2009 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2009 Cambridgeshire County Council election

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All 69 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 42 seats, 41.0% 23 seats, 38.0% 4 seats, 15.9% Seats before 42 23 4 Seats won 42 23 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 76,075 59,268 17,372 Percentage 43.4% 33.8% 9.9% Swing 2.3% 4.2% 6.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green UKIP Last election 0 seats, 4.0% 0 seats, 0.4% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 10,351 6,780 Percentage 5.9% 3.9% Swing 1.9% 3.5%
Results by electoral division. Striped wards have mixed representation.
party before election Conservative Elected party Conservative

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. The election was delayed from 7 May to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, while the Green Party and UKIP gained their first seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 June 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2] The next election was scheduled for and held on 2 May 2013.