2012 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2012,^[1] as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2012 were last contested at the 2008 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council.

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2012

Results by ward of the 2012 local election in South Cambridgeshire

Overall composition of the council following the 2012 election

Summary

At this election, Conservatives were defending 10 seats while Liberal Democrats and Independents were defending 4 seats each. Labour were defending their only seat on the council in Bassingbourn. Of the councillors elected in 2008, all were running for re-election except for incumbent Liberal Democrat Liz Heazell in Haslingfield and the Eversdens, and independent Mike Mason in Histon and Impington. The incumbent councillor in Longstanton, Alex Riley, was elected as an independent in 2008, but joined the Conservatives in 2011.

Only two seats changed hands at this election. In Haslingfield and the Eversdens, journalist Robin Page defeated the Liberal Democrat candidate by two votes, while in Linton the Conservatives defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrats by just one vote.

Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2012^[2]
Party		Seats				Popular vote
Party		Won	Not up	Total	±	Votes	%
	Conservative	11	22	33	+1	11,009	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	2	14	16	−2	5,252	19.8
	Independent	5	2	7	+1	3,795	14.3
	Labour	1	0	1	0	5,809	21.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	487	1.8
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	151	0.6
Total		19	38	57	–	26,503	–
Turnout							34.9

Results by ward

Bassingbourn Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Nielsen Cathcart	743	58.1	+18.5
	Conservative	Peter James Robinson	371	28.9	−1.7
	Green	Simon Saggers	132	10.3	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Holmes	34	2.7	N/A
Majority			372	29.2
Turnout			1,280	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bourn Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervyn Loynes	779	46.5	−2.9
	Labour	Gavin Clayton	666	39.7	+30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Robert Fane	232	13.8	−27.8
Majority			113	6.8
Turnout			1,677	24.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cottenham Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Mark Edwards	1,089	45.9	−11.7
	Labour	Andrew Papworth	891	37.6	+29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard William Gymer	239	10.1	−16.7
	UKIP	Michael Eric Heaver	151	6.4	N/A
Majority			198	8.3
Turnout			2,370	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gamlingay Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley	667	58.5	−5.9
	Conservative	Heather Brewer	346	30.3	−5.3
	Labour	Norman Alexander Crowther	128	11.2	N/A
Majority			321	28.2
Turnout			1,141	29.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Girton Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas Raymond de Lacey	718	52.8	+5.4
	Conservative	Alastair John Simpson	428	31.5	−5.9
	Labour	Tom Moule	160	11.8	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Petra Pellew	55	4.0	N/A
Majority			290	21.3
Turnout			1,361	39.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Harston and Hauxton Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Elizabeth Lockwood	415	53.1	−6.4
	Conservative	Gina Kay Youens	283	36.2	+2.8
	Labour	David John Taylor	83	10.6	N/A
Majority			132	16.9
Turnout			781	41.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Haslingfield and the Eversdens Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Page	516	43.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Jane Ridley	514	43.7	−4.9
	Conservative	Thomas Benjamin Frearson	95	8.1	−5.3
	Labour	Helen Mary Haugh	52	4.4	N/A
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			1,177	56.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Histon and Impington Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neil Sinnett Davies	1287	46.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Yemi Macaulay	568	20.5	−12.9
	Labour	Huw Jones	473	17.1	+12.3
	Conservative	Steven James Mastin	438	15.8	−7.7
Majority			719	26.0
Turnout			2,766	36.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Linton Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Keith Hickford	640	41.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Dennis Batchelor	639	41.4	−16.9
	Labour	Tom Purser	264	17.11	N/A
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,543	42.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Longstanton Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Riley	484	62.7	+7.8
	Independent	Mick Yarrow	190	24.6	N/A
	Labour	Janet Shepherd	62	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Craig Taylor	35	4.5	N/A
Majority			294	38.1
Turnout			771	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melbourn Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Barrett	786	55.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hunter	320	22.7	−5.5
	Labour	Peter Andrew Vincent Sarris	307	21.7	+16.1
Majority			466	32.9
Turnout			1,413	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Papworth and Elsworth Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Phillip Howell	840	68.6	N/A
	Labour	John Samuel Shepherd	244	19.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Elizabeth Leslie Baird	140	11.4	N/A
Majority			596	48.7
Turnout			1,224	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sawston Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sally Ann Hatton	535	37.1	−14.2
	Conservative	Lucy Alice Sales	505	35.1	−13.7
	Labour	Martin Higgins	335	23.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chika Akinwale	66	4.6	N/A
Majority			30	2.0
Turnout			1,441	26.1
	Independent hold		Swing

The Mordens Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cicely Anne Elsa Murfitt	549	70.8	+7.8
	Conservative	Duncan Richard Bullivant	142	18.3	−6.9
	Labour	Angela Mary Patrick	60	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Thurston	24	3.1	N/A
Majority			407	52.5
Turnout			775	40.5
	Independent hold		Swing

The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Reginald Nightingale	960	46.2	−11.2
	Labour	Mike Nettleton	400	19.3	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Powell	363	17.5	−18.2
	Green	Linda Jane Whitebread	355	17.1	N/A
Majority			560	26.9
Turnout			2,078	36.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Wilbrahams Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Turner	443	61.6	−9.3
	Labour	June Ford	188	26.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Douglas Wallace	88	12.2	−16.8
Majority			255	35.6
Turnout			719	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterbeach Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Andrew Hockney	919	57.0	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Leonard Leeke	502	31.1	−5.6
	Labour	Paul Thomas Finley	191	11.9	+8.9
Majority			417	25.9
Turnout			1,612	39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesford Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter William Wilson Topping	540	65.8	+26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Delderfield	162	19.7	−13.1
	Labour	Dinah Elizabeth Pounds	119	14.5	New
Majority			378	46.1
Turnout			820	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Willingham and Over Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Maurice Antony Manning	921	59.5	−7.3
	Labour	Ben Monks	438	28.3	+21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barry John Platt	189	12.2	−14.6
Majority			483	31.2
Turnout			1,548	28.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "District Council Elections - Thursday, 3 May 2012". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ ^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. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[BBC-1] "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[2] "District Council Elections - Thursday, 3 May 2012". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[results-3] ^ ^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. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

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