South Cambridgeshire District Council elections

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South Cambridgeshire District Council was created as part of the 1972 local government reforms. The first elections to the new authority were held in the year 1973. From 1978 until 2016, one third of the council were elected each year, followed by one year without a poll. Since 2018, all members of the council are elected at once in a so-called 'all-out' election, after a decision made in 2015. [1]

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Council elections

ElectionConservativeLabourLiberal Democrat [lower-alpha 1] IndependentTotal
1973 [2] 0834253
1976 [2] [3] 4834055 [lower-alpha 2]
1978 [2] [4] 4434455
1979 [2] 3144755
1980 [2] [5] 2244755
1982 [2] [6] 5274155
1983 [2] [7] 4254455
1984 [2] [8] 4244555
1986 [2] [9] 13353455
1987 [2] [10] 19333055
1988 [2] [11] 22312955
1990 [2] [12] 21512855 [lower-alpha 3]
1991 [2] [13] 21512855
1992 [2] [14] 24542255
1994 [15] 22672055
1995 [16] 168102155
1996 [17] 1310112155
1998 [18] 159131855
1999 [19] [20] 159151655
2000 [21] 2051515 [lower-alpha 4] 55
2002 [22] 2261611 [lower-alpha 4] 55
2003 [23] 2341612 [lower-alpha 4] 55
2004 [24] 232191357 [lower-alpha 5]
2006 [25] 251191257
2007 [26] 291171057
2008 [27] 32115957 [lower-alpha 6]
2010 [28] 29120757
2011 [29] 31118757
2012 [30] 33116757
2014 [31] 35113857
2015 38111757
2016 36114657
2018 11230245 [lower-alpha 7]
2022 8037045
  1. ↑ Liberal Party prior to 1982, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1982 to 1988.
  2. ↑ New ward boundaries: The District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  3. ↑ Minor alterations to district boundaries: The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989.
  4. 1 2 3 Including one Other party
  5. ↑ New ward boundaries: The District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 and The District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003.
  6. ↑ Minor alterations to existing ward boundaries: The South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2008.
  7. ↑ New ward boundaries: The South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2017.

District result maps

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council.

1998-2002

Gamlingay By-Election 24 June 1999 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 34351.7−14.7
Conservative 32148.3+14.7
Majority223.4
Turnout 664
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bar Hill By-Election 6 September 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

2002-2006

Duxford & Ickleton By-Election 25 November 2004 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Frederick Williams36043.2−5.7
Conservative Robin Driver34241.0−10.1
Independent Lawrence de Villamil Wragg13215.8+15.8
Majority182.2
Turnout 83441.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2006-2010

The Abingtons By-Election 19 October 2006 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Orgee49665.5+42.8
Liberal Democrats John Williams26134.5−29.1
Majority23531.0
Turnout 75743.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Teversham By-Election 20 November 2008 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani26938.6N/A
Conservative Colin Charles Barker23734.0−66.0
Independent Dave Kelleway19127.4N/A
Majority324.6
Turnout 69736.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Balsham By-Election 4 June 2009 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Elizabeth Squier98850.6−0.5
Liberal Democrats Pauline Elizabeth Jarvis85243.7−5.2
Labour Grace Mary Everson1115.7N/A
Majority1366.9
Turnout 1,95154.9
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Bourn By-Election 17 February 2011 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clayton James Hudson87456.2+10.9
Liberal Democrats Nick Spencer Glynn34522.2−16.9
Labour Gavin John Clayton33721.66+10.2
Majority52933.9
Turnout 1,55624.7
Conservative hold Swing
Balsham By-Election 2 May 2013 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Fraser73150.3−4.0
Liberal Democrats John Batchelor72249.7+21.5
Majority90.6
Turnout 1,453
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Meldreth By-Election 2 May 2013 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan van de Ven60766.8+16.8
UKIP David Kendrick11212.3+5.3
Conservative Duncan Bullivant10111.1−22.0
Labour Turlough Stone899.8+2.7
Majority49554.5
Turnout 909
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Orwell and Barrington By-Election 2 May 2013 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Aiden van de Weyer42856.8+24.5
Conservative Steven Sparkes32643.2−13.7
Majority10213.5
Turnout 754
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Sawston By-Election 18 July 2013 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Cuffley47746.8+11.8
UKIP Elizabeth Smith23322.9+22.9
Labour Mike Nettleton19919.5−3.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Kilpatrick11010.8+6.2
Majority24423.9
Turnout 1,019
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Comberton By-Election 21 November 2013 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Scott37863.4+25.9
Liberal Democrats Fay Boissieux9616.1−36.6
Labour Helen Haugh7412.4+2.6
UKIP Elizabeth Smith488.1+8.1
Majority28247.3
Turnout 596
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2014-2018

Bourn By-Election 17 September 2015 [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Crocker57946.5−9.9
Liberal Democrats Jeni Sawford24719.8+19.8
Labour Gavin Clayton23518.9−10.4
UKIP Helene Green1219.7+9.7
Green Marcus Pitcaithly645.1−9.3
Majority33226.6
Turnout 1,246
Conservative hold Swing
Bourn By-Election 4 May 2017 [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Betson1,42649.7+10.6
Liberal Democrats Jeni Sawford87130.3+14.4
Labour Mark Hurn57320.0−6.8
Majority55519.3
Turnout 2,870
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Girton By-Election 6 May 2021 [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Corinne Mary Garvie96744.4+32.5
Conservative Khadijeh Zargar62128.5+0.6
Labour Marcelo Lima34415.8−0.3
Green Colin Cyril Coe24611.3+1.7
Majority34615.9
Turnout 2,178
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Harston and Comberton By-Election 6 May 2021 [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fiona Whelan1,78543.6−1.7
Conservative Lorraine Mooney1,45935.6+0.4
Labour Michael Tierney51912.7+1.7
Green Colin Reynolds3358.2−0.3
Majority3268.0
Turnout 4,098
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Harston and Comberton By-Election 6 May 2021 [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Hart1,51054.7+2.0
Conservative Tom Goldie99236.0+5.8
Green Paul Evans2569.3+3.5
Majority51818.8
Turnout 2,758
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Milton and Waterbeach By-Election 6 May 2021 [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Bearpark1,25534.3−1.6
Conservative Clive Rabbett1,06929.2+11.8
Labour Jane Williams91525.0+5.7
Green Eleanor Crane42411.6+5.2
Majority1865.1
Turnout 3,663
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2022-2026

Longstanton By-Election 3 November 2022 (2 seats) [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Natalie Warren-Green578
Conservative Tom Bygott566
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Zeegen534
Independent Debbie Poyser422
Labour Dan Greef411
Conservative Khadijeh Zargar394
Labour Anand Pillai266
Green Silke Scott-Mance169
Green Colin Coe85
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Cottenham By-Election 16 March 2023 [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Wilson86441.7
Conservative Frank Morris67832.7
Labour Tom Hingston37318.0
Green Oliver Fisher1075.2
Independent Jo Pilsworth522.5
Majority1869.0
Turnout 2,074
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Histon and Impington By-Election 24 October 2024 [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Rixon94238.7
Independent Edd Stonham61725.3
Green Kathryn Fisher42017.3
Conservative Clive Pelbrough-Power28311.6
Labour William Mason1727.1
Majority32513.4
Turnout 2,434
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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