2022 Cambridge City Council election

The 2022 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Cambridge City Council. This was on the same day as other local elections were held across the United Kingdom.

2022 Cambridge City Council election

5 May 2022
16 out of 42 council seats up for election 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green Last election 27 12 2 Seats after 29 9 3 Seat change 2 3 1
Map showing the strongest candidate by ward

Result summary

2022 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	2	75.0	17	29	69.0	17,779	44.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	3	18.8	6	9	21.4	10,801	27.1	+1.3
	Green	1	1	6.3	2	3	7.1	7,027	17.6	–2.1
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	361	0.9	–1.3
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,940	9.9	–1.7

Ward results

("Majority" figure below is the amount of lead over nearest contender. It does not show that the successful candidate received a majority of votes cast.)

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matt Howard	1,254	48.0	+6.5
	Labour	Amanda Hawkes	974	37.3	–1.1
	Conservative	David Smith	201	7.7	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Ansell	184	7.0	–2.5
Majority			280	10.7
Turnout			2,613
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	3.8

Arbury

Arbury (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iva Divkovic	1,176	53.4	+6.1
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,145	52.0	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Fionna Tod	444	20.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	423	19.2	−4.3
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	366	16.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	317	14.4	−0.1
	Green	Peter Pope	292	13.3	−6.7
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	242	11.0	−2.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Smith	886	41.8	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Stoddart	751	35.5	+1.5
	Green	James Murray-White	370	17.5	–1.7
	Conservative	James Appiah	111	5.2	–4.4
Majority			135	6.3
Turnout			2,118
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russ McPherson	1,345	58.3	+7.0
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	391	16.9	–3.6
	Green	Richard Potter	290	12.6	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McLaughlin	283	12.3	–2.4
Majority			954	41.4
Turnout			2,309
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Smith	1,363	56.3	+8.9
	Green	Sarah Nicmanis	415	17.2	–7.1
	Conservative	Robin Nelson	338	14.0	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Oliver	236	9.8	–4.3
	Independent	Monica Hone	67	2.8	N/A
Majority			948	39.1
Turnout			2,419
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Baiju Varkey	974	38.2	–4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Illingworth	947	37.1	+8.5
	Green	Elizabeth May	388	15.2	–2.9
	Conservative	Frank Ribeiro	243	9.5	+0.4
Majority			27	+1.1
Turnout			2,552
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.5

King's Hedges

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Smart	968	50.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Clark	383	20.0	+0.7
	Green	Dan Kittmer	314	16.4	–0.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Uddin	248	13.0	–5.1
Majority			585	30.6
Turnout			1,913
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Porrer	904	43.4	+8.2
	Labour	Hollie Wright	680	32.6	–1.8
	Green	Nicola Elliott	364	17.5	–5.0
	Conservative	Sam Hunt	137	6.6	–1.3
Majority			224	10.8
Turnout			2,085
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.0

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cameron Holloway	813	36.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Al Gadney	738	33.0	–2.4
	Green	Jean Glasberg	558	25.0	+2.1
	Conservative	Mo Pantall	125	5.6	–1.8
Majority			75	3.4
Turnout			2,234
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	2.8

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Robertson	1,554	55.6	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Emmanuel Carraud	598	21.4	–4.0
	Green	Edwin Wilkinson	456	16.3	–4.6
	Conservative	Mohamed Hossain	188	6.7	–2.9
Majority			956	34.2
Turnout			2,769
	Labour hold		Swing	7.8

Queen Edith’s

Queen Edith’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Lee	1,202	42.0	+18.6
	Labour	Steve King	881	30.8	+16.7
	Green	Jacqueline Whitmore	396	13.8	+3.5
	Conservative	Geoffrey Owen	382	13.4	+2.2
Majority			321	11.2
Turnout			2,861
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.0

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dinah Pounds	1,548	58.1	+7.0
	Green	Suzie Webb	486	18.2	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Walmsley	416	15.6	–1.5
	Conservative	Paul Roper	215	8.1	–2.8
Majority			1,062	39.9
Turnout			2,665
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Olaf Hauk	1,151	42.1	+4.2
	Labour	Carlos Toranzos	853	31.2	+3.6
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	379	13.9	–2.9
	Green	Ceri Galloway	352	12.9	–4.8
Majority			298	10.9
Turnout			2,735
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.3

West Chesterton

West Chesterton (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Swift	1,390	44.8	−0.4
	Labour	Sam Carling	1,229	39.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Dalzell	1,171	37.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shahida Rahman	970	31.3	−0.2
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	389	12.5	−1.5
	Green	Emma Garnett	337	10.9	−8.0
	Independent	Jason Scott-Warren	294	9.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jean-Ann Bartlett	232	7.5	−2.4
	Conservative	Michael Harford	191	6.2	−0.8
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections

Trumpington

Trumpington: 18 August 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Levien	1,017	49.8	+7.7
	Labour	Rahima Ahammed	472	23.1	−8.1
	Green	Ceri Galloway	298	14.6	+1.7
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	256	12.5	−1.4
Majority			545	26.7
Turnout			2,049	27.3
	Liberal Democrats hold