The 2025 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 as part of the 2025 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The election was held alongside the election of a Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The election saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority of the seats on the council for the first time.
Previous council composition Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being run by a joint Liberal Democrat, Labour and independent administration, led by Lucy Nethsingha, a Liberal Democrat.
After 2021 election Before 2025 election Party Seats Party Seats 20 23 28 21 9 10 2 1 2 6
Summary The Liberal Democrats won 31 of the 61 seats on the council, giving them an overall majority on the council for the first time.
Election result
Results by division
Cambridge
+Cambridge district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 5 2 7,904 23.8 –3.7Labour 4 5 10,117 30.4 –11.5Green 3 3 7,890 23.7 +7.2Conservative 0 3,959 11.9 –2.2Reform UK 0 3,242 9.8 N/AIndependent 0 123 0.4 N/ATotal1233,23538.4Registered electors86,551–
Division results
East Cambridgeshire
+East Cambridgeshire district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 6 3 8,589 36.5 +2.3Reform UK 1 1 5,896 25.1 N/AConservative 1 4 5,762 24.5 –19.7Green 0 1,677 7.1 +0.7Labour 0 1,625 6.7 –8.5Total823,50434.5Registered electors68,484–
Division results
Fenland
+Fenland district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 6 6 11,088 40.0 N/AConservative 3 6 9,815 35.4 –27.6Labour 0 2,500 9.0 –7.3Liberal Democrats 0 2,282 8.2 +0.9Green 0 1,277 4.6 –0.2Independent 0 756 2.7 –5.0Total927,71829.7Registered electors76,445–
Division results
In May 2026, Cllr Osborn was disqualified from office after having been convicted for breaking electoral law.
Huntingdonshire
+Huntingdonshire district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 6 12,826 27.6 –22.2Liberal Democrats 5 4 10,205 21.9 +5.4Reform UK 3 3 12,951 27.8 N/AIndependent 2 2 2,781 6.0 –5.1Labour 1 1 4,628 9.9 –6.3Green 0 3,091 6.6 +0.7Party of Women 0 50 0.1 N/ATotal1746,53233.5Registered electors139,574–
Division results
Ten months after his election, Councillor Sanderson joined the Liberal Democrats.
At the end of May 2026, Cllr Sidlow resigned citing personal circumstances.
Five months after his election, Councillor Watt switched his party status to independent. In January 2026, Watt would briefly join Advance UK, before again becoming an independent in March. Later that August, Watt joined the Conservative Party.
South Cambridgeshire
+South Cambridgeshire district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 15 2 21,939 40.1 –5.6Conservative 0 2 11,721 21.4 –12.6Reform UK 0 9,520 17.4 N/ALabour 0 5,606 10.2 +0.6Green 0 5,380 9.8 –0.7Independent 0 547 1.0 +0.7Total1548,913Total ballots, not votes.38.2Registered electors127,947–
Division results
Changes 2025–2029
Roman Bank & Peckover by-election
The by-election was triggered by the disqualification of Reform councillor Andy Osborn, after he was convicted of publishing a false claim about a rival candidate.
In an unusual development, about a week before the election the Green candidate announced he no longer wished to stand. However, the date for withdrawal had passed so his name remained on the ballot.
Ramsey & Bury by-election
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Reform councillor Jim Sidlow, who cited personal and family pressures.
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