2009 Cambridgeshire County Council election
An election for Cambridgeshire County Council was held on 4 June 2009, delayed from 7 May to align with the European Parliament elections. Seventy-nine councillors? No—the council had 69 seats elected from 60 divisions, with each division returning one or two councillors by first-past-the-post.
The Conservative Party kept the council’s overall majority, winning 42 seats (up 2) with about 43.4% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats won 23 seats (no change) with 33.8% of the vote. Labour won 2 seats (down 2) with 9.9%. The Green Party gained its first seat on the council with 1 seat (5.9%), and UKIP also won its first seat with 1 (3.9%).
In Cambridge city, Labour lost two seats: Abbey to the Green Party and King’s Hedges to the Liberal Democrats. In South Cambridgeshire, the Liberal Democrats gained three seats from the Conservatives, including Hardwick. In East Cambridgeshire, the Conservatives gained four seats from the Liberal Democrats. Fenland remained entirely Conservative. In Huntingdonshire, the Liberal Democrats lost one seat to the Conservatives in St Neots Eaton Socon and Eynesbury but gained one in Godmanchester and Huntingdon East, a two-member division that split representation. The Ramsey division election was delayed to 23 July 2009 after the death of a candidate and was won by UKIP.
The next election was held on 2 May 2013.
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