2015 Cambridge City Council election

The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election.[1]

Results

Cambridge City Council Election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	24[2]	0	0		60	34.5	20,279	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	14[2]	0	0	1	31	27.6	16,257	-3.0
	Conservative	1[2]	0	0		2	17.5	10,266	+3.8
	Green	1[2]	1	0	1	2	16.5	9,675	+2.8
	Independent	2[2]	0	0		5	0.2	89	-2.7
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	3.8	2,261	+3.8

Ward by ward

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Hart	1,645	42.5	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Martin	831	21.5	+4.9
	Green	Monica Hone	701	18.1	-2.6
	Conservative	David Cowan	696	18.0	+3.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Carina O'Reilly	1,673	39.1	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	1,165	27.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	597	13.9	+0.4
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	568	13.3	-2.3
	UKIP	Celia Conway	281	6.6	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Holt	1,288	30.1	+3.6
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,084	25.4	-4.5
	Conservative	Simon Mitton	951	22.3	+11.9
	Green	Martin Bonner	920	21.5	+6.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Mark Ashton	1,839	41.5	-38.5
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	843	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Sexton	790	17.8	-2.2
	UKIP	Alex Crowson	393	8.9	N/A
	Green	Phillip Barnett	364	8.2	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jeremy Benstead	1,606	38.1	-13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cooper	1,044	24.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	748	17.8	+1.1
	Green	Shaun Esgate	558	13.2	-0.7
	UKIP	Bill Kaminski	259	6.1	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gerri Bird	1,630	38.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shahida Rahman	1,165	27.8	-7.4
	Conservative	Alex Boyd	608	14.5	+5.9
	Green	Peter Pope	466	11.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Pater Burkinshaw	327	7.8	-2.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kevin Price	1,367	39.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Newsam	726	20.7	-1.2
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	552	15.7	+2.5
	UKIP	Dave Corn	419	12.0	N/A
	Green	Angela Ditchfield	355	10.1	-1.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Oscar Gillespie	1,147	27.7	+2.0
	Labour	Danielle Greene	1,140	27.5	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dom Weldon	1,134	27.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Daniel Coughlan	726	17.5	-0.3
Turnout
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Markus Gehring	1,387	32.7	-2.9
	Labour	Ewan McGaughey	1,203	28.4	-4.9
	Green	Kate Honey	947	22.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Sam Carr	700	16.5	+3.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	1,632	44.0	-9.0
	Green	Atus Mariqueo-Russell	864	23.3	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Parkin	795	21.4	-0.6
	Conservative	Ben Flook	422	11.4	+2.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	George Pippas	1,502	33.7	-8.9
	Labour	Matt Worth	1,102	24.7	-5.0
	Conservative	Andrew Bower	1,093	24.5	+8.2
	Green	Joel Chalfen	546	12.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Candido Channell	213	4.8	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anna Smith	1,636	37.7	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Adey	1,314	30.3	-7.5
	Green	Jane Carpenter	951	21.9	+8.0
	Conservative	Rahatul Raja	436	10.1	+3.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe O'Connell	1,498	29.9	-16.3
	Conservative	Daniel John	1,366	27.3	-7.6
	Labour	Nick Gay	1,182	23.6	+4.5
	Green	Ceri Galloway	751	15.0	N/A
	UKIP	Richard Jeffs	213	4.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Tunnacliffe	1,618	37.0	-2.9
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	1,540	35.2	+4.8
	Green	Har Kaur	537	12.3	+1.7
	Conservative	Linda Yeatman	528	12.1	+1.3
	UKIP	Mary King	156	3.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
2. "Your Councillors". Cambridge City Council.