| Seat 1 |
Seat 2 |
Seat 3 |
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Ward created in 1968. Initially 'represented' by councillors elected for St Matthew's Ward.
|
| May 1968 |
| Brian George |
|
(Con) |
1538 |
62.3% |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
|
(Lab) |
929 |
37.7% |
|
| May 1969 |
| Sidney Reid |
|
(Con) |
1161 |
40.2% |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
R |
(Lab) |
947 |
32.8% |
| Bernard Cornell |
|
(Ind) |
648 |
22.4% |
| Anne Miller |
|
(Lib) |
133 |
4.6% |
|
| May 1970 |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
|
(Lab) |
1876 |
55.9% |
| Anthony Cornell |
R |
(Con) |
1482 |
44.1% |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 609 24.7%. Boundary changes.
|
Con gain, Maj 214 7.4%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 394 11.7%.
|
| May 1971 |
| Robert Woods |
|
(Lab) |
2324 |
65.3% |
| Brian George |
R |
(Con) |
1233 |
34.7% |
|
| May 1972 |
| O.M.Wendy Nicol |
|
(Lab) |
2285 |
66.8% |
| Sidney Reid |
R |
(Con) |
1136 |
33.2% |
|
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 1091 30.7%.
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Lab gain, Maj 1149 33.6%.
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|
Local Government Reorganisation & all-up elections. Arbury Ward was allocated 4 councillors pending re-warding.
|
| June 1973 - 4 vacancies |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
R |
(Lab) |
1662 |
82.6% |
| Robert Woods |
R |
(Lab) |
1613 |
80.1% |
| Peter Cowell |
|
(Lab) |
1606 |
79.8% |
| Elizabeth Peel |
|
(Lab) |
1539 |
76.4% |
| Jacqueline George |
|
(Con) |
602 |
29.9% |
| Sidney Miller |
|
(Con) |
540 |
26.8% |
| Terence Skipp |
|
(Con) |
491 |
24.4% |
|
|
|
Lab Maj 937 46.5%. All four retiring in May 1976.
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|
General re-warding & all-up elections. The northern part of Arbury formed the new ward of King's Hedges.
Part of Castle Ward between Histon Rd and Stretten Ave was added. |
| May 1976 - 3 vacancies |
| Elizabeth Gard |
R |
(Lab) |
1160 |
46.8% |
| Michael Rooney |
R |
(Lab) |
1127 |
45.5% |
| L.Ann Pettifor |
|
(Lab) |
1118 |
45.2% |
| Olive Green |
|
(Con) |
1093 |
44.1% |
| Stanley Tyrrell |
|
(Con) |
1089 |
44.0% |
| John Newman |
|
(Con) |
1084 |
43.8% |
|
| May 1978 |
| Barbara May |
|
(Lab) |
1314 |
53.7% |
| Sheila Jones |
|
(Con) |
1135 |
46.3% |
|
| May 1979 |
| Edward Cowell |
|
(Lab) |
1797 |
44.9% |
| Patrick Harris |
|
(Con) |
1566 |
39.2% |
| Robert Arbon |
|
(Lib) |
636 |
15.9% |
|
Lab Maj 25 1.0%. Retiring in 1980, 1979 & 1978.
Gard was retiring councillor for Newnham, Rooney for East Chesterton.
|
No change, Lab Maj 179 7.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 231 5.8%.
|
| May 1980 |
| Elizabeth Gard |
R |
(Lab) |
1272 |
52.6% |
| Patrick Harris |
|
(Con) |
922 |
38.2% |
| Charles Burch |
|
(Lib) |
222 |
9.2% |
|
| May 1982 |
| Stephen Watts |
|
(Lab) |
1058 |
39.2% |
| Stephen George |
|
(Con) |
854 |
31.7% |
| Philip Laidlaw |
|
(SDP) |
785 |
29.1% |
|
| May 1983 |
| Edward Cowell |
R |
(Lab) |
1305 |
47.1% |
| Stephen George |
|
(Con) |
893 |
32.2% |
| Philip Laidlaw |
|
(SDP) |
572 |
20.6% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 350 14.5%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 204 7.6%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 412 14.9%.
|
| May 1984 |
| Elizabeth Gard |
R |
(Lab) |
1093 |
46.8% |
| Susan Pilkington |
|
(Con) |
741 |
31.7% |
| Peter Warner |
|
(SDP) |
501 |
21.5% |
|
| May 1986 |
| Marie Thompson |
|
(Lab) |
1041 |
47.3% |
| M.Sylvia Davenport |
|
(Con) |
672 |
30.5% |
| Karen Burgess |
|
(Lib) |
487 |
22.1% |
|
| May 1987 |
| Peter Chaplin |
|
(Lab) |
959 |
39.7% |
| M.Sylvia Davenport |
|
(Con) |
891 |
36.9% |
| Alison Pegrum |
|
(SDP) |
563 |
23.3% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 352 15.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 369 16.8%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 68 2.8%.
|
| May 1988 |
| Elizabeth Gard |
R |
(Lab) |
1100 |
51.8% |
| Sylvia Davenport |
|
(Con) |
793 |
37.3% |
| Evelyn Corder |
|
(SLD) |
232 |
10.9% |
|
| May 1990 |
| Marie Thompson |
R |
(Lab) |
1343 |
54.4% |
| Julia Clark |
|
(Con) |
687 |
27.8% |
| Evelyn Corder |
|
(LDm) |
294 |
11.9% |
| Simon Ounsworth |
|
(Gre) |
145 |
5.9% |
|
| May 1991 |
| Sandra Wilson |
|
(Lab) |
1034 |
48.0% |
| Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
655 |
30.4% |
| Evelyn Corder |
|
(LDm) |
466 |
21.6% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 307 14.4%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 656 26.6%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 379 17.6%.
|
| May 1992 |
| Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
931 |
45.4% |
| Elizabeth Gard |
R |
(Lab) |
855 |
41.7% |
| Alison Pegrum |
|
(LDm) |
265 |
12.9% |
|
| May 1994 |
| Anthony Colombo |
|
(Lab) |
1200 |
53.3% |
| Thomas McGuire |
|
(Con) |
583 |
25.9% |
| Adrian Wrigley |
|
(LDm) |
467 |
20.8% |
|
| May 1995 |
| Robin Horne |
|
(Lab) |
1180 |
61.2% |
| Stephen George |
|
(Con) |
438 |
22.7% |
| Adrian Wrigley |
|
(LDm) |
310 |
16.1% |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 76 3.7%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 617 27.4%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 742 38.5%.
|
| May 1996 |
| H.Patricia Wright |
|
(Lab) |
1063 |
54.9% |
| Vivian Ellis |
R |
(Con) |
670 |
34.6% |
| Adrian Wrigley |
|
(LDm) |
205 |
10.6% |
|
| Byelection - May 1997 |
| Anthony Schofield |
|
(Lab) |
1769 |
51.3% |
| Mark J. Taylor |
|
(Con) |
1106 |
32.1% |
| Tim Wesson |
|
(LDm) |
571 |
16.6% |
|
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 393 20.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 663 19.2%. Retiring 1998.
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| |
| May 1998 |
| Anthony Schofield |
R |
(Lab) |
676 |
53.2% |
| Mark J. Taylor |
|
(Con) |
395 |
31.1% |
| Rhodri James |
|
(LDm) |
199 |
15.7% |
|
| May 1999 |
| Robin Horne |
R |
(Lab) |
775 |
57.2% |
| Mark J. Taylor |
|
(Con) |
381 |
28.1% |
| Rhodri James |
|
(LDm) |
198 |
14.6% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 281 22.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 394 29.1%.
|
|
| Byelection - February 2000 |
| Rhodri James |
|
(LDm) |
723 |
44.5% |
| Stuart Newbold |
|
(Lab) |
540 |
33.2% |
| Mark J. Taylor |
|
(Con) |
312 |
19.2% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
51 |
3.1% |
|
|
LDm gain, Maj 183 11.3%. Retiring 2003
|
| May 2000 |
| Timothy Ward |
|
(LDm) |
691 |
35.5% |
| H.Patricia Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
655 |
33.6% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
544 |
27.9% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
57 |
2.9% |
|
| May 2002 |
| Michael Todd-Jones |
|
(Lab) |
828 |
41.0% |
| Rupert Moss-Eccardt |
|
(LDm) |
579 |
28.7% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
513 |
25.4% |
| Shayne Mitchell |
|
(Gre) |
73 |
3.6% |
| Diana Minns |
|
(SoA) |
27 |
1.3% |
|
| May 2003 |
| Rhodri James |
R |
(LDm) |
739 |
36.4% |
| Ian Kidman |
|
(Lab) |
689 |
33.9% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
535 |
26.3% |
| Peter Pope |
|
(Gre) |
70 |
3.4% |
|
|
LDm gain, Maj 36 1.8%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 249 12.3%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 50 2.5%.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections.
Arbury gained the eastern part of Castle and lost Arbury Court to King's Hedges and Bateson Road to West Chesterton.
|
| June 2004 |
| Rhodri James |
R |
(LDm) |
1167 |
39.9% |
| Anthony Hymans |
|
(LDm) |
1004 |
34.3% |
| Timothy Ward |
R |
(LDm) |
976 |
33.4% |
| Michael Todd-Jones |
R |
(Lab) |
908 |
31.1% |
| Ian Kidman |
|
(Lab) |
900 |
30.8% |
| Janet Robertson-Forrest |
|
(Lab) |
777 |
26.6% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
699 |
23.9% |
| Rhona Boorman |
|
(Con) |
662 |
22.6% |
| Shapour Meftah |
|
(Con) |
544 |
18.6% |
| Edwina Wood |
|
(Gre) |
459 |
15.7% |
|
| May 2006 |
| Timothy Ward |
R |
(LDm) |
1022 |
40.3% |
| Michael Todd-Jones |
|
(Lab) |
816 |
32.1% |
| Shapour Meftah |
|
(Con) |
482 |
19.0% |
| Michael Smith |
|
(Gre) |
219 |
8.6% |
|
| May 2007 |
| Alan Levy |
|
(LDm) |
887 |
35.8% |
| Michael Todd-Jones |
|
(Lab) |
875 |
35.3% |
| Shapour Meftah |
|
(Con) |
504 |
20.3% |
| Michael Smith |
|
(Gre) |
211 |
8.5% |
|
|
LDm gain, Maj 68 2.3%. Retiring in 2008, 2007 & 2006.
|
No change, LDm Maj 206 8.1%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 12 0.5%.
|
| May 2008 |
| Michael Todd-Jones |
|
(Lab) |
941 |
35.3% |
| Rhodri James |
R |
(LDm) |
908 |
34.1% |
| Shapour Meftah |
|
(Con) |
468 |
17.6% |
| Catherine Terry |
|
(Gre) |
187 |
7.0% |
| Tim Hawke |
|
(EDm) |
161 |
6.0% |
|
| May 2010 |
| Timothy Ward |
R |
(LDm) |
1633 |
38.9% |
| Ian Kidman |
|
(Lab) |
1133 |
27.0% |
| Ali Meftah |
|
(Con) |
812 |
19.3% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
620 |
14.8% |
|
| May 2011 |
| Carina O'Reilly |
|
(Lab) |
1310 |
40.5% |
| Alan Levy |
R |
(LDm) |
1015 |
31.4% |
| Ali Meftah |
|
(Con) |
448 |
13.8% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
377 |
11.6% |
| Albert Watts |
|
(UKIP) |
87 |
2.7% |
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 33 1.2%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 500 11.9%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 295 9.1%.
|
| May 2012 |
| Mike Todd-Jones |
R |
(Lab) |
1322 |
59.9% |
| Rhodri James |
|
(LDm) |
417 |
18.9% |
| Ali Meftah |
|
(Con) |
237 |
10.7% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
232 |
10.5% |
|
| May 2014 |
| Charlotte Perry |
|
(Lab) |
1300 |
45.6% |
| Tim Ward |
R |
(LDm) |
722 |
25.3% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
444 |
15.6% |
| T.James Mottram |
|
(Con) |
385 |
13.5% |
|
| May 2015 |
| Carina O'Reilly |
R |
(Lab) |
1673 |
39.1% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
1165 |
27.2% |
| Eric Barrett-Payton |
|
(Con) |
597 |
13.9% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
568 |
13.3% |
| Celia Conway |
|
(UKIP) |
281 |
6.6% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 905 41.0%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 578 20.3%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 508 11.9%.
|
| May 2016 |
| Mike Todd-Jones |
R |
(Lab) |
1430 |
61.5% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
368 |
15.8% |
| James Strachan |
|
(Con) |
282 |
12.1% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
245 |
10.5% |
|
| Byelection - May 2017 |
| Patrick Sheil |
|
(Lab) |
1267 |
46.8% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
992 |
36.6% |
| Henry Collins |
|
(Con) |
450 |
16.6% |
|
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 1062 45.7%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 275 10.2%. Retiring 2018
|
| |
| May 2018 |
| Patrick Sheil |
R |
(Lab) |
1250 |
51.8% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
595 |
24.6% |
| Dylan Coll-Reed |
|
(Con) |
351 |
14.5% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
219 |
9.1% |
|
| May 2019 |
| Carina O'Reilly |
R |
(Lab) |
1097 |
48.9% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
554 |
24.7% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
351 |
15.7% |
| Hary Clynch |
|
(Con) |
240 |
10.7% |
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 655 27.1%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 543 24.2%.
|
|
General re-warding and all-up elections (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic).
Arbury lost the Chesterton Triangle, gained Garden Walk, Warwick Road area and Arbury Court.
|
| May 2021 - 3 vacancies |
| Carina O'Reilly |
R |
(Lab) |
1241 |
48.9% |
| Mike Todd-Jones |
R |
(Lab) |
1106 |
43.6% |
| Patrick Sheil |
R |
(Lab) |
1006 |
39.6% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
549 |
21.6% |
| Tracy Bend |
|
(Gre) |
469 |
18.5% |
| Katrina Barnes |
|
(Gre) |
464 |
18.3% |
| Hannah Whitehouse |
|
(LDm) |
439 |
17.3% |
| Rory Clark |
|
(LDm) |
387 |
15.2% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
342 |
13.5% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
339 |
13.4% |
| Rhona Boorman |
|
(Con) |
324 |
12.8% |
| Ian Gregory |
|
(Con) |
293 |
11.5% |
| Keith Garrett |
|
(Reb) |
63 |
2.5% |
|
| May 2022 - 2 vacancies |
| Iva Divkovic |
|
(Lab) |
1176 |
52.2% |
| Patrick Sheil |
R |
(Lab) |
1145 |
50.8% |
| Fionna Tod |
|
(LDm) |
444 |
19.7% |
| Tim Ward |
|
(LDm) |
423 |
18.8% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
366 |
16.2% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
317 |
14.1% |
| Peter Pope |
|
(Gre) |
292 |
12.9% |
| Timothy Haire |
|
(Con) |
242 |
10.7% |
|
| May 2023 |
| Mike Todd-Jones |
R |
(Lab) |
1175 |
48.1% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
671 |
27.5% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
333 |
13.6% |
| Sam Oliver |
|
(LDm) |
264 |
10.8% |
|
|
Lab Maj 457 18.0%. Retiring 2024, 2023 & 2022.
|
No change, Lab Maj 701 31.1%. Second place to retire 2024.
|
No change, Lab Maj 504 20.6%.
|
| May 2024 |
| Patrick Sheil |
R |
(Lab) |
1093 |
51.5% |
| Robert Boorman |
|
(Con) |
365 |
17.2% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
348 |
16.4% |
| John Leighton |
|
(LDm) |
316 |
14.9% |
|
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 728 34.3%.
|
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