2011 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011, as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2011 were last contested at the 2007 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council.

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2011
Results by ward of the 2011 local election in South Cambridgeshire
Results by ward of the 2011 local election in South Cambridgeshire
Overall composition of the council following the 2011 election
Overall composition of the council following the 2011 election

Summary edit

At this election, Conservatives were defending 11 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending six and independents were defending two seats. Two seats changed hands at this election, as the Conservatives gained both Duxford and Teversham wards from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority on the council. Teversham was won by the Conservatives in 2007, but had been gained by the Liberal Democrats in a 2008 by-election.[1]

In October 2011, independent councillor Alex Riley, Longstanton, joined the Conservatives, further increasing the number of Conservative councillors to 32.[2]

Results edit

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2011[3]
Party Seats Popular vote
Won Not up Total ± Votes %
  Conservative 13 18 31 +2 15,807 46.9
  Liberal Democrats 4 14 18 −2 7,384 21.9
  Labour 0 1 1 0 6,140 18.2
  Independent 2 5 7 0 3,162 9.4
  Green 0 0 0 0 661 1.9
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 569 1.7
Total 19 38 57 33,723
Turnout 49.9

Results by ward edit

Balsham Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Edwin George Barrett 1,136 54.3 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Kerry Wilfred Cook 590 28.2 −8.1
Labour Alex John Jacob 277 13.3 +9.5
UKIP Timothy Mark Skottowe 88 4.2 N/A
Majority 546
Turnout 57.5
Conservative hold Swing
Bar Hill Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Hall 971 51.8 −8.6
Labour John Samuel Shepherd 372 19.8 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Robert Fane 289 15.4 +0.2
UKIP Helene Yvette Davies 244 13.0 +0.3
Majority 599
Turnout 48.5
Conservative hold Swing
Barton Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis William Miles Burkitt 774 73.5 +23.1
Labour Roger Tomlinson 279 26.5 +20.4
Majority 495
Turnout 55.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bourn Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Paula Elcox 1,106 42.2 −1.9
Independent Roger Keith Hume 582 22.2 −19.7
Labour Gavin John Clayton 503 19.2 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Jon Hansford 433 16.5 N/A
Majority 524
Turnout 41.3
Conservative hold Swing
Comberton Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Harangozo 558 52.7 +4.5
Conservative Tracy-Ann Neville 397 37.5 −6.7
Labour Helen Mary Haugh 104 9.8 +2.2
Majority 37
Turnout 51.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cottenham Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy John Wotherspoon 1,453 48.1 −8.9
Labour Andrew Papworth 723 23.9 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Alan John Leeks 523 17.3 −15.9
Green Donald Allan McBride 185 6.1 N/A
UKIP Michael Eric Heaver 139 4.6 N/A
Majority 730
Turnout 49.1
Conservative hold Swing
Duxford Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mick Martin 574 47.6 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Clare Delderfield 522 43.3 −11.6
Labour Dinah Elizabeth Pounds 110 9.1 +4.9
Majority 52
Turnout 57.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Fowlmere and Foxton Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Deborah Patricia Roberts 714 60.8 +15.6
Conservative Mark William Wykeham Howard 320 27.2 +5.9
Green Colin Reynolds 86 7.3 N/A
Labour Angela Mary Patrick 55 4.7 +2.3
Majority 394
Turnout 62.1
Independent hold Swing
Fulbourn Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil John Scarr 682 43.2 +3.6
Conservative Richard Michael Turner 445 28.2 +1.9
Labour Tom Ruffles 291 18.4 +13.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Douglas Wallace 161 10.2 −19.2
Majority 237
Turnout 45.8
Independent hold Swing
Hardwick Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Stewart 583 56.4 −17.2
Conservative John Edward Reynolds 322 31.2 +9.1
Labour Norman Crowther 128 12.4 +8.2
Majority 261
Turnout 51.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Histon and Impington Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Peter Chatfield 1,293 36.0 −16.2
Independent Neil Sinnett Davies 1,184 33.0 N/A
Conservative Steve Mastin 635 17.7 −22.5
Labour Godson Lawal 378 10.5 +2.9
UKIP Joe Webster 98 2.7 N/A
Majority 109
Turnout 49.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Milton Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Marion Smith 807 54.3 +2.9
Conservative Gerda Ann Covell 471 31.7 −10.4
Labour Alexandra Mayer 209 14.1 +7.5
Majority 336
Turnout 48.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Orwell and Barrington Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ted Ridgeway Watt 534 56.9 −26.3
Liberal Democrats Anabela Pinto 303 32.3 N/A
Labour Susan Hailes 101 10.8 −5.9
Majority 231
Turnout 51.3
Conservative hold Swing
Papworth and Elsworth Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Ian Cecil Wright 1,235 74.2 0.0
Labour Peter Sarris 429 25.8 0.0
Majority 806
Turnout 46.9
Conservative hold Swing
Sawston Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Roy Bard 1,397 64.6 −2.9
Labour Martin Higgins 767 35.4 +20.3
Majority 630
Turnout 54.9
Conservative hold Swing
Teversham Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Anne Hunt 446 53.8 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani 207 24.9 −13.6
Labour David Cornell 176 21.2 N/A
Majority 239
Turnout 43.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Abingtons Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Orgee 782 81.9 +0.7
Labour Gill Taylor 172 18.0 N/A
Majority 610
Turnout 54.7
Conservative hold Swing
The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Charles Whiteman-Downes 1,503 49.1 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas Kilpatrick 621 20.3 −18.4
Labour Mike Nettleton 545 17.8 +10.8
Green Linda Whitebread 390 12.8 N/A
Majority 882
Turnout 54.5
Conservative hold Swing
Willingham and Over Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Roy Burling 1,306 56.3 +9.2
Labour Ben Monks 521 22.5 +17.7
Liberal Democrats Geoff Twiss 494 21.3 +0.3
Majority 785
Turnout 44.5
Conservative hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ District Council By-Election: Teversham Ward – Thursday, 20 November 2008, South Cambridgeshire District Council
  2. ^ "Document Detail". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  3. ^ District Council Election – Thursday, 5 May 2011, South Cambridgeshire District Council
  4. ^ 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. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.