| Election Name: | 2017 Cambridgeshire County Council election |
| Country: | Cambridgeshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Turnout: | 36.2%[1] |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Cambridgeshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2017 |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Image1: | Con |
| Leader1: | Steve Count |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 25 April 2014 |
| Leaders Seat1: | March North & Waldersey |
| Last Election1: | 32 seats, 33.6% |
| Seats Before1: | 32 |
| Seats1: | 36 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 68,467 |
| Percentage1: | 40.4% |
| Swing1: | 6.8% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader Since2: | May 2015 |
| Last Election2: | 14 seats, 19.7% |
| Seats Before2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 50,716 |
| Percentage2: | 29.9% |
| Swing2: | 10.1% |
| Image3: | Lab |
| Leader3: | Ashley Walsh |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader Since3: | May 2015 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Petersfield (Retiring) |
| Last Election3: | 7 seats, 17.4% |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 30,830 |
| Percentage3: | 18.0% |
| Swing3: | 0.6% |
| Party4: | St Neots Independents |
| Colour4: | 6EFFC5 |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 1.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,107 |
| Percentage4: | 1.8% |
| Swing4: | 0.4% |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 2.8% |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 4,307 |
| Percentage5: | 2.7% |
| Swing5: | 0.1% |
| Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election6: | 0 seats, 3.3% |
| Seats Before6: | 0 |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Popular Vote6: | 6,744 |
| Percentage6: | 3.7% |
| Swing6: | 0.4% |
| Image7: | UKIP |
| Party7: | UK Independence Party |
| Leader Since7: | 8 December 2013 |
| Leaders Seat7: | St Ives Contested Warboys & The Stukeleys (Defeated) |
| Last Election7: | 12 seats, 21.1% |
| Seats Before7: | 10 |
| Seats7: | 0 |
| Seat Change7: | 12 |
| Popular Vote7: | 6,555 |
| Percentage7: | 3.6% |
| Swing7: | 16.4% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No Overall Control |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 2017 Cambridgeshire County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[2] All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England,[3] [4] reducing the number of county councillors from 69 to 61, and the number of electoral divisions from 60 to 59.
The election took place on the same day as the first direct mayoral election for the newly created Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
The Conservative Party won a majority on the council, while the UK Independence Party lost all their seats.[5]
| Party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | |||
| 14 | |||
| 12 | |||
| 7 | |||
| St Neots Independents | 2 | ||
| 2 | |||
| Total | 69 | ||
| Party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | |||
| 14 | |||
| 10 | |||
| 8 | |||
| St Neots Independents | 2 | ||
| 3 | |||
| Total | 69 | ||
In between the 2017 election and the 2021 election, the following council seats changed hands:
| Division | Date | Previous Party | New Party | Cause | Resulting Council Composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Con | LDem | UKIP | Lab | STI | Ind | ||||||
| Wisbech South | 4 June 2015[6] | UKIP incumbent resigned. Conservatives won by-election. | 33 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Romsey | 25 June 2015[7] | Liberal Democrat incumbent resigned. Labour won by-election. | 33 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Little Paxton and St Neots North | 21 August 2015[8] | Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member. | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Sutton | 18 February 2016[9] | Conservative incumbent died. Liberal Democrats won by-election. | 31 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Bassingbourn | 29 February 2016[10] | Sitting councillor joined UKIP. | 30 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Sawtry and Ellington | 18 July 2016 | Sitting councillor joined Conservatives. | 31 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Warboys & Upwood | 16 September 2016[11] | Sitting councillor joined Conservatives. | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||
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Steve Count (March North & Waldersey) was reelected leader of the Conservative Group, Lucy Nethsingha (Newnham) was reelected leader of the Liberal Democratic Group, and Joan Whitehead (Abbey) was elected leader of the Labour Group. In late 2019 Elisa Meschini (King's Hedges) replaced Whitehead as Labour leader
Steve Count the leader of the Conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a Conservative administration.
All electoral divisions elected one councillor unless stated otherwise.
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 13,542 | 37.1 | −2.4 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 13,582 | 37.2 | +7.1 | |||
| 0 | 5,408 | 14.8 | +0.4 | ||||
| 0 | 3,005 | 8.2 | −0.6 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 750 | 2.1 | −1.6 | |||
| 0 | 258 | 0.7 | −2.6 | ||||
Division Results
District Summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 11,600 | 54.2 | +10.0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 6,605 | 30.8 | +12.5 | |||
| 0 | 2,710 | 12.7 | −1.1 | ||||
| 0 | 502 | 2.3 | +0.6 | ||||
Division Results
District Summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 13,284 | 54.7 | +15.0 | |||
| 0 | 3,332 | 13.7 | −0.4 | ||||
| 0 | 5 | 2,956 | 12.2 | −17.2 | |||
| 0 | 2,272 | 9.4 | −0.2 | ||||
| 0 | 1,573 | 6.5 | +1.1 | ||||
| 0 | 858 | 3.5 | +3.5 | ||||
Division Results
District Summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 3 | 20,787 | 48.8 | +13.2 | |||
| 3 | 9,061 | 21.3 | +8.5 | ||||
| St Neots Independents | 2 | 3,107 | 7.3 | +2.9 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1,406 | 3.3 | +0.4 | |||
| 0 | 5,251 | 12.3 | +1.1 | ||||
| 0 | 6 | 2,984 | 7.0 | −24.9 | |||
Division Results
District Summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 22,066 | 40.1 | +4.6 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 21,975 | 40.0 | +12.4 | |||
| 0 | 7,647 | 13.9 | −1.5 | ||||
| 0 | 2,146 | 3.9 | −1.2 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 786 | 1.4 | −1.4 | |||
| 0 | 357 | 0.7 | −12.9 | ||||
Division Results