| Seat 1 |
Seat 2 |
Seat 3 |
| November 1935 - 3 vacancies |
| William Wing |
R |
(Ind) |
1007 |
57.9% |
| Francis Doggett |
R |
(Con) |
820 |
47.2% |
| William Swift |
R |
(NL) |
742 |
42.7% |
| Gordon Frost |
|
(Con) |
644 |
37.0% |
| Dorothy Needham |
|
(Lab) |
517 |
29.7% |
| Arthur Case |
|
(Lab) |
443 |
25.5% |
|
| November 1936 |
| William Swift |
R |
(NL) |
1007 |
69.4% |
| Dorothy Needham |
|
(Lab) |
443 |
30.6% |
|
| November 1937 |
| Francis Doggett |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
N Lib Maj 98 5.6%. Retiring 1938, 1937 & 1936.
Doggett & Swift were retiring councillors for West Chesterton.
|
No change, N Lib Maj 564 38.9%.
|
No change.
|
| November 1938 |
| William Wing |
R |
(Ind) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
|
|
No change.
|
No elections were held during World War II, any vacancies being filled by co-option. Elections resumed in November 1945.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, elections from 1949 were held in May instead of November - the terms of sitting councillors being extended by 6 months.
|
| November 1945 |
| Howard Mallett |
|
(Ind) |
1111 |
50.1% |
| Arthur Cross |
|
(Lab) |
1107 |
49.9% |
|
| November 1946 |
| Francis Doggett |
R |
(Con) |
1935 |
64.9% |
| Robert Fordham |
|
(Lab) |
1046 |
35.1% |
|
| November 1947 |
| Cecil Mole |
|
(Con) |
1897 |
59.0% |
| Louis Dexter |
|
(Lab) |
739 |
23.0% |
| Jane Salter |
|
(Ind) |
579 |
18.0% |
|
|
Ind gain, Maj 4 0.2%.
|
No change, Con Maj 889 29.8%.
|
Con gain, Maj 1158 36.0%.
|
| |
| Byelection - December 1947 |
| Bertram White |
|
(Con) |
1411 |
69.7% |
| Louis Dexter |
|
(Lab) |
612 |
30.3% |
|
|
|
No change, Con Maj 799 39.5%. Retiring 1949 (extended to May 1950).
|
| May 1949 |
| Howard Mallett |
R |
(Con) |
1999 |
68.8% |
| Robert Fordham |
|
(Lab) |
906 |
31.2% |
|
| May 1950 |
| Bertram White |
R |
(Con) |
1516 |
70.1% |
| George Clark |
|
(Lib) |
648 |
29.9% |
|
| May 1951 |
| Cecil Mole |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 1093 37.6%.
|
No change, Con Maj 868 40.1%.
|
No change.
|
| May 1952 |
| Howard Mallett |
R |
(Con) |
1750 |
59.9% |
| Arthur Cobb |
|
(Lab) |
1171 |
40.1% |
|
| May 1953 |
| Bertram White |
R |
(Con) |
1521 |
65.4% |
| Raymond Flack |
|
(Lab) |
804 |
34.6% |
|
| May 1954 |
| Cecil Mole |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 579 19.8%.
|
No change, Con Maj 717 30.8%.
|
No change.
|
| May 1955 |
| Howard Mallett |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1956 |
| Bertram White |
R |
(Con) |
1095 |
69.9% |
| Donald Millard |
|
(Lab) |
471 |
30.1% |
|
| May 1957 - 2 vacancies |
| Cecil Mole |
R |
(Con |
1423 |
68.2% |
| George Dean |
|
(Con) |
1376 |
65.9% |
| Florence Roden |
R |
(Lab) |
714 |
34.2% |
| Donald Millard |
|
(Lab) |
663 |
31.8% |
|
|
No change.
|
No change, Con Maj 624 39.8%.
|
No change, Con Maj 662 31.7%.
Second place retiring 1958.
Roden was retiring councillor for Abbey.
|
| May 1958 |
| George Dean |
R |
(Con) |
983 |
41.5% |
| Horace Ives |
|
(Lib) |
871 |
36.7% |
| Gladys Flack |
|
(Lab) |
517 |
21.8% |
|
| May 1959 |
| Horace Ives |
|
(Lib) |
1023 |
47.8% |
| Bertram White |
R |
(Con) |
970 |
45.4% |
| John Clark |
|
(ILP) |
145 |
6.8% |
|
| May 1960 |
| Cecil Mole |
R |
(Con) |
1257 |
84.9% |
| Reuben Holland |
|
(Ind) |
224 |
15.1% |
| |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 112 4.7%.
|
Lib gain, Maj 53 2.5%.
|
No change, Con Maj 1033 69.8%.
|
| May 1961 |
| George Dean |
R |
(Con) |
1112 |
84.9% |
| Reuben Holland |
|
(Ind) |
198 |
15.1% |
|
| May 1962 |
| Horace Ives |
R |
(Lib) |
1108 |
51.9% |
| Dorothy Lockyer |
|
(Con) |
733 |
34.4% |
| Reuben Holland |
|
(Lab) |
292 |
13.7% |
|
| May 1963 |
| Claude Rivers |
|
(Lib) |
939 |
43.2% |
| Isabell Howell |
|
(Con) |
829 |
38.1% |
| Raymond Flack |
|
(Lab) |
407 |
18.7% |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 914 69.8%.
|
No change, Lib Maj 375 17.6%.
|
Lib gain, Maj 110 5.1%.
|
| May 1964 |
| George Dean |
R |
(Con) |
943 |
39.1% |
| M.Joan Fitch |
|
(Lib) |
860 |
35.7% |
| Frank Symons |
|
(Lab) |
606 |
25.2% |
|
| Byelection - June 1964 |
| Stuart Hemsley |
|
(Con) |
732 |
51.0% |
| M.Joan Fitch |
|
(Lib) |
702 |
49.0% |
|
|
|
No change, Con Maj 83 3.4%.
|
Con gain, Maj 30 2.1%. Retiring 1965.
|
| |
| May 1965 |
| Stuart Hemsley |
R |
(Con) |
1230 |
58.4% |
| M.Joan Fitch |
|
(Lib) |
877 |
41.6% |
|
| May 1966 |
| Edward Harmer |
|
(Con) |
1036 |
43.4% |
| Peter Knowlson |
|
(Lib) |
721 |
30.2% |
| Rosemary Crompton |
|
(Lab) |
628 |
26.3% |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 353 16.8%.
|
Con gain, Maj 315 13.2%.
|
| |
| Byelection - November 1966 |
| Neville Auker |
|
(Con) |
891 |
55.8% |
| Peter Knowlson |
|
(Lib) |
706 |
44.2% |
| |
|
|
|
No change, Con Maj 185 11.6%. Retiring 1968.
|
| May 1967 |
| George Dean |
R |
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
|
|
No change.
|
| Byelection - July 1967 |
| John Powley |
|
(Con) |
|
|
| - unopposed |
|
| May 1968 |
| Neville Auker |
R |
(Con) |
1507 |
67.0% |
| Dorothy Silberston |
|
(Lab) |
743 |
33.0% |
|
| May 1969 |
| Edward Harmer |
R |
(Con) |
1464 |
67.5% |
| Dorothy Silberston |
|
(Lab) |
704 |
32.5% |
|
|
No change. Retiring 1970.
|
No change, Con Maj 764 34.0%. Boundary changes.
|
No change, Con Maj 760 35.1%.
|
| May 1970 |
| John Powley |
R |
(Con) |
1259 |
75.0% |
| Josie Ding |
|
(Lab) |
420 |
25.0% |
|
| May 1971 |
| Neville Auker |
R |
(Con) |
1312 |
54.5% |
| O.M.Wendy Nicol |
|
(Lab) |
1097 |
45.5% |
|
| May 1972 |
| Edward Harmer |
R |
(Con) |
1210 |
50.6% |
| Stephen Watson |
|
(Lab) |
1182 |
49.4% |
|
|
No change, Con Maj 839 50.0%.
|
No change, Con Maj 215 8.9%.
|
No change, Con Maj 28 1.2%.
|
|
Local Government Reorganisation & all-up elections. Castle Ward was allocated 3 councillors pending re-warding.
|
| June 1973 - 3 vacancies |
| Neville Auker |
R |
(Con) |
1121 |
55.9% |
| Brian George |
|
(Con) |
1063 |
53.0% |
| John Powley |
R |
(Con) |
1061 |
52.9% |
| Robert Prescott |
|
(Lab) |
939 |
46.8% |
| Stephen Lack |
|
(Lab) |
925 |
46.1% |
| Noeline Sargent |
|
(Lab) |
906 |
45.2% |
|
|
|
Con Maj 122 6.1%. All retiring 1976.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections. Castle lost the area east of Histon Road to Arbury;
gained that south of Victoria Road, and that
southwest of Huntingdon Road.
|
| May 1976 - 3 vacancies |
| Neville Auker |
R |
(Con) |
1550 |
57.8% |
| John Powley |
R |
(Con) |
1487 |
55.5% |
| George Reid |
|
(Con) |
1449 |
54.1% |
| Myles Mackie |
|
(Lab) |
1000 |
37.3% |
| Margaret Wilson |
|
(Lab) |
987 |
36.8% |
| Josef Schicker |
|
(Lab) |
976 |
36.4% |
|
| May 1978 |
| George Reid |
R |
(Con) |
1082 |
44.0% |
| Richard Kimber |
|
(Lab) |
842 |
34.2% |
| Andrew Gore |
|
(Lib) |
537 |
21.8% |
|
| May 1979 |
| David Pickles |
|
(Lib) |
2148 |
49.9% |
| John Powley |
R |
(Con) |
1153 |
26.8% |
| Edwin Mortlock |
|
(Lab) |
1003 |
23.3% |
|
|
Con Maj 449 16.8%. Retiring 1980, 1979 & 1978.
|
No change, Con Maj 240 9.8%.
|
Lib gain, Maj 995 23.1%.
|
| May 1980 |
| Alan Charlesworth |
|
(Lib) |
1162 |
43.5% |
| Neville Auker |
R |
(Con) |
984 |
36.9% |
| Joan Robinson |
|
(Lab) |
524 |
19.6% |
|
| May 1982 |
| Andrew Duff |
|
(Lib) |
1300 |
46.3% |
| George Reid |
R |
(Con) |
1067 |
38.0% |
| Richard Newbury |
|
(Lab) |
440 |
15.7% |
|
| May 1983 |
| David Pickles |
R |
(Lib) |
1425 |
45.9% |
| George Reid |
|
(Con) |
1077 |
34.7% |
| Vivien Allum |
|
(Lab) |
605 |
19.5% |
|
|
Lib gain, Maj 178 6.7%.
|
Lib gain, Maj 233 8.3%.
|
No change, Lib Maj 348 11.2%.
|
| May 1984 |
| Alan Charlesworth |
R |
(Lib) |
1261 |
44.3% |
| Kate French |
|
(Con) |
948 |
33.3% |
| Mark Adams |
|
(Lab) |
637 |
22.4% |
|
| May 1986 |
| Andrew Duff |
R |
(Lib) |
1221 |
42.1% |
| Peter Hoskins |
|
(Con) |
945 |
32.6% |
| Jonathan Megginson |
|
(Lab) |
734 |
25.3% |
|
| May 1987 |
| David Howarth |
|
(Lib) |
1470 |
43.8% |
| Robert Gregory |
|
(Con) |
1153 |
34.4% |
| Jessie Ball |
|
(Lab) |
733 |
21.8% |
|
|
No change, Lib Maj 313 11.0%.
|
No change, Lib Maj 276 9.5%.
|
No change, Lib Maj 317 9.4%.
|
| May 1988 |
| Robert Gregory |
|
(Con) |
1058 |
34.9% |
| Jane Bays |
|
(SLD) |
1048 |
34.5% |
| Jessie Ball |
|
(Lab) |
928 |
30.6% |
|
| May 1990 |
| Alan Charlesworth |
|
(LDm) |
1139 |
33.6% |
| Kevin Price |
|
(Lab) |
1014 |
29.9% |
| June Saunders |
|
(Con) |
983 |
29.0% |
| Maxine Holloway |
|
(Gre) |
258 |
7.6% |
|
| May 1991 |
| David Howarth |
R |
(LDm) |
1565 |
50.3% |
| Richard Baty |
|
(Con) |
930 |
29.9% |
| Kevin Price |
|
(Lab) |
616 |
19.8% |
|
|
Con gain, Maj 10 0.3%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 125 3.7%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 635 20.4%.
|
| May 1992 |
| John Hipkin |
|
(LDm) |
1333 |
47.0% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
1021 |
36.0% |
| Simon Gosnell |
|
(Lab) |
485 |
17.1% |
|
| May 1994 |
| Alan Charlesworth |
R |
(LDm) |
1597 |
53.5% |
| Angela Smith |
|
(Lab) |
739 |
24.8% |
| Jacqueline Mitton |
|
(Con) |
647 |
21.7% |
|
| May 1995 |
| David Howarth |
R |
(LDm) |
1426 |
54.1% |
| Robert Smith |
|
(Lab) |
690 |
26.2% |
| Adam Nichols |
|
(Con) |
402 |
15.3% |
| Lydia Howitt |
|
(Gre) |
118 |
4.5% |
|
|
LDm gain, Maj 312 11.0%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 858 28.8%.
Alan Charlesworth sat as an Independent from 1996
|
No change, LDm Maj 736 27.9%.
|
| May 1996 |
| John Hipkin |
R |
(LDm) |
1421 |
55.8% |
| Robert Smith |
|
(Lab) |
684 |
26.9% |
| Jacqueline Mitton |
|
(Con) |
441 |
17.3% |
|
| May 1998 |
| J.David White |
|
(LDm) |
1172 |
60.4% |
| Stephen Hartley |
|
(Lab) |
365 |
18.8% |
| Richard Hoile |
|
(Con) |
293 |
15.1% |
| Marion Barber |
|
(Gre) |
112 |
5.8% |
|
| May 1999 |
| David Howarth |
R |
(LDm) |
1459 |
72.2% |
| Stephen Hartley |
|
(Lab) |
320 |
15.8% |
| James Strachan |
|
(Con) |
243 |
12.0% |
|
|
No change, LDm Maj 737 28.9%.
|
LDm gain from Ind, Maj 807 41.6%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 1139 56.3%.
|
| May 2000 |
| John Hipkin |
R |
(LDm) |
1195 |
62.3% |
| Mark J. Taylor |
|
(Con) |
324 |
16.9% |
| Denstone Kemp |
|
(Lab) |
261 |
13.6% |
| Margaret Wright |
|
(Gre) |
137 |
7.1% |
|
| May 2002 |
| J.David White |
R |
(LDm) |
1121 |
51.4% |
| Rhona Boorman |
|
(Con) |
458 |
21.0% |
| Gillian Richardson |
|
(Lab) |
412 |
18.9% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
188 |
8.6% |
|
| May 2003 |
| David Howarth |
R |
(LDm) |
1226 |
58.2% |
| Rhona Boorman |
|
(Con) |
445 |
21.1% |
| Gillian Richardson |
|
(Lab) |
271 |
12.9% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
163 |
7.7% |
|
|
No change, LDm Maj 871 45.4%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 663 30.4%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 781 37.1%.
|
|
General re-warding & all-up elections. Castle gained 6 colleges from Newnham and lost the area eastward from Histon Road to Arbury.
|
| June 2004 |
| Marie-Louise Holland |
|
(LDm) |
1130 |
51.9% |
| John Hipkin |
R |
(LDm) |
1112 |
51.1% |
| Simon Kightley |
|
(LDm) |
1011 |
46.4% |
| Jacqueline Mitton |
|
(Con) |
487 |
22.4% |
| Janet Webb |
|
(Con) |
459 |
21.1% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
436 |
20.0% |
| Charles Pilkington |
|
(Con) |
434 |
19.9% |
| Jane Jacks |
|
(Lab) |
403 |
18.5% |
| Christopher Hemming |
|
(Lab) |
320 |
14.7% |
| Duncan Rayner |
|
(Lab) |
272 |
12.5% |
|
| May 2006 |
| Simon Kightley |
R |
(LDm) |
985 |
48.3% |
| Edward MacNaghten |
|
(Con) |
476 |
23.3% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
298 |
14.6% |
| Lucy Sheerman |
|
(Lab) |
282 |
13.8% |
|
| May 2007 |
| Tania Zmura |
|
(LDm) |
806 |
42.5% |
| Edward MacNaghten |
|
(Con) |
490 |
25.8% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
309 |
16.3% |
| Margery Abbott |
|
(Lab) |
293 |
15.4% |
|
No change, LDm Maj 524 24.1%. Retiring in 2008, 2007 & 2006.
Marie-Louise Holland and John Hipkin sat as Independents from March 2007
|
No change, LDm Maj 509 24.9%.
|
LDm gain from Ind, Maj 316 16.6%.
|
| May 2008 |
| John Hipkin |
|
(Ind) |
851 |
39.0% |
| Valerie Holt |
|
(LDm) |
707 |
32.4% |
| Edward MacNaghten |
|
(Con) |
255 |
11.7% |
| Samuel Wakeford |
|
(Lab) |
225 |
10.3% |
| Stephen Lawrence |
|
(Gre) |
145 |
6.6% |
|
| May 2010 |
| Simon Kightley |
R |
(LDm) |
1857 |
44.7% |
| Warren Clegg |
|
(Con) |
906 |
21.8% |
| James Kennedy |
|
(Gre) |
749 |
18.0% |
| John Buckingham |
|
(Lab) |
641 |
15.4% |
|
| May 2011 |
| Philip Tucker |
|
(LDm) |
973 |
33.6% |
| Ashley Walsh |
|
(Lab) |
728 |
25.2% |
| Philip Salway |
|
(Con) |
620 |
21.4% |
| Jack Toye |
|
(Gre) |
572 |
19.8% |
|
|
No change, Ind Maj 144 6.6%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 951 22.9%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 245 8.5%.
|
| May 2012 |
| John Hipkin |
R |
(Ind) |
925 |
49.5% |
| Ashley Walsh |
|
(Lab) |
330 |
17.7% |
| Alan Levy |
|
(LDm) |
275 |
14.7% |
| Nikesh Pandit |
|
(Con) |
173 |
9.3% |
| Jack Toye |
|
(Gre) |
164 |
8.8% |
|
| May 2014 |
| Marie-Louise Holland |
|
(Ind) |
737 |
27.2% |
| Fergus Blair |
|
(LDm) |
717 |
26.5% |
| Mark Reader |
|
(Lab) |
565 |
20.9% |
| Sandra Billington |
|
(Gre) |
409 |
15.1% |
| Tom Byrne |
|
(Con) |
281 |
10.4% |
|
| May 2015 |
| Valerie Holt |
|
(LDm) |
1288 |
30.4% |
| Patrick Sheil |
|
(Lab) |
1084 |
25.5% |
| Simon Mitton |
|
(Con) |
951 |
22.4% |
| Martin Bonner |
|
(Gre) |
920 |
21.7% |
|
|
No change, Ind Maj 595 31.9%.
|
Ind gain from LDm, Maj 20 0.7%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 204 4.8%.
|
| May 2016 |
| John Hipkin |
R |
(Ind) |
776 |
37.9% |
| Patrick Sheil |
|
(Lab) |
562 |
27.5% |
| Mark Argent |
|
(LDm) |
388 |
19.0% |
| Alacia Gent |
|
(Gre) |
191 |
8.8% |
| Edward MacNaghten |
|
(Con) |
129 |
9.3% |
|
| May 2018 |
| Cheney-Anne Payne |
|
(LDm) |
957 |
40.8% |
| Mark Reader |
|
(Lab) |
932 |
39.8% |
| Othman Cole |
|
(Con) |
245 |
10.5% |
| Lucas Ruzowitzky |
|
(Gre) |
184 |
7.8% |
| Aidan Powlesland |
|
(Lbt) |
26 |
1.1% |
|
| May 2019 |
| Greg Chadwick |
|
(LDm) |
1186 |
49.9% |
| Isabel Lambourne |
|
(Lab) |
698 |
29.4% |
| Matthew Green |
|
(Gre) |
332 |
14.0% |
| Oliver Riley |
|
(Con) |
160 |
6.7% |
|
|
No change, Ind Maj 214 10.5%.
|
LDm gain from Ind, Maj 25 1.1%.
|
No change, LDm Maj 488 20.5%.
|
|
General re-warding and all-up elections (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic).
Castle ward lost the colleges on the Backs, and the Warwick Road area.
|
| May 2021 - 3 vacancies |
| Sarah Baigent |
|
(Lab) |
938 |
40.2% |
| Cheney-Anne Payne |
R |
(LDm) |
854 |
36.6% |
| Simon Smith |
|
(Lab) |
810 |
34.7% |
| Caroline Stoddart |
|
(LDm) |
768 |
32.9% |
| Michael Franklin |
|
(LDm) |
723 |
31.0% |
| Michael Black |
|
(Lab) |
675 |
29.0% |
| Simon Baron |
|
(Gre) |
482 |
20.7% |
| Amber-Page Moss |
|
(Gre) |
474 |
20.3% |
| James Murray-White |
|
(Gre) |
323 |
13.9% |
| Paul Fray |
|
(Con) |
241 |
10.3% |
| Mike Halpin |
|
(Con) |
241 |
10.3% |
| Philip Salway |
|
(Con) |
225 |
9.7% |
|
| May 2022 |
| Simon Smith |
R |
(Lab) |
886 |
41.8% |
| Caroline Stoddart |
|
(LDm) |
751 |
35.5% |
| James Murray-White |
|
(Gre) |
370 |
17.5% |
| James Appiah |
|
(Con) |
111 |
5.2% |
|
| May 2023 - 2 vacancies |
| Cheney Payne |
R |
(LDm) |
816 |
39.1% |
| Antoinette Nestor |
|
(Lab) |
716 |
34.3% |
| Mary Murphy |
|
(Lab) |
651 |
31.2% |
| David Summerfield |
|
(Ind) |
632 |
30.3% |
| Will Tilbrook |
|
(LDm) |
437 |
20.9% |
| Esme Hennessy |
|
(Gre) |
338 |
16.2% |
| Dan Kittmer |
|
(Gre) |
225 |
10.8% |
| Rhona Boorman |
|
(Con) |
162 |
7.8% |
| Tomasz Dyl |
|
(Con) |
145 |
6.9% |
|
|
Lab Maj 42 1.8%. Retiring 2024, 2023 & 2022.
|
No change, Lab Maj 135 6.4%.
|
No change, Lab Maj 84 4.0%. Second place to retire 2024.
|
| May 2024 |
| Esmé Hennessy |
|
(Gre) |
|
|
| Antoinette Nestor |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
| Szymon Sawicki |
|
(Con) |
|
|
| Caroline Stoddart |
|
(LDm) |
|
|
| David Summerfield |
|
(Ind) |
|
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Polling 2nd May
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