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2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2005 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election
country	Cambridgeshire
type	parliamentary
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election
previous_year	2001
next_election	2009 Cambridgeshire County Council election
next_year	2009
seats_for_election	All 69 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council
election_date	5 May 2005
majority_seats	35
image1	[[File:No image wide.svg	115x50px	Blank]]
leader1
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
leader_since1
leaders_seat1
last_election1	34 seats, 40.5%
seats_before1	33
seats1	42
seat_change1	8
popular_vote1	112,543
percentage1	41.0%
swing1	0.5%
image2	[[File:No image wide.svg	115x50px	Blank]]
leader2
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
leader_since2
leaders_seat2
last_election2	16 seats, 31.5%
seats_before2	17
seats2	23
seat_change2	7
popular_vote2	104,310
percentage2	38.0%
swing2	6.5%
image3	[[File:No image wide.svg	115x50px	Blank]]
leader3
party3	Labour Party (UK)
leader_since3
leaders_seat3
last_election3	9 seats, 25.5%
seats_before3	8
seats3	4
seat_change3	5
popular_vote3	43,630
percentage3	15.9%
swing3	9.6%
map_image	Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 map.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Results by electoral division. Striped wards have mixed representation.
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Conservative
after_election	Conservative

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. The election took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom General Election. 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. New electoral division boundaries were brought in for this election, increasing the number of seats from the 59 seats at the 2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, while the Labour Party lost all their rural councillors with their representation limited to the city of Cambridge.

Previous composition

2001 election

Party	Seats
	34
	16
	9
Total	59

Composition of council seats before election

Party	Seats
	33
	17
	8
	1
Total	59

Results summary

|seats % = 60.9 |votes % = 41.1 |plus/minus = +0.6 |seats % = 33.3 |votes % = 38.0 |plus/minus = +6.5 |seats % = 4.3 |votes % = 15.9 |plus/minus = –9.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.0 |plus/minus = +2.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = +0.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.4 |}

Party strength by electoral division

The following maps show the percentage of the vote each party obtained by electoral division. A colour key for each map can be viewed by clicking on the image.

Conservative Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour Party	Green Party
[[File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 Con strength.svg	240px]]	[[File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 LD strength.svg	240px]]
[[File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 Lab strength.svg	240px]]	[[File:Cambridgeshire UK local election 2005 Green strength.svg	240px]]

Election of Group Leaders

John Walters (Sawtry and Ellington) was re-elected leader of the Conservative Group with John Reynolds (Bar Hill) re-elected as the deputy leader, Julian Huppert (East Chesterton) was re-elected leader of the Lib Dem Group with Judith Broadway (Soham and Fordham Villages) as the deputy leader, and Martin Ballard (Coleridge) was elected leader of the Labour Group with Christine Carter (Cherry Hinton) as the deputy leader.

Huppert would stand down as leader in May 2007 and was replaced by David Jenkins (Cottenham, Histon and Impington) with Peter Downes (Brampton and Kimbolton) as his deputy. Ballard would stand down as leader in May 2008 to be replaced with Paul Sales (Abbey).

Election of Leader of the Council

John Walters the leader of the conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a conservative administration.

Walters would retire as leader in May 2007 to be succeeded by Shona Johnston (Willingham) who had been the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People's Services. Dennis Pegram (St Ives) was elected as deputy leader. However Johnstone was forced to resign after less than 6 months after admitting making an "inappropriate" phone call to a chief executive candidate. Walters would return as leader until May 2008 when Jill Tuck (Waldersey) replaced him with Lawrence McGuire (Norman Cross) as her deputy.

Results by electoral division

Cambridge (14 seats)

District Summary

Party	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Liberal Democrat	10	3	22,508	43.17
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour	4	3	14,347	27.52
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	0		9,939	19.06
Green Party of England and Wales}}"	Green	0		5,222	10.02
UK Independence Party}}"	UKIP	0		122	0.23

Division Results

|reg. electors = 6244

|reg. electors = 6,788

|reg. electors = 6,527

|reg. electors = 6,292

|reg. electors = 5,829

|reg. electors = 5,916

|reg. electors = 6,027

|reg. electors = 6,514

|reg. electors = 6,287

|reg. electors = 6,137

|reg. electors = 6,412

|reg. electors = 6,278

|reg. electors = 5,355

|reg. electors = 6,370

East Cambridgeshire (9 seats)

District Summary

Party	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Liberal Democrat	6	3	14,033	40.84
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	3	1	18,421	53.61
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour	0		1,569	4.57
Green Party of England and Wales}}"	Green	0		336	0.98

Division Results

|reg. electors = 6,166

|reg. electors = 7,216

|reg. electors = 5,846

|reg. electors = 11,979

|reg. electors = 5,920

|reg. electors = 7,634

Fenland (11 seats)

District Summary

Party	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	11	2	21,232	52.00
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Liberal Democrat	0		11,060	27.09
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour	0		6,865	16.81
Green Party of England and Wales}}"	Green	0		1,084	2.65
UK Independence Party}}"	UKIP	0		592	1.45

|reg. electors = 5,608

|reg. electors = 6,385

|reg. electors = 5,997

|reg. electors = 5,004

|reg. electors = 5,940

|reg. electors = 6,705

|reg. electors = 6,375

|reg. electors = 6,122

|reg. electors = 6,421

|reg. electors = 6,998

|reg. electors = 7,091

Huntingdonshire (19 seats)

District Summary

Party	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	17	4	35,576	47.41
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Liberal Democrat	2		24,439	32.57
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour	0		13,029	17.36
Independent politician}}"	Independent	0		1,625	2.17
UK Independence Party}}"	UKIP	0		376	0.50

Division Results

|reg. electors = 7,203

|reg. electors = 6,086

|reg. electors = 11,311

|reg. electors = 10,501

|reg. electors = 12,407

|reg. electors = 12,034

|reg. electors = 6,373

|reg. electors = 7,352

|reg. electors = 7,296

|reg. electors = 14,194

|reg. electors = 11,412

|reg. electors = 7,042

|reg. electors = 7,112

South Cambridgeshire (16 seats)

District Summary

Party	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	11	3	30,212	41.96
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Liberal Democrat	5	1	28,837	40.05
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour	0	2	7,820	10.86
Green Party of England and Wales}}"	Green	0		5,134	7.13

Division Results |reg. electors = 7,111

|reg. electors = 5,414

|reg. electors = 3,606

|reg. electors = 12,429

|reg. electors = 6,690

|reg. electors = 7,619

|reg. electors = 7,742

|reg. electors = 7,304

|reg. electors = 7,222

|reg. electors = 7,031

|reg. electors = 5,707

|reg. electors = 13,118

|reg. electors = 7,276 |reg. electors = 6,552

References

"Election results and information for 2005". Cambridgeshire County Council.
"Local election results: Cambridgeshire". BBC News.
"Cambridgeshire". Andrew Teale.
(26 March 2007). "County council leader steps down". BBC News.
(12 November 2007). "Shona Johnstone resigns". Hunts Post.

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