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Cambs County Council Conservative leader claims other parties "made pact before election" Steve Count said his group is "deeply upset" that the council will return to no overall control Leader of the Conservative group on Cambridgeshire County Council Steve Count Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your inform...

He suggested Cambridge city voters “who having been convinced by Labour or Liberal Democrats that theirs is the superior party” might be unhappy with some of the outcomes.   He said voters may be surprised “to find out that their elected councillors have already got into bed with the opposition, before the election campaign started”  And he had tough words for a handful of independent councillors in St Neots and Huntingdon who, he said, had assured the public that they “think indepe...

Cllr Simon King who held onto his Roman Bank seat - Credit: Harry Rutter Early Friday at the Hudson leisure centre in Wisbech and the celebrations are about to begin as every available seat – for county, district and town – goes to the Conservatives.  County council leader Steve Count wins a handsome victory in March North & Waldersey, along with his colleague Cllr Jan French.   Andy Maul (left) who lost out to Steve Tierney - Credit: Harry Rutter And the pattern is repeated as the resul...

Conservatives lost overall control of the council when the votes were counted on Friday (May 7).  They won 28 seats out of 61, three short of a majority, and eight seats fewer than they won in 2017.   Cllr Steve Count on home territory in Fenland where he retained his seat, as did all Tory colleagues. But across Cambridgeshire a different picture emerged as the county council went to no overall control. - Credit: Harry Rutter The Liberal Democrats secured 20 seats, five more than in 2017, pic...

Cambridgeshire local elections results: Leader reveals why Tories lost control Steve Count reveals the main reason he thinks voters decided to deflect at the polls on the May 6 Updated Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Conservative Steve Count Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be...

There will also be demands for greater transparency over the loans issued to the council’s property arm, This Land Ltd. It has received over £100m to establish and set up a new housing company and many opposition councillors have called for more information to be shared with elected members.   Cambridgeshire County Council leader Steve Count remained tight-lipped over publication of the ‘farmgate’ report after a handsome win in his own division in March.   Cllr Count, alongside Conserv...

And there will be puzzlement – and some disquiet – in Tory circles over whether they retain Steve Count as their leader.   He has been under pressure following the council’s refusal to publish a 480-page audit committee report into his former deputy Roger Hickford.   Mr Hickford quit  two months ago and moved to Norfolk once the report was produced.  Legal advice given to the council prevented publication of the report that looked at a county council farms tenancy given to Mr Hickford...

Wisbech West – 24.18pc  Counting under way at the Hudson leisure centre in Wisbech for Cambs CC - Credit: Harry Rutter Tory Party chiefs, whilst confident of retaining control, have learned from past experience -including that of 2013 when UKIP delivered an extraordinary electoral blow – not to be complacent.    Including the deputy leader’s former seat, they have held 35 of the 61 council seats – with Lib Dems, Labour and independents the remaining 26.   Retention of that comfortab...

Cambridgeshire local election results: Conservatives lose control of Cambridgeshire County Council It is still the largest party, but no party has an overall majority. Updated Liberal Democrat group leader Lucy Nethsingha and Conservative group leader Steve Count (Image: Cambridge News) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these ...

County council Conservatives lay out election pitch The group has not released an official manifesto Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersSho...