2015 Cambridge City Council election
{{Short description|2015 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election.{{Cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums |title=Upcoming elections & referendums |access-date=7 April 2015 |work=The Electoral Commission | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums | archive-date= 15 March 2015 | url-status= live}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2015 Cambridge City Council election
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2014 Cambridge City Council election
| previous_year = 2014
| outgoing_members =
| election_date = 7 May 2015
| elected_members =
| next_election = 2016 Cambridge City Council election
| next_year = 2016
| seats_for_election= 16: one-third of 42
| majority_seats = 22
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| leader1 =
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
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| party2 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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| party5 = Green Party of England and Wales
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| map_image = File:Cambridge UK local election 2015 map.svg
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| map_caption = Winner of each seat at the 2015 Cambridge City Council election
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Results summary
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2015 Cambridge City Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 8
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 57.1
|other seats = 16
|total seats = 24
|total seats % = 57.1
|votes = 20,279
|votes % = 34.5
|plus/minus = -6.3
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 5
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 35.7
|other seats = 9
|total seats = 14
|total seats % = 33.3
|votes = 16,257
|votes % = 27.6
|plus/minus = -2.0
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 4.8
|votes = 89
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus = -1.9
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 1
|total seats % = 2.4
|votes = 10,266
|votes % = 17.5
|plus/minus = +4.2
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 1
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 7.1
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 1
|total seats % = 2.4
|votes = 9,675
|votes % = 16.5
|plus/minus = +3.0
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UKIP
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 2,261
|votes % = 3.8
|plus/minus = +3.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=Abbey=
{{Election box begin | title=Abbey}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Hart
|votes = 1,645
|percentage = 42.5
|change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nichola Martin
|votes = 831
|percentage = 21.5
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Monica Hone
|votes = 701
|percentage = 18.1
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Cowan
|votes = 696
|percentage = 18.0
|change = +3.9
}}
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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=Arbury=
{{Election box begin | title=Arbury}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Carina O'Reilly
|votes = 1,673
|percentage = 39.1
|change = -6.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tim Ward
|votes = 1,165
|percentage = 27.2
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Barrett-Payton
|votes = 597
|percentage = 13.9
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Stephen Lawrence
|votes = 568
|percentage = 13.3
|change = -2.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Celia Conway
|votes = 281
|percentage = 6.6
|change = N/A
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=Castle=
{{Election box begin | title=Castle}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Valerie Holt
|votes = 1,288
|percentage = 30.1
|change = +3.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Sheil
|votes = 1,084
|percentage = 25.4
|change = -4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Mitton
|votes = 951
|percentage = 22.3
|change = +11.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Martin Bonner
|votes = 920
|percentage = 21.5
|change = +6.4
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=Cherry Hinton=
{{Election box begin | title=Cherry Hinton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Mark Ashton
|votes = 1,839
|percentage = 41.5
|change = -38.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Timothy Haire
|votes = 843
|percentage = 19.0
|change = N/A
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Edward Sexton
|votes = 790
|percentage = 17.8
|change = -2.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Alex Crowson
|votes = 393
|percentage = 8.9
|change = N/A
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Phillip Barnett
|votes = 364
|percentage = 8.2
|change = N/A
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=Coleridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Coleridge}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeremy Benstead
|votes = 1,606
|percentage = 38.1
|change = -13.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Simon Cooper
|votes = 1,044
|percentage = 24.8
|change = +9.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Barker
|votes = 748
|percentage = 17.8
|change = +1.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Shaun Esgate
|votes = 558
|percentage = 13.2
|change = -0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Bill Kaminski
|votes = 259
|percentage = 6.1
|change = N/A
}}
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=East Chesterton=
{{Election box begin | title=East Chesterton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerri Bird
|votes = 1,630
|percentage = 38.9
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Shahida Rahman
|votes = 1,165
|percentage = 27.8
|change = -7.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alex Boyd
|votes = 608
|percentage = 14.5
|change = +5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Peter Pope
|votes = 466
|percentage = 11.1
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Pater Burkinshaw
|votes = 327
|percentage = 7.8
|change = -2.0
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=King's Hedges=
{{Election box begin | title=King's Hedges}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Price
|votes = 1,367
|percentage = 39.0
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Newsam
|votes = 726
|percentage = 20.7
|change = -1.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anette Karimi
|votes = 552
|percentage = 15.7
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Dave Corn
|votes = 419
|percentage = 12.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Angela Ditchfield
|votes = 355
|percentage = 10.1
|change = -1.9
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=Market=
{{Election box begin | title=Market}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Oscar Gillespie
|votes = 1,147
|percentage = 27.7
|change = +2.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Danielle Greene
|votes = 1,140
|percentage = 27.5
|change = -4.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dom Weldon
|votes = 1,134
|percentage = 27.4
|change = +2.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Coughlan
|votes = 726
|percentage = 17.5
|change = -0.3
}}
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Green Party of England and Wales
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Newnham=
{{Election box begin | title=Newnham}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Markus Gehring
|votes = 1,387
|percentage = 32.7
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ewan McGaughey
|votes = 1,203
|percentage = 28.4
|change = -4.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kate Honey
|votes = 947
|percentage = 22.4
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sam Carr
|votes = 700
|percentage = 16.5
|change = +3.2
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=Petersfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Petersfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Blencowe
|votes = 1,632
|percentage = 44.0
|change = -9.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Atus Mariqueo-Russell
|votes = 864
|percentage = 23.3
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Parkin
|votes = 795
|percentage = 21.4
|change = -0.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ben Flook
|votes = 422
|percentage = 11.4
|change = +2.5
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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=Queen Edith's=
{{Election box begin | title=Queen Edith's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = George Pippas
|votes = 1,502
|percentage = 33.7
|change = -8.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Matt Worth
|votes = 1,102
|percentage = 24.7
|change = -5.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Bower
|votes = 1,093
|percentage = 24.5
|change = +8.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Joel Chalfen
|votes = 546
|percentage = 12.3
|change = +0.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Candido Channell
|votes = 213
|percentage = 4.8
|change = N/A
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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=Romsey=
{{Election box begin | title=Romsey}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anna Smith
|votes = 1,636
|percentage = 37.7
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Donald Adey
|votes = 1,314
|percentage = 30.3
|change = -7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jane Carpenter
|votes = 951
|percentage = 21.9
|change = +8.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rahatul Raja
|votes = 436
|percentage = 10.1
|change = +3.0
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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=Trumpington=
{{Election box begin | title=Trumpington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Zoe O'Connell
|votes = 1,498
|percentage = 29.9
|change = -16.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel John
|votes = 1,366
|percentage = 27.3
|change = -7.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nick Gay
|votes = 1,182
|percentage = 23.6
|change = +4.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ceri Galloway
|votes = 751
|percentage = 15.0
|change = N/A
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Richard Jeffs
|votes = 213
|percentage = 4.6
|change = N/A
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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=West Chesterton=
{{Election box begin | title=West Chesterton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Damien Tunnacliffe
|votes = 1,618
|percentage = 37.0
|change = -2.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Sargeant
|votes = 1,540
|percentage = 35.2
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Har Kaur
|votes = 537
|percentage = 12.3
|change = +1.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Linda Yeatman
|votes = 528
|percentage = 12.1
|change = +1.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mary King
|votes = 156
|percentage = 3.6
|change = N/A
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2015}}
{{Cambridgeshire elections}}