2010 Cambridge City Council election

Elections to Cambridge City Council were held on 6 May 2010 as part of the wider local elections across England.

2010 Cambridge City Council election

6 May 2010
16: one-third of 42 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seat change Swing   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Seats won 0 0 Seats after 0 Seat change Swing
Winner of each seat at the 2010 Cambridge City Council election

Results summary

2010 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	13	1	76.5	16	29	69.0	25,599	37.9	+5.1
	Labour	3	2	17.6	6	9	21.4	15,237	22.5	-3.2
	Green	1	1	5.9	1	2	4.8	11,011	16.3	+4.9
	Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	14,849	22.0	-3.0
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	0	0.0	-2.9
	Cambridge Socialists	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	640	0.9	N/A
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	240	0.4	-0.2

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Adam Pogonowski	1,104	29.7	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Brown	1,010	27.1	+20.6
	Labour	George Owers	848	22.8	−10.1
	Conservative	Lara Hillman'	758	20.4	+1.2
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Ward	1,633	38.9	+5.8
	Labour	Ian Kidman	1,133	27.0	−8.3
	Conservative	Ali Meftah	812	19.3	+1.7
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	620	14.8	+7.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kightley	1,857	44.7	+12.3
	Conservative	Warren Clegg	906	21.8	+10.1
	Green	James Kennedy	749	18.0	+11.4
	Labour	John Buckingham	641	15.4	+5.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Newbold	1,610	38.4	−13.6
	Conservative	Edward Macnaghten	1,231	29.4	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Edkins	1,023	24.4	+17.4
	Green	Ross Pooley	328	7.8	+1.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Herbert	1,320	32.3	−7.3
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	1,160	28.4	−11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Yates	1,040	25.5	+16.3
	Green	Valerie Hopkins	446	10.9	+2.8
	UKIP	Albert Watts	118	2.9	+0.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susannah Kerr	1,477
	Liberal Democrats	Roman Zjanek	1,305
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	984
	Labour	Gerri Bird	859
	Conservative	Una McCormack	806
	Labour	Dan Cooper	776
	Green	Peter Pope	634
	Green	Matt Ellis	581
	Cambridge Socialists	Anna Gordon	137
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Brierley	1,236
	Labour	Elizabeth Hughes	986
	Conservative	Matthew Adams	813
	Green	Alexandra Collis	274
	Cambridge Socialists	Martin Booth	99
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Rosenstiel	1,697	43.0	−1.1
	Conservative	James Boyd	894	22.7	−0.7
	Green	Jack Toye	783	19.9	+4.7
	Labour	Pam Stacey	571	14.5	−2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Smith	1,862	44.9	−5.2
	Conservative	Stephen Oliver	994	24.0	−0.6
	Labour	Len Freeman	648	15.6	+4.1
	Green	James Youd	642	15.5	+1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	1,571
	Labour	Gail Marchant-Daisley	1,237
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Reiner	1,000
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	923
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	891
	Green	Hywel Sedgwick-Jell	575
	Conservative	Joshua Hordern	558
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	472
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen's Edith

Queen's Edith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Swanson	2,129	49.0	−0.9
	Conservative	Vincenzo Marino	1,221	28.1	−4.6
	Labour	Jonathan Goodacre	541	12.4	+3.1
	Green	Brian Westcott	334	7.7	+0.4
	UKIP	Carol Jackson	122	2.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Saunders	1,615	38.0	+0.8
	Labour	Edward Browne	928	21.9	−3.2
	Green	Hannah Allum	697	16.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Jane Slinn	600	14.1	+0.7
	Cambridge Socialists	Tom Woodcock	404	9.5	−5.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Stuare	1,704	43.2	−2.7
	Conservative	Julie Simpole-Clarke	1,236	31.3	−7.3
	Labour	Kenny Latunde-Dada	559	14.2	+7.0
	Green	Ceri Galloway	446	11.3	+3.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Boyce	1,881
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe	1,559
	Green	Sarah Peake	1,201
	Labour	Paul McHugh	853
	Labour	Mike Seargeant	836
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	752
	Green	Stephen Peake	674
	Conservative	Jahanshah Karimi	652
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections

Coleridge

A by-election was called due to the resignation of incumbent Conservative councillor Chris Howell.

Coleridge: 4 November 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Owers	900	44.0	+11.7
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	734	35.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Barnes	223	10.9	−14.6
	Green	Valerie Hopkins	137	6.7	−4.2
	UKIP	Albert Watts	53	2.6	−0.3
Majority			166	8.1
Turnout			2,047
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.1