2018 Cambridge City Council election

The 2018 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

Results summary

2018 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	1	66.7	17	27	64.3	17,086	46.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	5		33.3	8	13	31.0	11,736	31.9	+4.4
	Green	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	3,206	8.7	-1.3
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.4	0	0.0	-2.3
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,681	12.7	+0.9
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	93	0.3	-2.2
	Libertarian	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	26	0.1	New

Map showing the wards of Cambridge Council

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicky Massey	1,283	57.0	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Shepard	466	20.7	+7.5
	Conservative	David Philip Smith	263	11.7	+0.7
	Green	Naomi Anne Bennett	240	10.6	−3.9
Turnout			2,252
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Sheil	1,250	51.8	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ward	595	24.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Dylan Coll-Reed	351	14.5	+2.4
	Green	Stephen Roger Lawrence	219	9.1	−1.4
Turnout			2,415
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cheney-Anne Payne	957	40.8	+21.8
	Labour	Mark Reader	932	39.8	+12.3
	Conservative	Othman Bankole Cole	245	10.5	+4.2
	Green	Lucas Ruzowitzky	184	7.8	−1.5
	Libertarian	Aidan Christopher Ulrich Powlesland	26	1.1	New
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russ McPherson	1,282	56.8	−4.0
	Conservative	Eric William Barrett-Payton	441	19.5	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Louis Oakes	364	16.1	+6.8
	Green	Jenny Richens	171	7.6	+1.3
Turnout			2,258
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Herbert	1,303	55.9	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Noah Tate	410	17.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Donald Fisher Douglas	388	16.7	+1.9
	Green	Sarah Louise Nicmanis	228	9.8	+1.8
Turnout			2,329
	Labour hold		Swing

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carla Louise McQueen	1,362	50.5	+8.9
	Labour	Baijumon Thittalayil Varkey	1,107	41.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Stewart Dunn	830	30.8	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shahida Rahman	811	30.1	−4.1
	Green	Gareth Peter Bailey	345	12.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Thomas Hedley Fairfax Harwood	336	12.5	+2.6
	Conservative	Timur Coskun	299	11.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	93	3.5	−4.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Two seats were up due to the resignation of Margery Abbott (Labour, elected 2016) ^[1]

King's Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Smart	924	51.7	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniele Josephine Gibney	397	22.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	302	16.9	+5.1
	Green	Angela Ditchfield	165	9.2	+0.8
Turnout			1,788
	Labour hold		Swing

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony William Martinelli	866	43.5	+5.0
	Labour	Dan Ratcliffe	744	37.3	+1.8
	Green	Jeremy Lloyd Caddick	229	11.5	−8.4
	Conservative	Henry James Mitson	153	7.7	+1.5
Turnout			1,992
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Cantrill	1,139	49.7	+6.5
	Labour	Michael Davey	825	36.0	−0.2
	Conservative	Connor Gregory George MacDonald	165	7.2	−3.6
	Green	Mark Slade	164	7.2	−2.7
Turnout			2,293
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Marie Sinnott	1,256	58.3	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	432	20.0	+7.0
	Green	Virgil Au Wenhan Ierubino	278	12.9	−2.2
	Conservative	Simon Lee	189	8.8	−1.6
Turnout			2,155
	Labour hold		Swing

Queen Edith's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stephen McGerty	1,259	44.2	+1.2
	Labour	Dan Greef	827	29.0	±0.0
	Conservative	Manas Deb	543	19.1	−0.6
	Green	Joel Chalfen	218	7.7	−0.7
Turnout			2,847
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Baigent	1,461	59.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Guy Blanchard Lewis	563	22.9	−12.9
	Green	Caitlin Ruth Patterson	269	10.9	+1.3
	Conservative	Martin Keegan	170	6.9	+2.0
Turnout			2,463
	Labour hold		Swing

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katie Thornburrow	1,302	37.7	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Hilken	1,298	37.6	−3.7
	Conservative	Philip James Salway	561	16.2	−6.4
	Green	Ceri Barbara Galloway	293	8.5	−1.9
Turnout			3,454
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Dalzell	1,349	44.2	+6.1
	Labour	Clare Frances King	1,228	40.2	−6.5
	Conservative	Michael John Harford	275	9.0	+3.0
	Green	Shayne Mary Mitchell	203	6.6	+0.1
Turnout			3,055
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing