2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. The election took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. New electoral division boundaries were brought in for this election, increasing the number of seats from 59. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, while the Labour Party lost all their rural councillors with their representation limited to the city of Cambridge.

2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election

5 May 2005
All 69 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 34 seats, 40.5% 16 seats, 31.5% 9 seats, 25.5% Seats won 42 23 4 Seat change 8 7 5 Popular vote 112,543 104,310 43,630 Percentage 41.0% 38.0% 15.9% Swing 0.5% 6.5% 9.6%
Results by electoral division. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Results

Cambridgeshire County Council election, 2005[1][2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	N/A	N/A	N/A	60.9%	41.9%	138,135	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	33.3%	37.4%	123,533	N/A
	Labour	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.3%	14.9%	49,252	N/A
	Green	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0%	3.3%	10,979	N/A
	Labour Co-op	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.4%	1.5%	5,014	N/A
	Independent	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0%	0.5%	1,625	N/A
	UKIP	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0%	0.4%	1,416	N/A

Party strength by electoral division

The following maps show the percentage of the vote each party obtained by electoral division. A colour key for each map can be viewed by clicking on the image.

Conservative Party	Liberal Democrats
Labour Party	Green Party

Results by electoral division

Cambridge (14 seats)

Abbey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Paul Sales	1,384	39.9
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Thomas Sexton	1,033	29.8
	Conservative	Simon Anthony Mitton	631	18.2
	Green	Margaret Elizabeth Wright	416	12.0
Turnout				55.5
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Arbury electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert William George Moss-Eccardt	1,686	41.0
	Labour Co-op	Ian Charles Kidman	1,386	33.7
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	743	18.1
	Green	Michael Smith	295	7.2
Turnout				60.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Castle electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John David Cyril White	2,132	52.2
	Conservative	Robert William Boorman	767	18.8
	Labour	Jane Jacks	733	17.9
	Green	Stephen Roger Lawrence	451	11.1
Turnout				62.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cherry Hinton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Margaret Carter	1,633	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin William Hutchings	1,105	27.4
	Conservative	Edward Alexander MacNaghten	1,054	26.2
	Green	Neil Alan Ford	237	5.9
Turnout				64.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Coleridge electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Ballard	1,255	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackhurst	1,203	34.4
	Conservative	Steve Alexander Jones	718	20.6
	Green	Marilyn Carter	241	6.9
	UKIP	Albert Charles Watts	77	2.2
Turnout				59.9
	Labour win (new seat)

East Chesterton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Leon Huppert	1,411	39.2
	Labour	Janet Robertson	1,187	32.9
	Conservative	Kevin Andre Francis	694	19.3
	Green	Peter Harry Pope	306	8.5
Turnout				60.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

King's Hedges electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Primrose Elizabeth Hughes	1,228	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hollins	1,129	33.9
	Conservative	Rhona Corinne Boorman	728	21.9
	Green	Gerhard Ernst Goldbeck-Wood	243	7.3
Turnout				55.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Market electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gaynor Victoria Griffiths	1,877	50.1
	Conservative	Timothy James Haire	665	17.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Walter	610	16.3
	Green	Martin Vaughan Lucas-Smith	592	15.8
Turnout				57.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newnham electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Arthur Luttrell Reid	1,978	50.7
	Conservative	Alasdair Ewen Ross	703	18.0
	Labour	Rita Rosemary Gaggs	671	17.2
	Green	Anna Serena Gomori-Woodcock	553	14.2
Turnout				62.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Petersfield electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Jane Harrison	1,356	40.4
	Labour	Lucy Ann Sheerman	1,052	31.3
	Green	John Collins	527	15.7
	Conservative	Rosemary Anne Clarkson	426	12.7
Turnout				54.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Queen Edith's electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey John Heathcock	2,392	59.2
	Conservative	Andre Beaumont	848	21.0
	Labour Co-op	Leonard Arthur Freeman	574	14.2
	Green	Shayne Mary Mitchell	225	5.6
Turnout				63.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Romsey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Toomey	1,668	44.9
	Labour Co-op	Jozef Lawrence Gluza	1,235	33.3
	Green	Hamish Downer	402	10.8
	Conservative	Mark Patrick Fanken-Hall	359	9.7
	UKIP	Marjorie Ruth Hadley Barr	45	1.2
Turnout				59.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trumpington electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Christine Kent	1,669	50.9
	Conservative	John Ionides	904	27.6
	Labour Co-op	George Samuel Tudor	435	13.3
	Green	Ceri Barbara Galloway	266	8.1
Turnout				61.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

West Chesterton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Wilkins	1,869	46.7
	Labour	Simon Richard Ainsley Watkins	964	24.1
	Conservative	James Andrew Strachan	699	17.5
	Green	Sarah Peake	468	11.7
Turnout				62.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Cambridgeshire (9 seats)

Burwell electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Williams	2,220	55.9
	Conservative	Lavinia Rebecca Edwards	1,749	44.1
Turnout				64.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ely North and East electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Charles Bell	2,589	59.6
	Conservative	Victoria Angela Hearne-Casapieri	1,754	40.4
Turnout				60.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ely South and West electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Jane Crossley	2,123	56.2
	Conservative	Andrew Roderick Mair	1,656	43.8
Turnout				64.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haddenham electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Thomas Ian Hunt	1,994	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson	1,789	37.1
	Labour	Michele Wilkinson	710	14.7
	Green	Astra Patricia Carter-Marsh	336	6.9
Turnout				66.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Littleport electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Miriam Bean	1,599	55.2
	Conservative	Frederick John William Brown	1,299	44.8
Turnout				51.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Soham and Fordham Villages electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Broadway	3,380	27.9
	Conservative	John Albert Powley	3,039	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael William Allan	2,872	23.7
	Conservative	Jacqueline Petts	2,837	23.4
Turnout				50.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip David Bailey	2,122	56.8
	Conservative	Philip Anderson Edmund Read	1,617	43.3
Turnout				63.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Woodditton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mathew Gauntlett Shuter	2,476	49.7
	Liberal Democrats	Beate (Sisse) McCall	1,644	33.0
	Labour	Steven John O'Dell	859	17.3
Turnout				65.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fenland (11 seats)

Chatteris electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Keith Melton	1,604	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Neale Upstone	955	27.4
	Labour	Susan Margaret Coomey	926	26.6
Turnout				62.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Forty Foot electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Farrar Harper	2,114	52.6
	Labour	Grant Charles Osbourn	1,142	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Vernon Bradford	765	19.0
Turnout				62.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

March East electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Hartley Yeulett	1,623	44.5
	Labour	Karon Andree Webb	1,190	32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hal Pitt	551	15.1
	Green	Christopher John Bennett	287	7.9
Turnout				60.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

March North electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Frederick West	1,497	52.1
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Howarth	1,378	47.9
Turnout				57.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

March West electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Kirby Ogden	2,105	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Michael Rodgers	1,549	42.4
Turnout				61.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roman Bank and Peckover electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Hardy	2,294	59.1
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Fisher	1,591	40.9
Turnout				57.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waldersey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jillian Mary Tuck	2,164	58.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Fieldhouse	1,517	41.2
Turnout				57.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whittlesey North electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin John Curtis	2,014	52.5
	Labour	Richard Jeremy Hibbert	1,341	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Philip Schofield	483	12.6
Turnout				62.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whittlesey South electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Ralph Butcher	2,291	57.9
	Labour	Mark William Goffrey	1,082	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Spencer Yates	585	14.8
Turnout				61.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wisbech North electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie Sims	1,585	47.0
	Labour	Kevin Roy Goddard	1,184	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony William Morris	602	17.9
Turnout				48.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wisbech South electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon John Edward King	1,941	53.7
	Liberal Democrats	Louis Jerome Rodrigues	1,084	29.9
	UKIP	Paul Sydney Clapp	592	16.4
Turnout				51.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Huntingdonshire (19 seats)

Brampton and Kimbolton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Downes	2,563	48.3
	Conservative	Ian Derek Gardner	2,285	42.1
	Labour	Robert Kenneth Pugh	460	8.7
Turnout				73.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Buckden, Gransden and The Offords electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara Elizabeth Boddington	2,092	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Terence Clough	1,277	29.1
	Independent	Alec Baynton Stenner	579	13.2
	Labour	David Robert Nicholls	442	10.1
Turnout				72.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Godmanchester electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffery John Dutton	3,114	23.9
	Conservative	Colin Richard Hyams	2,847	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ronald Fleming	2,397	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Frederick Shellens	2,047	15.7
	Labour	William Francis Hennessey	1,301	10.0
	Labour	David Michael Brown	1,298	9.9
Turnout				57.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Huntingdon electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Randolph Brown	2,830	25.9
	Conservative	Elaine Victoria Kadic	2,352	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Philip Burrell	1,375	12.6
	Labour	Ann Elizabeth Beevor	1,330	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Monk	1,227	11.2
	Labour	David Mitchell King	1,119	10.2
	UKIP	Leonard Bruce	376	3.4
	UKIP	Andrew David Manning	326	2.9
Turnout				52.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Little Paxton and St Neots North electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Harty	3,598	25.9
	Conservative	Sharon Rosemary Lee	3,342	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert William Joseph Eaton	2,388	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Sydney Edward Thorpe	2,017	14.6
	Labour	Janet Boston	1,272	9.2
	Labour	Patricia Anne Nicholls	1,240	8.9
Turnout				55.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Norman Cross electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lawrence Walter McGuire	3,454	26.2
	Conservative	William George Martin Hensley	3,108	23.6
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	2,009	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Robert Davidson	1,727	13.1
	Labour	Graeme Leslie Watkins	1,573	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Siobhan Nevin Dutton	1,328	10.1
Turnout				54.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ramsey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Bridget Normington	1,737	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Powell	1,412	37.6
	Labour	Carol Ann Harper	603	16.1
Turnout				58.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sawtry and Ellington electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Keith Walters	2,898	58.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Graham Land	1,244	24.9
	Labour	Mary Theresa Howell	846	16.9
Turnout				67.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Somersham and Earith electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ackerly Penhall Eddy	2,386	49.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bell Hulme	1,814	37.4
	Labour	Mark George Harry Holman	649	13.38
Turnout				66.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

St no change electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Antony Reynolds	3,747	23.8
	Conservative	Dennis Roy Pegram	3,229	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Frederick Hodge	2,691	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Ann Jackson	2,471	15.7
	Labour	Richard John Allen	1,368	8.7
	Labour	Angela Louise Richards	1,191	7.6
	Independent	Stuart Frederick Littlewood	1,046	6.7
Turnout				55.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Neots Eaton Socon electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Anne Giles	2,405	20.8
	Conservative	Rodney Samuel Farrer	2,293	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Pele Taylor	2,055	17.8
	Conservative	Paul Keith Ursell	1,935	16.8
	Labour	Anthony Jude Gregory	1,524	13.2
	Labour	William Francis O'Connor	1,337	11.6
Turnout				50.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Hemingfords and Fenstanton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Cyril Bates	2,598	52.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark George Rainer	1,657	33.7
	Labour	John Philip Watson	662	13.5
Turnout				69.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Warboys and Upwood electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Victor Harold Lucas	2,544	55.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Michael Souter	1,489	32.4
	Labour	Steven Hicks	563	12.3
Turnout				64.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Cambridgeshire (16 seats)

Bar Hill electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Edward Reynolds	2,266	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Joseph Flanagan	1,808	36.6
	Labour	John Samuel Shepherd	870	17.6
Turnout				69.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bassingbourn electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Joan Oliver	1,981	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Woodford	982	26.9
	Green	Simon Peter Saggers	679	18.6
Turnout				67.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bourn electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lister John Wilson	1,125	45.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Rolf Hansford	807	32.5
	Labour	Mark David Hurn	406	16.4
	Green	Pauline Radley	143	5.8
Turnout				68.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cottenham, Histon and Impington electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Bradney	3,269	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	John David Jenkins	3,213	20.9
	Conservative	Peter Cecil Henry Hudson	2,717	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linden Mary Leeke	2,377	15.5
	Labour	Helen Patricia Wright	1,453	9.5
	Labour	Aidan Romaine Hervey	1,357	8.9
	Green	Mark Johan Alexander Claessen	949	6.2
Turnout				61.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Duxford electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy James Stone	2,140	43.9
	Conservative	Robin Driver	2,100	43.1
	Labour	Alexandra Mayer	634	13.0
Turnout				72.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fulbourn electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert John Turner	2,010	43.2
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani	1,939	41.7
	Green	Mary Anne Lawson	705	15.2
Turnout				61.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Gamlingay electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley	2,541	45.1
	Conservative	Josephine Percy	2,084	36.9
	Labour	Mirian Lynn	663	11.8
	Green	Stephen Roy Edmondson	347	6.2
Turnout				72.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hardwick electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Denzil John Baldwin	2,168	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	Livia Medb Mitson	1,855	35.4
	Labour	John Kazer	786	14.9
	Green	William Michael Connolley	438	8.4
Turnout				71.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Linton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dennis Batchelor	2,298	43.7
	Conservative	Peter Norman Hase	2,023	38.5
	Labour	Michael Gale	696	13.2
	Green	William John Quinn	240	4.6
Turnout				72.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melbourn electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Charles McCraith	2,083	42.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stuart Milton	1,854	37.4
	Labour	Donald John McCallum	735	14.8
	Green	Sally A S Nichols	281	5.7
Turnout				70.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Papworth and Swavesey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mandy Lorraine Smith	2,033	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Barry Martlew	1,840	47.5
Turnout				67.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sawston electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Gail Kenney	3,270	20.2
	Conservative	Anthony Geoffrey Orgee	3,225	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Max Arnold Parke Campbell	2,915	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Terrance Ford	2,829	17.5
	Labour	Ronald Hornby	1,577	9.7
	Labour	Pamela Mary Stacey	1,521	9.4
	Green	Jacquelyn Jean Garfit	877	5.4
Turnout				61.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waterbeach electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Michael Williamson	2,820	61.2
	Conservative	Gerda Ann Covell	1,789	38.8
Turnout				63.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Willingham electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shona Fay Johnstone	2,011	46.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Anne Mead	1,825	42.3
	Green	Marion Eva Barber	475	11.0
Turnout				65.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Election results and information for 2005". Cambridgeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. "Local election results: Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
3. "Cambridgeshire". Andrew Teale. Retrieved 18 April 2012.