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Live coverage of the local election results across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Labour loses control of Cambridge City Council, with its former leader Cameron Holloway not winning a seat
On Peterborough City Council, Labour loses four of the six seats it was defending with the Tories becoming the largest party - but the city council stays in no overall control
The Liberal Democrats keep control of South Cambridgeshire District Council
No party won overall control of Huntingdonshire District Council, with Liberal Democrats the largest group with 20 councillors
Earlier, Keir Starmer says he's "not going to walk away" after early English council results show Reform picking up seats in former Labour heartlands - here's where things currently stand across the country
Aimee Dexter
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Phil Shepka and Finn Cullum were reporting live from the Huntingdonshire District Council count
We have come to an end of our live election coverage from across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
All the results have now been declared, with Labour losing its majority on Cambridge City Council, while also losing four of six seats it was defending at Peterborough City Council.
We hope you have enjoyed the coverage.
Aimee Dexter
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
All of the election counts in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have come to an end.
Four councils were subject to ballots, with all seats at Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council up for grabs, 18 seats at Peterborough City Council and 15 at Cambridge City Council.
Here are the results.
Image source, Shariqua Ahmed/BBCResults came through for Peterborough City Council overnight
In Peterborough, votes were counted overnight with Labour losing four of the six seats it was defending, meaning the council remains in no overall control.
The Conservatives won three seats, making it the largest party. Reform UK gained four and the Green Party gained one.
There was a overall voter turnout of 35.24%.
Image source, Emma Howgego/BBCThe Liberal Democrats celebrate the party's victory in South Cambridgeshire
Before the election, South Cambridgeshire District Council had been dominated by the Liberal Democrats.
The party strengthened its majority taking all but two seats, which were won by the Conservatives.
There was a overall voter turnout of 47.26%.
Image source, Matthew Webb/BBCCameron Holloway, who was the leader of the Labour Party at Cambridge City Council, lost his seat
At the University of Cambridge Sports Centre, votes were counted for Cambridge City Council, which was previously controlled by Labour.
The party lost control of the authority after six of its seats were won by the Green Party, leaving Labour with 17 out of 42 seats.
Out of the 15 seats up for grabs, the Green Party won seven seats and Labour and the Liberal Democrats both secured four.
There was a overall voter turnout of 46.2%.
Image source, Finn Cullum/BBCHuntingdonshire District Council remains under no overall control
All 52 seats were up for re-election at Huntingdonshire District Council, with a party needing 27 votes for a majority.
The council had been run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Independents and the Greens.
The Liberal Democrats secured 20 seats, the Conservative Party 15, Reform UK 10, Independents took four, the Green Party secured four and the Labour Party one.
There was a overall voter turnout of 41.58%.
Matthew Webb
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Image source, Matthew Webb/BBCCameron Holloway, the former Labour leader at Cambridge City Council, has told the BBC that he is "very proud" of the party's record and "disappointed" he lost his seat.
He said: "We've built 700 council homes, give over a million pounds in community grants to local charities every year and started a tree planting programme that's planted over 4,000 trees across the city."
Six of the seats on the authority were won by the Green Party, including in Petersfield ward where Holloway stood as a candidate.
He had previously been elected as the Labour councillor in Newnham, but switched to contest the Petersfield ward seat this year.
The Newnham seat also went to the Greens.
Holloway was elected as Labour leader on Cambridge City Council in May 2025.
Phil Shepka
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
Image source, Phil Shepka/BBCNathan, Alan, Georgie and Jacqueline Hunt all stood for election
It was a family affair at the Huntingdonshire count today as a family of four were all hoping to get a seat, three of them for the Liberal Democrats and one for the Green Party.
Nathan, Alan and Jacqueline Hunt all won seats for the Liberal Democrats in Huntingdon East and St Neots Eatons.
Georgie Hunt, for the Green Party, lost her battle for a seat representing Huntingdon North Ward.
"I think fundamentally I may wear a different rosette to my family, [but] we all stand for doing what is best for St Neots and Huntingdon," she said.
"My parents have always taught me you can leave the community better off than you found it, and there is nothing better than that really."
Image source, Finn Cullum/BBCThe vote is split at Huntingdonshire District Council as it remains under no control.
All 52 seats were up for grabs. A party had to get 27 votes for a majority.
The authority had been run by the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Independents and Greens all who came together to form an administration.
Here is the new political make up at the council:
Matthew Webb
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Labour has lost control of Cambridge City Council after six of its seats were won by the Green Party.
Winning four wards has left the party with 17 seats out of a total of 42, resulting in no party winning overall control of the council.
In this year's election only 15 seats were up for re-election.
The Green Party claimed seven seats to add to its existing five.
The Liberal Democrats secured four, bringing the party's seats to a total of 11.
Emma Howgego
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
Image source, Emma Howgego/BBCFather and son John (right) and Henry Batchelor have held their seats in Linton
Two sets of fathers and sons have retained their seats on South Cambridgeshire District Council - and a daughter has joined her mother in winning a seat on the authority.
Liberal Democrats John and Henry Batchelor have retained their seats in Linton. Martin and Ariel Cahn, in Histon and Impington and Harston and Comberton respectively, also held their seats for the same party.
Liberal Democrat Natalie Warren-Green was re-elected in Longstanton, whilst her daughter Yasmin Deter was also elected in Cottenham for the same party.
Matthew Webb
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Cameron Holloway, who has been the Labour leader of Cambridge City Council for the last year, has lost his seat to the Green Party candidate.
Holloway was hoping to win a seat for Petersfield ward.
Kathryn Fisher, from the Green Party, took the seat with 1,363 votes, with Holloway getting 1,208.
Image source, Shariqua Ahmed/BBCShabina Qayyum, Labour councillor for East ward at Peterborough City Council, says the result was "heart-breaking" after Labour lost four of their six seats they were defending.
Khurram Iqbal held his seat for Central with Samantha Hemraj retaining her seat for East ward.
"It is always heart-breaking to lose hard working councillors as we have seen in North, which is terribly tragic," she said.
"We will do a post-mortem and understand what has happened."
Emma Howgego
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
All the seats in South Cambridgeshire District Council have been counted.
The Liberal Democrats has taken all but two of them.
The party will take control of the authority with 43 seats and the Conservatives won two.
Phil Shepka
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
The university city of Cambridge has become synonymous with the government's growth plans, but it is also regularly quoted as being one of the most unequal cities in the country.
On a BBC Radio Cambridgeshire debate, the topics discussed included housing plans, the cost of living and the £50m-odd redevelopment of the Guildhall, which has labelled a "vanity project" by the Greens.
The Guildhall was a topic spoken about on a BBC Radio Cambridgeshire debate ahead of the election
Labour has run the council for more than a decade, and leader Cameron Holloway said the party had built 700 energy-efficient council homes as well as new community centres and play parks in the area.
The opposition Liberal Democrats accused the council of cutting back or underfunding "very basic services like public toilets, street cleaning, antisocial behaviour patrols, fly-tipping actions, housing maintenance".
Phil Shepka
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
Image source, Phil Shepka/BBCThere has been some victory for the Green Party in Huntingdonshire as it has won and held seats.
Stephen Ferguson and Lara Davenport-Ray will remain councillors. Davenport-Ray has held her St Neots East seat, with Ferguson also winning a seat for the ward as a Green councillor - he was previously an independent councillor elsewhere.
Davenport-Ray says she is "feeling fantastic" after her win, adding that "people in Huntingdonshire are choosing hope over hate".
Ferguson added: "We were nervous as we have both lost narrow races previously, and so to win by such a huge margin is extremely gratifying.
"We have built this on the door steps, knock by knock, conversation by conversation, and we are just really proud to have got this result."
Aimee Dexter
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Thousands of people turned out to vote on Thursday, visiting their local polling stations.
We now have the voter turnout percentages for each authority:
Cambridge City Council: 46.2%
Huntingdonshire District Council: 41.58%
Peterborough City Council: 35.24%
South Cambridgeshire District Council: 47:26%
Aimee Dexter
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Image source, Phil Shepka/BBCAll three seats were up for grabs for Ramsey on Huntingdonshire District Council.
Karan Maheshwari, Ryan Coogan and Howard Tobias are all now Reform UK councillors for the ward, which had a 39.02% voter turnout.
"People have absolutely had enough of rising taxes, crime on their streets, lack of infrastructure, services always feeling like they are failing and deteriorating," Coogan said when asked about why people voted for his party.
"Reform are the only party that has said they will stop this and get Britain back to where it should be," he added.
Emma Howgego
BBC political reporter, Cambridgeshire
The Liberal Democrats have kept control of South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Results are still coming in but they have passed the magic number of 23 to take control of the authority.
A number of long-serving Conservative councillors including Sue Ellington (Swavesey) and Bunty Waters (Bar Hill) have lost their seats to the Liberal Democrats.
Emma Howgego
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
Image source, Emma Howgego/BBCHeather Williams, the Conservative group leader at South Cambridgeshire District Council, says she was very happy to have kept her seat in The Mordens. She has secured a majority of 671.
However it is looking likely the party's numbers may be depleted across the district.
Williams pledges to remain a strong opposition voice at the council, adding: "I have no intention of sitting there quietly and licking my wounds."
She has been a strong opposition voice at the council, especially over the authority's introduction of a four-day week.
Phil Shepka
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire District Council oversees services such as planning, licensing and bin collections.
But one topic has taken the authority into the national spotlight - a four-day week for its staff.
During a BBC Radio Cambridgeshire debate, the ruling Liberal Democrat leader, Bridget Smith, reiterated some of the successes in recruiting and retaining staff under the scheme, claiming it saved the council £400,000 each year.
But the opposition Tory leader, Heather Williams, disputed the savings and said her party would abolish it.
Will that have swayed voters' intentions?
Aimee Dexter
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
During the count overnight in Peterborough, we saw Reform UK winning four more seats on Peterborough City Council.
Here is where the party won:
John Bolton won the seat for Bretton
John Bolton, now Reform councillor for Bretton, took the seat from the Conservatives.
He said the result was "a reflection that the two parties that have led for over a 100 years have failed yet again".
Bolton, who is retired and now fixes mobility scooters, added: "I am excited, it is something that is a challenge."
Emma Howgego
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
Cambridge City Council has been run by Labour since 2014. Before Thursday's election the party held a majority, with 23 seats out of a possible 42.
Similarly before polling, the Liberal Democrats had 11 seats, the Green Party held six, the Conservative Party had one and there was one councillor representing Your Party.
Labour is defending 10 of the 15 seats available this year. If the party loses two seats it will lose control of the administration.
Phil Shepka
Political reporter, Cambridgeshire
The district council oversees planning in Huntingdonshire and, like much of the county, housing and growth have been high up the agenda here.
The area has already seen a faster rate of housebuilding than the national average, but recent analysis shows it still needs more than 1,200 homes per year to keep up with demand - and there is a pressing need for affordable homes.
But another contentious point has been around free parking. The parties clashed on a BBC Radio Cambridgeshire debate, as the county's Conservative mayor has vowed to make parking free in parts of the district.
What impact these elections have on the so-called "rainbow coalition" currently running the council remains to be seen.
