South Cambridgeshire council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 26 wards · 45 seats contested

Most seats
30
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
45
across 26 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 30 +25 37,641 38.4% +16.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 11 +1 33,284 34.0% -4.2
Labour Party 2 +1 17,100 17.4% -3.6
Independent 2 -1 5,382 5.5% -3.8
Green Party 0 +0 4,583 4.7% -1.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 46 0.0% -2.8

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 45
Conservative and Unionist Party 45
Labour Party 45
Liberal Democrats 41
Green Party 26
Independent 7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

A party standing a full slate could field 45 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Balsham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Geoff Harvey Elected 659 47.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Michael Turner 551 39.7% —
Labour Party Muhammad Shaheer 144 10.4% —
Green Party Linda Marie Richardson 34 2.4% —
Majority108
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,388

Bar Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bunty Elizabeth Waters Elected 527 51.7% —
Labour Party Stuart Hilpert 234 22.9% —
Green Party Hayley Ellen Farnell 109 10.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Louise Michelle Ness 104 10.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Helene Yvette Green 46 4.5% —
Majority293
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,020

Barrington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Aidan Thomas Van de Weyer Elected 591 48.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Charles Parrish 516 42.3% —
Labour Party John Harper 86 7.1% —
Green Party Michael King 26 2.1% —
Majority75
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,219

Bassingbourn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nigel Cathcart Elected 583 52.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Charles McCraith 393 35.1% —
Green Party Simon Saggers 143 12.8% —
Majority190
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,119

Caldecote

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tumi Hawkins Elected 691 58.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Des O'Brien 450 37.8% —
Labour Party John Goodall 50 4.2% —
Majority241
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,191

Cambourne 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Betson Elected 1,038 52.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shrobona Bhattacharya Elected 931 47.5% —
Labour Party Gavin Clayton Elected 800 40.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Evelyne Spanner 799 40.7% —
Labour Party Darren Macey 687 35.0% —
Labour Party Len Thornton 594 30.3% —
Green Party Marcus Pitcaithly 294 15.0% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Spenser Newns 277 14.1% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Bruce Pinsker 234 11.9% —
Green Party Michela Jane Angela Morleo 229 11.7% —
Majority1
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,961

Caxton & Papworth 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Phillip Howell Elected 1,083 66.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Wright Elected 986 60.9% —
Labour Party Edith Hall 329 20.3% —
Liberal Democrats Peter David Sandford 321 19.8% —
Green Party Gaynor Clements 274 16.9% —
Labour Party Richard Poynder 247 15.2% —
Majority657
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,620

Cottenham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Neil Gough Elected 1,198 49.5% —
Liberal Democrats Eileen Wilson Elected 1,092 45.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynda Harford 799 33.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy John Wotherspoon 746 30.8% —
Labour Party Adam Gledhill 349 14.4% —
Independent Frank Morris 258 10.7% —
Labour Party Mark McCormack 231 9.5% —
Green Party Colin Cyril Coe 168 6.9% —
Majority293
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,420

Duxford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter John McDonald Elected 615 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Edwards 516 41.6% —
Labour Party Jackie Scott 110 8.9% —
Majority99
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,241

Fen Ditton & Fulbourn 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats John George Williams Elected 1,593 49.0% —
Liberal Democrats Claire Hilda Gabriel Daunton Elected 1,285 39.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham David Cone Elected 1,227 37.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Turner 1,169 36.0% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Andrew Lunn 1,008 31.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Charles Stoakley 810 24.9% —
Labour Party Tim Andrews 785 24.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani 687 21.1% —
Labour Party Cathie Rae 613 18.9% —
Green Party Oli Fisher 329 10.1% —
Green Party Steve Bradshaw 245 7.5% —
Majority58
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,250

Foxton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Deborah Patricia Roberts Elected 630 47.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Ann Kettel 445 33.2% —
Liberal Democrats Giles Hugo William Sanders 138 10.3% —
Labour Party Angela Patrick 127 9.5% —
Majority185
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,340

Gamlingay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Bridget Zoe Dorrington Smith Elected 707 50.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harriet Rosalie Gould 603 42.9% —
Labour Party Jenna Hegarty 96 6.8% —
Majority104
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,406

Girton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Douglas Raymond De Lacey Elected 853 51.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Bygott Elected 688 41.9% —
Labour Party Jane Williams 397 24.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Delowar Hossain 320 19.5% —
Labour Party Lee Taylor 300 18.3% —
Liberal Democrats Patrick Thouroude 295 18.0% —
Green Party Teal Riley 237 14.4% —
Green Party John Peter Ranken 195 11.9% —
Majority291
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,642

Hardwick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Grenville James Chamberlain Elected 499 54.1% —
Liberal Democrats James Scott Hosking 228 24.7% —
Labour Party Mark Hurn 151 16.4% —
Green Party David Stephen Smith 44 4.8% —
Majority271
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast922

Harston & Comberton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tony Mason Elected 1,695 50.0% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Allen Elected 1,640 48.3% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Sollom Elected 1,638 48.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lina Joseph 1,314 38.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy Scott 1,310 38.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Charles Vanneck 1,071 31.6% —
Labour Party Chris Coleridge 410 12.1% —
Labour Party Laurens Drost 390 11.5% —
Labour Party Roger Tomlinson 389 11.5% —
Green Party Seigo Robinson 319 9.4% —
Majority324
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,392

Histon & Impington 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Pippa Heylings Elected 1,508 42.8% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Gabriel Cahn Elected 1,217 34.6% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Hunt Elected 1,159 32.9% —
Independent Neil Sinnett Davies 1,155 32.8% —
Independent Edd Stonham 895 25.4% —
Labour Party Huw Jones 842 23.9% —
Labour Party Phil Gooden 775 22.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Louise Daily 695 19.7% —
Labour Party Geoff Moore 669 19.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helga Cole 581 16.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Othman Bankole Cole 506 14.4% —
Green Party Alison Rosemary Wood 242 6.9% —
Green Party Darren Paul Cotterell 202 5.7% —
Green Party Carrie Evans 116 3.3% —
Majority4
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,521

Linton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Henry Batchelor Elected 1,150 48.7% —
Liberal Democrats John Batchelor Elected 1,069 45.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Enid Bald 981 41.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Negus 804 34.0% —
Labour Party Mike Murray 293 12.4% —
Labour Party Ernie Turkington 219 9.3% —
Green Party Paul Richardson 207 8.8% —
Majority88
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,362

Longstanton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sarah Cheung Johnson Elected 831 52.4% —
Liberal Democrats Alex Malyon Elected 703 44.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Mark Edwards 691 43.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Hall 551 34.7% —
Labour Party Polly Gunsman 156 9.8% —
Labour Party Ed Stokes 138 8.7% —
Green Party Sandra Archer 104 6.6% —
Majority12
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,587

Melbourn 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jose Hales Elected 1,306 56.1% —
Liberal Democrats Philippa Joy Hart Elected 1,272 54.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Irene Bloomfield 747 32.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Linnette 708 30.4% —
Labour Party Beverley Cottrell 280 12.0% —
Labour Party Turlough Stone 200 8.6% —
Green Party Paul Evans 143 6.1% —
Majority525
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,328

Milton & Waterbeach 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anna Elizabeth Bradnam Elected 1,403 44.6% —
Liberal Democrats Hazel Smith Elected 1,289 40.9% —
Liberal Democrats Judith Mary Isabel Rippeth Elected 1,163 36.9% —
Independent Peter Terence Johnson 820 26.0% —
Labour Party Elizabeth Anne McWilliams 754 23.9% —
Labour Party Gareth Mark Wright 746 23.7% —
Labour Party James Phillip Bull 736 23.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Searle Walker 682 21.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Michael Rabbett 663 21.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Linda Smith 640 20.3% —
Green Party Ellie Crane 251 8.0% —
Green Party Damian Laurence Joseph Glasfurd-Brown 161 5.1% —
Green Party Tom Lachlan-Cope 139 4.4% —
Majority343
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,149

Over & Willingham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Bill Handley Elected 1,115 49.8% —
Liberal Democrats Dawn Nicola Percival Elected 989 44.2% —
Independent Ray Maurice Antony Manning 771 34.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Roy Burling 636 28.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pippa Corney 549 24.5% —
Labour Party Fern Lane 229 10.2% —
Labour Party Alex Tiley 185 8.3% —
Majority218
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,237

Sawston 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Brian Milnes Elected 1,123 53.2% —
Liberal Democrats Clare Delderfield Elected 901 42.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Roy Bard 747 35.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Cuffley 690 32.7% —
Labour Party Rob Grayston 471 22.3% —
Labour Party Anand Pillai 292 13.8% —
Majority154
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,112

Shelford 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter Robert Spencer Fane Elected 1,339 49.5% —
Liberal Democrats Nick Sample Elected 1,240 45.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin Joseph Shelton 908 33.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Nightingale 839 31.0% —
Labour Party Mike Nettleton 466 17.2% —
Labour Party Mark Toner 346 12.8% —
Green Party Sophi Berridge 270 10.0% —
Majority332
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,704

Swavesey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Mary Ellington Elected 558 60.0% —
Labour Party Tom Mayer 247 26.6% —
Liberal Democrats Teresa Anne Griffiths 93 10.0% —
Green Party John Ian Turner 32 3.4% —
Majority311
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast930

The Mordens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Heather Rose Williams Elected 603 46.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Kindersley 598 46.4% —
Labour Party Alix Valentine 87 6.8% —
Majority5
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,288

Whittlesford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Topping Elected 714 63.3% —
Labour Party Philippa MacGarry 180 16.0% —
Liberal Democrats Caitriona Quigley 164 14.5% —
Green Party Linda Jane Whitebread 70 6.2% —
Majority534
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,128

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