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 edit
2006 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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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 edit
Abbey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ellis-Miller | 1,065 | 44.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Raj Shah | 815 | 34.1 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Goodacre | 623 | 26.1 | ||
Labour | Tariq Sadiq | 491 | 20.6 | ||
Green | Jesse Griffiths | 358 | 15.0 | ||
Respect | Thomas Woodcock | 294 | 12.3 | ||
Respect | Samuel Caldwell | 268 | 11.2 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Mennie | 235 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Neil Hewett | 216 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative | Angela Ozturk | 216 | 9.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,388 | 37.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Trumpington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |