# 2007 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2007, as part of the 2007 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2007 were last contested at the 2004 election, when all seats were up for election due to new ward boundaries, and were next contested at the 2011 election. The Conservative Party gained an overall majority on the council for the first time.

## Summary

Of the seats being contested at this election, the Conservatives were defending 9 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending 6 seats, and independents were defending 4 seats. Two seats had changed hands at by-elections prior to this election. In November 2004, Liberal Democrats gained Duxford from the Conservatives, while in October 2006 Conservatives gained the Abingtons from the Liberal Democrats. Both by-election gains were successfully defended at this election.
A further three seats were gained by the Conservative Party at this election. Gains from independents in Barton and in Orwell and Barrington as well as from the Liberal Democrats in the Shelfords and Stapleford meant the Conservative Party formed a majority on the council for the first time.

## Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2007 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | 12 | 17 | 29 | +3 | 12,683 | 50.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 5 | 12 | 17 | −1 | 7,870 | 31.1 |
| | Independent | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2,439 | 9.6 |
| | Labour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2,025 | 8.0 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0.7 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0.3 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 38 | 57 | – | 25,277 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40.1 |

## Results by ward

Balsham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Edwin Barrett | 1,142 | 59.9 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Elizabeth Jarvis | 692 | 36.3 | −12.6 |
| | Labour | Richard Amos | 72 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bar Hill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Hall | 871 | 60.3 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Mary Abbott | 220 | 15.2 | −22.3 |
| | UKIP | Helene Yvette Davies | 184 | 12.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | John Shepherd | 169 | 11.7 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 651 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Barton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Francis William Miles Burkitt | 446 | 50.4 | +21.0 |
| | Independent | Keith Robert Scott | 309 | 34.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Anna Gomori-Woodcock | 76 | 8.6 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Annabel Jane Barrett | 54 | 6.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.2 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Bourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Ann Morgan | 676 | 44.1 | −10.6 |
| | Independent | Roger Keith Hume | 642 | 41.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mark David Hurn | 215 | 14.0 | +7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Comberton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Alexander Harangozo | 438 | 48.2 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Hywel Wyn Griffiths | 401 | 44.2 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Durrant | 69 | 7.6 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cottenham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy John Wotherspoon | 1,163 | 56.9 | +20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Mary Bainbridge | 678 | 33.2 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Wilson | 202 | 9.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 485 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Duxford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Williams | 525 | 54.9 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Robin Driver | 391 | 40.9 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | Yvonne Nobis | 40 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Fowlmere and Foxton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Deborah Patricia Roberts | 489 | 45.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Dallas Cartwright | 338 | 31.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robert James Poulter | 230 | 21.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Grace Everson | 26 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.5 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Fulbourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Neil John Scarr | 528 | 39.6 | +15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John George Williams | 391 | 29.4 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Alison Mary Farmer | 350 | 26.3 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Owen Leonard | 63 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.4 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Hardwick Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Stewart | 504 | 73.7 | +16.4 |
| | Conservative | Mandy Lorraine Smith | 151 | 22.1 | −14.5 |
| | Labour | Helen Haugh | 29 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Histon and Impington Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Chatfield | 1,309 | 52.2 | +17.6 |
| | Conservative | Philip 'Scotty' Scott | 1,008 | 40.2 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Robin Philip Stern | 191 | 7.6 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Milton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Marion Smith | 714 | 51.4 | +18.9 |
| | Conservative | Gerda Covell | 584 | 42.0 | +15.2 |
| | Labour | Valerie Ross | 91 | 6.6 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Orwell and Barrington Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Bird | 532 | 83.3 | +50.9 |
| | Labour | Sara Alison Ball | 107 | 16.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.8 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Papworth and Elsworth Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nick Wright | 885 | 74.2 | +28.6 |
| | Labour | Angela Patrick | 308 | 25.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sawston Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Roy Bard | 995 | 67.5 | +17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Douglas Wallace | 256 | 17.4 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Michael Olanrewaju Idowu | 224 | 15.2 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Teversham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Caroline Anne Hunt | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The Abingtons Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Geoffrey Orgee | 680 | 81.2 | +58.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Willingham | 158 | 18.9 | −44.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jaime Ann Dipple | 1,457 | 54.2 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Freda Kember | 1,040 | 38.7 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Michael Nettleton | 189 | 7.0 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 417 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.1 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Willingham and Over Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Roy Burling | 817 | 47.1 | −6.9 |
| | Independent | Pat Daniels | 471 | 27.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Harold Gelling | 365 | 21.0 | −14.7 |
| | Labour | Nicola Andrews | 83 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 346 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |