...the Greens changed their mind and abstained on our motion, then Elliot Tong voted with the Lib Dems, and Darren Green abstained, on the Lib Dem amended motion, which goes ahead with the cut." (2/2) Voting records are here: cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Mee...
I haven't seen a public Labour response, but I have been sent this by a Labour activist: "The Greens did support our amendment in February to try to save the holiday vouchers scheme, as shown in the letter, but then, in March, when Labour again tried to stop the cut... (1/2)
Analysis of the political situation in Cambridge from Jeremy Benstead, who was Labour councillor for Coleridge from 1992 to 2019. www.facebook.com/jeremy.benst...
Can Labour hold #Cambridge City Council? Here’s ward-by-ward analysis from @philrodgers.co.uk
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/phil-ro...
Here's the YouTube one, attacking Greens, Lib Dems and Reform on holiday meal vouchers adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/A...
Here are a couple of Facebook ones as well www.facebook.com/ads/library/... www.facebook.com/ads/library/...
Anyone else getting YouTube ads from Cambridge Labour?
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Pollcheck predicts a sweeping 40-seat victory for the Lib Dems in South Cambridgeshire, with the other five going to the Conservatives - though some of these are very marginal. www.pollcheck.co.uk/locals-2026#...
Pollcheck's latest seat predictions are now very close to mine; the only difference is that Pollcheck thinks Labour will hold Castle, while I think the LDs will win it. www.pollcheck.co.uk/locals-2026#...
Interesting survey of student opinion from cappucinos123 on X - based on a sample of 204, mostly from Camfess, so treat with caution - but indicating a large swing from Labour to Green. However a key issue with student voters is whether they will actually turn out for local elections.
I thought this might happen.
Live map of current and recent sewage discharges into rivers. www.sewagemap.co.uk
A by-election is to be held in the County Council's northernmost seat, Roman Bank and Peckover, following the conviction of Reform UK councillor Andy Osborn for making or publishing a false statement under the Representation of the People Act 1983. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ll post Labour’s response if one is published.
In my experience of Cambridge local election campaigns, the Moment of Maximum Aggro between rival parties usually occurs somewhere between the Thursday and Tuesday before polling day, so it's still probably at least two weeks away.
Letter from Petersfield Green candidate Kathryn Fisher to Petersfield Labour candidate Cameron Holloway complaining about Labour's election literature. (Source including the "promoted by" details is at www.instagram.com/p/DXNF71LjbXS/)
The first postal vote packs for Cambridge's local elections are due to be sent out tomorrow, but voters still have until 5pm on Tuesday next week, 21 April, to apply for a postal vote. www.cambridge.gov.uk/elections-in...
Leaflet from Independent King's Hedges candidate Zarina Anwar.
Apologies to Cherry Hinton councillors Mark Ashton and Russ McPherson - my article incorrectly said it's councillor Ashton up for election this year, when it is in fact councillor McPherson. This will be fixed when the article appears on the website.
I'm less bothered by this since discovering I have an ancestor who changed his name from Rogers to Rodgers when moving from the south of England, where Rogers is more common, to the north, where Rodgers predominates.
As ever with MRP projections, these numbers should all be taken with a substantial pinch of salt; there will certainly be local factors in individual seats which aren't captured in these projections. However, it does give you a general flavour of how things are going.
Things are somewhat less bleak for Labour in Peterborough, where the MRP has them a whisker ahead of the Conservatives, with Reform UK in third.
In Huntingdonshire the MRP has Reform UK out in front. The Conservatives are in second, well down from the 43.5% they got in 2022.
Here's what the MRP projects for South Cambs - an overwhelmingly dominant performance by the Lib Dems, with the Greens in a distant second place.
This would be a truly catastrophic result for Cambridge Labour, who got 44.5% of the vote in 2022 when the seats up this year were last contested. I can't quite believe they are going to do this badly, but this does suggest they will be well down on previous results.
Here are the projected vote shares for the Cambridge city council elections from the recent JL Partners MRP. The Greens are fractionally ahead of the Lib Dems, with Labour third on 22%. www.jlpartners.co.uk/polling-resu...
I haven't seen anything about it yet, though I notice that Newnham candidate David Carmona is Eleanor's election agent.
I think something out of Mad Max would look a little worse than that.