Elections for Cambridge City Council (in Cambridge, England) were held on Thursday 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, to No Overall Control.^[1]

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2012 Cambridge City Council election

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Winner of each seat at the 2012 Cambridge City Council election

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2012 Cambridge City Council election[2][3]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	4	4	28.6	17	21	50.0	7,560	26.1	+0.7
	Labour	8	4	57.1	10	18	42.9	12,353	42.7	+7.2
	Conservative	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	4,464	15.4	-6.1
	Green	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.4	2,925	10.1	-5.5
	Independent	1		7.1	0	1	2.4	925	3.2	+2.8
	Cambridge Socialists	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	457	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	129	0.4	-0.1
	United People's Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	105	0.4	N/A

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The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council, with the casting vote of the Mayor, though they lost a majority.^[4][5] The overall turnout was 32.2%,^[6]

Note: in results where, in previous elections, two seats were up for election the party share of the vote is based on an average for those candidates who stood for that particular party in the election.

Unless stated otherwise, changes in party vote is in comparison with the 2011 Cambridge City Council election results.^[7]