Cambridge City Council election, 2014

The 2014 Cambridge City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the European Union elections.^[2]

Election results

Cambridge City Council Election Result 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	7	0	+7	66.7	40.8	16,025	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	7	-7	26.7	29.6	11,619	+3.5
	Green	0	0	1	-1	0.0	13.4	5,271	+3.3
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	13.3	5,218	-2.1
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	6.7	2.1	826	-5.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	328	+0.4

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Roberts	1,130	48.7	-5.7
	Green	Oscar Gillespie	480	20.7	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Marcus Streets	384	16.4	+7.1
	Conservative	Eric Berrett-Payton	328	14.1	+1.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

Arbury

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Perry	1,300	45.6	-14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Ward	722	25.3	+6.4
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	444	15.6	+5.1
	Conservative	James Mottram	385	13.5	+3.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marie-Louise Holland	737	27.2	-22.3
	Liberal Democrat	Fergus Blair	717	26.5	+11.8
	Labour	Mark Reader	565	20.9	+3.2
	Green	Sandra Billington	409	15.1	+6.3
	Conservative	Tom Byrne	281	10.4	+1.1
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russ McPherson	1,533	80.0	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Edkins	383	20.0	+11.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lewis Herbert	1,326	51.6	-8.0
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	430	16.7	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Adey	368	15.0	+6.1
	Green	Shaun Esgate	358	13.9	+2.8
	Independent	Puffles The Dragon Fairy	89	3.5	+3.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Sarris	1,076	35.5	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Zoe O'Connell	1,066	35.2	+14.7
	UKIP	Pater Burkinshaw	328	10.8	+4.8
	Green	Peter Pope	299	9.9	-1.4
	Conservative	Daniel John	260	8.6	-6.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

King's Hedges

King's Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Smart	831	41.2	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Neale Upstone	393	19.5	-14.2
	Independent	Ian Tyes	287	14.2	+14.2
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	266	13.2	+1.5
	Green	Michael Potter	242	12.0	+12.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Market

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Ratcliffe	903	32.2	+2.9
	Green	Maximillian Fries	721	25.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Rosenstiel	678	24.2	-11.4
	Conservative	Alex Boyd	500	17.8	+2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Cantrill	1,056	35.6	-8.9
	Labour	Sam Wolfe	987	33.3	+2.2
	Green	Julia Harrison	526	17.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Joanna Anscombe-Bell	395	13.3	+0.5
Majority
Turnout			2,964
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Sinnott	1,280	27.1
	Labour	Richard Robertson	1,223	25.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Brown	720	15.3
	Green	Matthew Hodgkinson	688	14.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Grace	317	6.7
	Conservative	Daniel Coughlan	262	5.6
	Conservative	Linda Yeatman	228	4.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Moore	1,362	42.6	+6.9
	Labour Co-op	John Beresford	951	29.7	-9.2
	Conservative	Vince Marino	522	16.3	-2.7
	Green	Joel Chalfen	363	11.4	+5.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Romsey

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Baigent	1,205	41.6	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Saunders	1,093	37.7	-3.7
	Green	Megan Parry	394	13.6	+13.6
	Conservative	Simon Lee	206	7.1	0.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Trumptington

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Avery	1,066	46.2	+13.6
	Conservative	Richard Jeffs	802	34.8	-1.8
	Labour Co-op	Tim Sykes	440	19.1	+2.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ysanne Austin	1,294	39.6	+2.9
	Labour	Mike Sargeant	1,275	39.0	+6.2
	Conservative	James Strachan	353	10.8	-5.5
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	347	10.6	-3.6
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
2. http://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=16&RPID=42390664