Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2012,[1] as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2012 were last contested at the 2008 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council.
Summary
[edit]At this election, Conservatives were defending 10 seats while Liberal Democrats and Independents were defending 4 seats each. Labour were defending their only seat on the council in Bassingbourn. Of the councillors elected in 2008, all were running for re-election except for incumbent Liberal Democrat Liz Heazell in Haslingfield and the Eversdens, and independent Mike Mason in Histon and Impington. The incumbent councillor in Longstanton, Alex Riley, was elected as an independent in 2008, but joined the Conservatives in 2011.
Only two seats changed hands at this election. In Haslingfield and the Eversdens, journalist Robin Page defeated the Liberal Democrat candidate by two votes, while in Linton the Conservatives defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrats by just one vote.
Results
[edit]South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2012[2] | |||||||
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Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % | ||
Conservative | 11 | 22 | 33 | +1 | 11,009 | 41.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 5,252 | 19.8 | |
Independent | 5 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 3,795 | 14.3 | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5,809 | 21.9 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 487 | 1.8 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0.6 | |
Total | 19 | 38 | 57 | – | 26,503 | – | |
Turnout | 34.9 |
Results by ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Nielsen Cathcart | 743 | 58.1 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Peter James Robinson | 371 | 28.9 | −1.7 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 132 | 10.3 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Holmes | 34 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 372 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,280 | 35.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Loynes | 779 | 46.5 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Gavin Clayton | 666 | 39.7 | +30.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Robert Fane | 232 | 13.8 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 113 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,677 | 24.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Mark Edwards | 1,089 | 45.9 | −11.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Papworth | 891 | 37.6 | +29.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard William Gymer | 239 | 10.1 | −16.7 | |
UKIP | Michael Eric Heaver | 151 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 198 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,370 | 38.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley | 667 | 58.5 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Heather Brewer | 346 | 30.3 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Norman Alexander Crowther | 128 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 321 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,141 | 29.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Douglas Raymond de Lacey | 718 | 52.8 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Alastair John Simpson | 428 | 31.5 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Tom Moule | 160 | 11.8 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Petra Pellew | 55 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 290 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,361 | 39.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Elizabeth Lockwood | 415 | 53.1 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Gina Kay Youens | 283 | 36.2 | +2.8 | |
Labour | David John Taylor | 83 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 132 | 16.9 | |||
Turnout | 781 | 41.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Page | 516 | 43.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Jane Ridley | 514 | 43.7 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Thomas Benjamin Frearson | 95 | 8.1 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Helen Mary Haugh | 52 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,177 | 56.1 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Neil Sinnett Davies | 1287 | 46.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Yemi Macaulay | 568 | 20.5 | −12.9 | |
Labour | Huw Jones | 473 | 17.1 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Steven James Mastin | 438 | 15.8 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 719 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,766 | 36.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Keith Hickford | 640 | 41.5 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Dennis Batchelor | 639 | 41.4 | −16.9 | |
Labour | Tom Purser | 264 | 17.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,543 | 42.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alex Riley | 484 | 62.7 | +7.8 | |
Independent | Mick Yarrow | 190 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Janet Shepherd | 62 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Craig Taylor | 35 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 294 | 38.1 | |||
Turnout | 771 | 38.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Val Barrett | 786 | 55.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hunter | 320 | 22.7 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Peter Andrew Vincent Sarris | 307 | 21.7 | +16.1 | |
Majority | 466 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,413 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Phillip Howell | 840 | 68.6 | N/A | |
Labour | John Samuel Shepherd | 244 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Elizabeth Leslie Baird | 140 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 596 | 48.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,224 | 33.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sally Ann Hatton | 535 | 37.1 | −14.2 | |
Conservative | Lucy Alice Sales | 505 | 35.1 | −13.7 | |
Labour | Martin Higgins | 335 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chika Akinwale | 66 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 30 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,441 | 26.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Cicely Anne Elsa Murfitt | 549 | 70.8 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Duncan Richard Bullivant | 142 | 18.3 | −6.9 | |
Labour | Angela Mary Patrick | 60 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Thurston | 24 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 407 | 52.5 | |||
Turnout | 775 | 40.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Reginald Nightingale | 960 | 46.2 | −11.2 | |
Labour | Mike Nettleton | 400 | 19.3 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Powell | 363 | 17.5 | −18.2 | |
Green | Linda Jane Whitebread | 355 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 560 | 26.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,078 | 36.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert John Turner | 443 | 61.6 | −9.3 | |
Labour | June Ford | 188 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Douglas Wallace | 88 | 12.2 | −16.8 | |
Majority | 255 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 719 | 33.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Andrew Hockney | 919 | 57.0 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maurice Leonard Leeke | 502 | 31.1 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Paul Thomas Finley | 191 | 11.9 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 417 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,612 | 39.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter William Wilson Topping | 540 | 65.8 | +26.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clare Delderfield | 162 | 19.7 | −13.1 | |
Labour | Dinah Elizabeth Pounds | 119 | 14.5 | New | |
Majority | 378 | 46.1 | |||
Turnout | 820 | 39.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Maurice Antony Manning | 921 | 59.5 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Ben Monks | 438 | 28.3 | +21.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry John Platt | 189 | 12.2 | −14.6 | |
Majority | 483 | 31.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,548 | 28.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "District Council Elections - Thursday, 3 May 2012". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Election results by ward". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.