Cambridgeshire County Council elections explained
Cambridgeshire County Council is elected every four years using the first past the post system of election. As of 2021 the council consists of 61 council seats, representing 59 electoral divisions.
County council composition
| Election | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat[1] | UKIP | Green | Other | Total |
|---|
| | | | | |
| 1973[2] | 28 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 68 |
| 1977 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 |
| 1981 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 |
| 1985 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| 1989 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| 1993[3] | 33 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3[4] | 77 |
| 1997[5] [6] | 33 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2001 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2005[7] | 42 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| 2009[8] | 42 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| 2013[9] | 32 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 69 |
| 2017[10] | 36 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 |
| 2021 | 28 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 |
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Composition since 1973
By-election results
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Cambridgeshire County Council.
2009-2013
By-election called following the death of Leslie Sims.
By-election called following the resignation of Siep Wijsenbeek.
By-election following death of John West
2013−2017
By-election following resignation of Ray Manning on 2 April 2014.
By-election held following the death of John Reynolds.
By-election following resignation of Martin Curtis on 22 March 2015.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Peter Lagoda, who was elected for the UK Independence Party, following his conviction for benefit fraud.[11]
By-election following the resignation of Killian Bourke on 11 May 2015.
By-election following the death of Sandra Rylance.
The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Phil Read, who was elected as a Conservative.[12]
By-election following the death of Councillor Steven Van de Kerkhove in January 2016. 2-member division.
2021−2025
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Liberal prior to 1981, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988.
- Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
- Web site: Briefing Notes for the County Council Elections to be held on 5 May 2005. Cambridgeshire County Council. 2011-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318170224/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9C8BE78A-B160-440D-990C-2D5EADBCD35D/0/ElectionBriefingThree.pdf. 18 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
- Including one Liberal councillor
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060519121729/https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/725555FB-6160-4867-9ADD-9F210F7EC1B5/0/results2001w.pdf. 2006-05-19. dead. COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS 7th June 2001 RESULTS. Cambridgeshire County Council. 2011-04-17.
- News: Election 2001 - Cambridgeshire. BBC News. 2017-05-08.
- News: Election 2005 - Cambridgeshire. BBC News. 2011-04-17.
- News: Election 2009 - Cambridgeshire. BBC News. 2011-04-17. 2009-04-19.
- News: Results for Cambridgeshire. BBC News. 3 May 2013. 4 May 2013.
- News: Cambridgeshire County Council. BBC News. 5 May 2017. 5 May 2017.
- News: Huge swing back to Conservatives as Samantha Hoy wins Cambridgeshire County Council by-election for Wisbech South. 5 June 2015. 2017-05-08. Wisbech Standard.
- News: County councillor Phil Read - a critic of bedroom tax and HS2 rail link and who quit Tory group on East Cambs - dies after lengthy illness. 24 December 2015. 2017-05-08. Ely Standard.
