2023 Cambridge City Council election

2023 Cambridge City Council election
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16 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Anna Smith Tim Bick
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 29 seats, 44.5% 9 seats, 27.1%
Seats before 29 9
Seats won 10 4
Seats after 27 10
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,980 8,691
Percentage 38.2% 22.1%
Swing Decrease 6.3% Decrease 5.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Naomi Bennett
Party Green Independent
Last election 3 seats, 17.6% 1 seat, 2.4%
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 4 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 7,033 893
Percentage 17.9% 2.3%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 1.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cambridge City Council election
Leader before election

Anna Smith
Labour

Leader after election

Mike Davey
Labour

The 2023 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. A major issue was a proposed congestion charge.[2]

Labour retained its majority on the council, but replaced its leader after the election, with Mike Davey being appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.[3]

  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Cambridge City Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ Olsson, Hannah (28 April 2023). "Local elections 2023: Might congestion charge plan decide Cambridge vote?". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ Gardner, Gemma (14 May 2023). "Cambridge Labour replace Anna Smith as leader with Mike Davey named successor". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2023.