2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 3 May 2001 as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections. The previous election was the 1997 Cambridgeshire County Council election. All 59 councillors were elected from electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. New electoral division boundaries were brought in for the next elections, increasing the number of seats to 69 at the 2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election.

2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2001
All 59 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 33 16 10 Seats won 34 16 9 Seat change 1 1

Results

Cambridgeshire County Council election, 2001

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	N/A	N/A	N/A	57.6	40.5	?	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	27.1	31.5	?	-0.5
	Labour	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	15.3	25.5	?	+0.3
	Green	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	2.0	?	-0.4

Results by electoral division

Cambridge (14 seats)

Abbey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Shaw	1,396	56.7
	Conservative	S Mitton	540	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	K Proctor	414	16.8
	Green	S Lawrence	113	4.6
Turnout
	Labour win

Arbury electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Charles Kidman	1,389	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert William George Moss-Eccardt	857	28.2
	Conservative	R Boorman	796	26.2
Turnout
	Labour win

Castle electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	S Brinton
	Labour	G Richardson
	Conservative	C Harcourt
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

Cherry Hinton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Margaret Carter
	Conservative	G Palmer
	Liberal Democrats	F Amanri
Turnout
	Labour win

Coleridge electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Ballard
	Conservative	J Percy
	Liberal Democrats	L Elkins
Turnout				59.9
	Labour win (new seat)

East Chesterton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Leon Huppert
	Labour	K Bonnett
	Conservative	C Havercroft
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

King's Hedges electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Jones
	Conservative	H Mennie
	Liberal Democrats	E Bradford
Turnout
	Labour win

Market electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Bowen
	Labour	L Walker
	Conservative	A Watkins
	Green	A Ditchfield
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

Newnham electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	E Meyland-Smith
	Labour	S OiDell
	Conservative	W Papworth
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

Petersfield electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	M Wright
	Conservative
Turnout
	Green win

Queen Edith's electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey John Heathcock
	Conservative	M Taylor
	Labour	M Bell
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

Romsey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jozef Lawrence Gluza
	Liberal Democrats	A Dixon
	Conservative	V Ellis
	Green	V Russell
	Independent	S Sedgwick-Jell
Turnout
	Labour win

Trumpington electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Christine Kent
	Conservative	C Kennedy
	Labour	P Stacey
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

West Chesterton electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Leeke
	Labour	P Schicker
	Conservative	James Andrew Strachan
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win

Fenland (9 seats)

Benwick & Doddington electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Harper	2,593	56.3
	Labour	R Penton	1,255	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	S Watkins	755	16.4
Turnout
	Conservative win

Chatteris electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Keith Melton	2,555	57.7
	Labour	G Osbourn	1,070	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	J Larholt	583	14.9
Turnout
	Conservative win

Elm electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Tuck	1,811	50.2
	Labour	B Diggle	1,226	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	M James	570	15.8
Turnout
	Conservative win

Leverington electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B Hardy	2,549	53.5
	Labour	A Purt	1,561	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	S Smithson	655	13.7
Turnout
	Conservative win

March East electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Hartley Yeulett	1,945	42.6
	Labour	J Heslop	1,831	40.1
	Liberal Democrats	B Cudmore	528	11.6
		C Bennett	261	5.7
Turnout
	Conservative win

March West electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M Ogden	1,751	46.9
	Labour	R Lawrie	1,464	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	F McKay-Rae	518	13.9
Turnout
	Conservative win

Whittlesey electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R Speechley	2,080	51.3
	Labour	D Lewis	1,449	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	M Larholt	515	12.8
Turnout
	Conservative win

Wisbech North electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R Barnwell	1,386	42.8
	Labour	R Harris	1,370	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Patrick	481	14.9
Turnout
	Conservative win

Wisbech South electoral division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon John Edward King	2,111	43.9
	Labour	S Massen	1,538	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	M Cave	1,161	24.1
Turnout
	Conservative win