# 2011 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011, as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2011 were last contested at the 2007 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council.

## Summary

At this election, Conservatives were defending 11 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending six and independents were defending two seats. Two seats changed hands at this election, as the Conservatives gained both Duxford and Teversham wards from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority on the council. Teversham was won by the Conservatives in 2007, but had been gained by the Liberal Democrats in a 2008 by-election.
In October 2011, independent councillor Alex Riley, Longstanton, joined the Conservatives, further increasing the number of Conservative councillors to 32.

## Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2011 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | 13 | 18 | 31 | +2 | 15,807 | 46.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 4 | 14 | 18 | −2 | 7,384 | 21.9 |
| | Labour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6,140 | 18.2 |
| | Independent | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3,162 | 9.4 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 661 | 1.9 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 1.7 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 38 | 57 | – | 33,723 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49.9 |

## Results by ward

Balsham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Edwin George Barrett | 1,136 | 54.3 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kerry Wilfred Cook | 590 | 28.2 | −8.1 |
| | Labour | Alex John Jacob | 277 | 13.3 | +9.5 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Mark Skottowe | 88 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bar Hill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Hall | 971 | 51.8 | −8.6 |
| | Labour | John Samuel Shepherd | 372 | 19.8 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Robert Fane | 289 | 15.4 | +0.2 |
| | UKIP | Helene Yvette Davies | 244 | 13.0 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 599 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Barton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Francis William Miles Burkitt | 774 | 73.5 | +23.1 |
| | Labour | Roger Tomlinson | 279 | 26.5 | +20.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alison Paula Elcox | 1,106 | 42.2 | −1.9 |
| | Independent | Roger Keith Hume | 582 | 22.2 | −19.7 |
| | Labour | Gavin John Clayton | 503 | 19.2 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Hansford | 433 | 16.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Comberton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harangozo | 558 | 52.7 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Tracy-Ann Neville | 397 | 37.5 | −6.7 |
| | Labour | Helen Mary Haugh | 104 | 9.8 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cottenham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy John Wotherspoon | 1,453 | 48.1 | −8.9 |
| | Labour | Andrew Papworth | 723 | 23.9 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan John Leeks | 523 | 17.3 | −15.9 |
| | Green | Donald Allan McBride | 185 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Michael Eric Heaver | 139 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 730 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Duxford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mick Martin | 574 | 47.6 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Delderfield | 522 | 43.3 | −11.6 |
| | Labour | Dinah Elizabeth Pounds | 110 | 9.1 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.7 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Fowlmere and Foxton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Deborah Patricia Roberts | 714 | 60.8 | +15.6 |
| | Conservative | Mark William Wykeham Howard | 320 | 27.2 | +5.9 |
| | Green | Colin Reynolds | 86 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Angela Mary Patrick | 55 | 4.7 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.1 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Fulbourn Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Neil John Scarr | 682 | 43.2 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Michael Turner | 445 | 28.2 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Tom Ruffles | 291 | 18.4 | +13.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Douglas Wallace | 161 | 10.2 | −19.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Hardwick Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Stewart | 583 | 56.4 | −17.2 |
| | Conservative | John Edward Reynolds | 322 | 31.2 | +9.1 |
| | Labour | Norman Crowther | 128 | 12.4 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Histon and Impington Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Chatfield | 1,293 | 36.0 | −16.2 |
| | Independent | Neil Sinnett Davies | 1,184 | 33.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Steve Mastin | 635 | 17.7 | −22.5 |
| | Labour | Godson Lawal | 378 | 10.5 | +2.9 |
| | UKIP | Joe Webster | 98 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Milton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Marion Smith | 807 | 54.3 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Gerda Ann Covell | 471 | 31.7 | −10.4 |
| | Labour | Alexandra Mayer | 209 | 14.1 | +7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 336 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Orwell and Barrington Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ted Ridgeway Watt | 534 | 56.9 | −26.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anabela Pinto | 303 | 32.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Susan Hailes | 101 | 10.8 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 231 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Papworth and Elsworth Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Ian Cecil Wright | 1,235 | 74.2 | 0.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Sarris | 429 | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 806 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sawston Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Roy Bard | 1,397 | 64.6 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Martin Higgins | 767 | 35.4 | +20.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Teversham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Caroline Anne Hunt | 446 | 53.8 | +19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Aisha Roberts Amrani | 207 | 24.9 | −13.6 |
| | Labour | David Cornell | 176 | 21.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.7 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
The Abingtons Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Orgee | 782 | 81.9 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Gill Taylor | 172 | 18.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Charles Whiteman-Downes | 1,503 | 49.1 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Thomas Kilpatrick | 621 | 20.3 | −18.4 |
| | Labour | Mike Nettleton | 545 | 17.8 | +10.8 |
| | Green | Linda Whitebread | 390 | 12.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 882 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Willingham and Over Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Roy Burling | 1,306 | 56.3 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | Ben Monks | 521 | 22.5 | +17.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Twiss | 494 | 21.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 785 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |