South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2012
Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2012,[1] as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2012. 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.
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] | |||||||
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Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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] | |||||
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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 Democrat | Mark Holmes | 34 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 372 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,280 | 35.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Bourn Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Mervyn Loynes | 779 | 46.5 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Gavin Clayton | 666 | 39.7 | +30.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Robert Fane | 232 | 13.8 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 113 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,677 | 24.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Cottenham Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Simon Mark Edwards | 1,089 | 45.9 | −11.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Papworth | 891 | 37.6 | +29.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard William Gymer | 239 | 10.1 | −16.7 | |
UKIP | Michael Eric Heaver | 151 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 198 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,370 | 38.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Gamlingay Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,141 | 29.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Girton Ward[3] | |||||
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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 Democrat | Petra Pellew | 55 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 290 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,361 | 39.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Harston and Hauxton Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Haslingfield and the Eversdens Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Robin Page | 516 | 43.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,177 | 56.1 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Histon and Impington Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Neil Sinnett Davies | 1287 | 46.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,766 | 36.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Linton Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Roger Keith Hickford | 640 | 41.5 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | ||||
Longstanton Ward[3] | |||||
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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 Democrat | Jeremy Craig Taylor | 35 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 294 | 38.1 | |||
Turnout | 771 | 38.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Melbourn Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Val Barrett | 786 | 55.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Mark Phillip Howell | 840 | 68.6 | N/A | |
Labour | John Samuel Shepherd | 244 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Joyce Elizabeth Leslie Baird | 140 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 596 | 48.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,224 | 33.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sawston Ward[3] | |||||
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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 Democrat | Chika Akinwale | 66 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 30 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,441 | 26.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The Mordens Ward[3] | |||||
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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 Democrat | David Thurston | 24 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 407 | 52.5 | |||
Turnout | 775 | 40.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Reginald Nightingale | 960 | 46.2 | −11.2 | |
Labour | Mike Nettleton | 400 | 19.3 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert John Turner | 443 | 61.6 | −9.3 | |
Labour | June Ford | 188 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Douglas Wallace | 88 | 12.2 | −16.8 | |
Majority | 255 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 719 | 33.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Waterbeach Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | James Andrew Hockney | 919 | 57.0 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter William Wilson Topping | 540 | 65.8 | +26.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Clare Delderfield | 162 | 19.7 | −13.1 | |
Labour | Dinah Elizabeth Pounds | 119 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 378 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 820 | 39.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Willingham and Over Ward[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ray Maurice Antony Manning | 921 | 59.5 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Ben Monks | 438 | 28.3 | +21.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 2012-04-30.
- ↑ "District Council Elections - Thursday, 3 May 2012". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Election results by ward". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
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