2023_East_Cambridgeshire_District_Council_election

2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council election

2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council election

2023 English local election


The 2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 28 members of East Cambridgeshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Overview

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative control. At the previous election in 2019 the Conservatives had won 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats had won 13 seats. A by-election and changes of allegiance between 2019 and 2022 meant that going into the election the Conservative held 16 seats and the Liberal Democrats 9 seats, with an independent group comprising two former Liberal Democrats. There was also one vacant seat.[2]

Following the results, the council remained under Conservative control; the overall result in seat numbers was the same as that of 2019, with the Conservatives taking 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats 13 seats.[3]

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Results by ward

The results for each ward were:[4][5]

Bottisham

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Burwell

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Downham

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Ely East

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Ely North

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Ely West

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Seats recorded as Liberal Democrat holds for comparison with 2019, but two of the three councillors in this ward had subsequently left the party and formed an independent group in 2020. One of them, Sue Austen, stood for re-election as an independent but was unsuccessful.

Fordham & Isleham

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Haddenham

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Littleport

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Soham North

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Both seats are recorded as Conservative gains from Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with the 2019 result, but Mark Goldsack had earlier won his seat for the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021.

Soham South

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Stretham

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Sutton

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Woodditton

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By-Elections

Ely West

Triggered by resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Robert Pitt.

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References

  1. Including one vacant seat at Ely East last held by Matthew Downey who was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2019 but was removed from the party and subsequently disqualified from the council in March 2023 for non-attendance.[1]
  1. Brown, Hannah (10 March 2023). "Why Ely councillor is 'glad' he's kicked off East Cambridgeshire District Council". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. Butler, Clare (21 February 2020). "Two Ely councillors quit Liberal Democrats to become Independent". Ely Standard. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. Burnett, Tom (2023-05-05). "East Cambridgeshire election results as Tories retain majority". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. "Election Results: 4 May 2023". East Cambridgeshire District Council. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

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