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Candidates who stood 8 or more times
Retiring Councillors standing for re-election
Independents and others elected
Candidates' success rates by party
Highest and lowest votes and winning percentages
Majorities
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| 754 successful out of 928 attempts (81%) |
(From 1945: Independents were elected much more frequently in the pre-war period)
| Name | Party | Ward | Date |
| Davies, Sam | Ind | Queen Edith's | May 2021 |
| Hipkin, John | Ind | Castle | May 2016 |
| Holland, Marie-Louise | Ind | Castle | May 2014 |
| Hipkin, John | Ind | Castle E.D. | May 2013 |
| Hipkin, John | Ind | Castle | May 2012 |
| Hipkin, John | Ind | Castle | May 2008 |
| Reiss, Margaret | Ind | Market | May 1978 |
| Harland, Elisabeth | Ind | Market E.D. | April 1970 |
| Barker, William | Ind | Market E.D. | April 1967 |
| Farmer, Anne | Ind | East Chesterton No.1 E.D. | April 1967 |
| Harland, Elisabeth | Ind | Market E.D. | April 1967 |
| Dixon, Rev.Victor | Ind | St Matthew's | November 1966 |
| Harland, Elisabeth | Ind | Market E.D. | November 1964 |
| Barker, William | Ind | Market E.D. | September 1964 |
| Farmer, Anne | Ind | Coleridge No.2 E.D. | September 1964 |
| Hensher, Robert | I.C | Market | May 1954 |
| Lofts, Arthur | Ind | Market | May 1949 |
| Bragg, Lady | Ind | Newnham | November 1947 |
| Bull, Stewart | I.C | Petersfield | November 1947 |
| Bull, Stewart | Ind | Petersfield | November 1946 |
| Edwards, George | Ind | East Chesterton | November 1946 |
| Bragg, Lady | Ind | Newnham | November 1945 |
| Lofts, Arthur | Ind | Market | November 1945 |
| Mallett, Howard | Ind | Castle | November 1945 |
| Priest, Francis | Ind | Newnham | November 1945 |
(From 1973 - many elections were uncontested before this)
| Party | Elected | Total | % |
| Conservative | 127 | 877 | 14 |
| Labour | 430 | 884 | 49 |
| Liberal Democrat * | 314 | 811 | 39 |
| Ecology / Green | 14 | 487 | 3 |
| Others | 7 | 159 | 4 |
| Totals | 892 | 3218 | 28 |
(* including Liberal, SDP, Alliance, and SLD)
| Highest vote: | ||||
| 2906 | Elsa Meyland-Smith | LDm | Newnham E.D. | May 1997 |
Lowest vote: | ||||
| 15 | M.L.Patrice Gladwin | NLP | Romsey | May 1995 |
Highest winning percentage: | ||||
| 95.7% | Harold De Ste Croix | Con | West Chesterton | May 1955 |
Lowest winning percentage: | ||||
| 24.4% | Daniel Lee | LDm | Queen Edith's | May 2021 |
Highest majority: | ||||
| 1918 | Horace Race | Con | West Chesterton | May 1954 |
Lowest majority: | ||||
| 1 | Mark Hayes | Lib | West Chesterton | May 1982 |
| Name | Ward | Majority | Date | Party |
| Hayes, Mark | West Chesterton | 1 | May 1982 | Lib |
| Burgess, Edward | Cherry Hinton | 3 | November 1945 | Lab |
| Mallett, Howard | Castle | 4 | November 1945 | Ind |
| Cane, Violet | Newnham | 4 | May 1986 | Lab |
| Thornburrow, Katie | Trumpington | 4 | May 2018 | Lab |
| Jones, Janet | Arbury No.1 E.D. | 5 | April 1970 | Lab |
| Murray, David | Market | 5 | May 1970 | Lib |
| Wheatley, Elaine | Petersfield | 5 | May 1976 | Con |
| Doggett, Arthur | Cherry Hinton | 6 | November 1935 | Ind |
| Fell, Mabel | Cherry Hinton | 6 | November 1936 | Lab |
| Hardesty, William | St Matthew's | 6 | November 1947 | Con |
| Farmer, Anne | East Chesterton No.1 E.D. | 6 | September 1964 | Ind |
| Knowles, Graham | East Chesterton | 6 | May 1980 | Con |
| Points, Walter | Cherry Hinton | 7 | May 1953 | Con |
| Edwards, Graham | Market | 7 | May 1976 | Con |
| Gillespie, Oscar | Market | 7 | May 2015 | Gre |
| Langdon, Harry | West Chesterton | 8 | November 1936 | Con |
| Schicker, Josef | Abbey No.1 E.D. | 9 | April 1970 | Lab |
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