# 2007 Cambridge City Council election

The 2007 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

## Results summary

2007 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 | 10 | | 66.7 | 19 | 29 | 69.0 | 10,480 | 33.1 | -5.5 |
| | Labour | 5 | | 33.3 | 8 | 13 | 31.0 | 8,587 | 27.1 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,880 | 24.9 | +3.5 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,010 | 12.7 | +0.1 |
| | Respect | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 358 | 1.1 | -0.6 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 352 | 1.1 | +0.7 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Caroline Hart | 701 | 35.5 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Margaret Wright | 593 | 30.0 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bower | 398 | 20.1 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ed Sexton | 284 | 14.4 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108 | 5.5 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,976 | 30.8 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.0 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Levy | 887 | 35.8 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | Mike Todd-Jones | 875 | 35.3 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 504 | 20.3 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Michael Smith | 211 | 8.5 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 0.5 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,477 | 37.4 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.9 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tania Zmura | 806 | 42.5 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Edward MacNaughten | 490 | 25.8 | +2.5 |
| | Green | Margery Abbott | 309 | 16.3 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Margery Abbott | 293 | 15.4 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 16.6 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,898 | 29.8 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.2 | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Russ McPherson | 1,126 | 46.1 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Sarah El-Neil | 806 | 33.0 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Edkins | 257 | 10.5 | −4.2 |
| | Green | Hamish Downer | 130 | 5.3 | −2.4 |
| | UKIP | Marjorie Barr | 121 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 13.1 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,440 | 39.4 | −0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge (2 seats due to by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jeremy Benstead | 861 | 39.8 |
| | Labour | Tariq Sadiq | 739 | 34.1 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Howell | 721 | 33.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard Normington | 662 | 30.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Lindsay | 312 | 14.4 |
| | Green | Valerie Hopkins | 253 | 11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Yates | 248 | 11.5 |
| | Green | Neil Ford | 215 | 9.9 |
| | UKIP | Albert Watts | 116 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,165 | 36.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Blair | 731 | 34.6 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Francis | 583 | 27.6 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | Stefan Haselwimmer | 457 | 21.6 | −5.2 |
| | Green | Peter Pope | 225 | 10.7 | +0.2 |
| | UKIP | Peter Burkinshaw | 115 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 7.0 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,111 | 36.3 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.8 | |

### King's Hedges

King's Hedges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Pill | 679 | 35.9 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Gerri Bird | 661 | 35.0 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Tempest | 368 | 19.5 | ±0.0 |
| | Green | James Youd | 181 | 9.6 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 0.9 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,889 | 32.8 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.7 | |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Dixon | 679 | 42.4 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Gergory Patton | 344 | 21.5 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Haire | 341 | 21.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Lucy Sheerman | 237 | 14.8 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 20.9 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,601 | 25.7 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.0 | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Smith | 842 | 44.9 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | James Strachan | 489 | 26.1 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Aneaka Kaur Kellay | 300 | 16.0 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Louis Couffait | 246 | 13.1 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 18.8 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,877 | 28.8 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucy Walker | 1,063 | 45.3 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Cooper | 817 | 34.9 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | James Martin | 239 | 10.2 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 225 | 9.6 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 10.4 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,344 | 38.7 | +2.9 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 4.6 | |

### Queen's Edith

Queen's Edith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Viki Sanders | 1,364 | 53.4 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Donald Douglas | 760 | 29.7 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Len Freeman | 221 | 8.6 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Martin Lawson | 210 | 8.2 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 604 | 23.6 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,555 | 42.2 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.5 | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rah Shah | 774 | 36.2 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Goodacre | 496 | 23.2 | −1.0 |
| | Respect | Tom Woodcock | 358 | 16.8 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Jesse Griffiths | 271 | 12.7 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Angela Ozturk | 238 | 11.1 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 278 | 13.0 | — |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,137 | 34.9 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.1 | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Blackhurst | 913 | 45.2 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hase | 774 | 38.3 | +2.6 |
| | Green | Ceri Galloway | 172 | 8.5 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Pamela Stacey | 160 | 7.9 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 6.9 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,019 | 37.9 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.5 | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Armstrong | 887 | 40.0 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Steven Mastin | 507 | 22.9 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Simon Watkins | 451 | 20.4 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Sarah Peake | 371 | 16.7 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 380 | 17.1 | −4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,216 | 36.0 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.3 | |