Monthly Archives: May 2014

ICM have now released the full tables for their recent poll in four Lib-Dem-held constituencies, including Cambridge. The headline finding for our city is that Julian Huppert is set to lose his seat to Labour’s Daniel Zeichner if Nick Clegg … Continue reading →

All the results of the European Elections are now in, so here’s a look at how the votes were cast in Cambridge. The numbers are announced in each district – you can get the full set for the East of … Continue reading →

With this year’s Cambridge City Council elections completed, Labour now have a comfortable majority of eight, and can settle down to implementing their policies with a firm basis of control. The new Council now looks like this: Their group of 25 councillors … Continue reading →

I recently posted an article looking at the swing between the Lib Dems and Labour in local elections in recent years. Here’s an update showing the swing in this year’s vote. Without further ado, here’s the graph: While the results … Continue reading →

I’ve had about two hours sleep now, so these graphs are still a bit rough and ready, but here are the rest of them. For the official results head over to the City Council’s results page. Note that the City … Continue reading →

King’s Hedges: Anette Karimi (Con) 266, Michael Potter (Green) 242, Martin Smart (Lab) 831, Ian Tyes (Ind) 287, Neale Upstone (LD) 393 Labour gain the seat comfortably from the Lib Dems. Newnham result: Joanna Anscombe-Bell (Con) 395, Rod Cantrill (LD) … Continue reading →

Cherry Hinton result: Keith Edkins (Lib Dem) 383, Tim Haire (Con) 613, Russ McPherson (Lab) 1533 Another easy Labour win. All parties are up a little in vote share because there wasn’t a Green candidate this year. However the Lib … Continue reading →

The first few results are in: Abbey result: Eric Barrett-Payton (Con) 328, Oscar Gillespie (Green) 480, Peter Roberts (Labour) 1130, Marcus Streets (Lib Dem) 384 A comfortable hold for Peter Roberts in Abbey, though the Labour vote share falling slightly. … Continue reading →

As I write I’m sitting in the balcony at the Guildhall, watching the first stages of the count for the local elections. The ballot papers for the European elections are also being ‘verified’, which means that the counting staff check … Continue reading →

For the last couple of years, I’ve published some predictions for the results in each seat at the Cambridge local elections. Unlike most articles on this blog, these aren’t really based on any concrete data, beyond the previous results – … Continue reading →