2012 Cambridge City Council election

Elections for Cambridge City Council (in Cambridge, England) were held on Thursday 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, to No Overall Control.^[1]

Election result

Cambridge City Council Election Result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	8	4	0	+4	57.1	42.7	12,353	+8.4
Liberal Democrats	4	0	4	-4	28.6	26.1	7,560	-1.7
Conservative	1	1	0	+1	7.1	15.4	4,464	-5.8
Green	0	0	1	-1	0.0	10.1	2,925	-5.0
Independent	1	0	0	0	7.1	3.2	925	+2.8
Cambridge Socialists	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	457	+0.6
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	129	-0.1
United People's Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	105	+0.4

^[2]^[3]

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Liberal Democrats	25	21
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Labour	15	19
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Green	1	0
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Independent	1	1
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Conservatives	0	1
style="background-color: Template:Cambridge Socialists/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Cambridge Socialists	0	0
style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	UKIP	0	0
style="background-color: Template:United People's Party/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	United People's Party	0	0
Total		42	42
Working majority		8	0

The Liberal Democrats retained control of the Council, with the casting vote of the Mayor, though they lost a majority.^[4]^[5] The overall turnout was 32.2%,^[6]

Ward results

Note: in results where, in previous elections, two seats were up for election the party share of the vote is based on an average for those candidates who stood for that particular party in the election.

Unless stated otherwise, changes in party vote is in comparison with the 2011 Cambridge City Council election results.^[7]

Abbey ward

Councillor Margaret Wright retired her Abbey seat. William Birkin was aiming to retain the vacated seat for the Greens.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Abbey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Johnson	963	54.4	+12.6
	Green	William Birkin	423	23.9	−7.6
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	219	12.4	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Brown	165	9.3	−1.0
Majority			540	30.5	+20.2
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			1770	26.3	−11.2
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	+10.1

Arbury ward

Councillor Mike Todd-Jones was defending his Arbury seat for the Labour and Co-operative Party.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Arbury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Todd-Jones	1,322	59.9	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri James	417	18.9	−12.5
	Conservative	Ali Meftah	237	10.7	−3.1
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	232	10.5	−1.1
Majority			905	41.0	+31.9
Rejected ballots			21
Turnout			2208	32.7	−15.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.0

Castle ward

Councillor John Hipkin was defending his Castle seat as an independent candidate. Changes in vote is in comparison to 2008, when John Hipkin's seat was last contested.^[8]

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Castle ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hipkin	925	49.5	+10.5
	Labour	Ashley Walsh	330	17.7	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Levy	275	14.7	−17.7
	Conservative	Nikesh Pandit	173	9.3	−2.4
	Green	Jack Toye	164	8.8	+2.2
Majority			595	31.9	+25.3
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			1867
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.6

Cherry Hinton ward

Councillor Robert Dryden was defending his Cherry Hinton seat for Labour.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Cherry Hinton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dryden	1556	73.2	+22.8
	Conservative	Angela Ozturk	385	18.1	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Edkins	185	8.7	+1.1
Majority			1171	55.1	+35.4
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			2126
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.1

Coleridge ward

Councillor George Owers was defending his Coleridge seat for Labour, having gained it in a 2010 by-election.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Coleridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Owers	1228	59.6	+12.7
	Conservative	Sam Barker	422	20.5	−9.8
	Green	Shaun Esgate	228	11.1	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Yates	183	8.9	−1.0
Majority			806	39.1	+22.5
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2061
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.3

East Chesterton ward

Councillor Roman Znajek retired his East Chesterton seat. Tony Morris was aiming to retain the vacated seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: East Chesterton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margery Abbott	1,012	47.4	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Morris	438	20.5	−10.4
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	317	14.8	−1.7
	Green	Peter Pope	241	11.3	+0.6
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	129	6.0	+2.4
Majority			574	26.9	+19.4
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2137
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+9.7

King's Hedges ward

Councillor Neil McGovern was defending his King's Hedges seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: King's Hedges ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Gawthorpe	827	48.4	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McGovern	576	33.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Annette Karimi	199	11.7	−5.6
	United People's Party	Ian Tyes	105	6.2	+0.1
Majority			251	14.7	+7.0
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			1707
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.5

Market ward

Councillor Tim Bick was defending his Market seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Market ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bick	615	35.6	+7.6
	Labour	Noel Kavanagh	505	29.3	+4.6
	Green	Brett Hughes	349	20.2	−4.0
	Conservative	Edward Turnham	257	14.9	−8.1
Majority			110	6.4	+3.1
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			1726
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.5

Newnham ward

Councillor Sian Reid was defending her Newnham seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Newnham ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Reid	917	44.5	+9.3
	Labour	Sarah Cain	641	31.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Andre Beaumont	263	12.8	−9.3
	Green	Billy Aldridge	241	11.7	−4.1
Majority			276	13.4	+5.1
Rejected ballots			14
Turnout			2062
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.6

Petersfield ward

Councillor Gail Marchant-Daisley was defending her Petersfield seat for Labour.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Petersfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Marchant-Daisley	1036	56.6	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe O'Connell	322	17.6	−3.9
	Green	Sandra Billington	263	14.4	−3.0
	Conservative	Pater Patrick	209	11.4	−0.9
Majority			714	39.0	+11.6
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			1830
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.8

Queen Edith's ward

Councillor Amanda Taylor was defending her Queen Edith's seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Queen Edith's ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Birtles	1048	38.9	+18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Taylor	963	35.7	−5.4
	Conservative	Richard Jeffs	513	19.0	−6.9
	Green	Martin Lawson	172	6.4	−6.6
Majority			121	4.5	−10.7
Rejected ballots			14
Turnout			2696
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.2

Romsey ward

Councillor Catherine Smart was defending her Romsey seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2011: Romsey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smart	1020	41.4	+12.3
	Labour	Rachel Eckersley	813	33.0	−0.3
	Cambridge Socialists	Tom Woodcock	457	18.5	+18.5
	Conservative	Philip Salway	175	7.1	−4.9
Majority			207	8.4	+4.2
Rejected ballots			15
Turnout			2465
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.3

Trumpington ward

Councillor Salah Al Bander was defending his Trumpington seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: Trumpington ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	723	36.6	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Salah Al Bander	644	32.6	−3.5
	Labour	Kenny Latunde-Dada	321	16.3	−1.2
	Green	Ceri Galloway	287	14.5	−0.1
Majority			79	4.0	+0.4
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			1975
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+4.2

West Chesterton ward

Councillor Ian Nimmo-Smith retired his West Chesterton seat. Mike Pitt was aiming to retain the vacated seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Cambridge City Council Elections 2012: West Chesterton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Pitt	840	36.7	−1.8
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	751	32.8	+5.6
	Conservative	James Strachan	372	16.3	−1.8
	Green	Oliver Perkins	325	14.2	−1.9
Majority			89	3.9	−7.4
Rejected ballots			14
Turnout			2288
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.7

References

[1] ttp://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/elections/election-results/2012-elections.en

[2] ttp://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Election/RESULTS-Cambridge-City-Council-02052012.htm,

[3] ttp://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/docs/election-results-may-2012.pdf

[4] ttp://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Lib-Dems-lose-overall-control-of-Cambridge-04052012.htm

[5] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000008.stm

[6] ttp://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/news-releases/may-2012/election-results-2012.en

[7] ttp://www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=9&RPID=14474950

[8] ttp://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/elections/election-results/2008-elections.en

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