Cambridgeshire County Council Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council of Cambridgeshire, England. The council consists of 61 councillors, representing 59 electoral divisions. The council is based at New Shire Hall at Alconbury Weald, near Huntingdon. It is a mem ...

is elected every four years using the

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system of election. As of 2021 the council consists of 61 council seats, representing 60 electoral divisions. The

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is currently the largest party bloc on the council. Under the

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the

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of Cambridgeshire was created from the merger of the

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of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and

Huntingdon and Peterborough Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire. Formation The Local Government Act 1888 created fo ...

, both of which were formed in 1965. The first elections to the new authority were in April 1973, and the council took office on 1 April 1974. From its creation until 1998, the county council administered the entire area of the

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of Cambridgeshire.

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became a

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in 1998, but continues to form part of the county for

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purposes.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The

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of the council since 1997 have been:

County council composition

Composition since 1973

County result maps

File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 map.svg, 2005 results map File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2009 map.svg, 2009 results map File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2013 map.svg, 2013 results map File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2017 map.svg, 2017 results map File:Cambridgeshire local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Cambridgeshire County Council.

1973-1976

1993−1997

1997−2001

2001−2005

2005−2009

2009-2013

By-election called following the death of Leslie Sims. By-election called following the resignation of Siep Wijsenbeek. By-election following death of John West

2013−2017

By-election following resignation of Ray Manning on 2 April 2014. By-election held following the death of John Reynolds. By-election following resignation of Martin Curtis on 22 March 2015. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Peter Lagoda, who was elected for the UK Independence Party, following his conviction for benefit fraud. By-election following the resignation of Killian Bourke on 11 May 2015. By-election following the death of Sandra Rylance. The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Phil Read, who was elected as a Conservative. By-election following the death of Councillor Steven Van de Kerkhove in January 2016. 2-member division.

2017−2021

References

External links

Cambridgeshire County Council

Local Government Commission for England
{{English County Council Elections County council elections in England Council elections in Cambridgeshire