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2024 Cambridge City Council election

The 2024 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2024 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Prior to the election the council was under Labour majority control. Only one seat changed hands at this election, being a Green gain from the Liberal Democrats, and so Labour retained overall control.

2024 Cambridge City Council election
Labour	9		64.3	16	25	59.5	13,622	41.1	+2.9
Liberal Democrats	3	1	21.4	7	10	23.8	7,292	22.0	–0.1
Green	2	1	14.3	3	5	11.9	6,884	20.8	+2.9
Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	4,561	13.8	–5.4
Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	680	2.1	–0.2
Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	44	0.1	N/A
Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	42	0.1	N/A

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Cambridge City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024. The results for each ward were as follows:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Green	1,189	52.1	+9.4
	Labour	650	28.5	–3.4
	Conservative	226	9.9	–8.5
	Liberal Democrats	173	7.6	+0.7
	Communist	42	1.8	N/A
539	19.1
2,819
	Green hold	6.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,093	51.5	+3.4
	Conservative	365	17.2	–10.3
	Green	348	16.4	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	316	14.9	+4.1
728	25.5
2,850
	Labour hold	6.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	771	40.0	+13.1
	Independent	407	21.1	–2.6
	Liberal Democrats	369	19.1	–11.5
	Green	294	15.2	+2.5
	Conservative	88	4.6	–1.5
364	15.9
2,293
	Labour hold	7.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,149	48.5	+5.5
	Conservative	635	26.8	–13.8
	Liberal Democrats	356	15.0	+7.6
	Green	228	9.6	+0.6
514	17.8
2,882
	Labour hold	9.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,124	43.5	+2.3
	Green	881	34.1	+9.0
	Conservative	419	16.2	–7.6
	Liberal Democrats	158	6.1	–3.7
243	8.6
2,825
	Labour hold	3.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,006	42.1	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	765	32.0	–1.6
	Green	368	15.4	+3.8
	Conservative	251	10.5	–2.4
241	9.2
2,631
	Labour hold	2.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	974	45.1	+5.9
	Conservative	737	34.1	+2.2
	Green	231	10.7	–3.3
	Liberal Democrats	217	10.1	–4.9
237	9.9
2,396
	Labour hold	1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	777	40.9	–0.3
	Labour	666	35.1	+0.4
	Green	310	16.3	+1.7
	Conservative	146	7.7	–1.8
111	5.5
2,010
	Liberal Democrats hold	0.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	925	45.8	+5.3
	Labour	549	27.2	–7.0
	Liberal Democrats	306	15.2	–2.8
	Independent	155	7.7	N/A
	Conservative	84	4.2	–3.1
376	15.7
2,395
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats	6.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,323	51.9	+2.4
	Green	558	21.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	399	15.6	–3.8
	Conservative	226	8.9	–5.2
	Freedom Alliance	44	1.7	N/A
765	23.1
3,315
	Labour hold	1.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,123	42.5	+4.6
	Labour	758	28.7	+5.0
	Conservative	459	17.4	–2.0
	Green	300	11.4	+1.2
365	12.1
3,005
	Liberal Democrats hold	0.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,433	52.2	+6.7
	Green	524	19.1	–1.6
	Liberal Democrats	307	11.2	–3.3
	Independent	273	9.9	N/A
	Conservative	208	7.6	–11.6
909	24.9
3,654
	Labour hold	4.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	944	36.4	+0.8
	Labour Co-op	836	32.3	+3.5
	Conservative	481	18.6	–4.5
	Green	331	12.8	+0.3
108	4.0
2,700
	Liberal Democrats hold	1.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,290	42.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,082	36.0	+3.4
	Green	397	13.2	+1.5
	Conservative	236	7.9	–5.4
208	6.5
3,213
	Labour hold	1.5

In August 2025 Councillor Dave Baigent announced he had resigned from Labour but intended to remain as a councillor. He said he was seeking to set up a branch of Your Party.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	596	42.8	–9.4
	Green	409	29.4	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	249	17.9	+6.7
	Conservative	138	9.9	+2.3
187	13.4	–11.5
1,392	20.2
	Labour hold	9.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	871	33.1	+1.1
	Labour	756	28.7	−13.4
	Green	478	18.2	+2.8
	Reform	301	11.4	+11.4
	Conservative	224	8.5	−2.0
115	4.4
2630
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	13.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,204	38.5	+2.5
	Labour	1,030	33.0	−12.9
	Green	533	17.1	+3.9
	Reform	197	6.3	+6.3
	Conservative	160	5.1	−2.8
174	5.6
3124
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	15.4

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