2007 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

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South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2007

Results by ward of the 2007 local election in South Cambridgeshire

Overall composition of the council following the 2007 election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2007, as part of the 2007 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2007 were last contested at the 2004 election, when all seats were up for election due to new ward boundaries, and were next contested at the 2011 election. The Conservative Party gained an overall majority on the council for the first time.

Summary

Of the seats being contested at this election, the Conservatives were defending 9 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending 6 seats, and independents were defending 4 seats. Two seats had changed hands at by-elections prior to this election. In November 2004, Liberal Democrats gained Duxford from the Conservatives,^[1] while in October 2006 Conservatives gained the Abingtons from the Liberal Democrats.^[2] Both by-election gains were successfully defended at this election.

A further three seats were gained by the Conservative Party at this election. Gains from independents in Barton and in Orwell and Barrington as well as from the Liberal Democrats in the Shelfords and Stapleford meant the Conservative Party formed a majority on the council for the first time.

Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2007^[3]
Party		Seats				Popular vote
Party		Won	Not up	Total	±	Votes	%
	Conservative	12	17	29	+3	12,683	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	5	12	17	−1	7,870	31.1
	Independent	2	8	10	−2	2,439	9.6
	Labour	0	1	1	0	2,025	8.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	184	0.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	76	0.3
Total		19	38	57	–	25,277	–
Turnout							40.1

Results by ward

Balsham Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Edwin Barrett	1,142	59.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Elizabeth Jarvis	692	36.3	−12.6
	Labour	Richard Amos	72	3.8	N/A
Majority			450
Turnout				54.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bar Hill Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Hall	871	60.3	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Mary Abbott	220	15.2	−22.3
	UKIP	Helene Yvette Davies	184	12.7	N/A
	Labour	John Shepherd	169	11.7	+4.7
Majority			651
Turnout				37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis William Miles Burkitt	446	50.4	+21.0
	Independent	Keith Robert Scott	309	34.9	N/A
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	76	8.6	+2.0
	Labour	Annabel Jane Barrett	54	6.1	N/A
Majority			137
Turnout				48.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bourn Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorraine Ann Morgan	676	44.1	−10.6
	Independent	Roger Keith Hume	642	41.9	N/A
	Labour	Mark David Hurn	215	14.0	+7.1
Majority			52
Turnout				31.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Comberton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Alexander Harangozo	438	48.2	+2.5
	Conservative	Hywel Wyn Griffiths	401	44.2	+3.0
	Labour	Peter Durrant	69	7.6	−5.6
Majority			39
Turnout				49.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cottenham Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy John Wotherspoon	1,163	56.9	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Mary Bainbridge	678	33.2	+6.9
	Labour	Michael Wilson	202	9.9	N/A
Majority			485
Turnout				34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Duxford Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	525	54.9	+6.0
	Conservative	Robin Driver	391	40.9	−10.2
	Labour	Yvonne Nobis	40	4.2	N/A
Majority			134
Turnout				47.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fowlmere and Foxton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Deborah Patricia Roberts	489	45.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Dallas Cartwright	338	31.2	N/A
	Conservative	Robert James Poulter	230	21.2	N/A
	Labour	Grace Everson	26	2.4	N/A
Majority			151
Turnout				57.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Fulbourn Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neil John Scarr	528	39.6	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	John George Williams	391	29.4	+1.2
	Conservative	Alison Mary Farmer	350	26.3	+5.2
	Labour	Owen Leonard	63	4.7	N/A
Majority			137
Turnout				39.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Hardwick Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Stewart	504	73.7	+16.4
	Conservative	Mandy Lorraine Smith	151	22.1	−14.5
	Labour	Helen Haugh	29	4.2	N/A
Majority			353
Turnout				35.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Histon and Impington Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Peter Chatfield	1,309	52.2	+17.6
	Conservative	Philip 'Scotty' Scott	1,008	40.2	+8.6
	Labour	Robin Philip Stern	191	7.6	−0.5
Majority			301
Turnout				40.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Marion Smith	714	51.4	+18.9
	Conservative	Gerda Covell	584	42.0	+15.2
	Labour	Valerie Ross	91	6.6	−1.8
Majority			130
Turnout				45.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Orwell and Barrington Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bird	532	83.3	+50.9
	Labour	Sara Alison Ball	107	16.7	N/A
Majority			425
Turnout				35.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Papworth and Elsworth Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Wright	885	74.2	+28.6
	Labour	Angela Patrick	308	25.8	N/A
Majority			577
Turnout				36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sawston Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Roy Bard	995	67.5	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Douglas Wallace	256	17.4	+4.4
	Labour	Michael Olanrewaju Idowu	224	15.2	+0.1
Majority			739
Turnout				27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Teversham Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Anne Hunt	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Abingtons Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Geoffrey Orgee	680	81.2	+58.5
	Liberal Democrats	David John Willingham	158	18.9	−44.7
Majority			522
Turnout				48.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jaime Ann Dipple	1,457	54.2	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Freda Kember	1,040	38.7	+16.5
	Labour	Michael Nettleton	189	7.0	−5.8
Majority			417
Turnout				49.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Willingham and Over Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roy Burling	817	47.1	−6.9
	Independent	Pat Daniels	471	27.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Harold Gelling	365	21.0	−14.7
	Labour	Nicola Andrews	83	4.8	N/A
Majority			346
Turnout				35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

↑ District Council By-Election: Duxford Ward – Thursday, 25 November 2004, South Cambridgeshire District Council
↑ District Council By-Election: The Abingtons Ward – Thursday, 19 October 2006, South Cambridgeshire District Council
↑ District Council Elections – Thursday, 3 May 2007, South Cambridgeshire District Council
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[1] District Council By-Election: Duxford Ward – Thursday, 25 November 2004, South Cambridgeshire District Council

[2] District Council By-Election: The Abingtons Ward – Thursday, 19 October 2006, South Cambridgeshire District Council

[3] District Council Elections – Thursday, 3 May 2007, South Cambridgeshire District Council

[results-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Election results by ward". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

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