New make-up of Cambridge City Council after local election 2024 results

Cambridge City Council has a new make up after the final results were announced for this year's local elections. Labour have maintained its majority at the authority, but the largest opposition group, the Liberal Democrats, saw their numbers go down after losing a seat to the Green Party.

The newly elected Green Party candidate, Councillor Hugh Clough, won the seat with 925 votes, with the Liberal Democrat candidate, Lucy Nethsingha coming third behind the Labour candidate, with just 306 votes. None of the independent candidates were elected to the city council and the Conservatives failed to make any further gains at the authority.

The turnout at the city council elections was 37.8 per cent, with the highest individual ward turn out in West Chesterton where 48.3 per cent of eligible voters headed to the polls. The lowest individual turnout in the city was in Abbey ward where 32 per cent of those eligible cast their vote.

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Ahead of the election this week Labour had 25 councillors, the Liberal Democrats had 11 councillors, and the Green Party had four councillors. The Conservatives also had one councillor and there was one independent councillor.

The make up of the city council now is:

Labour - 25

Liberal Democrats - 10 (-1)

Green Party - 5 (+1)

Conservative - 1

Independent - 1