Cambridge City Elections Results 2008

2 May2008

We would like to say a big thankyou to all who voted and helped Labour's local candidates

ARBURY

Labour WON this seat from the LibDems in ARBURY, for the first time since 2001

Mike Todd-Jones LABOUR 941

Rhodri James LIBDEM 908

CONSERVATIVE 468

GREEN 187

ENGLISH DEMOCRAT 161

Labour Majority = 33

KING'S HEDGES

Labour effectively swapped seats with the LibDems, losing a seat in the neighbouring ward...

Neil McGovern LIBDEM 760

Gerri Bird LABOUR 562

CONSERVATIVE 419

GREEN 129

Majority = 192

COLERIDGE

Labour lost COLERIDGE by the slimmest margin of 14 votes to the Conservatives, after 2 recounts which saw the votes seesaw up and down

Chris Howell CONSERVATIVE 955

Tariq Sadiq LABOUR 941

LIBDEM 219

GREEN 193

UKIP 65

Majority = 14

(Labour's majority was only 18 last year, and Coleridge was the one city seat the Tories targeted)

ABBEY

Labour lost ABBEY to the Green Party, where local Labour stalwart Coun John Durant lost after serving as its local Councillor since 1987

Margaret Wright GREEN 812

John Durrant LABOUR 645

LIBDEM 129

CONSERVATIVE 376

Majority = 167

Labour HELD two other seats with increased majorities on last year ...

PETERSFIELD

Ben Bradnack LABOUR 857

Elizabeth Parkin LIBDEM 541

CONSERVATIVE 301

GREEN 236

Majority = 316

(which the LibDems have been targeting hard in recent years, and won seats in 2004 and 2005)

CHERRY HINTON

Robert Dryden LABOUR 1247

Sarah El-Neil CONSERVATIVE 827

LIBDEM 167

GREEN 157

Majority = 420

(a ward which had one Conservative Councillor in 2004)

In ROMSEY , Labour's local double act Chris and Len Freeman cut the LibDem majority in BOTH city and county elections.

Finally, perhaps the shock of the night, the LibDems LOST their heartland ward of CASTLE to Independent and former Mayor John Hipkin, the ward where LibDem MP David Howarth lives and started his political life as a Councillor.

John Hipkin INDEPENDENT 851

Valerie Holt LIBDEM 707

CONSERVATIVE 255

Sam Wakeford LABOUR 225

GREEN 145

Majority = 144.

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