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Labour has maintained control of Cambridge City Council after the results of this year's local
elections were announced on Friday, May 5. The group has celebrated its victory, but it did see its majority narrow in Cherry Hinton to the Conservatives, who campaigned heavily against the congestion charge. Councillor Anna Smith, leader of the city council, said the result was the party's second best ever and that some "absolutely phenomenal councillors" had been elected. She said: "Clearly we are hearing messages from some of the voters Cherry Hinton and we have to listen to them, we have to take those seriously. "I will be talking with the local councillors over the next few days to get a sense of what those messages were on the doorstep. But the other thing to say is the Torys threw everything at that ward and they were still unable to break through and I think that says a lot about the Torys in Cambridge , that they can throw all that at it and they do not break through." Read more: Labour keeps control following Cambridge elections The Liberal
Democrats and the Green Party both gained a seat in the elections, the Lib Dems in the Market ward and the Green Party in the Newnham ward. Before the
election yesterday (Thursday, May 4), there were 25 Labour councillors (but did see resignations of some councillors ahead of the election), nine Liberal Democrat councillors, three Green Party councillors, and one independent councillor. This year there were 14 of the city council's 42 seats up for election, as well as two by-elections in the Castle and Coleridge wards. The make up of Cambridge City Council now: Labour - 27 Liberal Democrats - 10 Green Party - 4 Independnt - 1 Conservative - 0 READ MORE: Live Cambridge City Council 2023 election results Labour keeps control following Cambridge elections Cambridge City Council local elections 2023: Reaction in full as Labour celebrates victory Teed off Cambridge residents use potholes to play
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