Welcome, and thank you for showing an interest in Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire County Council. We are creating a greener, fairer, and more caring Cambridgeshire – and we would love you to be a part of it.

Between 1974 until 1998 the county council administered the entire county of Cambridgeshire, until Peterborough City Council became a unitary authority in 1998, and therefore outside the area of the county council.

The political leadership of the council consists of 61 councillors, representing 59 electoral divisions, holding elections every four years. Since May 2021 it has been led by a joint administration of the Liberal Democrats, Labour Party, and independent groups. Prior to that, between 2017-2021, the council was in Conservative control. The Leader of the Council is Cllr Lucy Nethsingha (Liberal Democrat) and the Deputy Leader is Cllr Elisa Meschini (Labour).

The Council works on a committee system. Each committee has a Chair and Vice Chair from the Joint Administration.

The documents below provide some further key information, including about our structures: