[6]

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Flora Gilderdale* 1,014 38.4 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Bob Illingworth 887 33.6 –3.5
Conservative Frank Ribeiro 341 12.9 +3.4
Green Elizabeth Alice May 305 11.6 –3.6
Heritage Colin Miller 59 2.2 N/A
UKIP Peter Burkinshaw 33 1.3 N/A
Majority 127 4.8 +3.7
Turnout 2,639
Labour hold Swing Increase1.9

This seat had been vacant since December 2022 following the resignation of the previous Labour councillor, Carla McQueen. Alice Gilderdale had previously been councillor for Market ward.

King's Hedges

King's Hedges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Collis* 798 39.2 –11.4
Conservative Mohamed Delowar Hossain 650 31.9 +18.9
Liberal Democrats Fionna Tod 305 15.0 –5.0
Green Adrian Mark Matthews 285 14.0 –2.4
Majority 148 7.3 –23.3
Turnout 2,038
Labour hold Swing Decrease15.2

Market

Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony William Martinelli 796 41.2 –2.2
Labour Rosy Greenlees 671 34.7 +2.1
Green Krzysztof Strug 283 14.6 –2.9
Conservative James Appiah 184 9.5 +2.9
Majority 125 6.5 –4.3
Turnout 1,934
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Decrease2.2

Newnham

Newnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jean Margaret Glasberg 895 40.5 +15.5
Labour Anne Miller 756 34.2 –2.2
Liberal Democrats Chang Liu 398 18.0 –15.0
Conservative Susan Williams 161 7.3 +1.7
Majority 139 6.3 N/A
Turnout 2,210
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase8.9

This seat had been vacant since March 2023 following the resignation of Labour councillor Niamh Sweeney.

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katie Thornburrow* 1,302 49.5 –6.1
Liberal Democrats Emmanuel Carraud 509 19.4 –2.0
Green Joshua Morris-Blake 449 17.1 +0.8
Conservative Paul Roper 370 14.1 +7.4
Majority 793 30.1 –4.1
Turnout 2,630
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.1

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Young 1,131 37.9 –4.1
Labour Thomas Ron 709 23.7 –7.1
Conservative Gordon Gregory 580 19.4 +6.0
Green Jacqueline Whitmore 306 10.2 –3.6
Independent Antony Carpen 261 8.7 N/A
Majority 422 14.2 +3.0
Turnout 2,987
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.5

Romsey

Romsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mairéad Healy* 1,219 45.5 –12.6
Green Suzie Webb 555 20.7 +2.5
Conservative Mohammed Azamuddin 514 19.2 +11.1
Liberal Democrats John Walmsley 389 14.5 –1.1
Majority 664 24.8 –15.1
Turnout 2,677
Labour hold Swing Decrease7.6

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Flaubert* 931 35.6 –6.5
Labour Carlos Toranzos 752 28.8 –2.4
Conservative Shapour Meftah 605 23.1 +9.2
Green Chloe Mosonyi 327 12.5 –0.4
Majority 179 6.8 –4.1
Turnout 2,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.1

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Wade 1,314 42.4 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Jamie Dalzell 1,008 32.6 –1.1
Conservative Michael Harford 412 13.3 +6.6
Green Shayne Mitchell 362 11.7 +0.5
Majority 306 9.8
Turnout 3,096
Labour hold Swing Increase1.8

By-elections

King's Hedges

King's Hedges by-election, 4 July 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Delowar Hossain 622 34.9 +3.0
Labour Zarina Anwar 598 33.6 –5.6
Liberal Democrats Jamie Dalzell 418 23.5 +8.5
Green Elizabeth May 142 8.0 –6.0
Majority 24 1.3 N/A
Turnout 1,780 26.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase4.3

The King's Hedges by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Alex Collis on 15 May 2023.[7] It marked the first Conservative Cambridge City Council victory since 2012.

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's: 23 November 2023
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 3.2 –11.0
Turnout 2,129 32.3
Registered electors 6,591
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing Decrease5.5

References

  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Cambridge City Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ Olsson, Hannah (28 April 2023). "Local elections 2023: Might congestion charge plan decide Cambridge vote?". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ Gardner, Gemma (14 May 2023). "Cambridge Labour replace Anna Smith as leader with Mike Davey named successor". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Cambridge result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". democracy.cambridge.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ^ Gardner, Gemma (23 March 2023). "Former Cambridge City Council leader Lewis Herbert steps down as councillor". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ^ Brackley, Paul (5 July 2023). "Conservatives win first seat of Cambridge City Council with King's Hedges by-election victory for Delowar Hossain". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2023.