2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election

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All 61 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.1% ( 2.9%[1])
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Leader Steve Count Lucy Nethsingha Elisa Meschini Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since 25 April 2014 May 2015 December 2019 Leader's seat March North & Waldersey Newnham King's Hedges Last election 36 seats, 40.4% 15 seats, 29.9% 7 seats, 18.0% Seats before 34 16 6 Seats won 28 20 9 Seat change 8 5 2 Popular vote 75,023 53,340 36,437 Percentage 39.5% 28.1% 19.2% Swing 0.9% 1.8% 1.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent St Neots Independents Green Last election 1 seats, 2.7% 2 seats, 1.8% 0 seats, 3.7% Seats before 2 2 0 Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 5,150 2,283 17,445 Percentage 2.7% 1.2% 9.3% Swing 0.1% 0.6% 5.5%
Map showing the results of the 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election
Council composition after the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No Overall Control

The 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[2] All 61 councillors were elected from 59 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 election was held alongside a full election for Cambridge City Council, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and one-third of Peterborough City Council.^[3][4][5]