Cambridge Council election, 2006

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

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats
seats = 11
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 73.3
votes % = 38.4
votes = 11853
plus/minus = -4.8Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 26.7
votes % = 25.4
votes = 7837
plus/minus = -2.1Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 22.1
votes = 6799
plus/minus = 3.0Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 12.7
votes = 3908
plus/minus = 2.7Election Summary Party
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.0
votes = 294
plus/minus = N/AElection Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 138
plus/minus = 0.2
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The composition of the Council after the election was:
*Liberal Democrats - 29 (69.0%)
*Labour - 13 (31.0%)

Results by ward

Abbey

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Miriam Lynn
votes = 668
percentage = 37.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Margaret Wright
votes = 464
percentage = 26.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Mitton
votes = 362
percentage = 20.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Edward Sexton
votes = 292
percentage = 16.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 204
percentage = 11.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,786
percentage = 28.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Arbury

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Timothy Ward
votes = 1,022
percentage = 40.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Todd-Jones
votes = 816
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shapour Meftah
votes = 482
percentage = 19.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michael Smith
votes = 219
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 206
percentage = 8.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,539
percentage = 36.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

Castle

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Simon Kightley
votes = 985
percentage = 48.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward MacNaghten
votes = 476
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Lawrence
votes = 298
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lucy Sheerman
votes = 282
percentage = 13.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 509
percentage = 24.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,041
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

Cherry Hinton

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Newbold
votes = 1,071
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Barrett-Payton
votes = 864
percentage = 34.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Natalie Mayer-Hutchings
votes = 367
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Neal Ford
votes = 193
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 207
percentage = 8.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,495
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Coleridge

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lewis Herbert
votes = 909
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Andrew Blackhurst
votes = 477
percentage = 22.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Alexander Jones
votes = 463
percentage = 21.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Hamish Downer
votes = 186
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Albert Watts
votes = 138
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 432
percentage = 19.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,173
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

East Chesterton

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Marian Holness
votes = 884
percentage = 40.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Layfield
votes = 583
percentage = 26.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Francis
votes = 482
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Peter Pope
votes = 228
percentage = 10.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 301
percentage = 13.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,177
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

King's Hedges

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Neale Upstone
votes = 718
percentage = 40.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerri Bird
votes = 533
percentage = 29.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Taylor
votes = 350
percentage = 19.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood
votes = 193
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 185
percentage = 10.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,794
percentage = 29.61
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Market

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Colin Rosenstiel
votes = 772
percentage = 42.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Haire
votes = 392
percentage = 21.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Martin Lucas-Smith
votes = 359
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Donnelly
votes = 285
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 380
percentage = 21.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,808
percentage = 28.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

Newnham

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Roderick Cantrill
votes = 974
percentage = 46.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Strachan
votes = 475
percentage = 22.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Powell
votes = 336
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anna Gomori-Woodcock
votes = 321
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 499
percentage = 23.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,106
percentage = 31.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

Petersfield

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Blencowe
votes = 879
percentage = 39.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Steven Cooper
votes = 848
percentage = 37.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = John Collins
votes = 282
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Clarkson
votes = 243
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 31
percentage = 1.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,252
percentage = 35.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Queen Edith's

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alan Baker
votes = 1,489
percentage = 56.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Douglas
votes = 735
percentage = 28.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Freeman
votes = 219
percentage = 8.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Shayne Mitchell
votes = 181
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 754
percentage = 28.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,624
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

Romsey

Election box begin | title=Note: the top two candidates were elected; vote percentage and swing for parties, not candidatesElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Sarah Ellis-Miller
votes = 1,065
percentage = "Lib Dem"
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Raj Shah
votes = 815
percentage = 41.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Goodacre
votes = 623
percentage = "Lab"
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tariq Sadiq
votes = 491
percentage = 24.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jesse Griffiths
votes = 358
percentage = "Green"
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
candidate = Thomas Woodcock
votes = 294
percentage = "Respect"
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
candidate = Samuel Caldwell
votes = 268
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Mennie
votes = 235
percentage = "Con"
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Neil Hewett
votes = 216
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Ozturk
votes = 216
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 192
percentage = 8.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2291
percentage = 36.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing = Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large bloc voting). Party vote percentages are calculated as percent of the total number of votes; the number (not the percentage) of turnout has been estimated by halving the total number of votes.

Trumpington

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Sheila Stuart
votes = 960
percentage = 45.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Ionides
votes = 752
percentage = 35.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ceri Galloway
votes = 205
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Stacey
votes = 191
percentage = 9.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 208
percentage = 9.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,108
percentage = 39.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

West Chesterton

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Max Boyce
votes = 1,000
percentage = 42.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Mastin
votes = 488
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Watkins
votes = 442
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Sarah Peake
votes = 421
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 512
percentage = 21.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,351
percentage = 36.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

Sources

* [http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/about-the-council/elections/local-elections/ Cambridge City Council: Local election results]
* [http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/members/2006-local-election-full-results-cambridge-city-council.en Cambridge City Council: 2006 local election full results]
* [http://www.cix.co.uk/~rosenstiel/camelect/ Cambridge City Election Results since 1945]

See also

*Cambridge local elections
*United Kingdom local elections, 2006
*Elections in the United Kingdom

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