Cambridgeshire 2024 Political analysis

Cambridgeshire saw a relatively quiet night with elections only taking place in Peterborough and Cambridge. While results in Cambridge echoed those from 2023, it was a good night for Labour as they held all their seats in the city, and became the largest party in Peterborough. Poor national poll numbers and the rise of the Peterborough First group made it a bad night for the Conservatives in Peterborough.

Key:

  • Cambridge

  • South Cambridgeshire

  • East Cambridgeshire

  • Fenland

  • Peterborough

  • Huntingdonshire

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Cambridge

In a near repeat of the result in 2023, Labour again comfortably held their majority on Cambridge City Council, while the Lib Dems retained their status as the main opposition and the Greens picked up another seat in Newnham.

Labour controlled
Con Lib Lab Green UKIP Other Total
Previous council
make up
1 10 25 4 0 2 42
New council
make up
1 10 25 5 0 1 42
Net gain
in seats
0 0 0 +1 0 -1 0

South Cambridgeshire

No scheduled elections for 2024. Following the 2022 local elections the Council has a strong Liberal Democrats majority.

Lib Dem controlled
Con Lib Lab Green UKIP Other Total
Previous council
make up
8 37 0 0 0 0 45
New council
make up
Net gain
in seats
30.2% 50.9% 10.9% 11.9% N/A 3.4%

East Cambridgeshire

No scheduled elections for 2024. Following the last elections in 2023, the Conservatives hold the Council with a narrow majority over the Lib Dems.

Conservative controlled
Con Lib Lab Green UKIP Other Total
Previous council
make up
16 9 0 0 0 3 28
New council
make up
15 13 0 0 0 0 28
Net gain
in seats
-1 +4 0 0 0 0 0

Fenland

No scheduled elections for 2024. The Conservatives have a large majority in true blue stronghold Fenland.

Conservative controlled
Con Lib Lab Green UKIP Other Total
Previous council
make up
26 2 0 1 0 10 39
New council
make up
35 2 0 0 0 6 43
Net gain
in seats
+9 0 0 -1 0 -4 0

Peterborough

Labour have become the largest party in Peterborough, while the Conservatives have gone from being the largest party on the hung council to the third largest behind Labour and the Independent Peterborough First Group. The biggest gains are for the Independent Peterborough first group. Founded by a former Conservative councillor, the group led the council from November 2023, even though they only had 10 of the 60 council seats, after the Conservatives lost a vote of no confidence. The Liberal Democrats and the Greens have also gained one seat each.

Labour largest party
Con Lib Lab Green UKIP Other Total
Previous council
make up
28 8 14 4 0 6 60
New council
make up
11 9 19 4 0 17 60
Net gain
in seats
-17 +1 +5 0 0 +11 0

Huntingdonshire

No scheduled elections for 2024. The Council is currently run by a rainbow coalition of the HDC Independent Group, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Labour.

Independent/other
Con Lib Lab Green UKIP Other Total
Previous council
make up
22 10 4 1 0 15 52
New council
make up
Net gain
in seats
43.5% 20.2% 12.1% 4.1% 0% 20%
Eastern Region 2023 election analysis
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