# 2010 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 6 May 2010, as part of the 2010 United Kingdom local elections. The elections also took place at the same time as the 2010 United Kingdom general election. Nineteen seats, constituting one third of the South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2010 were last contested at the 2006 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, despite losing seats.

## Summary

At this election, Conservatives were defending 11 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending 6 seats and Independents were defending 2. Since the 2006 election, a by-election had been held in Balsham where the Conservatives had held the seat.
The Liberal Democrats had a good night, taking seats from the Conservatives in Balsham, Cottenham and Melbourn and from independents in Fulbourn and Histon and Impington. Conservatives however gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats in the Shelfords and Stapleford.

## Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | 9 | 20 | 29 | −2 | 24,189 | 42.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 10 | 10 | 20 | +4 | 21,142 | 37.5 |
| | Labour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5,155 | 9.1 |
| | Independent | 0 | 7 | 7 | −2 | 3,258 | 5.8 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,422 | 2.5 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,215 | 2.2 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 38 | 57 | – | 56,381 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73.9 |

## Results by ward

Balsham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Elizabeth Jarvis | 1,400 | 50.2 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Walter Blant | 1,391 | 49.8 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Bar Hill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bunty Elizabeth Waters | 1,453 | 51.9 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Gymer | 628 | 22.5 | −10.1 |
| | Labour | John Samuel Shepherd | 337 | 12.1 | +6.4 |
| | Independent | John Doland | 164 | 5.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | George Wallie Oliver Lawrence | 137 | 4.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Donald Allan McBride | 77 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 825 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bassingbourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Charles McCraith | 1,012 | 40.2 | −15.8 |
| | Independent | Peter James Robinson | 609 | 24.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Robert Fane | 339 | 13.5 | −6.8 |
| | Green | Simon Peter Saggers | 326 | 12.9 | −10.8 |
| | Labour | Gabriele Falcini | 232 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 403 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Hugh Morgan | 1,935 | 45.3 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Rolf Hansford | 1,670 | 39.1 | +12.9 |
| | Labour | Mumtaz Khan | 489 | 11.4 | +2.4 |
| | UKIP | Peter Michael Verrechia | 180 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Caldecote Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Olutumininu Olufolabomi Hawkins | 663 | 45.6 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Roy Taylor | 611 | 41.9 | −1.2 |
| | Green | James Preece | 94 | 6.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Norman Alexander Crowther | 87 | 5.9 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cottenham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynda Harford | 1,915 | 43.5 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Charles Francis Bolitho | 1,877 | 42.6 | −17.2 |
| | UKIP | Eric Heaver | 308 | 6.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Heather Anne Macbeth-Hornett | 305 | 6.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Fulbourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John George Williams | 800 | 33.6 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | Sandra June Olga Doggett | 724 | 30.5 | −14.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Michael Turner | 614 | 25.8 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Godson Adedoyin Lawal | 240 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Gamlingay Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Zoe Dorrington Smith | 1,241 | 43.9 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Neil Dent | 1,130 | 39.9 | +3.0 |
| | Independent | Christina Hendrina Jozephina M. Baxter-Van Zutphen | 299 | 10.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Grace Mary Everson | 158 | 5.6 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 111 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Girton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Dominic Bygott | 1,067 | 41.4 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian John Bromwich | 994 | 38.6 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Christopher Jones | 258 | 10.0 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Teal Richard Riley | 186 | 7.2 | −5.3 |
| | UKIP | Aubrey Malcolm Chapman | 73 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Histon and Impington Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edd Stonham | 1,775 | 34.4 | +9.6 |
| | Independent | Neil Sinnett Davies | 1,462 | 28.3 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Philip Scott | 1,189 | 23.0 | −9.9 |
| | Labour | Niamh Marian Sweeney | 561 | 10.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Valeri Sybil Fryer | 176 | 3.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 82.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Linton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Mary Bear | 1,353 | 50.0 | −15.5 |
| | Conservative | Roger Keith Hickford | 1,098 | 40.6 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Stuart Mark Colley | 173 | 6.4 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Timothy Mark Skottowe | 82 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Melbourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jose Hales | 1,476 | 45.1 | +14.9 |
| | Conservative | Colin Jaffray | 1,343 | 41.0 | −15.7 |
| | Labour | Angela Mary Patrick | 231 | 7.1 | +0.6 |
| | UKIP | Graham Peter Wilkinson | 158 | 4.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Samuel James Morris | 66 | 2.0 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Meldreth Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Surinder Mohan Soond | 717 | 50.0 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Duncan Richard Bullivant | 474 | 33.1 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Hywel Lamont Jackson | 102 | 7.1 | N/A |
| | UKIP | David William Poyntz Kendrick | 101 | 7.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Colin Frank Reynolds | 39 | 2.7 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 243 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Milton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Peter Hersom | 1,274 | 58.4 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Gerda Ann Covell | 908 | 41.6 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sawston Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Raymond Michael Matthews | 2,167 | 62.4 | +12.6 |
| | Labour | Lewis Daniel Evans | 1,304 | 37.6 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 863 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Swavesey Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Mary Ellington | 784 | 56.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivien Caroline Biggs | 480 | 34.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Michael Lindsay Wilson | 132 | 9.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Shelton | 1,942 | 45.9 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Thomas Kilpatrick | 1,517 | 35.9 | −10.5 |
| | Labour | Michael Robert Nettleton | 444 | 10.5 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Linda Jane Whitebread | 329 | 7.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.2 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Waterbeach Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Terence Johnson | 1,416 | 50.7 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian James Wright | 1,379 | 49.3 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Willingham and Over Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philippa Saran Corney | 1,778 | 47.9 | −12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Malcolm Gaiger Twiss | 1,521 | 41.0 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Joanne Frances Murray | 407 | 10.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 257 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |