Elections to Cambridge City Council were held on 6 May 2010 as part of the wider local elections across England.[1]


2010 Cambridge City Council election
← 2008 6 May 2010 2012 →
16: one-third of 42
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seat change Steady Increase
Swing Decrease Increase
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Green
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 0
Seat change Steady Decrease
Swing Increase Increase

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 Increase 1 76.5 16 29 69.0 25,599 37.9 +5.1
  Labour 3 Decrease 2 17.6 6 9 21.4 15,237 22.5 -3.2
  Green 1 Increase 1 5.9 1 2 4.8 11,011 16.3 +4.9
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 2.4 14,849 22.0 -3.0
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 2.4 0 0.0 -2.9
  Cambridge Socialists 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 640 0.9 N/A
  UKIP 0 Steady 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 Increase2.1

References

  1. ^ "BBC NEWS | Election 2010 | Cambridge council". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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