2018 Cambridge City Council election

For Cambridge, Ontario, see 2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections § Cambridge.

Map of the results of the 2018 Cambridge City Council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2018 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

2018 Cambridge City Council election

3 May 2018
16: 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seat change Swing   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Seats won 0 0 Seats after 0 Seat change Swing

Results summary

2018 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	1	66.7	17	27	64.3	17,086	46.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	5		33.3	8	13	31.0	11,736	31.9	+4.4
	Green	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	3,206	8.7	-1.3
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.4	0	0.0	-2.3
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,681	12.7	+0.9
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	93	0.3	-2.2
	Libertarian	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	26	0.1	New

Ward results

Map showing the wards of Cambridge Council

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicky Massey	1,283	57.0	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Shepard	466	20.7	+7.5
	Conservative	David Philip Smith	263	11.7	+0.7
	Green	Naomi Anne Bennett	240	10.6	-3.9
Turnout			2,252
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,250	51.8	-9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	595	24.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Dylan Coll-Reed	351	14.5	+2.4
	Green	Stephen Roger Lawrence	219	9.1	-1.4
Turnout			2,415
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cheney-Anne Payne	957	40.8	+21.8
	Labour	Mark Reader	932	39.8	+12.3
	Conservative	Othman Bankole Cole	245	10.5	+4.2
	Green	Lucas Ruzowitzky	184	7.8	-1.5
	Libertarian	Aidan Christopher Ulrich Powlesland	26	1.1	New
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russ McPherson	1,282	56.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Eric William Barrett-Payton	441	19.5	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Louis Oakes	364	16.1	+6.8
	Green	Jenny Richens	171	7.6	+1.3
Turnout			2,258
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Herbert	1,303	55.9	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Noah Tate	410	17.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Donald Fisher Douglas	388	16.7	+1.9
	Green	Sarah Louise Nicmanis	228	9.8	+1.8
Turnout			2,329
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carla Louise McQueen	1,362	50.5	+8.9
	Labour	Baijumon Thittalayil Varkey	1,107	41.1	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Stewart Dunn	830	30.8	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shahida Rahman	811	30.1	-4.1
	Green	Gareth Peter Bailey	345	12.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Thomas Hedley Fairfax Harwood	336	12.5	+2.6
	Conservative	Timur Coskun	299	11.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	93	3.5	-4.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Two seats were up due to the resignation of Margery Abbott (Labour, elected 2016)

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Smart	924	51.7	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniele Josephine Gibney	397	22.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	302	16.9	+5.1
	Green	Angela Ditchfield	165	9.2	+0.8
Turnout			1,788
	Labour hold		Swing

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony William Martinelli	866	43.5	+5.0
	Labour	Dan Ratcliffe	744	37.3	+1.8
	Green	Jeremy Lloyd Caddick	229	11.5	-8.4
	Conservative	Henry James Mitson	153	7.7	+1.5
Turnout			1,992
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Cantrill	1,139	49.7	+6.5
	Labour	Michael Davey	825	36.0	-0.2
	Conservative	Connor Gregory George MacDonald	165	7.2	-3.6
	Green	Mark Slade	164	7.2	-2.7
Turnout			2,293
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Marie Sinnott	1,256	58.3	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	432	20.0	+7.0
	Green	Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino	278	12.9	-2.2
	Conservative	Simon Lee	189	8.8	-1.6
Turnout			2,155
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stephen McGerty	1,259	44.2	+1.2
	Labour	Dan Greef	827	29.0	±0.0
	Conservative	Manas Deb	543	19.1	-0.6
	Green	Joel Chalfen	218	7.7	-0.7
Turnout			2,847
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Baigent	1,461	59.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Guy Blanchard Lewis	563	22.9	-12.9
	Green	Caitlin Ruth Patterson	269	10.9	+1.3
	Conservative	Martin Keegan	170	6.9	+2.0
Turnout			2,463
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katie Thornburrow	1,302	37.7	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Hilken	1,298	37.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Philip James Salway	561	16.2	-6.4
	Green	Ceri Barbara Galloway	293	8.5	-1.9
Turnout			3,454
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Dalzell	1,349	44.2	+6.1
	Labour	Clare Frances King	1,228	40.2	-6.5
	Conservative	Michael John Harford	275	9.0	+3.0
	Green	Shayne Mary Mitchell	203	6.6	+0.1
Turnout			3,055
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing