2013 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2013 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 UKIP Last election 42 seats, 43.4% 23 seats, 33.8% 1 seat, 3.9% Seats before 39 21 2 Seats won 32 14 12 Seat change 10 9 11 Popular vote 47,661 31,397 29,240 Percentage 32.6% 21.5% 20.0% Swing 10.8% 12.3% 16.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Independent St Neots Independents Last election 2 seats, 9.9% 0 seats, 2.7% Did not contest Seats before 3 3 0 Seats won 7 2 2 Seat change 5 2 2 Popular vote 26,053 4,902 2,452 Percentage 17.8% 2.8% 1.4% Swing 7.9% 0.6% 1.4%
Map showing the results of the 2013 Cambridgeshire County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No Overall Control

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections.^[1] 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Peterborough, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council.^[2]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 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,^[3] 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.^[4]