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Cambridge 2016
Local elections held 5 May 2016.
How to read this page
Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.
Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.
If votes were counted by party
Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 15,279 | 45.9% | 9 | 64.3% | 7 | 50.0% | +2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9,172 | 27.5% | 4 | 28.6% | 4 | 28.6% | 0 |
| Conservative Party | 3,927 | 11.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 14.3% | -2 |
| Green Party | 3,335 | 10.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 7.1% | -1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 830 | 2.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Independent | 776 | 2.3% | 1 | 7.1% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| Total | 33,319 | 100.0% | 14 | 100.0% | 14 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2016 election (current) and immediately before it (2015). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2016 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Castle · 1 seat · won at 37.9% · −12.1 pts below quota
- Market · 1 seat · won at 38.5% · −11.5 pts below quota
- Trumpington · 1 seat · won at 41.3% · −8.7 pts below quota
- East Chesterton · 1 seat · won at 41.6% · −8.4 pts below quota
- Queen Edith's · 1 seat · won at 43.0% · −7.0 pts below quota
- Newnham · 1 seat · won at 43.2% · −6.8 pts below quota
- West Chesterton · 1 seat · won at 46.7% · −3.3 pts below quota
- Romsey · 1 seat · won at 49.7% · −0.3 pts below quota
- King's Hedges · 1 seat · won at 54.5% · above quota
- Coleridge · 1 seat · won at 60.3% · above quota
- Cherry Hinton · 1 seat · won at 60.8% · above quota
- Abbey · 1 seat · won at 61.3% · above quota
- Petersfield · 1 seat · won at 61.4% · above quota
- Arbury · 1 seat · won at 61.5% · above quota
Race results
Castle · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 37.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −12.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,046
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Hipkin | Independent | 776 | 37.9% | −12.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Patrick Sheil | Labour Party | 562 | 27.5% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Argent | Liberal Democrats | 388 | 19.0% | — | |
| 4 | Alacia Gent | Green Party | 191 | 9.3% | — | |
| 5 | Edward Macnaghten | Conservative Party | 129 | 6.3% | — |
Market · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −11.5 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,020
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Bick | Liberal Democrats | 777 | 38.5% | −11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Danielle Greene | Labour Party | 717 | 35.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stuart Tuckwood | Green Party | 401 | 19.9% | — | |
| 4 | Barney Baber | Conservative Party | 125 | 6.2% | — |
Trumpington · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,936
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donald Adey | Liberal Democrats | 1,212 | 41.3% | −8.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick Gay | Labour Party | 755 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | Shapour Meftah | Conservative Party | 664 | 22.6% | — | |
| 4 | Ceri Galloway | Green Party | 305 | 10.4% | — |
East Chesterton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 41.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −8.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,652
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margery Abbott | Labour Party | 1,103 | 41.6% | −8.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Shahida Rahman | Liberal Democrats | 906 | 34.2% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Francis | Conservative Party | 262 | 9.9% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Burkinshaw | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 202 | 7.6% | — | |
| 5 | Jiameng Gao | Green Party | 179 | 6.7% | — |
Queen Edith's · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 43.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −7.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,766
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Page-Croft | Liberal Democrats | 1,189 | 43.0% | −7.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Beresford | Labour Party | 801 | 29.0% | — | |
| 3 | Manas Deb | Conservative Party | 544 | 19.7% | — | |
| 4 | Joel Chalfen | Green Party | 232 | 8.4% | — |
Newnham · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 43.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,176
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Nethsingha | Liberal Democrats | 939 | 43.2% | −6.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ewan McGaughey | Labour Party | 787 | 36.2% | — | |
| 3 | Julius Carrington | Conservative Party | 234 | 10.8% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Slade | Green Party | 216 | 9.9% | — |
West Chesterton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −3.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,035
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Sargeant | Labour Party | 1,417 | 46.7% | −3.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nichola Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 1,157 | 38.1% | — | |
| 3 | John Bachelor | Green Party | 198 | 6.5% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Lee | Conservative Party | 182 | 6.0% | — | |
| 5 | Celia Conway | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 81 | 2.7% | — |
Romsey · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 49.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −0.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,837
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie Barnett | Labour Party | 1,409 | 49.7% | −0.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Catherine Smart | Liberal Democrats | 1,016 | 35.8% | — | |
| 3 | Jane Carpenter | Green Party | 273 | 9.6% | — | |
| 4 | Roy Barton | Conservative Party | 139 | 4.9% | — |
King's Hedges · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 54.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +4.5 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,801
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Gawthrope | Labour Party | 981 | 54.5% | +4.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Hugh Newsam | Liberal Democrats | 233 | 12.9% | — | |
| 3 | Dave Corn | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 223 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Annette Iraninejad | Conservative Party | 212 | 11.8% | — | |
| 5 | Angela Ditchfield | Green Party | 152 | 8.4% | — |
Coleridge · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 60.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +10.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,327
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosy Moore | Labour Party | 1,404 | 60.3% | +10.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sam Barker | Conservative Party | 344 | 14.8% | — | |
| 3 | Raymundo Carlos | Liberal Democrats | 234 | 10.1% | — | |
| 4 | Virgil Ierubino | Green Party | 187 | 8.0% | — | |
| 5 | Bill Kaminski | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 158 | 6.8% | — |
Cherry Hinton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 60.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +10.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,259
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dryden | Labour Party | 1,373 | 60.8% | +10.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Eric Barrett-Payton | Conservative Party | 367 | 16.2% | — | |
| 3 | Jamie Dalzell | Liberal Democrats | 210 | 9.3% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Jeffs | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 166 | 7.3% | — | |
| 5 | Caitlin Patterson | Green Party | 143 | 6.3% | — |
Abbey · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 61.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +11.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,015
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Johnson | Labour Party | 1,235 | 61.3% | +11.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Monica Bijok | Green Party | 292 | 14.5% | — | |
| 3 | Nicky Shepard | Liberal Democrats | 266 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | Angela Ozturk | Conservative Party | 222 | 11.0% | — |
Petersfield · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 61.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +11.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,124
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Robertson | Labour Party | 1,305 | 61.4% | +11.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sharon Kaur | Green Party | 321 | 15.1% | — | |
| 3 | Daniel Levy | Liberal Democrats | 277 | 13.0% | — | |
| 4 | Catherine Durance | Conservative Party | 221 | 10.4% | — |
Arbury · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 61.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +11.5 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,325
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Todd-Jones | Labour Party | 1,430 | 61.5% | +11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Timothy Ward | Liberal Democrats | 368 | 15.8% | — | |
| 3 | James Strachan | Conservative Party | 282 | 12.1% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Lawrence | Green Party | 245 | 10.5% | — |