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2025 Cambridgeshire County Council election

The 2025 Cambridgeshire County Council election will take place on 1 May 2025 as part of the 2025 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 61 councillors will be elected from 59 electoral divisions, which will return either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The election is to be held alongside the election of a Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.[2]

Previous council composition

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being run by a joint Liberal Democrat, Labour and independent administration, led by Lucy Nethsingha, a Liberal Democrat.[3]

After 2021 election Before 2025 election[4]
Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 20 Liberal Democrats 23
Conservative 28 Conservative 21
Labour 9 Labour 10
St Neots Independents 2 St Neots Independents 1
Independent 2 Independent 6

Changes 2021–2025

  • November 2022: Derek Giles (St Neots Independents) dies - by-election held February 2023[5]
  • January 2023: Douglas Dew (Conservative) joins Liberal Democrats[6]
  • February 2023: Geoffrey Seeff (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from St Neots Independents[7]
  • March 2023: Hilary Cox Condron (Labour) and Dan Schumann (Conservative) resign - by-elections held May 2023[8][9]
  • April 2023: Josh Schumann (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[10]
  • May 2023: Mike Black (Labour) and Bill Hunt (Conservative) win by-elections[11][12]
  • January 2024: Mac McGuire (Conservative) dies - by-election held March 2024;[13] Ryan Fuller (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[14]
  • February 2024: Jonas King (Conservative) and Keith Prentice (Conservative) leave party to sit as independents[15][16]
  • March 2024: Andrew Wood (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives[17]
  • May 2024: Keith Prentice (independent) joins Labour[18]
  • February 2025: Kevin Reynolds (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[19]

Summary

Election result

2025 Cambridgeshire County Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 61
  Conservative 61
  Labour 61
  Independent 9
  Green 61
  Reform UK 61
  Party of Women 1

Results by division

Cambridge

Cambridge city and district shown within Cambridgeshire
Abbey[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rosy Ansell
Reform UK Dave Bunting
Labour Co-op Tom Ron
Conservative David Smith
Green Elliot Tong
Majority
Turnout
Arbury[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mike Black
Conservative Robert Boorman
Green Robin Brabham
Reform UK Andrew O'Neil
Liberal Democrats Fionna Tod
Majority
Turnout
Castle[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rory Clark
Green Katyuli Lloyd
Labour Co-op Elizabeth McWilliams
Reform UK Roger Outram
Conservative Dace Ruklisa
Majority
Turnout
Cherry Hinton[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Sam Altham
Conservative Eric Barrett-Payton
Labour Co-op Bryony Goodliffe
Green Sarah Nicmanis
Liberal Democrats Robert Pinsker
Majority
Turnout
Chesterton[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hannah Copley
Conservative Michael Harford
Liberal Democrats Ian Manning
Labour Jocelynne Scutt
Reform UK Ian Simpson
Majority
Turnout
King's Hedges[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Carmona
Green Peter Griffin
Conservative Delowar Hossain
Reform UK Sarah Hurcum
Liberal Democrats Bob Illingworth
Labour Elisa Meschini
Majority
Turnout
Market[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Beckett
Labour Nick Gay
Green Esme Hennessy
Reform UK Pia Taylor
Conservative Panda Xiong
Majority
Turnout
Newnham[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Peter Dorken
Liberal Democrats David Grace
Labour Yvonne Nobis
Green Peter Rees
Conservative Poppy Simister-Thomas
Majority
Turnout
Petersfield[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Matthew Howard
Labour Richard Howitt
Liberal Democrats Sam Oliver
Reform UK Heather Petters
Conservative Paul Roper
Majority
Turnout
Queen Edith's[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Douglas
Reform UK Gerard Eldridge
Labour Co-op Janet O'Keefe
Green Jacqui Whitmore
Liberal Democrats Karen Young
Majority
Turnout
Romsey[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Darren Green
Conservative Robert Nelson
Reform UK Jon Pacitti
Labour Co-op Neil Shailer
Liberal Democrats John Walmsley
Majority
Turnout
Trumpington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve George
Liberal Democrats David Levien
Reform UK Karan Maheshwari
Green Chloe Mosonyi
Labour Co-op Carlos Toranzos
Majority
Turnout

East Cambridgeshire

East Cambridgeshire district shown within Cambridgeshire
Burwell[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Martyn Cubitt
Labour Clive Leach
Liberal Democrats Yannifer Malinowski
Green FloraMay Waterhouse
Conservative James Wood
Majority
Turnout
Ely North[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlie Flude
Green Tessa Harding
Reform UK Fred Hargreaves
Labour Tom Lacy
Liberal Democrats Alison Whelan
Majority
Turnout
Ely South[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Ambrose Smith
Labour Sarah Fraser
Green Ed Perrin
Reform UK Wayne Stocker
Liberal Democrats Christine Whelan
Majority
Turnout
Littleport[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Denness
Liberal Democrats Lee Denney
Conservative Martin Goodearl
Green Paul Osborne
Reform UK John Wells
Majority
Turnout
Soham North and Isleham[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Darren Curtis
Conservative Mark Goldsack
Liberal Democrats Sarah Marsh
Reform UK John Setchell
Labour Tom Thorpe
Majority
Turnout
Soham South and Haddenham[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Ryan Coogan
Liberal Democrats Tom Hawker-Dawson
Conservative Bill Hunt
Labour Rosy Plaistow
Green David Woricker
Majority
Turnout
Sutton[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lorna Dupré
Green Ray Harding
Labour Dominic Myers
Conservative Lucius Vellacott
Reform UK Robin Wells
Majority
Turnout
Woodditton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Daniel Baxter
Green Andy Cogan
Liberal Democrats Jonny Edge
Labour Co-op Steven O'Dell
Conservative Alan Sharp
Majority
Turnout

Fenland

Fenland district shown within Cambridgeshire
Chatteris[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Daniel Divine
Labour Co-op Jay Eames
Conservative Anne Hay
Green Emma Pollard
Liberal Democrats Janet Porter
Majority
Turnout
March North and Waldersey (2 seats)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Count
Liberal Democrats Stephen Court
Liberal Democrats Diane Cutler
Labour Martin Field
Reform UK Stefan Fisher
Reform UK Colin Galbraith
Green Elizabeth May
Labour Hannah Orbell
Independent Dal Roy
Conservative Elisabeth Sennitt Clough
Green Simon Wilkes
Majority
Turnout
March South and Rural[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Bimson
Conservative Gary Christy
Green Andrew Crawford
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ross
Reform UK Christopher Thornhill
Majority
Turnout
Roman Bank and Peckover[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Hirson
Conservative Simon King
Green Lucy Mance
Reform UK Andy Osborn
Liberal Democrats Jack Wheelan
Majority
Turnout
Whittlesey North[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Boden
Liberal Democrats Clare Delderfield
Labour Angela Howe
Green John Male
Reform UK Kevin Marston
Majority
Turnout
Whittlesey South[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katharine Bultitude
Reform UK Michael Fisher
Green Liliya Masharova
Conservative Haq Nawas
Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton
Independent Barry Wainwright
Majority
Turnout
Wisbech East[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Nick Brooks
Green Toby Ensch
Conservative Samantha Hoy
Liberal Democrats Joshua Lee
Labour Didem Ucuncu
Majority
Turnout
Wisbech West[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Broughton
Green Bob Ensch
Reform UK George Harwin
Liberal Democrats Chang Liu
Conservative Steve Tierney
Majority
Turnout

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire district shown within Cambridgeshire
Alconbury and Kimbolton[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tom Allard
Liberal Democrats James Catmur
Labour Harry Denman
Conservative Ian Gardener
Reform UK Simon Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Brampton and Buckden[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liam Beckett
Green Chip Colquhoun
Conservative Catherine Grigg
Labour Stuart Holder
Reform UK Luke Saunders
Majority
Turnout
Godmanchester and Huntingdon South[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Hennessy
Green Georgie Hunt
Conservative Paula Sparling
Reform UK Stephen Spencer
Liberal Democrats Graham Wilson
Majority
Turnout
Huntingdon North and Hartford[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Colin Coe
Conservative Leedo George
Liberal Democrats Jo Harvey
Reform UK Sarah Smith
Labour Co-op Luke Viner
Majority
Turnout
Huntingdon West[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sandra Archer
Conservative Phil Pearce
Reform UK Malcolm Ryman
Independent Tom Sanderson
Liberal Democrats William Tilbrook
Labour Co-op Sam Wakeford
Majority
Turnout
Ramsey and Bury[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adela Costello
Labour Co-op Sebastian O'Keefe
Reform UK Jim Sidlow
Liberal Democrats Ganesh Sittampalam
Green Will Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Sawtry and Stilton[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bywater
Reform UK Andy Farmer
Labour Joy Isaacs
Green Peter McEvoy
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wilson
Majority
Turnout
Somersham and Earith[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robin Carter
Green Tom Deane
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme
Conservative Charlotte Lowe
Labour Daniel Mayhew
Reform UK Rick Rambridge
Majority
Turnout
St Ives North and Wyton[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Brown
Conservative Martin Gill
Green Tom Hoeksma
Independent Julie Kerr
Labour Sajjad Khan
Reform UK Noah Sanderson
Majority
Turnout
St Ives South and Needingworth[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alex Bulat
Independent Kevin Reynolds
Green Chris Smith
Conservative Craig Smith
Reform UK Mark Turley
Liberal Democrats Nic Wells
Majority
Turnout
St Neots East and Gransden[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Caine
Reform UK Fiona Caldwell
Green Lara Davenport-Ray
Conservative Ari Laakkonen
Labour Keith Prentice
Majority
Turnout
St Neots Eynesbury[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Catherine Goodman
Liberal Democrats Keith Harrison
Reform UK Ricky Ioannides
Conservative Adam Roberts
Independent Sam Smith
Labour Harvey Woodhouse
Majority
Turnout
St Neots Priory Park and Little Paxton[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Ann Fryer
Green Tim Neill
Conservative Richard Tomlinson
Labour Judith Tustian
Liberal Democrats Robin Wyatt
Majority
Turnout
St Neots The Eatons[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruberta Bisson
Conservative Nigel Eaton
Reform UK Malcolm Gaylor
Green Andrew Seal
Liberal Democrats Geoff Seeff
Party of Women Bev White
Majority
Turnout
The Hemingfords and Fenstanton[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sam Booker
Reform UK Hayley Howatt
Conservative David Keane
Labour Rashid Mahmood
Liberal Democrats David Priestman
Majority
Turnout
Warboys and The Stukeleys[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK David Blake
Liberal Democrats Helen Kewley
Conservative Ross Martin
Labour Ambrose Ntuk
Green Ruairi Tierney
Majority
Turnout
Yaxley and Farcet[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kev Gulson
Labour Steve King
Green David Pardoe
Reform UK Des Watt
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood
Majority
Turnout

South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire district shown within Cambridgeshire
Bar Hill[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Edna Murphy
Green Portia Northwood-Kilsby
Labour Simon Patenall
Reform UK Timothy Scott
Conservative Khadijeh Zargar
Majority
Turnout
Cambourne[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shrobona Bhattacharya
Reform UK Alison Elcox
Labour Co-op Jansev Jemal
Liberal Democrats Lucy Nethsingha
Green Marcus Pitcaithly
Majority
Turnout
Cottenham and Willingham[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Deter
Labour Tom Hingston
Reform UK Paul Jobling
Green Zak Karimjee
Conservative Lawrence Whitworth
Majority
Turnout
Duxford[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sophi Berridge
Labour Clare Downie
Liberal Democrats Peter McDonald
Conservative Lina Nieto Pacheco
Reform UK Paul Smith
Majority
Turnout
Fulbourn[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tim Andrews
Green Ellie Crane
Conservative Harriet Gould
Reform UK Helen Manson
Liberal Democrats Matthew Morgan
Majority
Turnout
Gamlingay[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Goodall
Reform UK Derek Hill
Green Shayne Mitchell
Liberal Democrats James Stuart
Conservative Heather Williams
Majority
Turnout
Hardwick[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Beastall
Conservative Chris Carter-Chapman
Green Hugh Clough
Reform UK Terry Mannock
Liberal Democrats Christopher Morris
Majority
Turnout
Histon and Impington[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Kathryn Fisher
Liberal Democrats Ros Hathorn
Labour Will Mason
Conservative Karen Neal
Reform UK Sonia Woodward
Majority
Turnout
Linton[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Batchelor
Reform UK Lee Bovington
Green Katy Ensch
Labour Michael Murray
Conservative Robin Pilley
Majority
Turnout
Longstanton, Northstowe and Over[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Bygott
Reform UK Laszlo Canji
Labour Michael Gilks
Liberal Democrats Luis Navarro
Green Silke Scott-Mance
Majority
Turnout
Melbourn and Bassingbourn[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adam Bostanci
Green Graham Briscoe
Conservative Jonathan Carter-Chapman
Reform UK Phyllis Smith
Labour Stacey Wilson-Davies
Majority
Turnout
Papworth and Swavesey[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basma Greef
Independent Mark Howell
Liberal Democrats Chris Poulton
Conservative Mandy Smith
Green Tagl
Reform UK Hugh Thorogood
Majority
Turnout
Sawston and Shelford (2 seats)[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Laurence Damary-Homan
Liberal Democrats Peter Fane
Green Miranda Fyfe
Reform UK John Lamble
Green Daniel Laycock
Reform UK Brigitta Naunton
Labour Uroga Okello
Labour Anand Pillai
Conservative Rebecca Shiret
Conservative Richard Williams
Majority
Turnout
Waterbeach[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Rita Anstey
Liberal Democrats Anna Bradnam
Green Steve Bradshaw
Labour James Bull
Conservative Julia Huffer
Majority
Turnout

Notes

  1. ^ Nethsingha is currently the councillor for Newnham but is running in Cambourne in the 2025 election.

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