title: 2021 Cambridge City Council election
text: # 2021 Cambridge City Council election
  
  The 2021 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.
  
  ## Results summary
  
  2021 Cambridge City Council election :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 64.3 | 40.7 | 44,755 | +3.5 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 28.6 | 25.8 | 28,380 | -9.2 |
  | Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.8 | 19.7 | 21,654 | +4.4 |
  | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2,410 | ±0.0 |
  | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 11.6 | 12,718 | +2.8 |
  | Rebooting Democracy | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 63 | New |
  | Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 56 | New |
  | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | <0.1 | 55 | -1.2 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Percentages are calculated by dividing the total number of votes by the number of seats available, then dividing the total each candidate received by that number, and multiplied by one-hundred.
  
  ### Abbey
  
  Abbey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Green | Naomi Bennett | 1,178 | 44.9 |
  | | Green | Hannah Copley | 1,144 | 43.6 |
  | | Labour | Haf Davies | 1,090 | 41.5 |
  | | Green | Matt Howard | 1,033 | 39.4 |
  | | Labour | Richard Johnson | 1,029 | 39.2 |
  | | Labour | Nicky Massey | 1,014 | 38.6 |
  | | Conservative | Timothy Haire | 299 | 11.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Parkin | 270 | 10.3 |
  | | Conservative | Geoffrey Owen | 236 | 9.0 |
  | | Conservative | Paul Roper | 234 | 8.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sophie West | 199 | 7.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Zhang | 149 | 5.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,865 | 38.8 |
  | | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour |
  | | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Green | 41.5 | +18.9 |
  | Labour | 38.4 | -11.6 |
  | Conservative | 10.5 | +2.0 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 9.5 | -6.1 |
  
  ### Arbury
  
  Arbury :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Carina O'Reilly | 1,241 | 53.0 |
  | | Labour | Mike Todd-Jones | 1,106 | 47.3 |
  | | Labour | Patrick Sheil | 1,006 | 43.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Tim Ward | 549 | 23.5 |
  | | Green | Tracy Bend | 469 | 20.0 |
  | | Green | Katrina Barnes | 464 | 19.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Whitehouse | 439 | 18.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rory Clark | 387 | 16.5 |
  | | Green | Stephen Lawrence | 342 | 14.6 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Boorman | 339 | 14.5 |
  | | Conservative | Rhona Boorman | 324 | 13.8 |
  | | Conservative | Ian Gregory | 293 | 12.5 |
  | | Rebooting Democracy | Keith Garrett | 63 | 2.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,555 | 39.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 47.8 | -1.1 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 21.1 | -3.6 |
  | Green | 18.1 | +2.4 |
  | Conservative | 13.0 | +2.3 |
  
  ### Castle
  
  Castle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sarah Baigent | 938 | 41.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Cheney-Anne Payne | 854 | 37.9 |
  | | Labour | Simon Smith | 810 | 36.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Stoddart | 768 | 34.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Franklin | 723 | 32.1 |
  | | Labour | Michael Black | 675 | 30.0 |
  | | Green | Simon Baron | 482 | 21.4 |
  | | Green | Amber-Page Moss | 474 | 21.1 |
  | | Green | James Murray-White | 323 | 14.3 |
  | | Conservative | Paul Fray | 241 | 10.7 |
  | | Conservative | Mike Haplin | 241 | 10.7 |
  | | Conservative | Philip Salway | 225 | 10.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,347 | 48.3 |
  | | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 37.3 | +7.9 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 34.0 | -15.9 |
  | Green | 19.2 | +5.2 |
  | Conservative | 9.6 | +2.9 |
  
  ### Cherry Hinton
  
  Cherry Hinton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mark Ashton | 1,354 | 58.5 |
  | | Labour | Robert Dryden | 1,235 | 53.3 |
  | | Labour | Russ McPherson | 1,235 | 53.3 |
  | | Conservative | Eric Barrett-Payton | 541 | 23.4 |
  | | Conservative | David Smith | 453 | 19.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | James Hill | 387 | 16.7 |
  | | Green | Richard Potter | 357 | 15.4 |
  | | Green | Eli Langfere | 333 | 14.4 |
  | | Green | Caitlin Patterson | 315 | 13.6 |
  | | Conservative | Delowar Hossain | 280 | 12.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Archie McCann | 241 | 10.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Freddie Poser | 215 | 9.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,565 | 39.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 51.3 | +1.9 |
  | Conservative | 20.5 | +7.9 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 14.7 | -6.9 |
  | Green | 13.5 | -2.9 |
  
  ### Coleridge
  
  Coleridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Lewis Herbert | 1,289 | 54.0 |
  | | Labour | Rosy Moore | 1,205 | 50.4 |
  | | Labour | Anna Smith | 1,067 | 44.7 |
  | | Green | Bridget Bradshaw | 661 | 27.7 |
  | | Green | Sara Lightowlers | 498 | 20.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Tim Brunton | 384 | 16.1 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Nelson | 383 | 16.0 |
  | | Conservative | Gail Kenney | 376 | 15.7 |
  | | Green | Iain Webb | 364 | 15.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter McLaughlin | 331 | 13.9 |
  | | Conservative | Linda Yeatman | 321 | 13.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Freddie Frisk | 287 | 12.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,615 | 40.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 47.4 | +1.4 |
  | Green | 24.3 | +6.8 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 14.1 | -4.6 |
  | Conservative | 14.1 | +3.0 |
  
  ### East Chesterton
  
  East Chesterton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gerri Bird | 1,463 | 53.5 |
  | | Labour | Carla McQueen | 1,023 | 37.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Bond | 983 | 36.0 |
  | | Labour | Baiju Thittala | 873 | 31.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bob Illingworth | 773 | 28.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Leighton | 696 | 25.5 |
  | | Green | Elizabeth May | 623 | 22.8 |
  | | Green | Gareth Bailey | 457 | 16.7 |
  | | Green | Peter Pope | 430 | 15.7 |
  | | Conservative | Anette Iraninejad | 312 | 11.4 |
  | | Conservative | Frank Ribeiro | 272 | 10.0 |
  | | Conservative | Abubakar Said | 239 | 8.7 |
  | | UKIP | Peter Burkinshaw | 55 | 2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,992 | 45.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 42.6 | -1.5 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 28.6 | -4.6 |
  | Green | 18.1 | +7.2 |
  | Conservative | 9.1 | +2.5 |
  
  ### King's Hedges
  
  King's Hedges :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jenny Wood | 1,013 | 50.2 |
  | | Labour | Alex Collis | 966 | 47.9 |
  | | Labour | Martin Smart | 750 | 37.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andy McKay | 427 | 21.2 |
  | | Conservative | John Ionides | 401 | 19.9 |
  | | Green | Julia Tozer | 369 | 18.3 |
  | | Green | Mark Slade | 367 | 18.2 |
  | | Conservative | Jenny Ward | 352 | 17.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Laurence Van Someren | 347 | 17.2 |
  | | Green | Adrian Matthews | 340 | 16.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joshan Parmar | 335 | 16.6 |
  | | Conservative | Rosemary Ward | 329 | 16.3 |
  | | Workers Party | Lionel Vida | 56 | 2.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,221 | 32.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 45.8 | +3.9 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 19.3 | -3.1 |
  | Conservative | 18.1 | +8.7 |
  | Green | 16.7 | -0.6 |
  
  ### Market
  
  Market :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Tim Bick | 983 | 41.3 |
  | | Labour | Alice Gilderdale | 960 | 40.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Katie Porrer | 868 | 36.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Martinelli | 856 | 35.9 |
  | | Labour | Graeme Hodgson | 751 | 31.5 |
  | | Labour | James Youd | 688 | 28.9 |
  | | Green | Nicola Eliott | 628 | 26.4 |
  | | Green | Emma Garnett | 436 | 18.3 |
  | | Green | Isabelle Thomas | 342 | 14.4 |
  | | Conservative | Tania Oram | 221 | 9.3 |
  | | Conservative | Phoebe Pickering | 218 | 9.2 |
  | | Conservative | James Appiah | 194 | 8.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,487 | 37.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Liberal Democrat | 35.2 | -13.4 |
  | Labour | 34.4 | +7.7 |
  | Green | 22.5 | +4.1 |
  | Conservative | 7.9 | +1.6 |
  
  ### Newnham
  
  Newnham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Nethsingha | 939 | 40.3 |
  | | Labour | Niamh Sweeney | 910 | 39.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Markus Gehring | 844 | 36.2 |
  | | Labour | Cameron Holloway | 817 | 35.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Josh Matthews | 776 | 33.3 |
  | | Labour | Hollie Wright | 726 | 31.2 |
  | | Green | Beverley Carpenter | 609 | 26.1 |
  | | Green | Shanna Hart | 475 | 20.4 |
  | | Green | Brett Hughes | 365 | 15.7 |
  | | Conservative | Wendy Fray | 196 | 8.4 |
  | | Conservative | James Vitali | 181 | 7.8 |
  | | Conservative | Mo Pantall | 148 | 6.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,439 | 37.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Liberal Democrat | 35.4 | -14.7 |
  | Labour | 34.3 | +6.7 |
  | Green | 22.9 | +9.1 |
  | Conservative | 7.4 | -1.1 |
  
  ### Petersfield
  
  Petersfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mike Davey | 1,590 | 50.0 |
  | | Labour | Katie Thornburrow | 1,532 | 48.2 |
  | | Labour | Richard Robertson | 1,362 | 42.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Emmanuel Carraud | 915 | 28.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Judy Brunton | 807 | 25.4 |
  | | Green | Jenny Richens | 755 | 23.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Cosmo Lupton | 711 | 22.4 |
  | | Green | Edwin Wilkinson | 540 | 17.0 |
  | | Green | Krzystof Strug | 472 | 14.8 |
  | | Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 346 | 10.9 |
  | | Conservative | David Thomas | 281 | 8.8 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Yeatman | 226 | 7.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,325 | 47.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 44.1 | -1.4 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 25.4 | -3.8 |
  | Green | 20.9 | +0.6 |
  | Conservative | 9.6 | +4.6 |
  
  ### Queen Edith's
  
  Queen Edith's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Sam Davies | 1,874 | 62.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jenny Page-Croft | 1,074 | 35.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Lee | 816 | 27.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard Eccles | 709 | 23.6 |
  | | Labour | Indy Vadhia | 647 | 21.5 |
  | | Labour | Dan Zahedi | 647 | 21.5 |
  | | Labour | Connor Morrissey | 554 | 18.4 |
  | | Independent | Al Dixon | 536 | 17.8 |
  | | Conservative | Christine Butler | 512 | 17.0 |
  | | Green | Jacqueline Whitmore | 473 | 15.7 |
  | | Green | Peter Price | 377 | 12.5 |
  | | Green | Simon Whitmore | 318 | 10.6 |
  | | Conservative | Shoaib Shahid | 279 | 9.3 |
  | | Conservative | Suhaib Shahid | 199 | 6.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,358 | 49.4 |
  | | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Independent | 40.9 | +12.0 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 23.4 | -13.4 |
  | Labour | 14.1 | -1.9 |
  | Conservative | 11.2 | +4.1 |
  | Green | 10.3 | -1.0 |
  
  ### Romsey
  
  Romsey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Dave Baigent | 1,575 | 55.7 |
  | | Labour | Mairead Healey | 1,423 | 50.3 |
  | | Labour | Dinah Pounds | 1,378 | 48.7 |
  | | Green | Sarah Nicmanis | 643 | 22.7 |
  | | Green | Suzie Webb | 632 | 22.3 |
  | | Green | Elisabeth Whitebread | 615 | 21.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Laura Ryan | 526 | 18.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Friso De Graaf | 406 | 14.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Walmsley | 375 | 13.3 |
  | | Conservative | Mohammed Azamuddin | 337 | 11.9 |
  | | Conservative | Daniel Collis | 332 | 11.7 |
  | | Conservative | Richard Haddon | 248 | 8.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,027 | 44.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 51.1 | +2.7 |
  | Green | 20.9 | -2.1 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 17.1 | -5.3 |
  | Conservative | 10.9 | +4.7 |
  
  ### Trumpington
  
  Trumpington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alan Cox | 1,298 | 44.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Flaubert | 1,246 | 42.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Olaf Hauk | 1,085 | 36.8 |
  | | Labour | Amanda Hawkes | 946 | 32.1 |
  | | Labour | Nasir Uddin | 729 | 24.7 |
  | | Labour | Arran Parry-Davis | 720 | 24.4 |
  | | Green | Ceri Galloway | 604 | 20.5 |
  | | Conservative | Laurence Fischer | 574 | 19.5 |
  | | Conservative | Steven George | 548 | 18.6 |
  | | Conservative | Mike Spencer | 421 | 14.3 |
  | | Green | Sue Wells | 359 | 12.2 |
  | | Green | Hero Tardrew | 319 | 10.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,246 | 43.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Liberal Democrat | 37.9 | -5.0 |
  | Labour | 27.6 | -0.2 |
  | Green | 17.7 | +0.6 |
  | Conservative | 16.8 | +4.5 |
  
  ### West Chesterton
  
  West Chesterton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mike Sargeant | 1,668 | 49.8 |
  | | Labour | Jocelynne Scutt | 1,514 | 45.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dalzell | 1,305 | 38.9 |
  | | Labour | Richard Swift | 1,236 | 36.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Shahida Rahman | 1,057 | 31.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Grace | 1,040 | 31.0 |
  | | Green | Roger Giddings | 634 | 18.9 |
  | | Green | Har Kaur | 566 | 16.9 |
  | | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 469 | 14.0 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Harford | 333 | 9.9 |
  | | Conservative | Sam Hunt | 233 | 7.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,575 | 54.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
  | Top-candidate result | % | +/- |
  | Labour | 42.3 | +9.6 |
  | Liberal Democrat | 33.1 | -17.4 |
  | Green | 16.1 | +5.2 |
  | Conservative | 8.5 | +2.5 |
  