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Cambridgeshire County Council is elected every four years by the first past the post system of election. The council currently consists of 69 councillors, representing 60 electoral divisions. The Conservative Party is currently the largest party on the council, having lost overall control in the 2013 local elections. The council meets at Shire Hall in Cambridge, on the site of Cambridge Castle's bailey and a 19th-century prison.
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Under the Local Government Act 1972 the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire was created from the merger of the administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough, both of which were formed in 1965. The first elections to the new authority were in April 1973, and the council took office on 1 April 1974.
From its creation until 1998, the county council administered the entire area of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire. Peterborough city council became a unitary authority in 1998, but continues to form part of the county for ceremonial purposes.
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
By-election results
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Cambridgeshire County Council.
2013-present
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Peter Lagoda, who was elected for the UK Independence Party, following his conviction for benefit fraud.
The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Phil Read, who was elected as a Conservative.