2026 Cambridge City Council election

2026 Cambridge City Council election

The 2026 Cambridge City Council election will be held on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridgeshire, England. This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Due to ongoing local government reorganisation, this will be the final election to Cambridge City Council before it is abolished and replaced by a successor unitary authority. Elections to the successor authority are due to take place in 2027.

Background

2026 Cambridge City Council election

In (/wiki/2024CambridgeCityCouncilelection), the Labour Party retained control of the council.

Council composition

After 2024 election	Before 2026 election
Party	Seats	Party	Seats
	Labour	25		Labour	23
	Liberal Democrats	10		Liberal Democrats	11
	Green	5		Green	6
	Conservative	1		Conservative	1
	Your Party	Did not exist		Your Party	1
	Independent	1		Independent	0

• August 2024: Mairéad Healy (Independent, elected as Labour) resigns – by-election held September 2024 • September 2024: Beth Gardiner-Smith (Labour) wins by-election • March 2025: Sam Carling (Labour) and Alice Gilderdale (Labour) resign – by-elections held May 2025 • May 2025: Jamie Dalzell (Liberal Democrats) and Bob Illingworth (Liberal Democrats) gain by-elections from Labour • August 2025: Dave Baigent (Labour) joins Your Party • March 2026: Ingrid Flaubert (Liberal Democrats) joins Green Party

Election result

2026 Cambridge City Council election

2026 Cambridge City Council election
Party	This election	Full council	This election
Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour				13
	Liberal Democrats				8
	Green				5
	Conservative				1
	Your Party				1
	Reform UK				0

Incumbents

2026 Cambridge City Council election

<table><thead><tr><th>Ward</th><th>Incumbent councillor</th><th>Party</th><th>Re-standing</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Abbey</td><td>Matthew Howard</td><td></td><td>Green</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Arbury</td><td>Iva Divkovic</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Castle</td><td>Simon Smith</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cherry Hinton</td><td>Russ McPherson</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Coleridge</td><td>Anna Smith</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>East Chesterton</td><td>Baiju Thittala</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King's Hedges</td><td>Martin Smart</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Market</td><td>Katie Porrer</td><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Newnham</td><td>Cameron Holloway</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Petersfield</td><td>Richard Robertson</td><td></td><td>Labour Co-op</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Queen Edith's</td><td>Daniel Lee</td><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Romsey</td><td>Dinah Pounds</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Trumpington</td><td>Olaf Hauk</td><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>West Chesterton</td><td>Richard Swift</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>