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 28 seats
- Labour 11 seats
- Conservative 1 seat
- Green 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.
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.
Contact details
You can find councillors' contact details in the pages in this section or in this printable document.
Allowances
The following documents are available to download:
- proposed councillors' allowances for 2009-10
- Independent Renumeration Panel report
- Councillors' expenses summary for 2009-10
- Members allowances statement for 2008-09
- Members allowances statement for 2007-08
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.
