Cambridge City Council Elects Labour Leader After Earlier Deadlock

Labour holds power in Cambridge because of Lib Dems say Greens

This is a statement from the Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire Green Party The Green group on Cambridge city council has confirmed that it will not be entering a proposed rainbow coalition with Labour or the Liberal Democrats. Instead, it put forward and voted for its deputy leader Sefira Davison to lead the city council. Sadly the Lib Dems chose to abstain on the vote, lending their tacit support to enable a continuation of the Labour run admini…

Cambridge City Council elects Labour leader after earlier deadlock

Opposition leaders said they 'were not going to hold the city council ransom'

Deadlock broken: Cllr Katie Thornburrow becomes Cambridge City Council leader as Labour forms minority administration

Labour will form the cabinet - but had to make concessions to reach agreement.

City appoints leader after second attempt

Cambridge City Council has selected a leader in its second attempt almost a month after the local elections. Labour has retained the leadership of Cambridge City Council despite losing overall control at last month’s elections, after making concessions to Liberal Democrats. After the elections, Labour…The post City appoints leader after second attempt appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).