The 2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of East Cambridgeshire District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries.[2] The Conservative Party retained control of the council.
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All 28 seats to East Cambridgeshire District Council 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result summary
edit2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 28 | 15 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 53.6 | 41.9 | 18,328 | –12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 28 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 11 | 46.4 | 40.7 | 17,814 | +26.3 | |
Labour | 22 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 10.3 | 4,514 | –6.1 | ||
Green | 6 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2,037 | –0.6 | ||
Independent | 3 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 848 | –7.5 | |
UKIP | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.5 | 229 | –9.1 |
Ward results
editBottisham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Cane | 900 | 46.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Trapp | 838 | 43.3 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Shuter* | 648 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Bradley Thurston | 571 | 29.5 | ||
Labour | Jane Goodland | 336 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Steven O'Dell | 252 | 13.0 | ||
Green | Steve McGrady | 194 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 190 | ||||
Turnout | 1,937 | 43.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Burwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Brown* | 726 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | Lavinia Edwards* | 642 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Wrench | 456 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hebe Wrench | 350 | 21.0 | ||
Green | Floramay Waterhouse | 314 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Liz Swift | 243 | 14.6 | ||
Labour | Hilary Sage | 215 | 12.9 | ||
UKIP | Martin Cubitt | 172 | 10.3 | ||
Majority | 186 | ||||
Turnout | 1,667 | 33.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Downham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anna Bailey* | 493 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Doris Brenke | 352 | 36.7 | ||
Independent | Owen Winters | 113 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 141 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 958 | 39.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ely East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Matthew Downey | 780 | 43.7 | ||
Conservative | Lis Every* | 727 | 40.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Wilkins | 693 | 38.8 | ||
Conservative | Richard Hobbs* | 642 | 36.0 | ||
Green | Clive Semmens | 269 | 15.1 | ||
Labour | Isobel Morris | 153 | 8.6 | ||
Labour | Louise Moschetta | 152 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Turnout | 1,785 | 39.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ely North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alison Whelan | 591 | 49.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Harries | 540 | 45.5 | ||
Conservative | Mike Rouse* | 410 | 34.5 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Bellow | 409 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | Rebecca Denness | 178 | 15.0 | ||
Labour | Edward Carlsson Browne | 168 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 130 | ||||
Turnout | 1,188 | 38.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Ely West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Austen* | 1,380 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Whelan* | 1,330 | 44.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paola Trimarco | 1,308 | 44.1 | ||
Conservative | Helen Merrick | 890 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | David Miller | 868 | 29.3 | ||
Conservative | Charlie Page | 692 | 23.3 | ||
Green | Gemma Bristow | 511 | 17.2 | ||
Labour | Sarah Fraser | 386 | 13.0 | ||
Independent | John Borland | 354 | 11.9 | ||
Labour | Mark Hucker | 299 | 10.1 | ||
Labour | Sarah Perkins | 297 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 418 | ||||
Turnout | 2,964 | 38.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Fordham & Isleham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julia Huffer* | 743 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | Joshua Schumann* | 647 | 46.9 | ||
Independent | Derrick Beckett* | 381 | 27.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Connor Docwra | 307 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Moss-Eccardt | 185 | 13.4 | ||
Labour | Chris Crickmar | 131 | 9.5 | ||
Labour | Jamie Goodland | 127 | 9.2 | ||
Majority | 266 | ||||
Turnout | 1,381 | 29.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Haddenham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gareth Wilson | 524 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Smith* | 358 | 34.8 | ||
Green | Carly Juneau | 80 | 7.8 | ||
Labour | Lydia Hill | 67 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | 166 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,029 | 38.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Littleport
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Ambrose-Smith* | 790 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | Jo Webber* | 782 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | David Ambrose-Smith* | 754 | 48.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Double | 476 | 30.8 | ||
Green | Lee Phillips | 475 | 30.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Harris | 440 | 28.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martyn Double | 403 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 278 | ||||
Turnout | 1,545 | 22.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Soham North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Victoria Charlesworth | 599 | 48.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alec Jones | 558 | 45.0 | ||
Conservative | Mark Goldsack* | 528 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | Carol Sennitt* | 465 | 37.5 | ||
Labour | Chris Abbott | 124 | 10.0 | ||
Labour | Eileen Foley | 107 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 30 | ||||
Turnout | 1,239 | 24.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Soham South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Bovingdon* | 507 | 48.1 | ||
Conservative | Dan Schumann* | 487 | 46.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Warner | 353 | 33.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joanna Burnett | 335 | 31.8 | ||
Labour | Lucy Frost | 194 | 18.4 | ||
Labour | Peter Tyson | 143 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 134 | ||||
Turnout | 1,054 | 23.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stretham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bill Hunt* | 964 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | Lisa Stubbs* | 929 | 45.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Westwell | 724 | 35.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Wilson | 676 | 33.3 | ||
Labour | Ian Allen | 357 | 17.6 | ||
Labour | Gill Spencer | 225 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 205 | ||||
Turnout | 2,029 | 39.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sutton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lorna Dupre* | 1,199 | 69.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Inskip | 925 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | Mike Bradley* | 536 | 31.3 | ||
Conservative | Beth Skelham | 466 | 27.2 | ||
Majority | 389 | ||||
Turnout | 1,715 | 39.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Woodditton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Sharp* | 840 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Amy Starkey | 814 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Zoe Whelan | 305 | 19.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ross | 287 | 18.0 | ||
UKIP | Richard Fullerton | 229 | 14.4 | ||
Labour | Teresa Cricmar | 190 | 11.9 | ||
Labour | Susan Smith | 170 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 535 | ||||
Turnout | 1,595 | 30.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
By-elections
editSoham North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Goldsack | 484 | 50.8 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Pallett | 369 | 38.8 | −9.5 | |
Labour | Sam Mathieson | 71 | 7.5 | −2.5 | |
Green | Andrew Cohen | 28 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 115 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 952 | 19.2 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 8.9 |
References
edit- ^ "East Cambridgeshire District Council". Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "The East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "District Council Elections Results - 2nd May 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2019.