South Cambridgeshire District Council elections

South Cambridgeshire District Council was created as part of the 1972 local government reforms. The first elections to the new authority were held in 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]

Political control

Control		Dates
	Independent	1973 – 1992
	No overall control	1992 – 2007
	Conservative	2007 – 2018
	Liberal Democrat	2018 – present

Council elections

Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat[lower-alpha 1]	Independent	Total
1973[2]	0	8	3	42	53
1976[2][3]	4	8	3	40	55[lower-alpha 2]
1978[2][4]	4	4	3	44	55
1979[2]	3	1	4	47	55
1980[2][5]	2	2	4	47	55
1982[2][6]	5	2	7	41	55
1983[2][7]	4	2	5	44	55
1984[2][8]	4	2	4	45	55
1986[2][9]	13	3	5	34	55
1987[2][10]	19	3	3	30	55
1988[2][11]	22	3	1	29	55
1990[2][12]	21	5	1	28	55[lower-alpha 3]
1991[2][13]	21	5	1	28	55
1992[2][14]	24	5	4	22	55
1994[15]	22	6	7	20	55
1995[16]	16	8	10	21	55
1996[17]	13	10	11	21	55
1998[18]	15	9	13	18	55
1999[19][20]	15	9	15	16	55
2000[21]	20	5	15	15[lower-alpha 4]	55
2002[22]	22	6	16	11[lower-alpha 4]	55
2003[23]	23	4	16	12[lower-alpha 4]	55
2004[24]	23	2	19	13	57[lower-alpha 5]
2006[25]	25	1	19	12	57
2007[26]	29	1	17	10	57
2008[27]	32	1	15	9	57[lower-alpha 6]
2010[28]	29	1	20	7	57
2011[29]	31	1	18	7	57
2012[30]	33	1	16	7	57
2014[31]	35	1	13	8	57
2015	38	1	11	7	57
2016	36	1	14	6	57
2018	11	2	30	2	45

• Notes:

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. 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.

District result maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map

By-election results

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

Gamlingay By-Election 24 June 1999[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats		343	51.7	−14.7
	Conservative		321	48.3	+14.7
Majority			22	3.4
Turnout			664
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bar Hill By-Election 6 September 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Duxford & Ickleton By-Election 25 November 2004[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	John Frederick Williams	360	43.2	−5.7
	Conservative	Robin Driver	342	41.0	−10.1
	Independent	Lawrence de Villamil Wragg	132	15.8	+15.8
Majority			18	2.2
Turnout			834	41.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The Abingtons By-Election 19 October 2006[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Orgee	496	65.5	+42.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	261	34.5	−29.1
Majority			235	31.0
Turnout			757	43.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Teversham By-Election 20 November 2008[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani	269	38.6	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Charles Barker	237	34.0	−66.0
	Independent	Dave Kelleway	191	27.4	N/A
Majority			32	4.6
Turnout			697	36.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Balsham By-Election 4 June 2009[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julia Elizabeth Squier	988	50.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Elizabeth Jarvis	852	43.7	−5.2
	Labour	Grace Mary Everson	111	5.7	N/A
Majority			136	6.9
Turnout			1,951	54.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourn By-Election 17 February 2011[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clayton James Hudson	874	56.2	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Spencer Glynn	345	22.2	−16.9
	Labour	Gavin John Clayton	337	21.66	+10.2
Majority			529	33.9
Turnout			1,556	24.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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2. Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
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20. The BBC reported this result as Conservative 14, Labour 8, Liberal Democrat 15, Independent 18. "South Cambridgeshire". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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32. Local Authority Byelection Results, Keith Edkins
33. District Council By-Election: Duxford Ward - Thursday, 25th November 2004, South Cambridgeshire District Council
34. District Council By-Election: The Abingtons Ward - Thursday, 19th October 2006, South Cambridgeshire District Council
35. District Council By-Election: Teversham Ward - Thursday, 20th November 2008, South Cambridgeshire District Council
36. District Council By-Election: Balsham Ward - Thursday, 4th June 2009, South Cambridgeshire District Council
37. District Council By-Election: Bourn Ward - Thursday, 17th February 2011, South Cambridgeshire District Council

External links

• South Cambridgeshire District Council