Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. As Cambridge City Council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the city's 14 wards was up for election. The exception was Romsey, where two seats were up for election as a by-election for the other seat was held on the same day. Therefore, 15 of the 42 seats on the council were up for election. Overall turnout was 34.4%, down from 37.0% in 2004. The lowest turnout (28.4%) was in Abbey ward and the highest (40.8%) in Queen Edith's.

Results summary

2006 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	1	73.3	18	29	69.0	12,668	38.6	-2.7
	Labour	4		26.7	9	13	31.0	8,328	25.4	-0.5
	Conservative	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	7,015	21.4	-0.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,124	12.6	+3.8
	Respect	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	562	1.7	N/A
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	138	0.4	-0.4

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miriam Lynn	668	37.4	-3.0
	Green	Margaret White	464	26.0	+8.1
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	362	20.3	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Sexton	292	16.3	-3.8
Majority			204	11.4	N/A
Turnout			1,786	28.5	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Ward	1,022	40.3	+4.2
	Labour	Michael Todd-Jones	816	32.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	482	19.0	-2.6
	Green	Michael Smith	219	8.6	-5.6
Majority			206	8.2	N/A
Turnout			2,539	36.9	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.1

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kightley	985	48.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Edward MacNaghten	476	23.3	+3.5
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	298	14.6	-3.2
	Labour	Lucy Sheerman	282	13.8	-2.6
Majority			509	25.0	N/A
Turnout			2,041	31.5	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Newbold	1,071	42.9	+1.8
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	864	34.6	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Mayer-Hutchings	367	14.7	-3.2
	Green	Neil Ford	193	7.7	-0.1
Majority			207	8.3	N/A
Turnout			2,495	39.7	-6.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.2

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Herbert	909	41.8	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackhurst	477	22.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	463	21.3	-0.9
	Green	Hamish Downer	186	8.6	-6.1
	UKIP	Albert Watts	138	6.4	-1.7
Majority			432	19.8	N/A
Turnout			2,173	36.3	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Holness	884	40.6	+4.8
	Labour	Richard Layfield	583	26.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	482	22.1	+6.7
	Green	Peter Pope	228	10.5	-4.0
Majority			301	13.8	N/A
Turnout			2,177	35.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.7

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neale Upstone	718	40.0	+14.0
	Labour	Gerri Bird	533	29.7	-2.6
	Conservative	Mark Taylor	350	19.5	-8.0
	Green	Gerhard Golbeck-Wood	193	10.8	-3.3
Majority			185	10.3	N/A
Turnout			1,794	29.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	8.3

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Rosenstiel	772	42.7	+1.8
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	392	21.7	+3.5
	Green	Martin Lucas-Smith	359	19.9	+2.8
	Labour	Maureen Donnelly	285	15.8	+4.9
Majority			380	21.0	N/A
Turnout			1,808	28.7	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Cantrill	974	46.2	-0.8
	Conservative	James Strachan	475	22.6	+2.8
	Labour	Joseph Powell	336	16.0	+1.4
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	321	15.2	-3.3
Majority			499	23.7	N/A
Turnout			2,106	31.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.0

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	879	39.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Cooper	848	37.7	+3.4
	Green	John Collins	282	12.5	-2.7
	Conservative	Rosemary Clarkson	243	10.8	-1.1
Majority			31	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,252	35.8	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

Queen's Edith

Queen's Edith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Baker	1,489	56.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Donald Douglas	735	28.0	+7.2
	Labour	Leonard Freeman	219	8.3	-0.5
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	181	6.9	-3.8
Majority			754	28.7	N/A
Turnout			2,624	40.8	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.8

Romsey

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Stuart	960	45.5	-1.9
	Conservative	John Ionides	752	35.7	+4.6
	Green	Ceri Galloway	205	9.7	-4.1
	Labour	Pamela Stacey	191	9.1	+1.4
Majority			208	9.8	N/A
Turnout			2,108	39.5	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.3

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Boyce	1,000	42.5	-4.6
	Conservative	Steven Mastin	488	20.8	+3.5
	Labour	Simon Watkins	442	18.8	+0.6
	Green	Sarah Peake	421	17.9	+0.5
Majority			512	21.8	N/A
Turnout			2,351	36.7	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

Sources

• Cambridge City Council: Local election results
• Cambridge City Council: 2006 local election full results
• Cambridge City Election Results since 1945