# 2010 Cambridge City Council election

Elections to Cambridge City Council were held on 6 May 2010 as part of the wider local elections across England.

## Results summary

2010 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 | 13 | 1 | 76.5 | 16 | 29 | 69.0 | 25,599 | 37.9 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | 3 | 2 | 17.6 | 6 | 9 | 21.4 | 15,237 | 22.5 | -3.2 |
| | Green | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 2 | 4.8 | 11,011 | 16.3 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 14,849 | 22.0 | -3.0 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | -2.9 |
| | Cambridge Socialists | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 640 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 240 | 0.4 | -0.2 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Adam Pogonowski | 1,104 | 29.7 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brown | 1,010 | 27.1 | +20.6 |
| | Labour | George Owers | 848 | 22.8 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Lara Hillman' | 758 | 20.4 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Ward | 1,633 | 38.9 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Ian Kidman | 1,133 | 27.0 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Ali Meftah | 812 | 19.3 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Stephen Lawrence | 620 | 14.8 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Kightley | 1,857 | 44.7 | +12.3 |
| | Conservative | Warren Clegg | 906 | 21.8 | +10.1 |
| | Green | James Kennedy | 749 | 18.0 | +11.4 |
| | Labour | John Buckingham | 641 | 15.4 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stuart Newbold | 1,610 | 38.4 | −13.6 |
| | Conservative | Edward Macnaghten | 1,231 | 29.4 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Edkins | 1,023 | 24.4 | +17.4 |
| | Green | Ross Pooley | 328 | 7.8 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lewis Herbert | 1,320 | 32.3 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bower | 1,160 | 28.4 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Yates | 1,040 | 25.5 | +16.3 |
| | Green | Valerie Hopkins | 446 | 10.9 | +2.8 |
| | UKIP | Albert Watts | 118 | 2.9 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susannah Kerr | 1,477 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roman Zjanek | 1,305 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Francis | 984 |
| | Labour | Gerri Bird | 859 |
| | Conservative | Una McCormack | 806 |
| | Labour | Dan Cooper | 776 |
| | Green | Peter Pope | 634 |
| | Green | Matt Ellis | 581 |
| | Cambridge Socialists | Anna Gordon | 137 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### King's Hedges

King's Hedges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Brierley | 1,236 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Hughes | 986 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Adams | 813 |
| | Green | Alexandra Collis | 274 |
| | Cambridge Socialists | Martin Booth | 99 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Rosenstiel | 1,697 | 43.0 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | James Boyd | 894 | 22.7 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Jack Toye | 783 | 19.9 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Pam Stacey | 571 | 14.5 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Smith | 1,862 | 44.9 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Oliver | 994 | 24.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Len Freeman | 648 | 15.6 | +4.1 |
| | Green | James Youd | 642 | 15.5 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brown | 1,571 |
| | Labour | Gail Marchant-Daisley | 1,237 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrea Reiner | 1,000 |
| | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 923 |
| | Labour | Kevin Blencowe | 891 |
| | Green | Hywel Sedgwick-Jell | 575 |
| | Conservative | Joshua Hordern | 558 |
| | Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 472 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Queen's Edith

Queen's Edith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Swanson | 2,129 | 49.0 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Vincenzo Marino | 1,221 | 28.1 | −4.6 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Goodacre | 541 | 12.4 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Brian Westcott | 334 | 7.7 | +0.4 |
| | UKIP | Carol Jackson | 122 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Saunders | 1,615 | 38.0 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Edward Browne | 928 | 21.9 | −3.2 |
| | Green | Hannah Allum | 697 | 16.4 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | Jane Slinn | 600 | 14.1 | +0.7 |
| | Cambridge Socialists | Tom Woodcock | 404 | 9.5 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Stuare | 1,704 | 43.2 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Julie Simpole-Clarke | 1,236 | 31.3 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | Kenny Latunde-Dada | 559 | 14.2 | +7.0 |
| | Green | Ceri Galloway | 446 | 11.3 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Boyce | 1,881 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damien Tunnacliffe | 1,559 |
| | Green | Sarah Peake | 1,201 |
| | Labour | Paul McHugh | 853 |
| | Labour | Mike Seargeant | 836 |
| | Conservative | Anette Karimi | 752 |
| | Green | Stephen Peake | 674 |
| | Conservative | Jahanshah Karimi | 652 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

## By-elections
### Coleridge

A by-election was called due to the resignation of incumbent Conservative councillor Chris Howell.
Coleridge: 4 November 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Owers | 900 | 44.0 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bower | 734 | 35.9 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Barnes | 223 | 10.9 | −14.6 |
| | Green | Valerie Hopkins | 137 | 6.7 | −4.2 |
| | UKIP | Albert Watts | 53 | 2.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,047 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.1 | |