Council profile

Cambridgeshire

Data through 26 October 2026

County council · East of England · 61 seats in 59 divisions · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Cambridgeshire County Council. The council has 61 councillors in 59 divisions. Seats by party: Lib Dem 32, Conservative 11, Reform 9, Labour 5, Other 2, Green 2. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

The government has not decided on local government reorganisation in this area, and the programme has been under review since 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)
61 seats - 31 for a majority
9
5
11
32
2
2
Reform 9Labour 5Conservative 11Lib Dem 32Green 2Other 2
Seat changes since the 1 May 2025 election Conservative +1 Lib Dem +1 Reform −1 Green −1
Vote share at the 1 May 2025 election (61 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Lib Dem27.5%31
Conservative23.6%10
Reform22.7%10
Labour13.2%5
Green10.5%3
Other2.4%2
Next election
3 May 2029
all 61 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Lib Dem 32
majority of 3; 31 needed
Closest result
Reform won by 3 votes over Conservative, 1 May 2025
Latest by-election
Reform hold, 16 July 2026 (6 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
48%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

AbbeyAlconbury & KimboltonArburyBar HillBrampton & BuckdenBurwellCambourneCastleChatterisCherry HintonChestertonCottenham & WillinghamDuxfordEly NorthEly SouthFulbournGamlingayGodmanchester & Huntingdon SouthHardwickHiston & ImpingtonHuntingdon North & HartfordHuntingdon WestKing's HedgesLintonLittleportLongstanton, Northstowe & OverMarch North & WalderseyMarch South & RuralMarketMelbourn & BassingbournNewnhamPapworth & SwaveseyPetersfieldQueen Edith'sRamsey & BuryRoman Bank & PeckoverRomseySawston & ShelfordSawtry & StiltonSoham North & IslehamSoham South & HaddenhamSomersham & EarithSt Ives North & WytonSt Ives South & NeedingworthSt Neots East & GransdenSt Neots EynesburySt Neots Priory Park & Little PaxtonSt Neots The EatonsSuttonThe Hemingfords & FenstantonTrumpingtonWarboys & The StukeleysWaterbeachWhittlesey NorthWhittlesey SouthWisbech EastWisbech WestWooddittonYaxley & Farcet
LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Abbey
Elliot Tong
1 May 2025
Green 48.7% lead 28.1 pts
Alconbury & Kimbolton
Ian Gardener
1 May 2025
Conservative 46.7% lead 18.6 pts
Arbury
Mike Black
1 May 2025
Labour 37.1% lead 18.3 pts
Bar Hill
Edna Murphy
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 50.2% lead 32.4 pts
Brampton & Buckden
Liam Dewey-Beckett
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.4% lead 9.2 pts
Burwell
Yannifer Malinowski
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 30.3% lead 2.7 pts
Cambourne
Lucy Nethsingha
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 33.8% lead 3.4 pts
Castle
Rory Clark
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 34.3% lead 2.1 pts
Chatteris
Daniel Divine
1 May 2025
Reform 41.0% lead 6.9 pts
Cherry Hinton
Bryony Goodliffe
1 May 2025
Labour 35.3% lead 15.0 pts
Chesterton
Ian Manning
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 33.6% lead 0.2 pts
Cottenham & Willingham
Yasmin Deter
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 39.8% lead 21.6 pts
Duxford
Peter McDonald
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.0% lead 26.1 pts
Ely North
Alison Whelan
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 48.4% lead 29.4 pts
Ely South
Christine Whelan
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.6% lead 27.8 pts
Fulbourn
Matthew Morgan
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 34.8% lead 13.1 pts
Gamlingay
James Stuart
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 33.5% lead 0.2 pts
Godmanchester & Huntingdon South
Graham Wilson
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 37.9% lead 13.6 pts
Hardwick
Christopher Morris
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 36.0% lead 3.4 pts
Histon & Impington
Ros Hathorn
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.2% lead 14.3 pts
Huntingdon North & Hartford
Leedo George
1 May 2025
Conservative 26.9% lead 0.2 pts
Huntingdon West
Tom Sanderson
1 May 2025
Independent 43.2% lead 25.3 pts
King's Hedges
Elisa Meschini
1 May 2025
Labour 30.9% lead 9.2 pts
Linton
Henry Batchelor
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.0% lead 26.6 pts
Littleport
John Wells
1 May 2025
Reform 34.8% lead 9.6 pts
Longstanton, Northstowe & Over
Luis Navarro
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 19.9 pts
March North & Waldersey
Stefan Fisher, Colin Galbraith
1 May 2025
Reform 37.1% lead 5.4 pts
March South & Rural
Christopher Thornhill
1 May 2025
Reform 38.0% lead 0.1 pts
Market
Alex Beckett
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 41.6% lead 14.4 pts
Melbourn & Bassingbourn
Adam Bostanci
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.0% lead 21.1 pts
Newnham
Peter Rees
1 May 2025
Green 51.2% lead 30.3 pts
Papworth & Swavesey
Chris Poulton
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 34.9% lead 14.2 pts
Petersfield
Richard Howitt
1 May 2025
Labour 40.2% lead 14.1 pts
Queen Edith's
Karen Young
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 40.1% lead 19.9 pts
Ramsey & Bury
Howard Tobias
1 May 2025
Reform 47.0% lead 17.6 pts
Roman Bank & Peckover
Chris Tirrell
1 May 2025
Reform 44.6% lead 15.3 pts
Romsey
Darren Green
1 May 2025
Green 37.9% lead 3.3 pts
Sawston & Shelford
Peter Fane, Laurence Damary-Homan
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 38.6% lead 17.4 pts
Sawtry & Stilton
Simon Bywater
1 May 2025
Conservative 50.0% lead 20.1 pts
Soham North & Isleham
Mark Goldsack
1 May 2025
Conservative 38.3% lead 7.2 pts
Soham South & Haddenham
Tom Hawker-Dawson
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 32.1% lead 2.3 pts
Somersham & Earith
Charlotte Lowe
1 May 2025
Conservative 32.3% lead 6.5 pts
St Ives North & Wyton
Julie Kerr
1 May 2025
Independent 28.5% lead 3.5 pts
St Ives South & Needingworth
Alex Bulat
1 May 2025
Labour 23.1% lead 3.0 pts
St Neots East & Gransden
Sarah Caine
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 30.4% lead 0.7 pts
St Neots Eynesbury
Ricky Ioannides
1 May 2025
Reform 31.9% lead 9.4 pts
St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton
Robin Wyatt
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 39.1% lead 13.4 pts
St Neots The Eatons
Geoffrey Seeff
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.5% lead 1.2 pts
Sutton
Lorna Dupre
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.7% lead 19.8 pts
The Hemingfords & Fenstanton
David Keane
1 May 2025
Conservative 33.3% lead 2.0 pts
Trumpington
David Levien
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 37.3% lead 12.9 pts
Warboys & The Stukeleys
Ross Martin
1 May 2025
Conservative 35.9% lead 4.3 pts
Waterbeach
Anna Bradnam
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 38.5% lead 16.7 pts
Whittlesey North
Chris Boden
1 May 2025
Conservative 46.4% lead 10.2 pts
Whittlesey South
Michael Fisher
1 May 2025
Reform 39.4% lead 7.1 pts
Wisbech East
Samantha Hoy
1 May 2025
Conservative 45.7% lead 4.8 pts
Wisbech West
Steve Tierney
1 May 2025
Conservative 48.9% lead 12.4 pts
Woodditton
Jonny Edge
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 36.2% lead 6.6 pts
Yaxley & Farcet
Des Watt
1 May 2025
Reform 40.4% lead 6.2 pts

Changed party since the election

3 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
AbbeyElliot TongGreen 2025Independent
Huntingdon WestTom SandersonIndependent 2025Lib Dem
Yaxley & FarcetDes WattReform 2025Conservative

Every council by-election since 2021

6 by-elections since July 2021, 3 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
16 July 2026Ramsey & BuryReform hold29.7%
25 June 2026Roman Bank & PeckoverReform hold39.0%
28 March 2024Yaxley & FarcetLib Dem gain from Conservative
26 May 2023ArburyConservative gain from Labour
26 May 2023Soham South and HaddenhamConservative hold
16 February 2023St Neots The EatonsLib Dem gain from Local party

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Cambridge17%LabourLabour 42%
Huntingdon17%ConservativeConservative 31%
South Cambridgeshire16%Lib DemLib Dem 42%
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire16%Lib DemLib Dem 35%
Ely and East Cambridgeshire16%Lib DemConservative 27%
North East Cambridgeshire14%ConservativeConservative 39%
North West Cambridgeshire4%LabourConservative 26%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Cambridgeshire

678,836 residents in 277,638 households

Voted Leave in 2016
48% 4 below GB
Degree or higher
40% 6 above GB
No qualifications
15% 3 below GB
Own their home
64% 3 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
15% 2 below GB
Rent privately
19% 1 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
31% same as GB
Aged 65 and over
22% same as GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.