# 2006 Cambridge City Council election

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 summary

2006 Cambridge City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 11 | 1 | 73.3 | 18 | 29 | 69.0 | 12,668 | 38.6 | -2.7 |
| | Labour | 4 | | 26.7 | 9 | 13 | 31.0 | 8,328 | 25.4 | -0.5 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,015 | 21.4 | -0.8 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,124 | 12.6 | +3.8 |
| | Respect | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 562 | 1.7 | N/A |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 0.4 | -0.4 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Miriam Lynn | 668 | 37.4 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Margaret White | 464 | 26.0 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Simon Mitton | 362 | 20.3 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Sexton | 292 | 16.3 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 11.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,786 | 28.5 | +0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.6 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Ward | 1,022 | 40.3 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Todd-Jones | 816 | 32.1 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 482 | 19.0 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Michael Smith | 219 | 8.6 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,539 | 36.9 | −6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Kightley | 985 | 48.3 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Edward MacNaghten | 476 | 23.3 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Stephen Lawrence | 298 | 14.6 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Lucy Sheerman | 282 | 13.8 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | 25.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,041 | 31.5 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.6 | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stuart Newbold | 1,071 | 42.9 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Eric Barrett-Payton | 864 | 34.6 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natalie Mayer-Hutchings | 367 | 14.7 | −3.2 |
| | Green | Neil Ford | 193 | 7.7 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,495 | 39.7 | −6.7 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.2 | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lewis Herbert | 909 | 41.8 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Blackhurst | 477 | 22.0 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Jones | 463 | 21.3 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Hamish Downer | 186 | 8.6 | −6.1 |
| | UKIP | Albert Watts | 138 | 6.4 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 432 | 19.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,173 | 36.3 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marian Holness | 884 | 40.6 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Richard Layfield | 583 | 26.8 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Francis | 482 | 22.1 | +6.7 |
| | Green | Peter Pope | 228 | 10.5 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 13.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,177 | 35.9 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.7 | |

### King's Hedges

King's Hedges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neale Upstone | 718 | 40.0 | +14.0 |
| | Labour | Gerri Bird | 533 | 29.7 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Mark Taylor | 350 | 19.5 | −8.0 |
| | Green | Gerhard Golbeck-Wood | 193 | 10.8 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 10.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,794 | 29.6 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 8.3 | |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Rosenstiel | 772 | 42.7 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Haire | 392 | 21.7 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Martin Lucas-Smith | 359 | 19.9 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Maureen Donnelly | 285 | 15.8 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 380 | 21.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 | 28.7 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9 | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rod Cantrill | 974 | 46.2 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | James Strachan | 475 | 22.6 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Joseph Powell | 336 | 16.0 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Anna Gomori-Woodcock | 321 | 15.2 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 499 | 23.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,106 | 31.7 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.0 | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Blencowe | 879 | 39.0 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Cooper | 848 | 37.7 | +3.4 |
| | Green | John Collins | 282 | 12.5 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Clarkson | 243 | 10.8 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,252 | 35.8 | −1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.5 | |

### Queen's Edith

Queen's Edith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Baker | 1,489 | 56.7 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Donald Douglas | 735 | 28.0 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | Leonard Freeman | 219 | 8.3 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 181 | 6.9 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 28.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,624 | 40.8 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.8 | |

### Romsey

Romsey (2 seats due to by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ellis-Miller | 1,065 | 44.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raj Shah | 815 | 34.1 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Goodacre | 623 | 26.1 |
| | Labour | Tariq Sadiq | 491 | 20.6 |
| | Green | Jesse Griffiths | 358 | 15.0 |
| | Respect | Thomas Woodcock | 294 | 12.3 |
| | Respect | Samuel Caldwell | 268 | 11.2 |
| | Conservative | Hugh Mennie | 235 | 9.8 |
| | Green | Neil Hewett | 216 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative | Angela Ozturk | 216 | 9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,388 | 37.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Stuart | 960 | 45.5 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | John Ionides | 752 | 35.7 | +4.6 |
| | Green | Ceri Galloway | 205 | 9.7 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Pamela Stacey | 191 | 9.1 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 9.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,108 | 39.5 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.3 | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Boyce | 1,000 | 42.5 | −4.6 |
| | Conservative | Steven Mastin | 488 | 20.8 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Simon Watkins | 442 | 18.8 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Sarah Peake | 421 | 17.9 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 21.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,351 | 36.7 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.1 | |

## Sources

* Cambridge City Council: Local election results
* Cambridge City Council: 2006 local election full results
* Cambridge City Election Results since 1945