| Seat 1 |
Seat 2 |
Seat 3 |
| November 1935 - 3 vacancies |
| Mary Webber |
R |
(WCA) |
640 |
47.5% |
| Charles Wolf |
|
(I.C) |
611 |
65.4% |
| Francis Priest |
R |
(Con) |
572 |
42.5% |
| Jane Salter |
R |
(Lib) |
470 |
34.9% |
| Malcolm Goodall |
|
(Con) |
430 |
31.9% |
| Arthur Ransom |
R |
(Con) |
391 |
29.0% |
| Dermot Freyer |
R |
(Lab) |
298 |
22.1% |
|
| November 1936 |
| Francis Priest |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| November 1937 |
| Charles Wolf |
R |
(I.C) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
Con Maj 102 7.6%. Retiring 1938, 1937 & 1936.
Webber & Salter were retiring councillors for Castle; Priest for Cambridge Without; Ransom for Bridge; Freyer for Romsey.
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| November 1938 |
| Mary Webber |
R |
(WCA) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
|
No change.
|
No elections were held during World War II, any vacancies being filled by co-option. Elections resumed in November 1945.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, elections from 1949 were held in May instead of November - the terms of sitting councillors being extended by 6 months.
|
| November 1945 - 2 vacancies |
| Francis Priest |
R |
(Ind) |
|
|
| Lady Bragg |
R |
(Ind) |
|
|
| - both unopposed |
|
| November 1946 |
| William Gourlay |
|
(Con) |
829 |
54.4% |
| Helen Adrian |
|
(Ind) |
695 |
45.6% |
|
| November 1947 |
| Lady Bragg |
R |
(Ind) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
No change. Second place retiring 1947.
Lady Bragg was a retiring (co-opted) councillor for Trumpington
|
No change, Con Maj 134 8.8%.
|
No change.
|
| May 1949 |
| Ernest Cherry |
|
(Con) |
1154 |
60.7% |
| Mary Cattley |
|
(Ind) |
747 |
39.3% |
|
|
| Byelection - June 1949 |
| M.Enid Henn |
|
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 407 21.4%.
|
No change. Retiring 1951.
|
| |
| May 1950 |
| William Gourlay |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1951 |
| M.Enid Henn |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| May 1952 |
| Ernest Cherry |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1953 |
| William Gourlay |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1954 |
| M.Enid Henn |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| May 1955 |
| Ernest Cherry |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1956 |
| Helen Culverwell |
|
(Con) |
953 |
77.5% |
| Muriel Lloyd-Prichard |
|
(Lab) |
276 |
22.5% |
|
| May 1957 |
| M.Enid Henn |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change, Con Maj 677 55.1%.
|
No change.
|
| May 1958 |
| Ernest Cherry |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1959 |
| Helen Culverwell |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1960 |
| M.Enid Henn |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
No change.
|
| May 1961 |
| Ernest Cherry |
R |
(Con) |
870 |
61.5% |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
|
(Lab) |
544 |
38.5% |
|
| May 1962 |
| Helen Culverwell |
R |
(Con) |
712 |
50.9% |
| Clarissa Kaldor |
|
(Lab) |
363 |
26.0% |
| Stanley Parnham |
|
(Lib) |
323 |
23.1% |
|
| May 1963 |
| M.Enid Henn |
R |
(Con) |
812 |
50.2% |
| Nora David |
|
(Lab) |
442 |
27.4% |
| Antonia Knowlson |
|
(Lib) |
362 |
22.4% |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 326 23.1%.
|
No change, Con Maj 349 25.0%.
|
No change, Con Maj 370 22.9%.
|
| May 1964 |
| Albert Wallman |
|
(Con) |
722 |
48.2% |
| Antonia Knowlson |
|
(Lib) |
496 |
33.1% |
| Francesca Ashburner |
|
(Lab) |
280 |
18.7% |
|
| May 1965 |
| Helen Culverwell |
R |
(Con) |
791 |
81.3% |
| Premandra Addy |
|
(Ind) |
182 |
18.7% |
|
| May 1966 |
| M.Enid Henn |
R |
(Con) |
704 |
56.3% |
| Anthony Rottenburg |
|
(Lib) |
547 |
43.7% |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 226 15.1%.
|
No change, Con Maj 609 62.6%.
|
No change, Con Maj 157 12.5%.
|
| May 1967 |
| G.Richard Wright |
|
(Con) |
870 |
56.2% |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
|
(Lab) |
463 |
29.9% |
| Anthony Rottenburg |
|
(Lib) |
214 |
13.8% |
|
|
| Byelection - July 1967 |
| John Byrom |
|
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 407 26.3%.
|
No change. Retiring 1969.
|
| |
| May 1968 |
| Diana Ker |
|
(Con) |
1114 |
65.5% |
| Horace Fuller |
|
(I.C) |
587 |
34.5% |
|
| May 1969 |
| John Byrom |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 527 31.0%. Boundary changes.
|
No change.
|
| May 1970 |
| Colin Kolbert |
|
(Con) |
1242 |
70.4% |
| Moira Steel |
|
(Lib) |
522 |
29.6% |
|
| May 1971 - 2 vacancies |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
|
(Lab) |
1937 |
56.8% |
| David Keate |
|
(Lab) |
1897 |
55.7% |
| Michael Tillotson |
|
(Con) |
1418 |
41.6% |
| Graham Edwards |
|
(Con) |
1395 |
40.9% |
| Charles Ward |
|
(Ind) |
170 |
5.0% |
|
| May 1972 |
| David Keate |
R |
(Lab) |
1851 |
56.9% |
| Roy Doig |
|
(Con) |
1402 |
43.1% |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 720 40.8%.
|
2 Lab gains, Maj 479 14.1%. Second place retiring 1972.
|
No change, Lab Maj 449 13.8%.
|
|
Local Government Reorganisation & all-up elections. Newnham Ward was allocated 4 councillors pending re-warding.
|
| June 1973 - 4 vacancies |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
R |
(Lab) |
1798 |
61.6% |
| Ruth Cohen |
|
(Lab) |
1726 |
59.2% |
| Robert Edwards |
|
(Lab) |
1660 |
56.9% |
| Elizabeth Gard |
|
(Lab) |
1651 |
56.6% |
| Peter Chivers |
|
(Con) |
1245 |
42.7% |
| Peter Masters |
|
(Con) |
1233 |
42.3% |
| George Reid |
|
(Con) |
1211 |
41.5% |
| Ian Benson |
|
(Con) |
1145 |
39.2% |
|
|
|
Lab Maj 406 13.9%. All retiring 1976.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections. Abbey lost the area west of the main railway line.
Newnham lost the area North of Madingley Road & Chesterton Road
to Castle (some to West Chesterton) and gained colleges
West of Trinity St. / Kings Parade & North of Silver St from Market.
|
| May 1976 - 3 vacancies |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
R |
(Lab) |
1306 |
43.2% |
| Ruth Cohen |
R |
(Lab) |
1221 |
40.4% |
| Robert Edwards |
R |
(Lab) |
1218 |
40.3% |
| Brian Cooper |
|
(Con) |
1172 |
38.8% |
| John Shaw |
|
(Con) |
1110 |
36.7% |
| Patricia Robinson |
|
(Con) |
1106 |
36.6% |
| Andrew Gore |
|
(Lib) |
598 |
19.8% |
| Julian Cummins |
|
(Lib) |
590 |
19.5% |
| David Grace |
|
(Lib) |
550 |
18.2% |
|
| May 1978 |
| O.M.Wendy Nicol |
|
(Lab) |
1501 |
49.1% |
| Ella Craigie |
|
(Con) |
987 |
32.3% |
| Anthony Waite |
|
(Lib) |
567 |
18.6% |
|
| May 1979 |
| Ruth Cohen |
R |
(Lab) |
2273 |
47.2% |
| Phyllis Osbourn |
|
(Con) |
1276 |
26.5% |
| Vivienne Alford |
|
(Lib) |
1263 |
26.2% |
|
|
Lab Maj 46 1.5%. Retiring 1980, 1979 & 1978.
|
No change, Lab Maj 514 16.8%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 997 20.7%.
|
| May 1980 |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
R |
(Lab) |
1215 |
47.9% |
| Stanley Craigie |
|
(Con) |
852 |
33.6% |
| Shirley Fozzard |
|
(Lib) |
467 |
18.4% |
|
| May 1982 |
| Violet Cane |
|
(Lab) |
1028 |
36.4% |
| David Bard |
|
(Con) |
937 |
33.2% |
| Terence Moore |
|
(SDP) |
857 |
30.4% |
|
| May 1983 |
| Ruth Cohen |
R |
(Lab) |
1308 |
37.9% |
| David Bard |
|
(Con) |
1223 |
35.4% |
| Margaret Reiss |
|
(SDP) |
922 |
26.7% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 363 14.3%.
Gwyneth Lipstein joined the SDP during her period of office.
|
No change, Lab Maj 91 3.2%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 85 2.5%.
|
| May 1984 |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
R |
(SDP) |
1204 |
37.8% |
| Jean Glasberg |
|
(Lab) |
1052 |
33.1% |
| David Bard |
|
(Con) |
925 |
29.1% |
|
| May 1986 |
| Violet Cane |
R |
(Lab) |
1057 |
32.5% |
| Christine Bondi |
|
(SDP) |
1053 |
32.3% |
| Edward Connolly |
|
(Con) |
878 |
27.0% |
| Stephen Lloyd |
|
(Gre) |
269 |
8.3% |
|
| May 1987 |
| Elsa Meyland-Smith |
|
(SDP) |
1496 |
39.1% |
| Jean Glasberg |
|
(Lab) |
1286 |
33.6% |
| Edward Connolly |
|
(Con) |
1040 |
27.2% |
|
|
No change, SDP Maj 152 4.8%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 4 0.1%.
|
SDP gain, Maj 210 5.5%.
|
| May 1988 |
| Eleanor Fairclough |
|
(Lab) |
1152 |
33.9% |
| Gwyneth Lipstein |
R |
(SLD) |
1061 |
31.3% |
| Ann Knight |
|
(Con) |
934 |
27.5% |
| Catherine Wolfe |
|
(Gre) |
248 |
7.3% |
|
| May 1990 |
| Jean Glasberg |
|
(Lab) |
1676 |
46.5% |
| Mark Bishop |
|
(Con) |
881 |
24.4% |
| Nicholas Whyte |
|
(LDm) |
638 |
17.7% |
| Joel Smith |
|
(Gre) |
409 |
11.3% |
|
| May 1991 |
| Daphne Roper |
|
(Lab) |
1010 |
33.2% |
| Kenneth Wheatcroft |
|
(Con) |
896 |
29.5% |
| Pamela Strachan |
|
(LDm) |
857 |
28.2% |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
278 |
9.1% |
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 91 2.7%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 795 22.1%.
|
Lab gain, Maj 114 3.7%.
|
| May 1992 |
| Joyce Baird |
|
(LDm) |
1075 |
35.3% |
| Eleanor Fairclough |
R |
(Lab) |
977 |
32.1% |
| Kenneth Wheatcroft |
|
(Con) |
760 |
24.9% |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
178 |
5.8% |
| Neil Costello |
|
(USp) |
58 |
1.9% |
|
| May 1994 |
| Christopher Lakin |
|
(LDm) |
1477 |
46.7% |
| Asha Patel |
|
(Lab) |
1290 |
40.8% |
| Graham Stuart |
|
(Con) |
394 |
12.5% |
|
| May 1995 |
| Daphne Roper |
R |
(Lab) |
1391 |
48.9% |
| Malcolm Schofield |
|
(LDm) |
1150 |
40.5% |
| Jason Webb |
|
(Con) |
301 |
10.6% |
|
|
LDm gain, Maj 98 3.2%.
|
LDm gain, Maj 187 5.9%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 241 8.5%.
|
| May 1996 |
| Gillian Richardson |
|
(Lab) |
1282 |
45.3% |
| Joyce Baird |
R |
(LDm) |
1249 |
44.1% |
| Caroline Turnbull |
|
(Con) |
301 |
10.6% |
|
| May 1998 |
| Christopher Lakin |
R |
(LDm) |
1041 |
59.2% |
| Trevor Critchlow |
|
(Lab) |
473 |
26.9% |
| James Strachan |
|
(Con) |
243 |
13.8% |
|
| May 1999 |
| Nichola Harrison |
|
(LDm) |
1109 |
54.9% |
| Edward Addison |
|
(Lab) |
634 |
31.4% |
| Ann Watkins |
|
(Con) |
278 |
13.8% |
|
|
Lab gain, Maj 33 1.2%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 568 32.3%.
|
LDm gain, Maj 475 23.5%.
|
| May 2000 |
| Malcolm Schofield |
|
(LDm) |
1016 |
53.1% |
| Gillian Richardson |
R |
(Lab) |
540 |
28.2% |
| Ann Watkins |
|
(Con) |
358 |
18.7% |
|
| May 2002 |
| Sian Reid |
|
(LDm) |
1134 |
55.5% |
| H.Patricia Wright |
|
(Lab) |
372 |
18.2% |
| Richard Normington |
|
(Con) |
326 |
15.9% |
| Tandy Harrison |
|
(Gre) |
190 |
9.3% |
| Nigel Douglas |
|
(Ind) |
23 |
1.1% |
|
| May 2003 |
| Julie Smith |
|
(LDm) |
987 |
54.3% |
| Laurence Tailby |
|
(Con) |
334 |
18.4% |
| Miriam Lynn |
|
(Lab) |
257 |
14.1% |
| Anna Gomori-Woodcock |
|
(Gre) |
239 |
13.2% |
|
|
LDm gain, Maj 476 24.9%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 762 37.3%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 653 35.9%.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections. Newnham lost 6 colleges to Castle.
|
| June 2004 |
| Sian Reid |
R |
(LDm) |
1018 |
51.0% |
| Julie Smith |
R |
(LDm) |
931 |
46.6% |
| Roderick Cantrill |
|
(LDm) |
904 |
45.2% |
| Peter Harding-Rolls |
|
(Con) |
429 |
21.5% |
| C.Gail Kenney |
|
(Con) |
411 |
20.6% |
| Anna Gomori-Woodcock |
|
(Gre) |
400 |
20.0% |
| Anna Hodge |
|
(Con) |
395 |
19.8% |
| Rita Gaggs |
|
(Lab) |
317 |
15.9% |
| Richard Layfield |
|
(Lab) |
288 |
14.4% |
| William Quinn |
|
(Gre) |
282 |
14.1% |
| Daniel Sternberg |
|
(Lab) |
279 |
14.0% |
|
| May 2006 |
| Roderick Cantrill |
R |
(LDm) |
974 |
46.2% |
| James Strachan |
|
(Con) |
475 |
22.6% |
| Joseph Powell |
|
(Lab) |
336 |
16.0% |
| Anna Gomori-Woodcock |
|
(Gre) |
321 |
15.2% |
|
| May 2007 |
| Julie Smith |
R |
(LDm) |
842 |
44.9% |
| James Strachan |
|
(Con) |
489 |
26.1% |
| Aneaka Kellay |
|
(Gre) |
300 |
16.0% |
| Louis Coiffait |
|
(Lab) |
246 |
13.1% |
|
|
No Change, LDm Maj 475 23.8%. Retiring in 2008, 2007 & 2006.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 499 23.7%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 353 18.8%.
|
| May 2008 |
| Sian Reid |
R |
(LDm) |
870 |
50.1% |
| James Strachan |
|
(Con) |
427 |
24.6% |
| Jennifer Butler |
|
(Gre) |
238 |
13.7% |
| William Redfern |
|
(Lab) |
200 |
11.5% |
|
| May 2010 |
| Rod Cantrill |
R |
(LDm) |
1862 |
44.9% |
| Stephen Oliver |
|
(Con) |
994 |
24.0% |
| Leonard Freeman |
|
(Lab) |
648 |
15.6% |
| James Youd |
|
(Gre) |
642 |
15.5% |
|
| May 2011 |
| Julie Smith |
R |
(LDm) |
990 |
35.2% |
| Richard Johnson |
|
(Lab) |
756 |
26.9% |
| Joanna Anscombe-Bell |
|
(Con) |
621 |
22.1% |
| James Youd |
|
(Gre) |
443 |
15.8% |
|
|
No Change, LDm Maj 443 25.5%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 868 20.9%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 234 8.3%.
|
| May 2012 |
| Sian Reid |
R |
(LDm) |
917 |
44.5% |
| Sarah Cain |
|
(Lab) |
641 |
31.1% |
| Andre Beaumont |
|
(Con) |
263 |
12.8% |
| Billy Aldridge |
|
(Gre) |
241 |
11.7% |
|
| May 2014 |
| Rod Cantrill |
R |
(LDm) |
1056 |
35.6% |
| Sam Wolfe |
|
(Lab) |
987 |
33.3% |
| Julia Harrison |
|
(Gre) |
526 |
17.7% |
| Joanna Anscombe-Bell |
|
(Con) |
395 |
13.3% |
|
| May 2015 |
| Markus Gehring |
|
(LDm) |
1387 |
32.7% |
| Ewan McGaughey |
|
(Lab) |
1203 |
28.4% |
| Kate Honey |
|
(Gre) |
947 |
22.4% |
| Sam Carr |
|
(Con) |
700 |
16.5% |
|
|
No Change, LDm Maj 276 13.4%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 69 2.3%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 184 4.3%.
|
| May 2016 |
| Lucy Nethsingha |
|
(LDm) |
939 |
43.2% |
| Ewan McGaughey |
|
(Lab) |
787 |
36.2% |
| Julius Carrington |
|
(Con) |
234 |
10.8% |
| Mark Slade |
|
(Gre) |
216 |
9.9% |
|
| May 2018 |
| Rod Cantrill |
R |
(LDm) |
1139 |
49.7% |
| Mike Davey |
|
(Lab) |
825 |
36.0% |
| Connor MacDonald |
|
(Con) |
165 |
7.2% |
| Mark Slade |
|
(Gre) |
164 |
7.2% |
|
| May 2019 |
| Markus Gehring |
R |
(LDm) |
1003 |
50.1% |
| Joe Besstall |
|
(Lab) |
552 |
27.6% |
| Mark Slade |
|
(Gre) |
276 |
13.8% |
| Dolly Theis |
|
(Con) |
171 |
8.5% |
|
|
No Change, LDm Maj 152 7.0%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 314 13.7%.
|
No Change, LDm Maj 451 22.5%.
|
| By-election - August 2019 |
| Josh Matthews |
|
(LDm) |
774 |
59.5% |
| Niamh Sweeney |
|
(Lab) |
235 |
18.1% |
| Mark Slade |
|
(Gre) |
149 |
11.5% |
| Michael Spencer |
|
(Con) |
143 |
11.0% |
|
|
|
No Change, LDm Maj 539 41.4%. Retiring 2020 (delayed to 2021).
|
|
General re-warding and all-up elections (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic)
|
| May 2021 - 3 vacancies |
| Lucy Nethsingha |
|
(LDm) |
939 |
39.0% |
| Niamh Sweeney |
|
(Lab) |
910 |
37.8% |
| Markus Gehring |
R |
(LDm) |
844 |
35.0% |
| Cameron Holloway |
|
(Lab) |
817 |
33.9% |
| Josh Matthews |
R |
(LDm) |
776 |
32.2% |
| Hollie Wright |
|
(Lab) |
726 |
30.1% |
| Beverley Carpenter |
|
(Gre) |
609 |
25.3% |
| Shanna Hart |
|
(Gre) |
475 |
19.7% |
| Brett Hughes |
|
(Gre) |
365 |
15.2% |
| Wendy Fray |
|
(Con) |
196 |
8.1% |
| James Vitali |
|
(Con) |
181 |
7.5% |
| Maureen Pantall |
|
(Con) |
148 |
6.1% |
|
| May 2022 |
| Cameron Holloway |
|
(Lab) |
813 |
36.4% |
| Alastair Gadney |
|
(LDm) |
738 |
33.0% |
| Jean Glasberg |
|
(Gre) |
558 |
25.0% |
| Maureen Pantall |
|
(Con) |
125 |
5.6% |
|
| May 2023 |
| Jean Glasberg |
|
(Gre) |
895 |
40.5% |
| Anne Miller |
|
(Lab) |
756 |
34.2% |
| Chang Liu |
|
(LDm) |
398 |
18.0% |
| Susie Williams |
|
(Con) |
161 |
7.3% |
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LDm Maj 27 1.1%. Retiring 2024, 2023 & 2022.
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Lab gain, Maj 75 3.4%.
|
Gre gain, Maj 139 6.3%.
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| May 2024 |
| David Carmona |
|
(Ind) |
|
|
| Hugh Clough |
|
(Gre) |
|
|
| Lucy Nethsingha |
R |
(LDm) |
|
|
| Yvonne Nobis |
|
(Lab) |
|
|
| Susie Williams |
|
(Con) |
|
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Polling 2nd May
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