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Local Election Results 2005

Cambridgeshire

Whole council up for election on new division boundaries.

Other results for Cambridgeshire: 2009 2013 2017 2021
By-elections for Cambridgeshire (may be incomplete): 19th January 2006 (Ely S. & W.) — 4th May 2006 (Romsey) — 12th October 2006 (Somersham & Earith) — 3rd May 2007 (Little Paxton & St Neots N.; Sutton) — 3rd January 2008 (Roman Bank & Peckover) — 1st May 2008 (Romsey) — 27th November 2008 (Hardwick) — 15th April 2010 (Wisbech N.) — 16th September 2010 (East Chesterton) — 3rd March 2011 (March N.) — 5th May 2011 (Arbury) — 22nd May 2014 (Willingham) — 12th February 2015 (Bar Hill) — 7th May 2015 (Whittlesey N.) — 4th June 2015 (Wisbech S.) — 25th June 2015 (Romsey) — 15th October 2015 (Chatteris) — 18th February 2016 (Sutton) — 5th May 2016 (St Neots Eaton Socon & Eynesbury) — 4th October 2018 (Soham N. & Isleham) — 2nd May 2019 (Trumpington) — 27th February 2020 (Duxford) — 16th February 2023 (St Neots The Eatons) — 4th May 2023 (Arbury; Soham S. & Haddenham) — 21st March 2024 (Yaxley & Farcet)
Results for district councils — Cambridge 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — East Cambridgeshire 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Fenland 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Huntingdonshire 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022 — South Cambridgeshire 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022

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Consolidated results — Cambridgeshire 2005

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 112543 41.0% 42
Liberal Democrat 104310 38.0% 23
Labour 43630 15.9% 4
Green Party 10979 4.0% 0
Independent 1625 0.6% 0
UK Independence Party 1090 0.4% 0

Abbey

Paul Sales Lab 1384 40.0%
Edward Sexton LD 1033 29.8%
Simon Mitton C 631 18.2%
Margaret Wright Grn 416 12.0%

Arbury

Rupert Moss-Eccardt LD 1686 41.0%
Ian Kidman Lab 1386 33.7%
Shapour Meftah C 743 18.1%
Michael Smith Grn 295 7.2%

Bar Hill

John Reynolds C 2266 45.8%
Thomas Flanagan LD 1808 36.6%
John Shepherd Lab 870 17.6%

Bassingbourn

Linda Oliver C 1981 54.4%
Ashley Woodford LD 982 27.0%
Simon Saggers Grn 679 18.6%

Bourn

Lister Wilson C 1125 45.3%
Jon Hansford LD 807 32.5%
Mark Hurn Lab 406 16.4%
Pauline Radley Grn 143 5.8%

Brampton and Kimbolton

Peter Downes LD 2563 48.3%
Ian Gardener C 2285 43.0%
Robert Pugh Lab 460 8.7%

Buckden, Gransden and The Offords

Barbara Boddington C 2092 47.7%
William Clough LD 1277 29.1%
Alec Stenner Ind 579 13.2%
David Nicholls Lab 442 10.1%

Burwell

Hazel Williams LD 2220 55.9%
Lavinia Edwards C 1749 44.1%

Castle

John White LD 2132 52.2%
Robert Boorman C 767 18.8%
Jane Jacks Lab 733 18.0%
Stephen Lawrence Grn 451 11.0%

Chatteris

Alan Melton C 1604 46.0%
Neale Upstone LD 955 27.4%
Susan Coomey Lab 926 26.6%

Cherry Hinton

Christine Carter Lab 1633 40.5%
Benjamin Hutchings LD 1105 27.4%
Edward MacNaghten C 1054 26.2%
Neil Ford Grn 237 5.9%

Coleridge

Martin Ballard Lab 1255 35.9%
Andrew Blackhurst LD 1203 34.4%
Steve Jones C 718 20.5%
Marilyn Carter Grn 241 6.9%
Albert Watts UKIP 77 2.2%

Cottenham, Histon and Impington (2)

Matthew Bradney C 3269 36.8%
John Jenkins LD 3213 36.2%
Peter Hudson C 2717
Linden Leeke LD 2377
Helen Wright Lab 1453 16.4%
Aidan Hervey Lab 1357
Mark Claessen Grn 949 10.7%

Duxford

Timothy Stone LD 2140 43.9%
Robin Driver C 2100 43.1%
Alexandra Mayer Lab 634 13.0%

East Chesterton

Julian Huppert LD 1411 39.2%
Janet Robertson Lab 1187 33.0%
Kevin Francis C 694 19.3%
Peter Pope Grn 306 8.5%

Ely North and East

Nigel Bell LD 2589 59.6%
Victoria Hearne-Casapieri C 1754 40.4%

Ely South and West

Linda Crossley LD 2123 56.2%
Andrew Mair C 1656 43.8%

Forty Foot

Geoffrey Harper C 2114 52.6%
Grant Osbourn Lab 1142 28.4%
Evelyn Bradford LD 765 19.0%

Fulbourn

Robert Turner C 2010 43.2%
Frances Amrani LD 1939 41.7%
Mary Lawson Grn 705 15.1%

Gamlingay

Sebastian Kindersley LD 2541 45.1%
Josephine Percy C 2084 37.0%
Mirian Lynn Lab 663 11.8%
Stephen Edmondson Grn 347 6.2%

Godmanchester (2)

Jeffery Dutton C 3114 45.7%
Colin Hyams C 2847
Peter Fleming LD 2397 35.2%
Michael Shellens LD 2047
Willian Hennessey Lab 1301 19.1%
David Brown Lab 1298

Haddenham

William Hunt C 1994 41.3%
Gareth Wilson LD 1789 37.0%
Michele Wilkinson Lab 710 14.7%
Astra Carter-Marsh Grn 336 7.0%

Hardwick

Denzil Baldwin C 2168 41.3%
Livia Mitson LD 1855 35.4%
John Kazer Lab 786 15.0%
William Connolley Grn 438 8.3%

The Hemingfords and Fenstanton

Ian Bates C 2598 52.8%
Mark Rainer LD 1657 33.7%
John Watson Lab 662 13.5%

Huntingdon (2)

Peter Brown C 2830 47.9%
Elaine Kadic C 2352
Michael Burrell LD 1375 23.3%
Ann Beevor Lab 1330 22.5%
Ann Monk LD 1227
David King Lab 1119
Leonard Bruce UKIP 376 6.4%
Andrew Manning UKIP 326

King's Hedges

Primrose Hughes Lab 1228 36.9%
Clive Hollins LD 1129 33.9%
Rhona Boorman C 728 21.9%
Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood Grn 243 7.3%

Linton

John Batchelor LD 2298 43.7%
Peter Hase C 2023 38.5%
Michael Gale Lab 696 13.2%
William Quinn Grn 240 4.6%

Little Paxton and St Neots North (2)

David Harty C 3598 49.6%
Sharon Lee C 3342
Bob Eaton LD 2388 32.9%
Gordon Thorpe LD 2017
Janet Boston Lab 1272 17.5%
Patricia Nicholls Lab 1240

Littleport

Brenda Bean LD 1599 55.2%
Frederick Brown C 1299 44.8%

March East

Frederick Yeulett C 1623 44.5%
Karon Webb Lab 1190 32.6%
Michael Pitt LD 551 15.1%
Christopher Bennett Grn 287 7.9%

March North

John West C 1497 52.1%
Edna Howarth LD 1378 47.9%

March West

Michael Ogden C 2105 57.6%
Simon Rodgers LD 1549 42.4%

Market

Gaynor Griffiths LD 1877 50.1%
Timothy Haire C 665 17.8%
Elizabeth Walter Lab 610 16.3%
Martin Lucas-Smith Grn 592 15.8%

Melbourn

David McCraith C 2083 42.1%
Anthony Milton LD 1854 37.4%
Donald McCallum Lab 735 14.8%
Sally Nichols Grn 281 5.7%

Newnham

Alexander Reid LD 1978 50.7%
Alasdair Ross C 703 18.0%
Rita Gaggs Lab 671 17.2%
Anna Gomori-Woodcock Grn 553 14.2%

Norman Cross (2)

Lawrence McGuire C 3454 48.0%
William Hensley C 3108
Margaret Cochrane Lab 2009 27.9%
John Davidson LD 1727 24.0%
Graeme Watkins Lab 1573
Janet Dutton LD 1328

Papworth and Swavesey

Mandy Smith C 2033 52.5%
Robin Martlew LD 1840 47.5%

Petersfield

Nichola Harrison LD 1356 40.3%
Lucy Sheerman Lab 1052 31.3%
John Collins Grn 527 15.7%
Rosemary Clarkson C 426 12.7%

Queen Edith's

Geoffrey Heathcock LD 2392 59.2%
Andre Beaumont C 848 21.0%
Leonard Freeman Lab 574 14.2%
Shayne Mitchell Grn 225 5.6%

Ramsey

Susan Normington C 1737 46.3%
Raymond Powell LD 1412 37.6%
Carol Harper Lab 603 16.1%

Roman Bank and Peckover

Brian Hardy C 2294 59.0%
Toby Fisher LD 1591 41.0%

Romsey

Joanna Toomey LD 1668 45.0%
Jozef Gluza Lab 1235 33.3%
Hamish Downer Grn 402 10.8%
Mark Fanken-Hall C 359 9.7%
Marjorie Barr UKIP 45 1.2%

St Ives (2)

Kevin Reynolds C 3747 42.3%
Dennis Pegram C 3229
David Hodge LD 2691 30.4%
Gillian Jackson LD 2471
Richard Allen Lab 1368 15.5%
Angela Richards Lab 1191
Stuart Littlewood Ind 1046 11.8%

St Neots Eaton Socon (2)

Sandie Giles LD 2405 38.7%
Bob Farrer C 2293 36.9%
Ian Taylor LD 2055
Paul Ursell C 1935
Anthony Gregory Lab 1524 24.5%
William O'Connor Lab 1337

Sawston (2)

Gail Kenney C 3270 37.9%
Anthony Orgee C 3225
Max Campbell LD 2915 33.7%
David Ford LD 2829
Ronald Hornby Lab 1577 18.3%
Pamela Stacey Lab 1521
Jacquelyn Garfit Grn 877 10.2%

Sawtry and Ellington

John Walters C 2898 58.1%
Martin Land LD 1244 24.9%
Mary Howell Lab 846 17.0%

Soham and Fordham Villages (2)

Judith Broadway LD 3380 52.7%
John Powley C 3039 47.3%
Michael Allan LD 2872
Jacqueline Petts C 2837

Somersham and Earith

John Eddy C 2386 49.2%
Anthony Hulme LD 1814 37.4%
Mark Holman Lab 649 13.4%

Sutton

Philip Bailey LD 2122 56.8%
Philip Read C 1617 43.2%

Trumpington

Anne Kent LD 1669 51.0%
John Ionides C 904 27.6%
George Tudor Lab 435 13.3%
Ceri Galloway Grn 266 8.1%

Waldersey

Jill Tuck C 2164 58.8%
Shirley Fieldhouse LD 1517 41.2%

Warboys and Upwood

Victor Lucas C 2544 55.4%
John Souter LD 1489 32.4%
Steven Hicks Lab 563 12.2%

Waterbeach

Michael Williamson LD 2820 61.2%
Gerda Covell C 1789 38.8%

West Chesterton

Kevin Wilkins LD 1869 46.7%
Simon Watkins Lab 964 24.1%
James Strachan C 699 17.5%
Sarah Peake Grn 468 11.7%

Whittlesey North

Martin Curtis C 2014 52.5%
Richard Hibbert Lab 1341 34.9%
Malcolm Schofield LD 483 12.6%

Whittlesey South

Thomas Butcher C 2291 57.9%
Mark Goffrey Lab 1082 27.3%
Thomas Yates LD 585 14.8%

Willingham

Shona Johnstone C 2011 46.6%
Rebecca Mead LD 1825 42.3%
Marion Barber Grn 475 11.0%

Wisbech North

Leslie Sims C 1585 47.0%
Kevin Goddard Lab 1184 35.1%
Anthony Morris LD 602 17.9%

Wisbech South

Simon King C 1941 53.7%
Louis Rodrigues LD 1084 30.0%
Paul Clapp UKIP 592 16.4%

Woodditton

Mathew Shuter C 2476 49.7%
Beate McCall LD 1644 33.0%
Stephen O'Dell Lab 859 17.3%

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