# 2022 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All forty five seats were up for election in twenty six wards. The Liberal Democrats were defending the council, having won control in 2018.

## Summary

2022 South Cambridgeshire District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 45 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 82.2 | 52.1 | 52,851 | +13.6 |
| Conservative | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17.8 | 29.2 | 29,624 | –4.9 |
| Labour | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 10,939 | –6.7 |
| Green | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 6.2 | 6,246 | +1.8 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1,807 | –3.7 |

## Results by ward

A * denotes an incumbent

### Balsham

Balsham (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Harvey* | 704 | 54.2 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | John Biggs | 404 | 31.1 | −8.6 |
| | Labour | Jason Walter | 101 | 7.8 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Bob Ensch | 90 | 6.9 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,299 | 43.45 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bar Hill

Bar Hill (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bunty Waters* | 560 | 48.2 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Barlow | 506 | 43.6 | +33.4 |
| | Green | Thomas Lachlan-Cope | 95 | 8.2 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,161 | 38.98 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Barrington

Barrington (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aidan van de Weyer* | 888 | 64.2 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | Chris Chapman | 495 | 35.8 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,383 | 52.15 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bassingbourn

Bassingbourn (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan van de Ven | 579 | 45.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Soma Pemmireddy | 372 | 29.2 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Simon Saggers | 247 | 19.4 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | Turlough Stone | 75 | 5.9 | −46.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,273 | 42.18 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Caldecote

Caldecote (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tumi Hawkins* | 909 | 74.3 | +16.3 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Barnett | 314 | 25.7 | −12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,223 | 43.37 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Cambourne

Cambourne (three seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helene Leeming | 1,382 | 46.9 | +33.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Drew | 1,295 | 44.0 | +33.0 |
| | Conservative | Shrobona Bhattacharya* | 1,022 | 34.7 | −9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Hersom | 991 | 33.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Conor Smith | 821 | 27.9 | −20.9 |
| | Conservative | Madhuparna Datta | 809 | 27.5 | −10.1 |
| | Labour | Kirsty Ellerker | 626 | 21.2 | −16.4 |
| | Independent | Aftab Ahmed | 425 | 14.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Marcus Pitcaithly | 397 | 13.5 | −0.3 |
| | Independent | Sobia Zaman | 276 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,946 | 38.12 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Caxton & Papworth

Caxton & Papworth (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Howell* | 954 | 51.3 | −10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Sandford | 771 | 41.5 | +23.1 |
| | Conservative | Tanya Gray | 768 | 41.3 | −15.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Lindsay-Smith | 574 | 30.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Gaynor Clements | 405 | 21.8 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,859 | 38.94 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Cottenham

Cottenham (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Loveluck | 1,545 | 69.0 | +21.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annika Osborne | 1,354 | 60.5 | +16.7 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Bolitho | 498 | 22.3 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative | Frank Morris | 456 | 20.4 | −9.5 |
| | Green | Colin Coe | 409 | 18.3 | +11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,238 | 42.71 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Duxford

Duxford (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter McDonald* | 885 | 76.4 | +26.8 |
| | Conservative | Luigi Murton | 274 | 23.6 | −18.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,159 | 41.45 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Fulbourn & Fen Ditton

Fulbourn & Fen Ditton (three seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Williams* | 1,433 | 40.3 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Graham Cone* | 1,305 | 36.7 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carla Hofman | 1,166 | 32.8 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vince Farrar | 1,132 | 31.9 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Tim Andrews | 951 | 26.8 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Neil Prem | 856 | 24.1 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative | Joanne Shiret | 838 | 23.6 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Uroga Okello | 837 | 23.6 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Luke Viner | 751 | 21.1 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Oliver Fisher | 666 | 18.7 | +9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,553 | 44.74 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Foxton

Foxton (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Hobro | 876 | 56.0 | +45.7 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Roberts* | 689 | 44.0 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,565 | 57.16 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Deborah Roberts had previously been elected as an Independent.

### Gamlingay

Gamlingay (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Smith* | 795 | 53.6 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Harriet Gould | 689 | 46.4 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,484 | 50.66 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Girton

Girton (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Corinne Garvey* | 1,220 | 57.9 | +41.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Stobart | 858 | 40.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Tom Bygott* | 670 | 31.8 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | Marcelo Goncalves de Lima | 439 | 20.8 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Gita Patel | 436 | 20.7 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Andrew Margetts | 358 | 17.0 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,108 | 51.01 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Independent seat in a by-election.

### Hardwick

Hardwick (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lina Nieto | 471 | 44.2 | −9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Streets | 345 | 32.4 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Joe Beastall | 249 | 23.4 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,065 | 41.05 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Harston & Comberton

Harston & Comberton (three seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lisa Redrup | 1,978 | 53.6 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Atkins | 1,899 | 51.5 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ariel Cahn | 1,564 | 42.4 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Bacon | 1,165 | 31.6 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Mooney | 1,144 | 31.0 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | Joshua Vanneck | 1,077 | 29.2 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Steve Edmondson | 892 | 24.2 | +15.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Tierney | 630 | 17.1 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,690 | 45.86 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Histon & Impington

Histon & Impington (three seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pippa Heylings* | 2,133 | 58.6 | +17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Cahn* | 1,615 | 44.4 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sunita Hansraj | 1,279 | 35.2 | +3.9 |
| | Independent | Edd Stonham | 1,106 | 30.4 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Geoff Moore | 753 | 20.7 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Gareth Owen | 626 | 17.2 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Louise Daily | 611 | 16.8 | −2.0 |
| | Green | Sandra Archer | 594 | 16.3 | +9.8 |
| | Labour | Simon Patenall | 498 | 13.7 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Gail Arnold | 478 | 13.1 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Olawale Awoyinka | 409 | 11.2 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,637 | 42.46 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Linton

Linton (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Batchelor* | 1,389 | 57.4 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Batchelor* | 1,388 | 57.4 | +12.6 |
| | Conservative | John Bald | 679 | 28.1 | −12.0 |
| | Conservative | Merrie Mannassi | 568 | 23.5 | −9.4 |
| | Green | Jessica Eve | 252 | 10.4 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Murray | 249 | 10.3 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Ernie Turkington | 145 | 6.0 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,420 | 42.41 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Longstanton

Longstanton (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Cheung Johnson* | 1,326 | 71.6 | +20.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Malyon* | 1,183 | 63.8 | +20.9 |
| | Conservative | Harry Challands | 425 | 22.9 | −19.3 |
| | Conservative | Khadijeh Zargar | 340 | 18.3 | −15.3 |
| | Labour | Clare Wilson | 252 | 13.6 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,853 | 35.85 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Melbourn

Melbourn (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jose Hales* | 1,596 | 62.5 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Hart* | 1,573 | 61.6 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Carter | 654 | 25.6 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Goldie | 551 | 21.6 | −7.5 |
| | Green | Paul Evans | 292 | 11.4 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Sarris | 214 | 8.4 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,554 | 39.92 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Milton & Waterbeach

Milton & Waterbeach (three seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Bradnam* | 1,485 | 44.7 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Bearpark* | 1,412 | 42.5 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Rippeth* | 1,255 | 37.8 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth McWilliams | 1,049 | 31.6 | +9.4 |
| | Labour | Gareth Wright | 945 | 28.5 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Anna Stevenson | 788 | 23.7 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Clive Rabbett | 729 | 22.0 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Christine Smith | 663 | 20.0 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Eleanor Crane | 632 | 19.0 | +11.6 |
| | Conservative | Alison Melton | 594 | 17.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,321 | 40.37 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Over & Willingham

Over & Willingham (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Handley* | 1,482 | 66.9 | +20.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Lentell | 1,189 | 53.7 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Edwards | 576 | 26.0 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | James Hutchcraft | 554 | 25.0 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | David Parker | 238 | 10.7 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Sephie Donnelly | 199 | 9.0 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,214 | 39.61 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Sawston

Sawston (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Milnes* | 1,403 | 68.2 | +16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Libby Earle | 1,173 | 57.0 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Paul Bryant | 531 | 25.8 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | Donald Douglas | 459 | 22.3 | −9.5 |
| | Labour | Anand Pillai | 324 | 15.8 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,057 | 37.56 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Shelford

Shelford (two seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fane* | 1,612 | 59.3 | +11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Jackson-Wood | 1,198 | 44.0 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Shelton | 924 | 34.0 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Appleyard | 889 | 32.7 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Gregory Price | 605 | 22.2 | +12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,720 | 47.83 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Swavesey

Swavesey (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Ellington* | 494 | 46.5 | −13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natalie Warren-Green | 359 | 33.8 | +23.8 |
| | Green | John Turner | 209 | 19.7 | +16.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,062 | 37.64 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### The Mordens

The Mordens (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Heather Williams* | 749 | 50.8 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Kindersley | 622 | 42.2 | −4.2 |
| | Green | Holly Derrett | 103 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,474 | 55.04 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Whittlesford

Whittlesford (one seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Williams* | 707 | 57.1 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Carolan | 531 | 42.9 | +28.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,238 | 46.40 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Longstanton

Longstanton, 3 November 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natalie Warren-Green | 578 | 32.1 | −39.5 |
| | Conservative | Tom Bygott | 566 | 31.4 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Zeegen | 534 | 29.7 | −34.1 |
| | Independent | Debbie Poyser | 422 | 23.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Dan Greef | 411 | 22.8 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Khadijeh Zargar | 394 | 21.9 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Anand Pillai | 266 | 14.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Silke Scott-Mance | 169 | 9.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Colin Coe | 85 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,804 | 33.63 | −2.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Cottenham

Cottenham, 16 March 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Wilson | 864 | 41.7 | −21.4 |
| | Conservative | Francis Morris | 678 | 32.7 | +12.4 |
| | Labour | Tom Hingston | 373 | 18.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Oliver Fisher | 107 | 5.2 | −11.5 |
| | Independent | Jo Pilsworth | 52 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,084 | 39.33 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Histon & Impington

Histon & Impington by-election: 24 October 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Rixon | 942 | 38.7 | –2.3 |
| | Independent | Edd Stonham | 617 | 25.3 | +4.0 |
| | Green | Kathryn Fisher | 420 | 17.3 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Clive Pelbrough-Power | 283 | 11.6 | –0.2 |
| | Labour | William Mason | 172 | 7.1 | –7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,436 | 28.6 | –13.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,520 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.5 | |