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 33 16 10Total59

Composition of council seats before election Party Seats 34 16 9Total59

Changes between elections

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 2001 Councillor quit party to sit as a Conservative. 34 16 9 0

Summary Election result

! colspan=2| Total ! 199 ! 59 ! colspan=5 | ! 257,694 !

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%+/- 7 1 20,306 39.6 +2.5 7 1 17,753 34.6 –2.8 0 11,465 22.4 –2.6 0 1,614 3.1 +2.6 0 156 0.3 +0.3Total 14 51,294 100.0

Division results

East Cambridgeshire Summary +East Cambridgeshire District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- 4 1 13,181 40.4 +3.1 3 1 11,918 36.6 –4.1 0 7,053 21.6 +1.3 0 444 1.4 –0.2Total 7 32,596 100.0

Division results

Fenland Summary +Fenland District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- 9 1 18,781 50.0 +6.4 0 1 12,764 34.0 ±0.0 0 5,767 15.2 –1.5 0 261 0.7 –2.2Total 9 37,573 100.0

Division results

Huntingdonshire Summary +Huntingdonshire District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- 13 1 34,819 49.6 ±0.0 2 1 21,599 30.7 +1.2 0 13,573 19.3 ±0.0 0 263 0.4 +0.4Total 15 70,254 100.0

Division results

South Cambridgeshire Summary +South Cambridgeshire District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/- 8 26,384 40.0 –0.5 4 1 21,480 32.6 –2.1 2 1 14,581 22.1 +1.1 0 2,730 4.1 +4.1 0 490 0.7 +0.7 0 312 0.5 –3.4Total 14 65,977 100.0

Division results

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