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Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach | |
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| Member of Great Yarmouth Borough Council for the Central and Northgate Ward | |
| Assumed office 04 May 2023 | |
| Member of Great Yarmouth Borough Council for the Southtown and Cobholm Ward | |
| In office 04 May 2018 – 03 May 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Occupation | Politician, teacher |
Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach (born July 1977) is a British Labour Party politician[1] and a teacher[2]. She currently serves as a borough councillor for the Central and Northgate Ward of Great Yarmouth Borough Council.[3]
Political career
[edit]Cordiner-Achenbach ran for election in the North Norfolk constituency during the 2024 general election,[4] she came forth out of the five candidates, gaining only 6.1% of the votes.[5]
In the 2019 General Election, she ran for election in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency, and came second out of the four candidates, with 22.2% of the overall votes.
Electoral history
[edit]General Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Steffan Aquarone | 19,488 | 41.4 | +11.0 | |
| Conservative | Duncan Baker | 16,903 | 35.9 | −22.6 | |
| Reform UK | Jason Patchett | 6,368 | 13.5 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach | 2,878 | 6.1 | −1.6 | |
| Green | Liz Dixon | 1,406 | 3.0 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 2,585 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,043 | 65.9 | –7.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,438 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |  16.8
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Shailesh Vara | 40,307 | 62.5 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach | 14,324 | 22.2 | −8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bridget Smith | 6,881 | 10.7 | +5.7 | |
| Green | Nicola Day | 3,021 | 4.7 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 25,983 | 40.3 | +12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 64,533 | 68.0 | −0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Great Yarmouth Borough Council Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mike Smith-Clare | 596 | 52.9 | +11.4 | |
| Labour | Jade Martin | 578 | 51.3 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Cathy Cordiner-Achebach | 574 | 50.9 | +16.4 | |
| Conservative | Tamsin Lodge | 318 | 28.2 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | Oscar Houseago | 295 | 26.2 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Aurelio Spinola | 258 | 22.9 | +6.6 | |
| Independent | Carrie Amy Talbot* | 228 | 20.2 | −15.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ashton-Barnes | 153 | 13.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,133 | 19.6 | –3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,768 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from UKIP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach | 344 | 62.9 | ||
| Labour | Paula Waters-Bunn | 319 | 58.3 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Lewis Allen | 188 | 34.4 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Walter Whitaker | 159 | 29.1 | ||
| Majority | 131 | 23.9 | / | ||
| Turnout | 547 | 18.1% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach | 414 | 56.4 | +14.4 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Farrow | 173 | 23.6 | +12.1 | |
| UKIP | Graham Knight | 102 | 13.9 | −32.6 | |
| Tribune Party | Hayden Turner | 45 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 241 | 32.8 | |||
| Turnout | 734 | 20.7 | |||
| Labour gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach - Great Yarmouth Labour". Great Yarmouth Labour. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach – The Bread Kitchen". www.thebreadkitchen.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "CMIS > Councillors". great-yarmouth.cmis.uk.com. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Labour reveals teacher as latest Norfolk election candidate". Eastern Daily Press. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "North Norfolk - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire North West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 19 November 2019.