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(Top) 1 Council elections 2 Results maps 3 By-election results 3.1 2003-2007 3.2 2011-2015 3.3 2015-2019 3.4 2019-2023 4 References 5 External links

East Cambridgeshire District Council elections

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East Cambridgeshire District Council is a non-metropolitan district council in the county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Elections are held every four years.

Council elections[edit]

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat^[a]	Others	Total
Election					Total
1973^[1]^[2]	0	2	0	33	35
1976^[1]^[3]	4	0	0	31	35
1979^[1]	2	0	0	33	35
1983^[1]^[4]	3	1	1	32	37^[b]
1987^[1]^[5]	3	1	5	28	37
1991^[1]^[6]	6	1	4	26	37
1995^[7]	0	3	12	22	37^[c]
1999^[8]^[9]	1	4	20	12	37
2003^[10]	15	0	18	6	39^[d]
2007^[11]	24	0	13	2	39
2011^[12]	25	0	10	4	39
2015	36	0	2	1	39
2019^[13]	15	0	13	0	28^[e]
2023^[14]	15	0	13	0	28

Notes:

^ Liberal Party prior to 1982, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1982 to 1988.

^ New ward boundaries: The District of East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

^ Minor alterations to district boundaries: The Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1992.

^ New ward boundaries: The District of East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

^ New ward boundaries: The East Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016

Results maps[edit]

2019 results map
2023 results map

By-election results[edit]

2003-2007[edit]

The Swaffhams By-Election 6 May 2004^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen Alderson	389	50.4	+50.4
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Marlow	344	44.6	-41.0
	Labour	Steven O'Dell	39	5.1	-9.3
Majority			45	5.8
Turnout			772
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Swaffhams By-Election 20 October 2005^[17]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	539	66.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	202	24.9	-0.4
	Labour	70	8.6	-5.2
Majority		337	41.6
Turnout		811
	Conservative hold	Swing

2011-2015[edit]

Ely East By-Election 5 September 2013^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lis Every	418	37.5	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dian Warman	322	28.9	-8.2
	UKIP	Jeremy Tyrrell	145	13.0	+13.0
	Labour	Jane Frances	138	12.4	-8.6
	Independent	John Borland	93	8.3	+8.3
Majority			96	8.6
Turnout			1,116
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton By-Election 24 April 2014^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Dupre	523	50.9	+27.0
	Conservative	Neil Hitchin	280	27.2	-19.2
	UKIP	Daniel Divine	162	15.8	+15.8
	Labour	Jane Frances	63	6.1	-23.6
Majority			243	23.6
Turnout			1,028
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Soham South By-Election 19 June 2014^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Ross	363	34.4	-1.5
	UKIP	Daniel Divine	201	19.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Warner	191	18.1	-1.0
	Independent	Geoffrey Woollard	148	14.0	+14.0
	Independent	Gerard Hobbs	80	7.6	+7.6
	Labour	Fiona Ross	71	6.7	-9.4
Majority			162	15.4
Turnout			1,054
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2015-2019[edit]

Bottisham By-Election 4 February 2016^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Sharp	421	43.6	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Aronson	403	41.7	+9.8
	Labour	Steven O'Dell	99	10.2	-6.1
	UKIP	Daniel Divine	43	4.5	+4.5
Majority			18	1.9
Turnout			966
	Conservative hold		Swing

Soham North By-Election 22 June 2017^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Goldsack	423	59.7	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Jones	178	25.1	+4.6
	Labour	Peter Tyson	108	15.2	-0.4
Majority			245	34.6
Turnout			709
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ely South By-Election 7 September 2017^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Whelan	527	39.9	+13.2
	Conservative	Sarah Bellow	411	31.1	-19.7
	Labour	Rebecca Denness	384	29.0	+6.4
Majority			116	8.8
Turnout			1,322
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2019-2023[edit]

Soham North By-Election 23 September 2021^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Goldsack	484	50.8	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Pallett	369	38.8	-9.1
	Labour	Sam Mathieson	71	7.5	-2.4
	Green	Andrew Cohen	28	2.9	+2.9
Majority			115	12.1
Turnout			952
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993

^ The Times reported this election result as Labour 1, Independent 33, Vacant 1. "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times. 9 June 1973.

^ The Times reported this election result as Conservative 3, Independent 29, Independent Socialist 1, Independent Conservative 2. "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.

^ The Times reported this election result as Conservative 3, Labour 1, Liberal 1, Independent 3, Others 29. "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983.

^ The Times reported this election result as Conservative 2, Liberal 5, Independent 11, Others 19. "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.

^ The Times reported this election result as Conservative 7, Labour 1, Liberal Democrat 4, Independent 25. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.

^ "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.

^ "How the Nations Voted". The Times. 8 May 1999.

^ "East Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

^ "East Cambridgeshire". BBC News. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

^ "East Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

^ "East Cambridgeshire District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

^ "East Cambridgeshire result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — The Swaffhams Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ Matheson, Caroline (May 2004). "District Council Election - The Crier Advises!" (PDF). Swaffham Crier. p. 16. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — The Swaffhams Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ely East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sutton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Soham South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bottisham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Soham North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ely South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Soham North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

External links[edit]

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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