2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election

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All 61 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.1% ( 2.9% [1] )
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Leader Steve Count Lucy Nethsingha Elisa Meschini Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since 25 April 2014 May 2015 December 2019 Leader's seat March North & Waldersey Newnham King's Hedges Last election 36 seats, 40.4% 15 seats, 29.9% 7 seats, 18.0% Seats before 34 16 6 Seats won 28 20 9 Seat change 8 5 2 Popular vote 75,023 53,340 36,437 Percentage 39.5% 28.1% 19.2% Swing 0.9% 1.8% 1.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent St Neots Independents Green Last election 1 seats, 2.7% 2 seats, 1.8% 0 seats, 3.7% Seats before 2 2 0 Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 5,150 2,283 17,445 Percentage 2.7% 1.2% 9.3% Swing 0.1% 0.6% 5.5%
Map showing the results of the 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election
Council composition after the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No Overall Control

The 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. ^[2] All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The election was held alongside a full election for Cambridge City Council, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and one-third of Peterborough City Council. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Previous composition

2017 election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	36
	Liberal Democrats	15
	Labour	7
	St Neots Independents	2
	Independent	1
Total		61

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	34
	Liberal Democrats	16
	Labour	6
	St Neots Independents	2
	Independent	2
Vacant (Conservative) [6]		1
Total		61

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Changes between elections

See also: Cambridgeshire County Council elections § 2017-2021

In between the 2017 election and the 2021 election, the following council seats changed hands:

Division	Date	Previous Party		New Party		Cause	Resulting Council Composition
							Con	LDem	Lab	STI	Ind
Trumpington	May 2018 [8]		Liberal Democrats		Independent	Sitting councillor loses Whip.	36	14	7	2	2
Trumpington	2 May 2019 [9]		Independent		Liberal Democrats	Independent incumbent resigned. Liberal Democrats won by-election.	36	15	7	2	1
Duxford	27 February 2020 [10]		Conservative		Liberal Democrats	Conservative incumbent resigned. Liberal Democrats won by-election.	35	16	7	2	1
Cherry Hinton	7 December 2020 [11]		Labour		Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	35	16	6	2	2
Sawston and Shelford	26 February 2021 [12]		Conservative		Vacant	Sitting councillor resigned. [13]	34	16	6	2	2

The campaign

The Hickford Inquiry (that had come to be known in the press as 'Farmgate' ^[14] ) into the tenancy of a county council owned farm by sitting Conservative councillor Roger Hickford and the delay in releasing the report was widely discussed in social media and covered in the local press election campaign coverage. Allegations of bullying and insider trading were made against the Conservative deputy-leader. ^[15] Following the suspension of another Conservative councillor Simon King by his local party, over expenses submitted to Fenland District Council and the prime minister's flat refurbishment, there was a risk of allegations of sleaze dominating the campaign. ^[16] Both the seats in Roger Hickford's Sawston & Shelford ward were lost to the Liberal Democrats in the election, contributing to the Conservatives' loss of control of the council. ^[17]

Results summary

Results Map
Party		Councillors				Votes
			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	28	45.9%	-8	28 / 61	77,068	39.0%	-1.6%
	Liberal Democrats	20	32.8%	+5	20 / 61	56,465	28.6%	-1.2%
	Labour Party	9	14.8%	+2	9 / 61	37,783	19.1%	+0.8%
	Green	0	0.0%	0	0 / 61	18,572	9.4%	+5.6%
	Independents	2	3.3%	+1	2 / 61	5,150	2.6%	+0.3%
	St. Neots Independents	2	3.3%	0	2 / 61	2,283	1.2%	-0.6%
	UK Independence Party	0	0.0%	0	0 / 61	343	0.2%	-3.5%
	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	0.0%	0	0 / 61	55	0.0%	-
	Workers Party of Britain	0	0.0%	0	0 / 61	48	0.0%	-

In the 2021 local government elections the Conservatives nationally had a net gain of 13 councils in England. Cambridgeshire, however, was one of the few Conservative-held councils that was lost. ^[18]

Only the Conservative Party contested all 61 seats on the council. The Labour Party stood 55 candidates, not standing in six divisions in South Cambridgeshire. The Liberal Democrats stood 53 candidates, not standing in three divisions in Fenland nor in five divisions in Huntingdon District. The Green Party stood 49 candidates, including in all divisions in both Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire. The UK Independence Party stood four candidates, with their best vote share coming in Wisbech West (one of two divisions where turnout was below 25%). The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition stood two candidates in Huntingdonshire divisions. The St Neots Independents Group's two candidates both retained their seats, as did the Independent Tom Sanderson in Huntingdon West; Independent candidate Stephen Ferguson gained the St Neots East & Gransden seat. Including these, a total of 13 Independent candidates stood: 6 in Huntingdonshire divisions, 6 in Fenland divisions, and 1 in Fulbourn division in South Cambridgeshire. The Workers Party of Britain stood one candidate, in Wisbech East division in Fenland.

The Conservatives retained all 9 Fenland seats ^[19] and gained one seat overall in Huntingdonshire, but their losses of 2 seats in East Cambs and 7 in South Cambs meant that they lost overall control.

Aftermath

On 7 May Conservative county councillor Josh Schumann told the Cambridge Independent: "It is an indication we are going to have to work with others to ensure that the council delivers a lot of what it has done over the last four years." ^[20] A week later the BBC reported that the leaders of the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Independent groups had signed an agreement for control of the council. ^[21]

Election of group leaders

Steve Count (March North & Waldersey) was reelected leader of the Conservative Group with Joshua Schumann (Burwell) as the deputy leader, Lucy Nethsingha (Newnham) was reelected leader of the Liberal Democrat Group with Lorna Dupré (Sutton) as the deputy, and Elisa Meschini (King's Hedges) was reelected leader of the Labour Group with Richard Howitt (Petersfield) becoming deputy leader. ^[22]

Election of leader of the council

Lucy Nethsingha, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group, was duly elected leader of the council and formed a coalition administration, with Labour leader Elisa Meschini as her deputy leader. ^[23]

Results by district

All electoral divisions elected one councillor unless stated otherwise.

(* denotes sitting councillor)

Cambridge (12 seats)

Cambridge

District summary

Labour gained seats in Chesterton and Market divisions from the Liberal Democrats, as well regaining the Cherry Hinton seat previously held by a former Labour member who had quit the party to sit as an Independent, and who did not stand for re-election. ^[17]

Party		Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−
	Labour	9	2	16,325	41.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	10,705	27.5	−9.7
	Green	0		6,418	16.5	+8.3
	Conservative	0		5,501	14.1	−0.7
	UKIP	0		27	0.1	−0.6

Division results

Abbey ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Bulat	1,129	41.77	1.17
	Green	Jeremy Caddick	924	34.18	25.76
	Conservative	Timothy Haire	326	12.06	1.29
	Liberal Democrats	Rosy Ansell	324	11.99	25.63
Majority			205	7.58	4.60
Turnout			2,703	38.69	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−12.3

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Cox	1,359	48.16	3.33
	Liberal Democrats	Fionna Tod	611	21.65	9.30
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	475	16.83	1.43
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	377	13.4	+7.4
Majority			748	26.51	+12.6
Turnout			2,822	40.87	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Rae	1,339	40.65	10.87
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Gadney	1,105	33.55	5.34
	Green	Simon Baron	537	16.30	10.67
	Conservative	Philip Salway	313	9.50	1.87
Majority			234	7.03	+6.1
Turnout			3,329	49.15	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryony Goodliffe	1,617	48.59	0.20
	Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	861	25.87	3.34
	Green	Richard Potter	456	13.70	6.95
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Moore	394	11.84	10.09
Majority			756	22.72	3.54
Turnout			3,328	40.17	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerri Bird	1,639	39.91	3.74
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Manning *	1,505	36.64	7.45
	Green	Elizabeth May	520	12.66	7.54
	Conservative	Mike Harford	416	10.13	2.24
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	27	0.66	1.60
Majority			134	3.26	4.66
Turnout			4,107	51.32	+2.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.6

King's Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elisa Meschini *	1,478	49.25	9.17
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Rathwell	570	18.99	14.95
	Conservative	John Ionides	503	16.76	3.03
	Green	Mark Slade	450	15.00	8.22
Majority			908	30.26	+24.1
Turnout			3,001	34.94	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.1

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Gay	872	37.63	8.22
	Liberal Democrats	Yemi Macaulay	781	33.71	8.16
	Green	Nicola Elliott	432	18.64	0.20
	Conservative	Phoebe Pickering	232	10.01	−0.3
Majority			91	3.93	−8.5
Turnout			2,317	34.11	+0.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	8.19

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Nethsingha *	971	41.66	9.51
	Labour	Tariq Sadiq	777	33.33	5.12
	Green	Shanna Hart	386	16.56	8.47
	Conservative	James Vitali	197	8.45	−3.9
Majority			194	8.32	−14.6
Turnout			2,331	40.57	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.32

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Howitt	1,896	48.47	7.31
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Argent	1,018	26.02	7.87
	Green	Edwin Wilkinson	606	15.49	1.86
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	392	10.02	−1.3
Majority			878	22.4	+15.2
Turnout			3,912	46.29	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	7.59

Queen Ediths

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Beckett	1,355	35.95	10.43
	Labour	Steve King	1,168	30.99	4.40
	Conservative	Donald Douglas	647	17.17	3.61
	Green	Jacqueline Whitmore	599	15.89	9.65
Majority			187	4.96	−14.8
Turnout			3,769	48.91	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−7.4

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Shailer	2,056	53.17	8.50
	Green	Elisabeth Whitebread	722	18.67	9.67
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Oliver	601	15.54	21.63
	Conservative	Daniel Collis	488	12.62	+3.5
Majority			1,334	34.5	+27.0
Turnout			3,867	42.94	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	0.58

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Slatter	1,470	41.70	2.69
	Labour	Pam Stacey	995	28.23	1.38
	Conservative	Steven George	651	18.47	5.79
	Green	Ceri Galloway	409	11.60	+4.5
Majority			475	13.48	+4.1
Turnout			3,525	41.38	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.04

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East Cambridgeshire (8 seats)

East Cambridgeshire

District summary

The Liberal Democrats gained both Ely seats from the Conservatives, and held on to their Sutton seat. Elsewhere, East Cambs remained blue. ^[17]

Party		Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−
	Conservative	5	2	10,480	44.2	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	8,113	34.2	+3.4
	Labour	0		3,614	15.2	+2.6
	Green	0		1,514	6.4	+4.0

Division results

Burwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Schumann *	1,551	51.60	2.29
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Cane	761	25.32	3.10
	Labour	Liz Swift	694	23.09	9.90
Majority			789	26.25
Turnout			3,006	33.84
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.70

Ely North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Whelan	1,233	42.14	6.77
	Conservative	Richard Hobbs	1,080	36.91	12.41
	Labour	Louise Moschetta	373	12.75	2.56
	Green	Richard Ingram	240	8.20	N/A
Majority			151	5.23
Turnout			2,926	41.58
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.59

Ely South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Piers Coutts	1,763	45.64	6.90
	Conservative	John McFall	1,122	29.04	17.04
	Labour	Rebecca Denness	618	16.00	0.82
	Green	Gemma Bristow	360	9.32	N/A
Majority			641	16.59
Turnout			3,863	46.76
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	11.97

Littleport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ambrose Smith *	904	53.71	3.52
	Labour	Adam Cooley	363	21.57	0.64
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Speed	251	14.91	5.65
	Green	Lee Phillips	165	9.80	N/A
Majority			541	32.14
Turnout			1,683	23.39
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.44

Soham North & Isleham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Goldsack	1,570	62.93	3.30
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Warner	400	16.03	1.41
	Labour	Mark Hucker	367	14.71	1.63
	Green	Katy Prentice	158	6.33	N/A
Majority			1,170	46.89
Turnout			2,532	29.61
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.94

Soham South and Haddenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Schumann	1,620	51.44	6.28
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Barker	740	23.50	2.58
	Labour	Lydia Hill	553	17.56	7.46
	Green	Floramay Waterhouse	236	7.49	+1.4
Majority			880
Turnout			3,149	35.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Helen Dupre *	2,155	65.26	19.50
	Conservative	Jonathan Rodney Farmer	972	29.44	13.53
	Labour	Carlos Toranzos	175	5.30	−6.0
Majority			1,183
Turnout			3,302	37.81
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	16.52

Woodditton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Gordon Sharp	1,661	50.39	17.05
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Edward Powell	809	24.54	6.33
	Labour	Steven John O'Dell	471	14.29	12.60
	Green	Elaine Marshall	355	10.77	N/A
Majority			852
Turnout			3,296	38.17
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.36

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Fenland (9 seats)

Fenland

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District summary

It was a clean sweep for the Conservative Party in Fenland. Despite some very low turnouts and swings against some candidates, they held every seat. Among those returning was Conservative group leader Steve Count. ^[17]

Party		Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−
	Conservative	9		17,030	63.0	+8.3
	Labour	0		4,411	16.3	+2.7
	Independent	0		2,077	7.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		1,946	7.3	-2.2
	Green	0		1,299	4.8	+1.8
	UKIP	0		97	0.4	−11.8
	Workers Party	0		48	0.2	+0.2

Division results

Chatteris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Hay*	1,410	59.12	10.66
	Labour	Marian Phillips	413	17.32	9.38
	Independent	Daniel Divine	405	16.98	+9.4
	Green	Andrew Crawford	157	6.6	N/A
Majority			997
Turnout			2,385	28.69	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.64

March North & Waldersey (2 Seats) ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan French*	2,978	57.7	+8.3
	Conservative	Steve Count*	2,906	56.3	+2.9
	Labour	Martin Field	1,053	20.4	+0.3
	Labour	Mark Taylor	667	12.9	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bligh	640	12.4	−1.9
	Green	Jazmin Stewart	446	8.6	+2.7
	Green	Robert White	384	7.4	+2.9
	Independent	David Patrick	381	7.4	N/A
Majority			1,853
Turnout			5,188	28.36
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

March South & Rural ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gowing*	1,819	68.51	28.76
	Labour	Amanda Hirson	480	18.08	10.94
	Liberal Democrats	Liam O'Rourke	192	7.23	2.06
	Green	Emma Pollard	164	6.18	2.00
Majority			1,339	50.43
Turnout			2,655	31.83
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.91

Roman Bank & Peckover ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon King*	1,728	57.56	3.39
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Booth	895	29.81	6.91
	Labour	Chris Mountain	242	8.06	1.32
	Green	Ruth Johnson	137	4.56	N/A
Majority			833
Turnout			3,002	33.04	4.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.76

Whittlesey North ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Boden*	2,055	75.39	9.70
	Labour	Peter Bibb	571	20.95	7.52
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Cutler	100	3.67	0.81
Majority			1,484
Turnout			2,726	33.68	6.66
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.09

Whittlesey South ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Connor*	1,727	61.09	5.34
	Labour	Jes Hibbert	497	17.58	7.88
	Independent	Bob Wicks	455	16.1	N/A
	Green	Simon Wilkes	148	5.2	0.65
Majority			1,232
Turnout			2,827	32.74	2.94
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.61

Wisbech East ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy*	1,358	62.6	−0.6
	Independent	Spike Crowson	358	16.5	N/A
	Labour	Reginald Martin Mee	286	13.2	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rasa McGill	119	5.5	+2.34
	Workers Party	Clayton Maxwell Payne	48	2.21	N/A
Majority			1,000
Turnout			2,169	27.96	2.16
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.22

Wisbech West ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Tierney*	1,049	57.5	−3.6
	Independent	Andy Maul	451	24.7	N/A
	Labour	Daniel James Kerry	202	11.1	+0.3
	UKIP	Ted Hurlock	97	5.3	−6.7
	Independent	Lynn Monk	27	1.5	N/A
Majority			598
Turnout			1,826	24.18	2.62
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.44

Huntingdonshire (17 seats)

Huntingdonshire

District summary

The Conservative Party gained a couple of seats in Huntingdonshire from the Liberal Democrats, strengthening their hold on the area, losing by just 11 votes in St Neots East and Gransden to Stephen Ferguson (Independent). ^[17]

Party		Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−
	Conservative	12	1	23,249	49.8	+1.0
	Independent	2	1	2,888	6.2	+2.9
	St Neots Independents	2		2,283	4.9	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	1	2	7,711	16.5	−4.8
	Labour	0		7,566	16.2	+3.9
	Green	0		2,762	5.9	+5.9
	UKIP	0		219	0.5	−6.5
	TUSC	0		55	0.1	+0.1

Division results

Alconbury & Kimbolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Derek Gardener *	2,362	68.0	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Angus Henderson-Begg	488	14.0	−16.9
	Green	John McCutcheon	319	9.2	N/A
	Labour	Philip Nigel Sly	306	8.8	+1.5
Majority			1,874
Turnout			3,475	43.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brampton & Buckden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Billington	1,494	43.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Childs	1,326	38.5	−10.1
	Labour	Sam Wakeford	419	12.2	+5.7
	Green	Gareth John Holsgrove	206	6.0	N/A
Majority			168
Turnout			3,445	38.94
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Godmanchester & Huntingdon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Martin Wilson*	1,258	46.0	−6.3
	Conservative	Paula Jane Sparling	972	35.6	+6.9
	Labour	Samuel Paul Week	465	17.0	+4.7
	TUSC	Will Martin	38	1.4	N/A
Majority			286
Turnout			2,733	36.89
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Huntingdon North & Hartford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonas King	1,039	39.0	+5.6
	Labour	Patrick Kadewere	847	31.8	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Pearce	670	25.1	−9.9
	UKIP	Peter Henry Ashcroft	93	3.5	−7.0
	TUSC	Geoff Eagle	17	0.6	N/A
Majority			192
Turnout			2,666	31.88
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Huntingdon West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Sanderson *	1,427	55.2	+7.2
	Labour	Leedo George	636	24.9	+13.1
	Conservative	Gus Thomas Rankin	494	19.3	−6.1
Majority			791
Turnout			2,588	34.73
	Independent hold		Swing

Ramsey & Bury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adela Eva Costello *	1,698	64.6	+19.5
	Independent	Mike Tew	518	19.7	N/A
	Labour	Mark Trevor Hebert	412	15.7	+6.6
Majority			1,180
Turnout			2,655	32.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Ives North & Wyton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan Fuller *	1,241	51.0	−3.2
	Labour	Angela Louise Richards	471	19.3	+2.0
	Green	Ann Barnes	337	13.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Roger Catmur	207	8.5	−9.4
	Independent	Paul Bullen	179	7.4	N/A
Majority			770
Turnout			2,435	30.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Ives South & Needingworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Reynolds *	1,368	45.8	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nic Wells	749	25.1	+5.7
	Labour	Cath Gleadow	565	18.9	−2.4
	Green	John Robert George Parkin	305	10.2	N/A
Majority			619
Turnout			2,987	37.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Neots East & Gransden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen William Ferguson	764	38.8	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Collins	755	38.3	−14.3
	Green	Lara Davenport-Ray	240	12.2	N/A
	Labour	Ryan David Lee	211	10.7	−0.7
Majority			9	0.45
Turnout			1,995	39.3	+5.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

St Neots Eynesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	St Neots Independents	Simone Leigh Taylor *	879	39.2	-4.2
	Conservative	Nigel Philip Eaton	834	37.3	+2.8
	Labour	Amy Louise Duckworth	364	16.2	+6.2
	Green	Liz Timms	163	7.3	N/A
Majority			45
Turnout			2,241	28.58
	St Neots Independents hold		Swing

St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Ivan Prentice	1,237	46.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Michael Seeff	662	25.0	+0.9
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Boston	402	15.2	+4.9
	Green	Daniel Edward Laycock	352	13.3	N/A
Majority			575
Turnout			2,653	34.01

St Neots The Eatons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	St Neots Independents	Derek Arthur Giles *	1,404	42.0	-4.3
	Conservative	Andy Jennings	1,217	36.4	+9.0
	Labour	Celia Ann Emery	432	12.9	+6.3
	Green	Catherine James Goodman	287	8.6	−4.2
Majority			187
Turnout			3,340	34.91
	St Neots Independents hold		Swing

Sawtry & Stilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bywater *	2,399	72.0	+3.2
	Labour	Joshua Benjamin Sandeman	514	15.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Paul Morris	293	8.8	+0.5
	UKIP	Roger John Henson	126	3.8	N/A
Majority			1,885
Turnout			3,332	35.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somersham & Earith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Criswell *	1,713	62.3	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hulme	399	14.5	+0.1
	Labour	Karen Andrée Webb	362	13.2	+2.2
	Green	Kirsten Kathleen McLaughlin	278	10.1	N/A
Majority			1,314
Turnout			2,802	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.01

The Hemingfords & Fenstanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Bernard Dew	1,737	56.3	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	David John Priestman	698	22.6	−5.0
	Labour	Michael John Gleadow	377	12.2	+2.0
	Green	Seona Gunn-Kelly	275	8.9	N/A
Majority			1,039
Turnout			3,140	40.1

Warboys & The Stukeleys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Corney	1,393	64.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Kewley	383	17.8	+4.2
	Labour	Paul Joseph Williams	380	17.6	−9.1
Majority			1,010
Turnout			2,156	32.06
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.02

Yaxley & Farcet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mac McGuire *	1,296	56.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Richard Wood	578	25.4	N/A
	Labour	Sarah Margaret Vivian Smalley	403	17.7
Majority			718
Turnout			2,277	27.21
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.43

South Cambridgeshire (15 seats)

South Cambridgeshire

District summary

The Liberal Democrats in South Cambridgeshire gained six new seats from Conservatives across five divisions, and retained a seat that had been won in a 2020 by-election. The closest battle was in Hardwick, where Michael Atkins (Lib Dems) beat incumbent Lina Nieto (Con) by just five votes. ^[17]

Party		Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	13	7	27,990	45.7	+5.7
	Conservative	2	7	20,808	34.0	−6.2
	Green	0		6,442	10.5	+6.6
	Labour	0		5,867	9.6	−4.3
	Independent	0		185	0.3	−1.1

Division results

Bar Hill ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Murphy	1,500	44.92	17.03
	Conservative	Lynda Harford *	1,345	40.28	0.19
	Green	Stan Rankin	494	14.79	6.38
Majority			155	4.64
Turnout			3339	47.69
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.42

Cambourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Howell *	1,155	38.25	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Drew	969	32.1	+4.2
	Labour	Timothy Hayes	595	19.7	−2.6
	Green	Marcus Pitcaithly	301	10.0	+2.8
Majority			186
Turnout			3,020	34.28	?
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.93

Cottenham & Willingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Gough	2,045	53.2	+17.9
	Conservative	Timothy Wotherspoon *	1,363	35.5	+0.2
	Green	Colin Coe	435	11.3	+6.2
Majority			682
Turnout			3,843	45.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.9

Peter McDonald had gained the Duxford seat from Conservatives in a by-election in February 2020. The by-election, in which only two candidates stood, had resulted from incumbent and Conservative District Council leader Peter Topping standing down to relocate.

Duxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John McDonald *	1,990	48.3	+15.0
	Conservative	Luigi Robert Murton	1,692	41.1	−14.0
	Green	Claire Ann James	438	10.6	+6.6
Majority			298
Turnout			4,120	49.51
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	15

Fulbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Hilda Gabriel Daunton	1,182	38.8	−4.6
	Conservative	George Searle Walker	754	24.8	−7.3
	Labour	Tim Andrews	666	21.9	+2.4
	Green	Oliver Fisher	258	8.5	+3.5
	Independent	Neil John Scarr	185	6.1	N/A
Majority			428
Turnout			3,045	42.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gamlingay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley*	1,942	49.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Harriet Gould	1,711	43.8	+3.2
	Green	Steven Alex Bradshaw	251	6.4	N/A
Majority			231
Turnout			3,903	47.14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.14

Hardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ian Atkins	1,865	43.2	+8.3
	Conservative	Lina Nieto *	1,860	43.1	−3.8
	Green	Colin Reynolds	590	13.7	+7.1
Majority			5
Turnout			4,315	48.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Histon & Impington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Hathorn	2,240	57.1	+3.2
	Conservative	Steven James Mastin	725	19.5	−3.7
	Labour	Khadija Arsalan	630	16.1	−0.6
	Green	Sandra Ann Archer	327	8.3	+2.1
Majority			1,515
Turnout			3,922	45.95
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Linton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Alexander Frederick Batchelor *	2,024	49.5	+1.9
	Conservative	John Joseph Bald	1,506	36.8	−1.6
	Labour	Philip David White	303	7.4	+0.5
	Green	Paul Evans	256	6.3	−0.8
Majority			518
Turnout			4,089	47.16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.74

Longstanton, Northstowe & Over

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Firouz Thompson	1,706	53.7	+13.9
	Conservative	Tom Bygott	1,126	35.5	−10.4
	Green	Maria Dawn Harrison	342	10.8	+5.9
Majority			580
Turnout			3,174	44.85
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Melbourn & Bassingbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Elizabeth Kerr van de Ven *	1,854	55.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Tom Goldie	1,061	31.7	+6.0
	Green	Simon Peter Saggers	249	7.4	+1.6
	Labour	Christopher John Tudor Lewis	179	5.4	−0.3
Majority			793
Turnout			3,343	41.48
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Papworth & Swavesey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mandy Lorraine Smith *	1,309	45.7	−10.3
	Labour	Tom Mayer	864	28.4	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter David Sandford	568	18.6	−6.1
	Green	Daniel Aspel	217	7.2	−0.7
Majority			445
Turnout			3,039	40.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

One of the two Sawston & Shelford seats was vacant as Roger Hickford had resigned, the other incumbent did not stand for re-election.

Sawston & Shelford (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Milnes	3,518	46.9	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Maria King	3,125	41.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Manas Deb	2,106	28.1	−14.8
	Conservative	Dale Keith Hargrove	2,045	27.2	−13.9
	Green	Sophi Berridge	1,041	13.9	N/A
	Labour	Tracey Lynne Draper	898	12.0	−7.0
	Green	Eleanor Ruth Crane	743	9.9	N/A
	Labour	Anand Pillai	679	9.0	−9.8
Majority			2,492
Turnout			7,504	47.57
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterbeach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Elizabeth Bradnam *	1,462	36.0	−10.4
	Labour	James Phillip Bull	1,053	25.9	+9.8
	Conservative	Ben Shelton	1,050	25.8	−6.4
	Green	Thomas Anthony Lachlan-Cope	500	12.3	+7.0
Majority			409
Turnout			4.065	44.99
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections

St Neots The Eatons

St Neots The Eatons: 16 February 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Seeff	1,042	43.5	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Jennings	746	31.1
	Independent	Colin Maslen	360	15.0
	Labour	Taylor Purden	250	10.4
Majority			296	12.4
Turnout			2.398	25.5	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from St Neots Independents		Swing

Arbury

Arbury: 4 May 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Black	1,174	43.0	–5.2
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	761	27.9	+11.1
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	397	14.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Oliver	396	14.5	–7.2
Majority			413	15.1
Turnout			2,728
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

Soham South and Haddenham

Soham South and Haddenham: 4 May 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Hunt	1,568	44.6	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Docwra	1,276	36.3	+12.8
	Labour	Simon Patenall	379	10.8	−6.8
	Green	Pip Gardner	293	8.3	+0.8
Majority			292	8.3	−19.6
Turnout			3,567	39.3	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.9

Yaxley and Farcet

Yaxley and Farcet: 21 March 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wood	509	31.0	+5.6
	Conservative	Kev Gulson	470	28.6	−28.3
	Independent	Sally Howell	448	27.3	New
	Labour	Richard Ilett	175	10.6	−7.1
	Green	Ellisa Westerman	42	2.6	New
Majority			39	2.4	N/A
Turnout			1,648	20.0	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.9

See also

• 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election
• 2021 Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner election

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