2007 Cambridge City Council election

The 2007 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

Results summary
2007 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 10 Steady 66.7 19 29 69.0 10,480 33.1 -5.5
  Labour 5 Steady 33.3 8 13 31.0 8,587 27.1 +1.7
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 7,880 24.9 +3.5
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,010 12.7 +0.1
  Respect 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 358 1.1 -0.6
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 352 1.1 +0.7

Ward results

Abbey
Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Hart 701 35.5 -1.9
Green Margaret Wright 593 30.0 +4.0
Conservative Andrew Bower 398 20.1 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Sexton 284 14.4 -1.9
Majority 108 5.5 -5.9
Turnout 1,976 30.8 +2.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.0

Arbury
Arbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Levy 887 35.8 -4.5
Labour Mike Todd-Jones 875 35.3 +3.2
Conservative Shapour Meftah 504 20.3 +1.3
Green Michael Smith 211 8.5 -0.1
Majority 12 0.5 -7.6
Turnout 2,477 37.4 +0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease3.9

Castle
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tania Zmura 806 42.5 -5.8
Conservative Edward MacNaughten 490 25.8 +2.5
Green Margery Abbott 309 16.3 +1.7
Labour Margery Abbott 293 15.4 +1.6
Majority 316 16.6 -8.3
Turnout 1,898 29.8 -1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease4.2

Cherry Hinton
Cherry Hinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russ McPherson 1,126 46.1 +3.2
Conservative Sarah El-Neil 806 33.0 -1.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Edkins 257 10.5 -4.2
Green Hamish Downer 130 5.3 -2.4
UKIP Marjorie Barr 121 5.0 N/A
Majority 320 13.1 +4.8
Turnout 2,440 39.4 -0.3
Labour hold Swing Increase2.4

Coleridge
Coleridge (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jeremy Benstead 861 39.8
Labour Tariq Sadiq 739 34.1
Conservative Christopher Howell 721 33.3
Conservative Richard Normington 662 30.6
Liberal Democrats Emma Lindsay 312 14.4
Green Valerie Hopkins 253 11.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Yates 248 11.5
Green Neil Ford 215 9.9
UKIP Albert Watts 116 5.4
Turnout 2,165 36.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

East Chesterton
East Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Blair 731 34.6 -6.0
Conservative Kevin Francis 583 27.6 +5.5
Labour Stefan Haselwimmer 457 21.6 -5.2
Green Peter Pope 225 10.7 +0.2
UKIP Peter Burkinshaw 115 5.4 N/A
Majority 148 7.0 -6.8
Turnout 2,111 36.3 +0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease5.8

King's Hedges
King's Hedges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Pill 679 35.9 -4.1
Labour Gerri Bird 661 35.0 +5.3
Conservative Michelle Tempest 368 19.5 ±0.0
Green James Youd 181 9.6 -1.2
Majority 18 0.9 -9.4
Turnout 1,889 32.8 +3.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Decrease4.7

Market
Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Dixon 679 42.4 -0.3
Green Gergory Patton 344 21.5 +1.6
Conservative Timothy Haire 341 21.3 -0.4
Labour Lucy Sheerman 237 14.8 -1.0
Majority 335 20.9 -0.1
Turnout 1,601 25.7 -3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease1.0

Newnham
Newnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Smith 842 44.9 -1.3
Conservative James Strachan 489 26.1 +3.5
Green Aneaka Kaur Kellay 300 16.0 +0.8
Labour Louis Couffait 246 13.1 -2.9
Majority 353 18.8 -4.9
Turnout 1,877 28.8 -2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.4

Petersfield
Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lucy Walker 1,063 45.3 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Steven Cooper 817 34.9 -2.8
Conservative James Martin 239 10.2 -0.6
Green Shayne Mitchell 225 9.6 -2.9
Majority 246 10.4 +9.0
Turnout 2,344 38.7 +2.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase4.6

Queen's Edith
Queen's Edith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Viki Sanders 1,364 53.4 -3.3
Conservative Donald Douglas 760 29.7 +1.7
Labour Len Freeman 221 8.6 +0.3
Green Martin Lawson 210 8.2 +1.3
Majority 604 23.6 -5.1
Turnout 2,555 42.2 +1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.5

Romsey
Romsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rah Shah 774 36.2 -5.2
Labour Jonathan Goodacre 496 23.2 -1.0
Respect Tom Woodcock 358 16.8 +5.4
Green Jesse Griffiths 271 12.7 -1.2
Conservative Angela Ozturk 238 11.1 +2.0
Majority 278 13.0 —
Turnout 2,137 34.9 -2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.1

Trumpington
Trumpington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Blackhurst 913 45.2 -0.3
Conservative Peter Hase 774 38.3 +2.6
Green Ceri Galloway 172 8.5 -1.2
Labour Pamela Stacey 160 7.9 -1.2
Majority 139 6.9 -3.0
Turnout 2,019 37.9 -1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease1.5

West Chesterton
West Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Armstrong 887 40.0 -2.5
Conservative Steven Mastin 507 22.9 +2.1
Labour Simon Watkins 451 20.4 +1.6
Green Sarah Peake 371 16.7 -1.2
Majority 380 17.1 -4.7
Turnout 2,216 36.0 -0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.3

References
  1. "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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