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]
Control | Dates | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973 – 1992 | |
No overall control | 1992 – 2007 | |
Conservative | 2007 – 2018 | |
Liberal Democrat | 2018 – present |
The leaders of the council since 2001 have been:[2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Daphne Spink | Conservative | 17 May 2001 | 26 May 2005 | |
Sebastian Kindersley | Liberal Democrats | 26 May 2005 | 25 May 2006 | |
David Bard | Conservative | 25 May 2006 | 11 Jan 2007 | |
Ray Manning | Conservative | 25 Jan 2007 | 19 May 2016 | |
Peter Topping | Conservative | 19 May 2016 | 23 May 2018 | |
Bridget Smith | Liberal Democrats | 23 May 2018 |
Election | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat[a] | Independent | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973[3] | 0 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 53 |
1976[3][4] | 4 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 55[b] |
1978[3][5] | 4 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 55 |
1979[3] | 3 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 55 |
1980[3][6] | 2 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 55 |
1982[3][7] | 5 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 55 |
1983[3][8] | 4 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 55 |
1984[3][9] | 4 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 55 |
1986[3][10] | 13 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 55 |
1987[3][11] | 19 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 55 |
1988[3][12] | 22 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 55 |
1990[3][13] | 21 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 55[c] |
1991[3][14] | 21 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 55 |
1992[3][15] | 24 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 55 |
1994[16] | 22 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 55 |
1995[17] | 16 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 55 |
1996[18] | 13 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 55 |
1998[19] | 15 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 55 |
1999[20][21] | 15 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 55 |
2000[22] | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15[d] | 55 |
2002[23] | 22 | 6 | 16 | 11[d] | 55 |
2003[24] | 23 | 4 | 16 | 12[d] | 55 |
2004[25] | 23 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 57[e] |
2006[26] | 25 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 57 |
2007[27] | 29 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 57 |
2008[28] | 32 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 57[f] |
2010[29] | 29 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 57 |
2011[30] | 31 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 57 |
2012[31] | 33 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 57 |
2014[32] | 35 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 57 |
2015 | 38 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 57 |
2016 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 57 |
2018 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 45 |
2022 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 45 |
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council.
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | unopposed | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Corinne Mary Garvie | 967 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Khadijeh Zargar | 621 | 28.5 | ||
Labour | Marcelo Lima | 344 | 15.8 | ||
Green | Colin Cyril Coe | 246 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | 346 | ||||
Turnout | 2,178 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |