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Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2022[1] as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All forty five seats were up for election in twenty six wards. The Liberal Democrats were defending the council, having won control in 2018.[2][3]
Summary
[edit]2022 South Cambridgeshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 45 | 37 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
82.2 | 52.1 | 52,851 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
17.8 | 29.2 | 29,624 | –4.9 | |
Labour | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
0.0 | 10.8 | 10,939 | –6.7 | |
Green | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6.2 | 6,246 | +1.8 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.8 | 1,807 | –3.7 |
Results by ward
[edit]A * denotes an incumbent
Balsham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Harvey* | 704 | 54.2 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | John Biggs | 404 | 31.1 | −8.6 | |
Labour | Jason Walter | 101 | 7.8 | −2.6 | |
Green | Bob Ensch | 90 | 6.9 | +4.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,299 | 43.45 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bar Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bunty Waters* | 560 | 48.2 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Barlow | 506 | 43.6 | +33.4 | |
Green | Thomas Lachlan-Cope | 95 | 8.2 | −2.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,161 | 38.98 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barrington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Aidan van de Weyer* | 888 | 64.2 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Chris Chapman | 495 | 35.8 | −6.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,383 | 52.15 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bassingbourn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan van de Ven | 579 | 45.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Soma Pemmireddy | 372 | 29.2 | −5.9 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 247 | 19.4 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Turlough Stone | 75 | 5.9 | −46.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,273 | 42.18 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Caldecote
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tumi Hawkins* | 909 | 74.3 | +16.3 | |
Conservative | Oliver Barnett | 314 | 25.7 | −12.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,223 | 43.37 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cambourne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helene Leeming | 1,382 | 46.9 | +33.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Drew | 1,295 | 44.0 | +33.0 | |
Conservative | Shrobona Bhattacharya* | 1,022 | 34.7 | −9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hersom | 991 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Conor Smith | 821 | 27.9 | −20.9 | |
Conservative | Madhuparna Datta | 809 | 27.5 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Kirsty Ellerker | 626 | 21.2 | −16.4 | |
Independent | Aftab Ahmed | 425 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Green | Marcus Pitcaithly | 397 | 13.5 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Sobia Zaman | 276 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,946 | 38.12 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caxton & Papworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Howell* | 954 | 51.3 | −10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Sandford | 771 | 41.5 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | Tanya Gray | 768 | 41.3 | −15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean Lindsay-Smith | 574 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Green | Gaynor Clements | 405 | 21.8 | +6.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,859 | 38.94 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cottenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Loveluck | 1,545 | 69.0 | +21.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Annika Osborne | 1,354 | 60.5 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | Nigel Bolitho | 498 | 22.3 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Frank Morris | 456 | 20.4 | −9.5 | |
Green | Colin Coe | 409 | 18.3 | +11.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,238 | 42.71 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Duxford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter McDonald* | 885 | 76.4 | +26.8 | |
Conservative | Luigi Murton | 274 | 23.6 | −18.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,159 | 41.45 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Fulbourn & Fen Ditton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Williams* | 1,433 | 40.3 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Graham Cone* | 1,305 | 36.7 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carla Hofman | 1,166 | 32.8 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vince Farrar | 1,132 | 31.9 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Tim Andrews | 951 | 26.8 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Neil Prem | 856 | 24.1 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Joanne Shiret | 838 | 23.6 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Uroga Okello | 837 | 23.6 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Luke Viner | 751 | 21.1 | +3.5 | |
Green | Oliver Fisher | 666 | 18.7 | +9.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,553 | 44.74 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Foxton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | James Hobro | 876 | 56.0 | +45.7 | |
Conservative | Deborah Roberts* | 689 | 44.0 | −3.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,565 | 57.16 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Deborah Roberts had previously been elected as an Independent.
Gamlingay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Bridget Smith* | 795 | 53.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Harriet Gould | 689 | 46.4 | +3.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,484 | 50.66 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Girton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Corinne Garvey* | 1,220 | 57.9 | +41.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Stobart | 858 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tom Bygott* | 670 | 31.8 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Marcelo Goncalves de Lima | 439 | 20.8 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Gita Patel | 436 | 20.7 | +2.4 | |
Green | Andrew Margetts | 358 | 17.0 | +3.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,108 | 51.01 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Independent seat in a by-election.
Hardwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lina Nieto | 471 | 44.2 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marcus Streets | 345 | 32.4 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Joe Beastall | 249 | 23.4 | +7.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,065 | 41.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harston & Comberton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lisa Redrup | 1,978 | 53.6 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Atkins | 1,899 | 51.5 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ariel Cahn | 1,564 | 42.4 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Amanda Bacon | 1,165 | 31.6 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Lorraine Mooney | 1,144 | 31.0 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Joshua Vanneck | 1,077 | 29.2 | −1.0 | |
Green | Steve Edmondson | 892 | 24.2 | +15.2 | |
Labour | Michael Tierney | 630 | 17.1 | +5.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,690 | 45.86 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Histon & Impington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Pippa Heylings* | 2,133 | 58.6 | +17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Cahn* | 1,615 | 44.4 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sunita Hansraj | 1,279 | 35.2 | +3.9 | |
Independent | Edd Stonham | 1,106 | 30.4 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Geoff Moore | 753 | 20.7 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Gareth Owen | 626 | 17.2 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Louise Daily | 611 | 16.8 | −2.0 | |
Green | Sandra Archer | 594 | 16.3 | +9.8 | |
Labour | Simon Patenall | 498 | 13.7 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | Gail Arnold | 478 | 13.1 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Olawale Awoyinka | 409 | 11.2 | −2.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,637 | 42.46 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Linton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Henry Batchelor* | 1,389 | 57.4 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Batchelor* | 1,388 | 57.4 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | John Bald | 679 | 28.1 | −12.0 | |
Conservative | Merrie Mannassi | 568 | 23.5 | −9.4 | |
Green | Jessica Eve | 252 | 10.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Michael Murray | 249 | 10.3 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Ernie Turkington | 145 | 6.0 | −3.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,420 | 42.41 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Longstanton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Cheung Johnson* | 1,326 | 71.6 | +20.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Malyon* | 1,183 | 63.8 | +20.9 | |
Conservative | Harry Challands | 425 | 22.9 | −19.3 | |
Conservative | Khadijeh Zargar | 340 | 18.3 | −15.3 | |
Labour | Clare Wilson | 252 | 13.6 | +4.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,853 | 35.85 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Melbourn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jose Hales* | 1,596 | 62.5 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Hart* | 1,573 | 61.6 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Carter | 654 | 25.6 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas Goldie | 551 | 21.6 | −7.5 | |
Green | Paul Evans | 292 | 11.4 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Peter Sarris | 214 | 8.4 | −3.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,554 | 39.92 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Milton & Waterbeach
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anna Bradnam* | 1,485 | 44.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Bearpark* | 1,412 | 42.5 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Rippeth* | 1,255 | 37.8 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Elizabeth McWilliams | 1,049 | 31.6 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Gareth Wright | 945 | 28.5 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Anna Stevenson | 788 | 23.7 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Clive Rabbett | 729 | 22.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Christine Smith | 663 | 20.0 | +1.1 | |
Green | Eleanor Crane | 632 | 19.0 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Alison Melton | 594 | 17.9 | −2.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,321 | 40.37 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Over & Willingham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bill Handley* | 1,482 | 66.9 | +20.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Lentell | 1,189 | 53.7 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Leslie Edwards | 576 | 26.0 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | James Hutchcraft | 554 | 25.0 | +2.1 | |
Labour | David Parker | 238 | 10.7 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Sephie Donnelly | 199 | 9.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,214 | 39.61 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Sawston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Milnes* | 1,403 | 68.2 | +16.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Libby Earle | 1,173 | 57.0 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Bryant | 531 | 25.8 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Donald Douglas | 459 | 22.3 | −9.5 | |
Labour | Anand Pillai | 324 | 15.8 | +2.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,057 | 37.56 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Shelford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Fane* | 1,612 | 59.3 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Jackson-Wood | 1,198 | 44.0 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Shelton | 924 | 34.0 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Appleyard | 889 | 32.7 | +2.4 | |
Green | Gregory Price | 605 | 22.2 | +12.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,720 | 47.83 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Swavesey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Ellington* | 494 | 46.5 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Natalie Warren-Green | 359 | 33.8 | +23.8 | |
Green | John Turner | 209 | 19.7 | +16.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,062 | 37.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The Mordens
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Heather Williams* | 749 | 50.8 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Kindersley | 622 | 42.2 | −4.2 | |
Green | Holly Derrett | 103 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,474 | 55.04 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whittlesford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Williams* | 707 | 57.1 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Carolan | 531 | 42.9 | +28.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,238 | 46.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections
[edit]Longstanton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Natalie Warren-Green | 578 | 32.1 | −39.5 | |
Conservative | Tom Bygott | 566 | 31.4 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Zeegen | 534 | 29.7 | −34.1 | |
Independent | Debbie Poyser | 422 | 23.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 411 | 22.8 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Khadijeh Zargar | 394 | 21.9 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Anand Pillai | 266 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Green | Silke Scott-Mance | 169 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Colin Coe | 85 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,804 | 33.63 | −2.22 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Cottenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Eileen Wilson | 864 | 41.7 | −21.4 | |
Conservative | Francis Morris | 678 | 32.7 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Tom Hingston | 373 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Green | Oliver Fisher | 107 | 5.2 | −11.5 | |
Independent | Jo Pilsworth | 52 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 186 | ||||
Turnout | 2,084 | 39.33 | −6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). South Cambridgeshire District Council. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ "Local elections 2018: Liberal Democrats take control of South Cambridgeshire from Conservatives". Cambridge Independent. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire Lib Dems take power in from Tories". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.