# 2016 Cambridge City Council election

The 2016 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The Labour Party grouping gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority on the council from 6 to 10 seats.

## Results summary

2016 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 % | +/− |
| | Labour | 9 | 2 | 64.3 | 17 | 26 | 61.9 | 15,279 | 45.9 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 28.6 | 9 | 13 | 31.0 | 9,172 | 27.5 | -0.1 |
| | Independent | 1 | | 7.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.8 | 776 | 2.3 | +2.1 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 3,335 | 10.0 | -6.5 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,927 | 11.8 | -5.7 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 830 | 2.5 | -1.3 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Leslie Johnson | 1,235 | 61.3 | +18.8 |
| | Green | Monica Ursula Hone | 292 | 14.5 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicky Shepard | 266 | 13.2 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Angela Ozturk | 222 | 11.0 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,015 | 31.9 | −23.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 13.6 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Todd-Jones | 1,430 | 61.5 | +22.4 |
| | Conservative | James Andrew Strachan | 282 | 12.1 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Derek Ward | 368 | 15.8 | −11.4 |
| | Green | Stephen Roger Lawrence | 245 | 10.5 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,325 | 37.4 | −21.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 16.9 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Hipkin | 776 | 37.9 | −11.6† |
| | Labour | Patrick Sheil | 562 | 27.5 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Timothy Argent | 388 | 19.0 | −11.4 |
| | Green | Alacia Natalie Gent | 191 | 9.3 | −12.1 |
| | Conservative | Edward Alexander Macnaghten | 129 | 6.3 | −16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,046 | 35.7 | −17.3 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | -4.8 | |
†on 2012 election.

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Paul Dryden | 1,373 | 60.8 | +19.3 |
| | Conservative | Eric William Barrett-Payton | 367 | 16.2 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dalzell | 210 | 9.3 | −8.5 |
| | UKIP | Richard Graham Jeffs | 166 | 7.3 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Caitlin Patterson | 143 | 6.3 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,259 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rosy Moore | 1,404 | 60.3 | +22.2 |
| | Conservative | Sam Barker | 344 | 14.8 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymundo Leysan Carlos | 234 | 10.0 | −14.8 |
| | Green | Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino | 187 | 8.0 | −5.2 |
| | UKIP | Bill Kaminski | 158 | 6.8 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,327 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margery Betty Abbott | 1,103 | 41.6 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shahida Rahman | 906 | 34.2 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Andre Francis | 262 | 9.9 | −4.6 |
| | UKIP | Peter Burkinshaw | 202 | 7.6 | −0.2 |
| | Green | Jiameng Gao | 179 | 6.7 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,652 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### King's Hedges

King's Hedges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nigel Gawthrope | 981 | 54.5 | +15.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Bernard Newsam | 233 | 13.7 | +13.0 |
| | UKIP | Dave Corn | 223 | 12.4 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Anette Karimi | 212 | 11.8 | +3.9 |
| | Green | Angela Kalinzi Ditchfield | 152 | 8.4 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,801 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Bick | 777 | 38.5 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Danielle Greene | 717 | 35.5 | +8.0 |
| | Green | Stuart James Tuckwood | 401 | 19.9 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | Barney Baber | 125 | 6.2 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,020 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Nethsingha | 939 | 43.2 | +10.5 |
| | Labour | Ewan McGaughey | 787 | 36.2 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Julius Carrington | 234 | 10.8 | −5.7 |
| | Green | Mark Slade | 216 | 9.9 | −12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,176 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Andrew Robertson | 1,305 | 61.4 | +17.4 |
| | Green | Sharon Deep Kaur | 321 | 15.1 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Stephen Levy | 277 | 13.0 | −8.4 |
| | Conservative | Catherine Claire Durance | 221 | 10.4 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,124 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer A Page-Croft | 1,189 | 43.0 | +9.3 |
| | Labour | John Beresford | 801 | 29.0 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Manas Deb | 544 | 19.7 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Joel Henry Chalfen | 232 | 8.4 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,766 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sophie Alice Barnett | 1,409 | 49.7 | +12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Helen Lindsay Smart | 1,016 | 35.8 | +5.3 |
| | Green | Jane Heather Carpenter | 273 | 9.6 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative | Roy Leonard Barton | 139 | 4.9 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,837 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Marshall Adey | 1,212 | 41.3 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Nick Gay | 755 | 25.7 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 664 | 22.6 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Ceri Berbara Galloway | 305 | 10.4 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,936 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Sargeant | 1,417 | 46.7 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nichola Jane Harrison | 1,157 | 38.1 | +1.1 |
| | Green | John David Bachelor | 198 | 6.5 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Simon Lee | 182 | 6.0 | −6.1 |
| | UKIP | Celia Margaret Conway | 81 | 2.7 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,035 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +6.3 | |