2023 Cambridge City Council election
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]
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16 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cambridge City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results
The overall results were as follows:[3]
2023 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 10 | ![]() |
62.5 | 17 | 27 | 64.3 | 14,980 | 38.2 | –6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | ![]() |
25 | 6 | 10 | 23.8 | 8,691 | 22.1 | –5.0 | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
12.5 | 2 | 4 | 9.5 | 7,033 | 17.9 | +0.3 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 893 | 2.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,552 | 19.2 | +9.3 | |
Heritage | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 0.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
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(*):[4]
Abbey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Arbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Castle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Coleridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.[5]
East Chesterton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Market
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Newnham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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This seat had been vacant since March 2023 following the resignation of Labour councillor Niamh Sweeney.
Petersfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Queen Edith's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Romsey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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Trumpington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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West Chesterton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
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References
- "Notice of Election" (PDF). Cambridge City Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- Olsson, Hannah (28 April 2023). "Local elections 2023: Might congestion charge plan decide Cambridge vote?". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- "Cambridge result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". democracy.cambridge.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- Gardner, Gemma (23 March 2023). "Former Cambridge City Council leader Lewis Herbert steps down as councillor". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.