Councillors

Cambridge City Council is one of the five district councils in Cambridgeshire.

Composition

It is composed of 14 wards, with three councillors elected in each ward, making 42 city councillors in total.

The composition of the city council is:

Liberal Democrat 29 seats
Labour 9 seats
Green 2 seats
Conservative 1 seat
Independent 1 seat

Each councillor normally serves four years in office. A mayor and a deputy mayor are chosen each year from among the 42 councillors.

Each of the 14 city council wards is also represented by a county councillor on Cambridgeshire County Council. Find out more from the Cambridgeshire County Council website.

Councillors' details

Contact details for each councillor can be found at www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy.

You will also find information about the committees each councillor sits on and the surgeries they hold.

Alternatively you can download the councillors' contact details.

Duties

Councillors participate in a variety of scrutiny, regulatory and area committees. Find out more in the meetings section.

Register of interests

Councillors are required to register their financial and other interests under the council's code of conduct.

Each councillor's entry on the register is available on the Councillors' details page.

The register can be inspected in hard copy by the public; email the committee administrator at democratic.services@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone 01223 457013 or email to make an appointment.

Allowances

The following documents are available to download:

Committee meeting attendance

Councillors' attendance at city council meetings is recorded and the attendance report is published annually.

Councillors also attend a range of countywide partnership meetings, which are not currently recorded here. Read the partnership pages for more information.