# 2015 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections. The election was held at the same time as the United Kingdom general election. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2015 were last contested at the 2011 election.

## Summary

The list of candidates was published on 9 April 2015. The Conservative Party and the Labour Party stood candidates in all 19 wards up for election. The Green Party had 17 candidates, the Liberal Democrats had 14 candidates and the United Kingdom Independence Party had six candidates. There were two independent candidates.

## Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2015 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | 16 | 22 | 38 | +3 | 24,984 | 47.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9,399 | 17.9 |
| | Independent | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 1,117 | 2.1 |
| | Labour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9,546 | 18.2 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,486 | 10.5 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,959 | 3.7 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 38 | 57 | – | 52,491 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71.4 |

## Results by ward

Balsham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Michael Turner | 1,403 | 50.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dennis Batchelor | 864 | 30.8 |
| | Labour | Imogen Buxton | 316 | 11.3 |
| | Green | Ellie Crane | 222 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 539 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bar Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Hall | 1,300 | 45.6 |
| | UKIP | Helene Yvette Green | 530 | 18.6 |
| | Labour | Alexander Smith | 443 | 15.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Delderfield | 315 | 11.0 |
| | Green | Claudia Roland | 265 | 9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 770 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Francis William Miles Burkitt | 978 | 64.8 |
| | Green | Anna Gomori | 298 | 19.8 |
| | Labour | Janet Shepherd | 233 | 15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bourn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Des O'Brien | 3,002 | 56.4 |
| | Labour | Gavin John Lawson Clayton | 1,559 | 29.3 |
| | Green | Marcus Pitcaithly | 766 | 14.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Comberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tim Scott | 826 | 60.2 |
| | Labour | John Samuel Shepherd | 199 | 14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annette Tattersall | 180 | 13.1 |
| | Green | Andrew John Margetts | 168 | 12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Cottenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Timothy John Wotherspoon | 1,969 | 44.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard William Gymer | 755 | 17.1 |
| | Labour | Mark John McCormack | 713 | 16.1 |
| | UKIP | Eric Heaver | 526 | 11.9 |
| | Green | Colin Cyril Coe | 464 | 10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Duxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mick Martin | 919 | 57.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Nicholas Young | 275 | 17.2 |
| | Labour | Jean Ellen Prince | 235 | 14.7 |
| | Green | Wendy Bohme | 169 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Fowlmere and Foxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Deborah Patricia Roberts | 682 | 45.9 |
| | Conservative | Mark Daniel McMillan | 583 | 39.3 |
| | Labour | David John Merritt | 112 | 7.6 |
| | Green | Paul Evans | 106 | 7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.3 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Fulbourn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham David Cone | 846 | 32.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Louise Williams | 815 | 30.8 |
| | Independent | Neil John Scarr | 435 | 16.5 |
| | Labour | Rosie Ndiuza Charrot | 393 | 14.9 |
| | Green | John Ranken | 155 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Hardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Grenville James Chamberlain | 731 | 48.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel John Atkinson | 397 | 26.2 |
| | Labour | Norman Alexander Crowther | 188 | 12.4 |
| | UKIP | Joe Webster | 104 | 6.9 |
| | Green | Clare Jane Rankin | 98 | 6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Histon and Impington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher John Cross | 1,917 | 33.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yemi Macaulay | 1,850 | 32.3 |
| | Labour | Aga Cahn | 1,264 | 22.1 |
| | Green | Darren Paul Cotterell | 695 | 12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Milton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Marion Smith | 1,243 | 52.7 |
| | Conservative | Christine Linda Smith | 601 | 25.5 |
| | Labour | Alison Wood | 345 | 14.6 |
| | UKIP | John James Wilson | 168 | 7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Orwell and Barrington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aidan Thomas Van De Weyer | 657 | 45.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Sharp | 567 | 39.3 |
| | Labour | Turlough Francis Stone | 122 | 8.5 |
| | Green | David Stephen Smith | 97 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Papworth and Elsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nick Wright | 1,851 | 61.3 |
| | Labour | Angela Mary Patrick | 453 | 15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Peter Hersom | 392 | 12.9 |
| | Green | Gaynor Clements | 325 | 10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Sawston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Roy Bard | 2,135 | 59.7 |
| | Labour | Mark Toner | 888 | 24.8 |
| | Green | Sophi Berridge | 553 | 15.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Teversham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Caroline Anne Hunt | 540 | 43.9 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Gemmell Herbert | 356 | 28.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry John Platt | 182 | 14.8 |
| | Green | Oliver Edward Fisher | 151 | 12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The Abingtons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Orgee | 959 | 70.4 |
| | Labour | Barnaby Daniel Fiddes | 270 | 19.8 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Skottowe | 134 | 9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The Shelfords and Stapleford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Whiteman-Downes | 2,076 | 47.2 |
| | Labour | Mike Nettleton | 882 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fane | 768 | 17.5 |
| | Green | Linda Jane Whitebread | 676 | 15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Willingham and Over :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Roy Burling | 1,781 | 46.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Lee | 706 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | Ben Monks | 575 | 14.9 |
| | UKIP | Martin Hale | 497 | 12.9 |
| | Green | Helen Stocks | 278 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |