2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2001 UK local government election May 2021 May 2021 2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election Cambridgeshire File:Flag of Cambridgeshire County Council.svg parliamentary 1997 Cambridgeshire County Council election 1997 2001 05 05 y 2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election 2005 All 59 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 30 61.2 File:No image wide.svg 95x50px Keith Walters Conservative Party (UK) 13 May 1997 Sawtry 33 seats, 39.8% 34 34 1 104,630 40.5% 0.7% File:No image wide.svg 95x50px Sal Brinton Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 May 1997 Castle 16 seats, 31.9% 16 16 81,070 31.5% 0.5% File:No image wide.svg 95x50px Janet Jones Labour Party (UK) Before May 1977 King's Hedges 10 seats, 25.9% 9 9 1 65,724 25.5% 0.3% Leader Keith Walters Conservative Party (UK) Leader after election Keith Walters Conservative Party (UK) The 2001 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 3 May 2001 to elect members of Cambridgeshire County Council as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections. The previous election was the 1997 Cambridgeshire County Council election. All 59 councillors were elected from electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting. Previous composition 1997 election Party Seats Conservative Party (UK) 33 Liberal Democrats (UK) 16 Labour Party (UK) 10Total59 Composition of council seats before election Party Seats Conservative Party (UK) 34 Liberal Democrats (UK) 16 Labour Party (UK) 9Total59 Changes between elections Cambridgeshire County Council elections#1997-2001 In between the 1997 election and the 2001 election, the following council seats changed hands: Division Date Previous Party New Party Cause Resulting Council Composition Con LDem Lab IndColeridge 5 April 2001Dan Grimmer Seeing Red https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk/viewer/bl/0003740/20010405/001/0001 20 May 2026 Cambridge Daily News 5 April 2001 1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Councillor quit party to sit as a Conservative. 34 16 9 0 Summary Election result Cambridgeshire County Council election, 2001 Elections https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-2001-complete.pdf www.electionscentre.co.uk 5 May 2021Democracy in Cambridgeshire - Results by Electoral Division http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/committe.nsf/candidatesbyed.htm cambridgeshire.gov.uk Cambridgeshire County Council 20 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20030107021022/http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/committe.nsf/candidatesbyed.htm 7 January 2003 Conservative Party (UK) 59 34 4 3 1 57.6 40.6 104,630 +0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 59 16 4 4 27.1 31.5 81,070 –0.3 Labour Party (UK) 59 9 1 2 1 15.3 25.5 65,724 –0.3 Green Party of England and Wales 18 0 0.0 2.0 5,051 +1.6 Independent 3 0 0.0 0.3 729 –1.3 UKIP 1 0 0.0 0.2 490 +0.2 |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 199 ! 59 ! colspan=5 | ! 257,694 ! |} Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 40.60 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats (UK) 31.46 Labour Labour Party (UK) 25.50 Other #777777 2.43 Council seats #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 57.63 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats (UK) 27.12 Labour Labour Party (UK) 15.25 Election of Group Leaders John Walters (Sawtry) was re-elected leader of the Conservative Group with John Reynolds (Girton) re-elected as the deputy leader, Sal Brinton (Castle) was re-elected leader of the Lib Dem Group with former leader Maurice Leeke (West Chesterton) as the deputy leader, and Janet Jones (King's Hedges) was re-elected leader of the Labour Group with Ian Kidman (Arbury) again as the deputy leader. Jones would stand down as leader in May 2004 and was replaced by Kidman. Brinton would stand down as leader in October 2004 to be replaced with new deputy Julian Huppert (East Chesterton). Government Formation John Walters the leader of the conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a conservative administration. Aftermath New electoral division boundaries were brought in for the next elections, increasing the number of seats to 69 at the 2005 Cambridgeshire County Council election. Results by district Cambridge Summary +Cambridge District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 1 20,306 39.6 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) 7 1 17,753 34.6 –2.8 Conservative Party (UK) 0 11,465 22.4 –2.6 Green Party of England and Wales 0 1,614 3.1 +2.6 Independent 0 156 0.3 +0.3Total 14 51,294 100.0 Division results Abbey Labour Party (UK) Colin Shaw * 1,396 56.7 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Mitton 540 21.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirsten Proctor 414 16.8 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Lawrence 113 4.6 856 34.8 2,463 52.0 4,737 Labour Party (UK) Arbury Labour Party (UK) Ian Kidman * 1,389 45.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rupert Moss-Eccardt 857 28.2 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Boorman 796 26.2 532 17.5 3,042 60.0 5,073 Labour Party (UK) Castle Liberal Democrats (UK) Sal Brinton * 2,377 57.3 Labour Party (UK) Gillian Richardson 965 23.3 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Harcourt 805 19.4 1,412 34.1 4,147 58.4 7,105 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cherry Hinton Labour Party (UK) Christine Carter 1,665 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Palmer 1,380 38.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frances Amanri 532 14.9 285 8.0 3,577 66.3 5,399 Labour Party (UK) Coleridge Labour Party (UK) Charles Ballard 1,832 49.7 Conservative Party (UK) Josephine Percy * 1,064 28.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Laurence Elkins 790 21.4 768 20.8 3,686 62.0 5,948 Labour Party (UK) East Chesterton Liberal Democrats (UK) Julian Huppert 1,760 42.3 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Bonnett 1,504 36.2 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Havercroft 893 21.5 256 6.2 4,157 59.5 6,984 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) King's Hedges Labour Party (UK) Janet Jones * 1,351 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Mennie 586 24.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Evelyn Bradford 431 18.2 765 32.3 2,368 50.3 4,711 Labour Party (UK) Market Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Bowen * 1,939 50.3 Labour Party (UK) Lucy Walker 804 20.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Watkins 663 17.2 Green Party of England and Wales Angela Ditchfield 446 11.6 1,135 29.5 3,852 56.3 6,842 Liberal Democrats (UK) Newnham Liberal Democrats (UK) Elsa Meyland-Smith * 2,489 55.1 Labour Party (UK) Susan OiDell 1,156 25.6 Conservative Party (UK) W Papworth 869 19.3 1,333 29.5 4,514 58.3 7,739 Liberal Democrats (UK) Petersfield Labour Party (UK) Bachan Bhalla * 1,647 37.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Wilkins 1,207 27.8 Green Party of England and Wales Margaret Wright 793 18.2 Conservative Party (UK) Lee Glendon 701 16.1 440 10.1 4,348 56.7 7,675 Labour Party (UK) Queen Edith's Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Heathcock * 2,255 56.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Taylor 896 22.3 Labour Party (UK) Maria Bell 861 21.5 1,359 33.9 4,012 65.9 6,092 Liberal Democrats (UK) Romsey Labour Party (UK) Jozef Gluza * 1,454 39.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Dixon 1,414 38.8 Conservative Party (UK) Vivian Ellis 355 9.8 Green Party of England and Wales Vicky Russell 262 7.2 Independent Simon Sedgwick-Jell 156 4.3 40 1.1 3,641 60.2 6,051 Labour Party (UK) Trumpington Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Kent * 1,977 53.7 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Kennedy 1,176 32.0 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Stacey 527 14.3 801 21.8 3,680 61.6 5,973 Liberal Democrats (UK) West Chesterton Liberal Democrats (UK) Maurice Leeke * 1,864 49.0 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Schicker 1,202 31.6 Conservative Party (UK) James Strachan 741 19.5 662 17.4 3,807 63.4 6,003 Liberal Democrats (UK) East Cambridgeshire Summary +East Cambridgeshire District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- Conservative Party (UK) 4 1 13,181 40.4 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 1 11,918 36.6 –4.1 Labour Party (UK) 0 7,053 21.6 +1.3 Green Party of England and Wales 0 444 1.4 –0.2Total 7 32,596 100.0 Division results Burwell Liberal Democrats (UK) James Fitch 2,732 51.8 Conservative Party (UK) Lavinia Edwards 1,781 33.8 Labour Party (UK) Susan Coomey 761 14.4 951 18.0 5,274 65.0 8,111 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ely North and South Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Hearne-Casapieri 1,977 39.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Donald Adey * 1,910 38.2 Labour Party (UK) Victoria Spencer-Barrows 1,115 22.3 67 1.3 5,002 62.7 7,979 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ely West Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Mair 1,682 40.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gareth Wilson 1,611 38.9 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Hartley 854 20.6 71 1.7 4,147 65.4 6,342 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Littleport Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Bailey 1,668 42.9 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Brown * 1,601 41.2 Labour Party (UK) Philip Scott 616 15.9 67 1.7 3,885 55.1 7,046 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Soham Conservative Party (UK) John Powley * 2,226 44.7 Labour Party (UK) Fiona Ross 1,684 33.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Diver 1,072 21.5 542 10.9 4,982 56.2 8,873 Conservative Party (UK) Sutton Conservative Party (UK) Philip Read * 2,044 47.1 Labour Party (UK) Graham Steward 1,181 27.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Pleydell 672 15.5 Green Party of England and Wales John Marsh 444 10.2 863 19.9 4,341 60.2 7,217 Conservative Party (UK) Woodditton Liberal Democrats (UK) Judy Broadway * 2,253 45.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Russell 1,870 37.7 Labour Party (UK) Kate Baker 842 17.0 383 7.7 4,965 63.3 7,839 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fenland Summary +Fenland District Summary Election Results Wisbech Standard 1 11 May 2001PartySeats+/-Votes%+/- Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 18,781 50.0 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) 0 1 12,764 34.0 ±0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 5,767 15.2 –1.5 Independent 0 261 0.7 –2.2Total 9 37,573 100.0 Division results Benwick and Doddington Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Harper 2,593 56.3 Labour Party (UK) Roy Penton 1,255 27.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Watkins 755 16.4 1,338 29.1 4,603 62.8 7,325 Conservative Party (UK) Chatteris Conservative Party (UK) Alan Melton * 2,555 57.7 Labour Party (UK) Grant Osbourn 1,070 27.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Larholt 583 14.9 1,185 30.3 3,908 56.7 6,887 Conservative Party (UK) Elm Conservative Party (UK) Jillian Tuck * 1,811 50.2 Labour Party (UK) Barry Diggle 1,226 34.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maurice James 570 15.8 585 16.2 3,607 55.7 6,478 Conservative Party (UK) Leverington Conservative Party (UK) Brian Hardy * 2,549 53.5 Labour Party (UK) Ann Purt 1,561 32.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Smithson 655 13.7 988 20.7 4,765 60.3 7,900 Conservative Party (UK) March East Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Yeulett * 1,945 42.6 Labour Party (UK) James Heslop 1,831 40.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Cudmore 528 11.6 Independent Christopher Bennett 261 5.7 114 2.5 4,565 55.7 8,200 Conservative Party (UK) March West Conservative Party (UK) Michael Ogden * 1,751 46.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard Lawrie 1,464 39.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fiona McKay-Rae 518 13.9 287 7.7 3,733 56.5 6,608 Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesey Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Speechley * 2,080 51.4 Labour Party (UK) David Lewis 1,449 35.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Larholt 516 12.8 631 15.6 4,045 61.6 6,572 Conservative Party (UK) Wisbech North Conservative Party (UK) Richard Barnwell 1,386 42.8 Labour Party (UK) Ron Harris * 1,370 42.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Patrick 481 14.9 16 0.5 3,237 49.4 6,555 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wisbech South Conservative Party (UK) Simon King 2,111 43.9 Labour Party (UK) Simon Massen 1,538 32.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Cave 1,161 24.1 573 11.9 4,810 54.4 8,846 Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdonshire Summary +Huntingdonshire District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- Conservative Party (UK) 13 1 34,819 49.6 ±0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 1 21,599 30.7 +1.2 Labour Party (UK) 0 13,573 19.3 ±0.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 263 0.4 +0.4Total 15 70,254 100.0 Division results Brampton Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Downes 2,560 52.5 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Palmer 1,861 38.2 Labour Party (UK) David Brown 455 9.3 699 14.3 4,876 69.9 6,981 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Buckden Conservative Party (UK) Alec Stenner * 2,603 58.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Grosvenor 1,130 25.6 Labour Party (UK) Thelma Lomax 689 15.6 1,473 33.3 4,422 66.4 6,663 Conservative Party (UK) Eaton Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandie Giles 2,396 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Gregory 2,373 42.7 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Nicholls 795 14.3 23 0.4 5,564 58.0 9,594 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Eynesbury Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Hansard 1,274 41.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sally Guinee 925 30.2 Labour Party (UK) David Nicholls 865 28.2 349 11.4 3,064 50.3 6,096 Conservative Party (UK) Houghton and Wyton Conservative Party (UK) Ian Bates 2,738 56.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Rainer 1,343 27.6 Labour Party (UK) Carole Hitchings 780 16.1 1,395 28.7 4,861 66.7 7,283 Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdon and Godmanchester Conservative Party (UK) William Hensley 2,546 40.5 Labour Party (UK) Valerie Brooker 1,741 27.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Looker 1,738 27.6 Green Party of England and Wales Tim Eiloart 263 4.2 805 12.8 6,288 54.3 11,583 Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdon North Conservative Party (UK) Ramon Wilkinson * 1,957 50.3 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Wilcox 1,268 32.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Justin Meadows 668 17.2 689 17.7 3,893 54.8 7,109 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Cross Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Mcguire * 2,349 49.9 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Goddard 1,624 34.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lena Mitchell 739 15.7 725 15.4 4,712 59.0 7,991 Conservative Party (UK) Priory Park Conservative Party (UK) Robert Clarke 2,352 56.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Pope * 1,271 30.3 Labour Party (UK) Janet Boston 570 13.6 1,081 25.8 4,193 63.3 6,628 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ramsey Conservative Party (UK) Susan Normington * 2,798 54.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Raymond Powell 1,433 27.9 Labour Party (UK) Carol Osborne 913 17.8 1,365 26.5 5,144 59.5 8,640 Conservative Party (UK) Sawtry Conservative Party (UK) Keith Walters * 2,601 55.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Davidson 1,262 26.7 Labour and Co-operative Party Graeme Watkins 864 18.3 1,339 28.3 4,727 63.1 7,488 Conservative Party (UK) Somersham Conservative Party (UK) John Eddy * 2,854 53.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alastair Taylor 1,550 28.9 Labour Party (UK) Keith Bennett 962 17.9 1,304 24.3 5,366 64.0 8,388 Conservative Party (UK) St Ives North and Warboys Conservative Party (UK) Victor Lucas 2,101 45.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Taylor 1,780 38.5 Labour Party (UK) Michael Sneath 742 16.1 321 7.0 4,623 54.0 8,561 Conservative Party (UK) St Ives South Conservative Party (UK) Roy Pegram * 1,807 42.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Souter 1,767 41.1 Labour Party (UK) John Watson 731 17.0 40 0.9 4,305 61.1 7,042 Conservative Party (UK) West Hunts Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Silby * 2,605 61.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Howlett 1,037 24.6 Labour Party (UK) Robert Lomax 574 13.6 1,568 37.2 4,216 69.0 6,107 Conservative Party (UK) South Cambridgeshire Summary +South Cambridgeshire District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- Conservative Party (UK) 8 26,384 40.0 –0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 1 21,480 32.6 –2.1 Labour Party (UK) 2 1 14,581 22.1 +1.1 Green Party of England and Wales 0 2,730 4.1 +4.1 UKIP 0 490 0.7 +0.7 Independent 0 312 0.5 –3.4Total 14 65,977 100.0 Division results Bassingbourn Conservative Party (UK) Linda Oliver 2,290 53.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Annette Tattersall 946 22.2 Labour Party (UK) Paul Gilchrist 712 16.7 Green Party of England and Wales Simon Saggers 322 7.5 1,344 31.5 4,270 65.6 6,509 Conservative Party (UK) Comberton Liberal Democrats (UK) Robin Martlew * 2,188 43.6 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Hall 1,807 36.0 Green Party of England and Wales Helen McRobie 686 13.7 Labour Party (UK) Lucy Munby 333 6.6 381 7.6 5,014 69.8 7,185 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cottenham Conservative Party (UK) Peter Stroude * 1,636 37.2 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Warham 1,526 34.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linden Leeke 782 17.8 Independent Dennis Harradine 312 7.1 Green Party of England and Wales Nicola Barralet 137 3.1 110 2.5 4,393 64.6 6,805 Conservative Party (UK) Fulbourn Labour Party (UK) Simon Kime 2,221 45.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hoskison 1,423 29.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Renaut 611 12.5 UKIP Neil Scarr 490 10.0 Green Party of England and Wales Mary Lawson 136 2.8 798 16.4 4,881 63.6 7,673 Labour Party (UK) Gamlingay Conservative Party (UK) Lister Wilson 2,185 43.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Ridgway 1,837 36.4 Labour Party (UK) Graham Hitchings 828 16.4 Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Orme 195 3.9 348 6.9 5,045 65.7 7,678 Conservative Party (UK) Girton Conservative Party (UK) John Reynolds * 2,405 47.3 Labour Party (UK) Michael Wilson 1,280 25.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Charlesworth 1,132 22.2 Green Party of England and Wales William Connolley 273 5.4 1,125 22.1 5,090 67.3 7,559 Conservative Party (UK) Harston Conservative Party (UK) Robin Driver * 2,306 45.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Hansford 1,835 36.0 Labour Party (UK) Richard Hibbert 787 15.4 Green Party of England and Wales Tandy Harrison 168 3.3 471 9.2 5,096 70.2 7,262 Conservative Party (UK) Histon Labour Party (UK) Philip Gooden 1,379 34.1 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Taylor 1,300 32.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Chatfield 1,250 30.9 Green Party of England and Wales Kenneth Richard 117 2.9 79 2.0 4,046 63.7 6,352 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Linton Liberal Democrats (UK) Terence Bear * 2,695 55.1 Conservative Party (UK) Joy Stern 1,476 30.2 Labour Party (UK) Philip Holloway 719 14.7 1,219 24.9 4,890 68.4 7,148 Liberal Democrats (UK) Melbourn Conservative Party (UK) Mary Chapple 1,967 40.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Milton 1,832 37.4 Labour Party (UK) Rosemary Turner 924 18.9 Green Party of England and Wales Pauline Radley 170 3.5 135 2.8 4,893 66.4 7,367 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Sawston Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Orgee * 2,098 47.2 Labour Party (UK) Anna Briggs 1,437 32.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Gibb 915 20.6 661 14.9 4,450 62.3 7,142 Conservative Party (UK) Shelford Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Farrar 1,710 41.5 Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Sutherland 1,550 37.6 Labour Party (UK) Amy Moy 733 17.8 Green Party of England and Wales Clive Orme 130 3.2 160 3.9 4,123 69.8 5,907 Liberal Democrats (UK) Waterbeach Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Coston * 2,545 58.7 Conservative Party (UK) James Hockney 1,071 24.7 Labour Party (UK) Timothy O'Dell * 611 14.1 Green Party of England and Wales Thomas Lachlan-Cope 112 2.6 1,474 34.0 4,339 60.7 7,143 Liberal Democrats (UK) Willingham Conservative Party (UK) Shona Johnstone * 2,870 52.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gareth Marlow 1,202 22.1 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Smith 1,091 20.0 Green Party of England and Wales Marion Barber 284 5.2 1,668 30.6 5,447 66.0 8,256 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:Cambridgeshire County Council elections Category:2001 English local elections Category:2000s in Cambridgeshire