2017 Cambridgeshire County Council election

2017 Cambridgeshire County Council election

4 May 2017
All 61 seats to Cambridgeshire County Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.2%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Leader Steve Count Lucy Nethsingha Ashley Walsh Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since 25 April 2014 May 2015 May 2015 Leader's seat March North & Waldersey Newnham Petersfield (Retiring) Last election 32 seats, 33.6% 14 seats, 19.7% 7 seats, 17.4% Seats before 32 14 8 Seats won 36 15 7 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 68,467 50,716 30,830 Percentage 40.4% 29.9% 18.0% Swing 6.8% 10.1% 0.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party St Neots Independents Independent Green Last election 2 seats, 1.4% 2 seats, 2.8% 0 seats, 3.3% Seats before 2 2 0 Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 3,107 4,307 6,744 Percentage 1.8% 2.7% 3.7% Swing 0.4% 0.1% 0.4%   Seventh party   UKIP Leader Paul Bullen Party UKIP Leader since 8 December 2013 Leader's seat St Ives Contested Warboys & The Stukeleys (Defeated) Last election 12 seats, 21.1% Seats before 10 Seats won 0 Seat change 12 Popular vote 6,555 Percentage 3.6% Swing 16.4%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Cambridgeshire County Council elections.
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Conservative

The 2017 Cambridgeshire County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[2] All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England,[3][4] reducing the number of county councillors from 69 to 61, and the number of electoral divisions from 60 to 59.

The election took place on the same day as the first direct mayoral election for the newly created Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.

The Conservative Party won a majority on the council, while the UK Independence Party lost all their seats.[5]

Previous composition

2013 election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	32
	Liberal Democrats	14
	UKIP	12
	Labour	7
	St Neots Independents	2
	Independent	2
Total		69

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	32
	Liberal Democrats	14
	UKIP	10
	Labour	8
	St Neots Independents	2
	Independent	3
Total		69

Changes between elections

See also: Cambridgeshire County Council elections § 2017-2021

In between the 2017 election and the 2021 election, the following council seats changed hands:

Division	Date	Previous Party		New Party		Cause	Resulting Council Composition
							Con	LDem	UKIP	Lab	STI	Ind
Wisbech South	4 June 2015[6]		UKIP		Conservative	UKIP incumbent resigned. Conservatives won by-election.	33	14	11	7	2	2
Romsey	25 June 2015[7]		Liberal Democrats		Labour	Liberal Democrat incumbent resigned. Labour won by-election.	33	13	11	8	2	2
Little Paxton and St Neots North	21 August 2015[8]		Conservative		Independent	Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member.	32	13	11	8	2	3
Sutton	18 February 2016[9]		Conservative		Liberal Democrats	Conservative incumbent died. Liberal Democrats won by-election.	31	14	11	8	2	3
Bassingbourn	29 February 2016[10]		Conservative		UKIP	Sitting councillor joined UKIP.	30	14	12	8	2	3
Sawtry and Ellington	18 July 2016		UKIP		Conservative	Sitting councillor joined Conservatives.	31	14	11	8	2	3
Warboys & Upwood	16 September 2016[11]		UKIP		Conservative	Sitting councillor joined Conservatives.	32	14	10	8	2	3

Results summary

Cambridgeshire County Council election, 2017[12][13]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	11	7	+4[a]	59.0	40.6	73,145	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	15	2	1	+1	24.6	29.7	53,485	+10.0
	Labour	7	2	2	0	11.5	18.2	32,864	+0.8
	St. Neots Independents	2	0	0	0	3.3	1.8	3,107	+1.8
	Independent	1	1	2	−1	1.6	2.4	4,103	−1.3
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	6,744	+0.4
	UKIP	0	0	12	−12	0	3.6	6,555	−17.5

1. Change from notional 2013 results due to boundary changes

Election of Group Leaders

Steve Count (March North & Waldersey) was reelected leader of the Conservative Group, Lucy Nethsingha (Newnham) was reelected leader of the Liberal Democratic Group, and Joan Whitehead (Abbey) was elected leader of the Labour Group. In late 2019 Elisa Meschini (King's Hedges) replaced Whitehead as Labour leader

Election of Leader of the Council

Steve Count the leader of the Conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a Conservative administration.

Results by district

All electoral divisions elected one councillor unless stated otherwise.

Cambridge (12 seats)

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	7		13,542	37.1	−2.4
	Liberal Democrat	5	1	13,582	37.2	+7.1
	Conservative	0		5,408	14.8	+0.4
	Green	0		3,005	8.2	−0.6
	Independent	0	1	750	2.1	−1.6
	UKIP	0		258	0.7	−2.6

Division Results

Abbey[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Whitehead *	1,022	40.60	−12.77
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Shepard	947	37.62	+26.55
	Conservative	Kevin Francis	336	13.35	−3.71
	Green	Monica Hone	212	8.42	−10.08
Majority			75	2.98	−31.89
Turnout			2,517	38.7	+12.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−19.7

Arbury[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jocelynne Scutt *	1,331	44.83	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cecilia Liszka	919	30.95	+14.2
	Conservative	Henry Collins	542	18.26	+6.8
	Green	Lucas Ruzowitzky	177	6.0	−3.9
Majority			412	13.9	−18.7
Turnout			2,980	43.5	+14.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.4

Castle[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Richards	777	29.78	+13.1
	Independent	John Hipkin *	750	28.75	−12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Sagar	736	28.21	−4.4
	Conservative	Edward MacNaghten	199	7.63	+1.9
	Green	Gareth Bailey	147	5.63	N/A
Majority			27	1.03	−7.4
Turnout			2,609	46.2	+16.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	+12.7

Cherry Hinton[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Crawford *	1,555	48.79	−9.7
	Conservative	James Mathieson	718	22.53	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Oakes	699	21.93	+14.1
	Green	Maximilian Fries	215	6.75	−4.1
Majority			837	26.26	−9.4
Turnout			3,187	39.0	+7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.7

Chesterton[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Manning *	1,715	44.09
	Labour	Kelley Green	1,407	36.17
	Conservative	Connor MacDonald	481	12.37
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	199	5.12
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	88	2.26
Majority			308	7.92
Turnout			3,890	48.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

King's Hedges[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elisa Meschini	1,247	40.08	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Dalzell	1,056	33.94	+14.8
	Conservative	Anette Karimi	427	13.73	−1.6
	Green	Angela Ditchfield	211	6.78	N/A
	UKIP	David Corn	170	5.5	N/A
Majority			191	6.1	−23.6
Turnout			3,124	37.1	+13.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.8

Market[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Harrison	965	41.87	+8.8
	Labour	Nick Gay	678	29.41	−0.8
	Green	Jeremy Caddick	425	18.44	−0.2
	Conservative	Henry Mitson	237	10.3	−7.7
Majority			287	12.5	+9.6
Turnout			2,318	33.5	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.8

Newnham[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Nethsingha *	1,221	51.17	+8.0
	Labour	Joe Dale	673	28.21	−7.6
	Conservative	Julius Carrington	299	12.5	+0.1
	Green	Mark Slade	193	8.09	−0.5
Majority			548	23.0	+15.6
Turnout			2,394	40.3	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.8

Petersfield[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Jones	1,410	41.16	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Bates	1,161	33.89	+17.9
	Green	Virgil Ierubino	467	13.63	−2.2
	Conservative	Linda Yeatman	388	11.3	−0.9
Majority			249	7.3	−32.6
Turnout			3,436	42.6	+14.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−16.3

Queen Ediths[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Taylor *	1,678	46.38	+1.6
	Labour	Adam Pounds	962	26.59	−8.5
	Conservative	Manas Deb	752	20.78	+7.2
	Green	Joel Chalfen	226	6.3	−0.2
Majority			716	19.8	+10.1
Turnout			3,632	48.8	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.1

Romsey[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Kavanagh *	1,633	44.67	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cooper	1,359	37.17	−10.7
	Conservative	Simon Lee	335	9.2	+4.8
	Green	Caitlin Patterson	329	9.00	+3.1
Majority			274	7.5	−8.6
Turnout			3,667	43.6	+6.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.8

Trumpington[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Adey	1,116	39.01	+2.0
	Labour	Katie Thornburrow	847	29.61	+13.7
	Conservative	Shapour Meftah	694	24.26	−11.4
	Green	Ceri Galloway	204	7.1	−4.3
Majority			269	9.4	+8.0
Turnout			2,872	44.3	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−5.8

East Cambridgeshire (8 seats)

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	7	1	11,600	54.2	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	6,605	30.8	+12.5
	Labour	0		2,710	12.7	−1.1
	Green	0		502	2.3	+0.6

Division Results

Burwell[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Schumann *	1,557	53.89	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Cane	642	22.22	+1.9
	Labour	Liz Swift	381	13.19	−1.1
	Green	Flora May Waterhouse	309	10.70	N/A
Majority			915	31.69	+5.9
Turnout			2,887	33.6	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

Ely North[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lis Every	1,192	49.32
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Whelan	855	35.37
	Labour	Mark Hucker	370	15.31
Majority			337	13.9
Turnout			2,430	35.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ely South[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anna Bailey *	1,627	46.08
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Whelan	1,368	38.74
	Labour	Rebecca Denness	536	15.18
Majority			259	7.3
Turnout			3,557	42.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Littleport[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	863	57.23	+27.9
	Labour	Jane Frances	335	22.21	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Seidel	310	20.56	+1.0
Majority			528	35.0	+28.5
Turnout			1,508	22.6	+2.3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+10.5

Soham North & Isleham[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Raynes	1,504	66.23
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Moss-Eccardt	396	17.44
	Labour	Isobel Morris	371	16.34
Majority			1,108	48.8
Turnout			2,296	27.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Soham South & Haddenham[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Hunt *	1,828	57.72
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Wilson	826	26.08
	Labour	Lydia Hill	320	10.10
	Green	Andy Cogan	193	6.1
Majority			1,002	31.6
Turnout			3,167	37.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Dupré *	1,441	45.8	+13.0
	Conservative	Michael Bradley	1,353	42.9	−6.4
	Labour	Christopher Horne	355	11.3	−6.6
Majority			88	2.8	−13.8
Turnout			3,163	37.0	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.7

Woodditton[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mathew Shuter *	1,676	58.4	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Trapp	767	26.7	+8.1
	Labour	Steven O'Dell	426	14.9	−6.3
Majority			909	31.7	−7.4
Turnout			2,485	33.6	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.9

Fenland (9 seats)

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	9	3	13,284	54.7	+15.0
	Labour	0		3,332	13.7	−0.4
	UKIP	0	5	2,956	12.2	−17.2
	Liberal Democrat	0		2,272	9.4	−0.2
	Independent	0		1,573	6.5	+1.1
	Green	0		858	3.5	+3.5

Division Results

Chatteris[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Hay	1,086	48.46	+14.0
	UKIP	Dick Mandley *	429	19.1	−15.6
	Independent	Steve Nicholson	201	8.9	N/A
	Labour	David Lewis	178	7.94	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Freeman	176	7.85	−13.5
	Independent	Daniel Divine *	171	7.6
Majority			657	29.3	+29.0
Turnout			2,254	27.3	−0.2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+14.8

March North & Waldersey (2 seats)[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Count *	2,263	53.4
	Conservative	Jan French	2,094	49.4
	Labour	Katharine Bultitude	856	20.2
	Labour	Martin Field	850	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Court	605	14.3
	UKIP	Caroline Smith	561	13.2
	UKIP	Robin Talbot	481	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Lansdell-Hill	340	8.0
	Green	Ruth Johnson	248	5.9
	Green	Andrew Crawford	191	4.5
Majority			1,238	29.2
Turnout			4,237	24.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

March South & Rural[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gowing	969	39.75
	Independent	Rob Skoulding	910	37.33
	Labour	Steven Smith	174	7.14
	UKIP	Daniel Spencer	157	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Morrison	126	5.17
	Green	Elizabeth Wright	102	4.18
Majority			59	2.4
Turnout			2,445	30.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roman Bank & Peckover[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon King	1,455	54.17	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Booth	615	22.90	+19.2
	UKIP	Chris Schooling	364	13.6	−27.6
	Labour	Jes Hibbert	252	9.38	−5.1
Majority			840	31.3	+30.8
Turnout			2,686	29.1	−3.4
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+20.6

Whittlesey North[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Boden *	1,365	65.69	+10.1
	Labour	Steve Jansky	279	13.43	+0.9
	UKIP	Dawn Rhys-Owain	244	11.7	−17.8
	Green	Alex Oates	97	4.67	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bellard	93	4.48	N/A
Majority			1,086	52.3	+26.2
Turnout			2,084	27.2	−6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Whittlesey South[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Connor	1,692	66.43	+12.3
	UKIP	Dai Rhys-Owain	266	10.4	N/A
	Labour	Martin Lodziak	247	9.70	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Kitchen	192	7.54	N/A
	Green	Karen Alexander	150	5.89	N/A
Majority			1,426	56.0	+31.2
Turnout			2,555	29.8	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Wisbech East[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samantha Hoy *	1,284	63.19
	Labour	Sue Marshall	306	15.06
	UKIP	Susan Carson	243	12.0
	Independent	Fay Allen	135	6.64
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Wilson	64	3.15
Majority			978	48.1
Turnout			2,045	25.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wisbech West[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Tierney	1,076	61.00
	UKIP	Paul Clapp *	211	11.96
	Labour	Tina Eyres	190	10.77
	Independent	Sharon Home	119	6.8
	Green	Jane Feaviour-Clarke	70	3.97
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ross	61	3.5
	Independent	Jonathan Miller	37	2.1
Majority			865	49.0
Turnout			1,781	26.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Huntingdonshire (17 seats)

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	11	3	20,787	48.8	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	3		9,061	21.3	+8.5
	St Neots Independents	2		3,107	7.3	+2.9
	Independent	1	1	1,406	3.3	+0.4
	Labour	0		5,251	12.3	+1.1
	UKIP	0	6	2,984	7.0	−24.9

Division Results

Alconbury & Kimbolton[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Gardener	1,943	61.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	973	30.9
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	231	7.3
Majority			970	30.8
Turnout			3,168	39.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brampton & Buckden[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Downes *	1,536	48.6
	Conservative	Hamish Masson	1,422	45.0
	Labour	Sue Foster	205	6.5
Majority			114	3.6
Turnout			3,174	40.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godmanchester & Huntingdon South[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Wilson *	1,194	52.3
	Conservative	Bill Hensley	656	28.7
	Labour	Samuel Sweek	282	12.4
	UKIP	Dan Morris	152	6.7
Majority			538	23.6
Turnout			2,291	34.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Huntingdon North & Hartford[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shellens *	882	35.0
	Conservative	Emily Barley	838	33.3
	Labour	Nik Johnson	532	21.1
	UKIP	Peter Ashcroft *	265	10.5
Majority			44	1.7
Turnout			2,532	30.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Huntingdon West[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tom Sanderson	1,018	48.6
	Conservative	Peter Brown *	532	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Jordan	299	14.3
	Labour	Patrick Kadewere	247	11.8
Majority			486	23.2
Turnout			2,096	29.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Ramsey & Bury[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adela Costello	1,296	45.1
	UKIP	Peter Reeve *	1,152	40.1
	Labour	Kevin Minnette	260	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Wasyliw	163	5.7
Majority			144	5.0
Turnout			2,877	36.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sawtry & Stilton[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Bywater *	2,022	68.8
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	405	13.8
	UKIP	Roger Henson *	269	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Harvey	244	8.3
Majority			1,617	55.0
Turnout			2,953	31.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Somersham & Earith[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Criswell *	1,862	68.2	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Jebson	393	14.4	+3.0
	Labour	Iain Ramsbottom	299	10.9	+2.8
	UKIP	Callum Duffy	178	6.5	−21.8
Majority			1,469	53.8	+29.9
Turnout			2,732	35.7	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.5

St Ives North & Wyton[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ryan Fuller	1,223	54.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Hodge	404	17.9
	Labour	Sam Feeney	391	17.3
	UKIP	Margaret King	238	10.6
Majority			819	36.3
Turnout			2,278	28.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Ives South & Needingworth[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Reynolds *	1,491	59.3
	Labour	John Watson	537	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lakkana Yalagala	488	19.4
Majority			954	37.9
Turnout			2,550	33.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Neots East & Gransden[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julie Wisson	865	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Catmur	375	22.8
	St Neots Independents	James Corley	218	13.2
	Labour	Stephen Hinchley	188	11.4
Majority			490	29.8
Turnout			1,651	33.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Neots Eynesbury[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	St Neots Independents	Simone Taylor *	818	43.4
	Conservative	Robert Moores	649	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Piper	228	12.1
	Labour	Sam Wakeford	189	10.0
Majority			169	9.0
Turnout			1,889	23.9
	St Neots Independents win (new seat)

St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Wells	1,069	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Carol McMahon	599	24.1
	St Neots Independents	Paul Davies	565	22.7
	Labour	Christine Green	255	10.3
Majority			470	18.9
Turnout			2,502	31.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Neots The Eatons[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	St Neots Independents	Derek Giles *	1,506	46.3
	Conservative	Beth Hughes	893	27.4
	Independent	Bob Farrer	388	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Bartrick	250	7.7
	Labour	Rob Gardiner	217	6.7
Majority			613	18.8
Turnout			3,268	34.3
	St Neots Independents win (new seat)

The Hemingfords & Fenstanton[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bates *	1,766	62.2	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Priestman	785	27.6	+18.0
	Labour	Robert Leach	289	10.2	+0.5
Majority			981	34.5	+20.1
Turnout			2,864	38.3	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

Warboys & The Stukeleys[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terry Rogers	1,142	62.4
	UKIP	Paul Bullen *	273	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hulme	248	13.6
	Labour Co-op	Graeme Watkins	166	9.1
Majority			869	47.5
Turnout			1,842	32.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Yaxley & Farcet[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mac McGuire	1,118	52.4
	Labour	Jonathan Orchard	558	26.2
	UKIP	Paul Richardson	457	21.4
Majority			560	26.3
Turnout			2,152	25.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Cambridgeshire (15 seats)

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	9	1	22,066	40.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	6	1	21,975	40.0	+12.4
	Labour	0		7,647	13.9	−1.5
	Green	0		2,146	3.9	−1.2
	Independent	0	1	786	1.4	−1.4
	UKIP	0		357	0.7	−12.9

Division Results

Bar Hill[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Harford *	1,202	40.09	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Argent	836	27.89	+19.4
	Labour	Stuart Hilpert	550	18.35	+4.7
	Green	Teal Riley	252	8.41	−1.0
	UKIP	Helena Green	158	5.27	−16.8
Majority			366	12.21	−11.2
Turnout			2,998	42.4	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.4

Cambourne[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Howell	1,145	43.27
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hedges	721	27.25
	Labour	Gavin Clayton	590	22.30
	Green	Marcus Pitcaithly	190	7.18
Majority			424	16.02
Turnout			2,646	33.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cottenham & Willingham[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Wotherspoon	1,207	35.31
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Gough	1,205	35.25
	Labour	Alex Tiley	421	12.32
	Independent	Mike Mason *	412	12.05
	Green	Colin Coe	173	5.06
Majority			2	0.06
Turnout			3,418	42.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Duxford[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Topping *	2,066	55.12	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McDonald	1,248	33.30	+4.3
	Labour	Jackie Scott	286	7.6	−2.1
	Green	Matthew Barton	148	3.95	N/A
Majority			818	21.8	+8.2
Turnout			3,768	46.3	+8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

Fulbourn[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams *	1,217	43.39	−1.5
	Conservative	Alan Sharp	899	32.05	−0.2
	Labour	Tim Andrews	548	19.54	+3.0
	Green	Oliver Fisher	141	5.03	−1.4
Majority			318	11.3	−1.3
Turnout			2,823	39.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−0.6

Gamlingay[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Kindersley *	1,505	42.23	−7.5
	Conservative	Heather Williams	1,448	40.63	+15.7
	Independent	Alison Elcox	374	10.49	+10.5
	Labour	John Goodall	237	6.7	−2.3
Majority			57	1.6	−23.2
Turnout			3,575	43.2	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−11.6

Hardwick[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lina Joseph	1,840	46.9	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Allen	1,369	34.9	−2.6
	Labour	Norman Crowther	456	11.6	−9.2
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	258	6.6	+6.6
Majority			471	12.0	+7.8
Turnout			3,948	45.7	+13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

Histon & Impington[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Jenkins *	1,938	53.86
	Conservative	Othman Cole	834	23.18
	Labour	Beccy Talmy	602	16.73
	Green	Darren Cotterell	224	6.2
Majority			1,104	30.7
Turnout			3,618	43.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Linton[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Batchelor	1,957	47.60	+7.5
	Conservative	John Bald	1,579	38.41	−1.8
	Green	Paul Richardson	293	7.1	+7.1
	Labour	Ernie Turkington	282	6.86	−1.8
Majority			378	9.2	+9.2
Turnout			4,131	48.4	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.6

Longstanton, Northstowe & Over[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Hudson *	1,112	45.91
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Cheung Johnson	965	39.84
	Labour	Simon Down	226	9.3
	Green	Sandra Archer	119	4.91
Majority			147	6.1
Turnout			2,433	40.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Melbourn & Bassingbourn[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan van de Ven *	1,693	56.2
	Conservative	Joshua Huntingfield	773	25.7
	UKIP	Adrian Dent *	199	6.6
	Green	Simon Saggers	174	5.8
	Labour	Chris Coleridge	173	5.7
Majority			920	30.5
Turnout			3,017	38.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Papworth & Swavesey[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mandy Smith *	1,495	56.0	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sandford	660	24.7	+17.8
	Labour	Darren Macey	305	11.4	−1.0
	Green	Gaynor Clements	211	7.9	−2.5
Majority			835	31.3	+2.3
Turnout			2,683	36.9	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.71

Sawston & Shelford (2 seats)[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Cuffley	2,698	42.9
	Conservative	Roger Hickford *	2,584	41.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fane	2,528	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Milnes	2,427	38.6
	Labour	Mike Nettleton	1,194	19.0
	Labour	Sue Whitney	1,186	18.8
Majority			56	0.9
Turnout			6,325	42.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waterbeach[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Bradnam	1,706	46.4	+3.9
	Conservative	George Walker	1,184	32.2	−4.6
	Labour	Gareth Wright	591	16.1	+9.4
	Green	Eleanor Crane	196	5.3	+1.1
Majority			522	14.2	+8.5
Turnout			3,697	43.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.2

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