2008 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

2008 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 right vertical South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2008 250 South Cambridgeshire UK local election 2008 map.svg Results by ward of the 2008 local election in South Cambridgeshire Results by ward of the 2008 local election in South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire UK composition 2008 map.svg Overall composition of the council following the 2008 election Overall composition of the council following the 2008 election Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 1 May 2008, as part of the 2008 United Kingdom local elections. Twenty seats, making up just over one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Both seats in Gamlingay were contested at this election after one of the councillors retired earlier in the year.http://www.scambs.gov.uk/pressreleases/pressrelease.htm?mode=10&pk_press_release=1120 https://archive.today/20120805125151/http://www.scambs.gov.uk/pressreleases/pressrelease.htm?mode=10&pk_press_release=1120 dead 2012-08-05 Councillor Ann Elsby steps down from South Cambridgeshire District Council South Cambridgeshire District Council 2008-03-12 2012-05-05 Seats up for election in 2008 were last contested at the 2004 election, and were next contested at the 2012 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council. Summary At this election, Conservatives were defending 8 seats, Independents were defending 6 seats and Liberal Democrats 5 seats. Labour were defending their only seat on the council in Bassingbourn. Several councillors had switched parties in the year leading up to the election, with independents Mark Howell (Papworth and Elsworth) and Simon Edwards (Cottenham) joining the Conservatives, while Liberal Democrat James Quinlan (Whittlesford) ran for re-election as an Independent.http://www.scambs.gov.uk/pressreleases/pressrelease.htm?mode=10&pk_press_release=976 https://archive.today/20120805142252/http://www.scambs.gov.uk/pressreleases/pressrelease.htm?mode=10&pk_press_release=976 dead 2012-08-05 Political changes at South Cambridgeshire District Council South Cambridgeshire District Council 2007-05-10 2012-05-05 Incumbent Liberal Democrat Val Trueman also ran as an independent in Melbourn. Conservatives gained the latter two seats at the election, but lost in Girton to an independent candidate. No other seats changed hands. Results South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2008District Council Elections – Thursday, 1 May 2008, South Cambridgeshire District CouncilPartySeatsPopular voteWonNot upTotal±Votes%  Conservative92332+112,79744.0  Liberal Democrats5101509,36232.2  Independent549−14,60315.8  Labour10101,5835.4  Green00006932.4  UKIP0000290.1Total203757–29,067–Turnout41.3 Results by ward Bassingbourn Wardhttp://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=20&RPID=1000183077 Election results by ward South Cambridgeshire District Council 2008-05-01 2012-05-05 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Nielsen Cathcart 576 39.5 +6.8 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Neil Dent 447 30.7 −16.1 Independent (politics) Peter James Robinson 247 16.9 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Simon Peter Saggers 188 12.9 −7.7 129 41.6 Labour Party (UK) Bourn Ward Conservative Party (UK) Mervyn Benjamin Loynes 922 49.4 −5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Keith Hume 778 41.7 +7.4 Labour Party (UK) Mark David Hurn 168 8.9 +2.1 144 34.5 Conservative Party (UK) Cottenham Ward Conservative Party (UK) Simon Mark Edwards 1,256 57.6 +21.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew James Barnett 583 26.8 +0.6 Green Party of England and Wales Heather Anne Macbeth-Hornett 173 7.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Samuel Shepherd 167 7.7 N/A 673 36.2 Conservative Party (UK) Gamlingay Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Sebastian Kindersley 1,030 34.3 −3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bridget Zoe Dorrington Smith 897 29.9 −1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Celia Brenda Waldron 558 18.7 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Lister John Wilson 507 16.9 +2.6 41.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Girton Ward Independent (politics) Douglas de Lacey 715 47.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Mark Jonathan Taylor 564 37.3 −18.3 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Jones 104 6.9 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Teal Richard Riley 99 6.6 −13.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Helene Yvette Davis 29 1.9 N/A 151 46.8 Independent (politics) Conservative Party (UK) Harston and Hauxton Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Elizabeth Lockwood 501 59.5 +13.7 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Michael Turner 282 33.5 −3.9 Green Party of England and Wales Jackie Garfit 59 7.0 −4.1 77 49.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Haslingfield and the Eversdens Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Liz Heazell 602 48.6 −8.7 Independent (politics) Robin Page 471 38.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Mandy Lorraine Smith 165 13.3 −17.8 131 60.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Histon and Impington Ward Independent (politics) Mike Mason 957 35.6 +19.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vanessa Ann Kelly 900 33.4 −1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Philip 'Scotty' Scott 632 23.5 −8.1 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Jeffrey Wilson 129 4.8 −3.4 Green Party of England and Wales William Jon Quinn 73 2.7 −1.7 57 42.3 Independent (politics) Linton Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) John Dennis Batchelor 939 58.3 −2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Keith Hickford 672 41.7 +8.9 267 45.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Longstanton Ward Independent (politics) Alex Riley 435 55.0 −12.3 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Owen Valentine 356 45.0 +24.1 79 43.2 Independent (politics) Melbourn Ward Conservative Party (UK) Val Barrett 1,053 55.5 +14.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Dallas Cartwright 534 28.2 −23.1 Independent (politics) Val Trueman 203 10.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Hywel Lamont Jackson 107 5.6 N/A 519 45.5 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politics) Papworth and Elsworth Ward Conservative Party (UK) Mark Phillip Howell unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Sawston Ward Independent (politics) Sally Ann Hatton 747 51.3 +28.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Louis Denham 709 48.7 −0.8 38 27.2 Independent (politics) The Mordens Ward Independent (politics) Cicely Anne Elsa Demain Murfitt 547 63.1 −14.9 Conservative Party (UK) Robert James Poulter 219 25.3 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Sam Morris 101 11.7 −10.3 328 47.3 Independent (politics) The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward Conservative Party (UK) Charles Reginald Nightingale 1,379 57.4 −7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Catherine Whitebread 857 35.7 +13.5 Labour Party (UK) Michael Robert Nettleton 168 6.9 −5.9 522 44.1 Conservative Party (UK) The Wilbrahams Ward Conservative Party (UK) Robert John Turner 639 70.9 +9.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frances Amrani 262 29.1 −9.9 377 44.6 Conservative Party (UK) Waterbeach Ward Conservative Party (UK) James Andrew Hockney 1,148 60.3 +20.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adrian James Wright 700 36.8 +3.1 Labour Party (UK) Jess Blair 57 2.9 N/A 448 48.5 Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesford Ward Conservative Party (UK) Peter William Wilson Topping 403 39.6 +3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Kilpatrick 334 32.8 −31.2 Independent (politics) James Alex Quinlan 282 27.7 N/A 69 51.3 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politics) Willingham and Over Ward Conservative Party (UK) Ray Maurice Antony Manning 1,109 66.8 +12.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leslie Gelling 445 26.8 −8.9 Labour Party (UK) Norman Alexander Crowther 107 6.4 N/A 664 32.9 Conservative Party (UK) References 2008 Category:2008 English local elections Category:2000s in Cambridgeshire