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Cambridgeshire 2024 Political analysis

Cambridgeshire saw a relatively quiet night with elections only taking place in Peterborough and Cambridge. While results in Cambridge echoed those from 2023, it was a good night for Labour as they held all their seats in the city, and became the largest party in Peterborough. Poor national poll numbers and the rise of the Peterborough First group made it a bad night for the Conservatives in Peterborough.

Key:

  • Cambridge

  • Huntingdonshire

  • South Cambridgeshire

  • Peterborough

  • East Cambridgeshire

  • Fenland

Click on a district to display our analysis here

Cambridge

In a near repeat of the result in 2023, Labour again comfortably held their majority on Cambridge City Council, while the Lib Dems retained their status as the main opposition and the Greens picked up another seat in Newnham.

Labour controlled
Elections Thirds or Whole Current control Majority Notes
Info Yes Thirds Labour 1

Huntingdonshire

No scheduled elections for 2024. The Council is currently run by a rainbow coalition of the HDC Independent Group, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Labour.

Lib Dems largest party
Elections Thirds or Whole Current control Majority Notes
Info Yes Whole NOC - Rainbow coalition

South Cambridgeshire

No scheduled elections for 2024. Following the 2022 local elections the Council has a strong Liberal Democrats majority.

Lib Dems largest party
Elections Thirds or Whole Current control Majority Notes
Info Yes Whole Lib Dems 12

Peterborough

Labour have become the largest party in Peterborough, while the Conservatives have gone from being the largest party on the hung council to the third largest behind Labour and the Independent Peterborough First Group. The biggest gains are for the Independent Peterborough first group. Founded by a former Conservative councillor, the group led the council from November 2023, even though they only had 10 of the 60 council seats, after the Conservatives lost a vote of no confidence. The Liberal Democrats and the Greens have also gained one seat each.

Labour largest party
Elections Thirds or Whole Current control Majority Notes
Info Yes Thirds NOC - Lab minority -18

East Cambridgeshire

No scheduled elections for 2024. Following the last elections in 2023, the Conservatives hold the Council with a narrow majority over the Lib Dems.

No Elections
Elections Thirds or Whole Current control Majority Notes
Info 16 9 0 0 0 3 28

Fenland

No scheduled elections for 2024. The Conservatives have a large majority in true blue stronghold Fenland.

No Elections
Elections Thirds or Whole Current control Majority Notes
Info 26 2 0 1 0 10 39
Eastern Region 2024 election analysis
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