2012 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

2012 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 right vertical South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2012 250 South Cambridgeshire UK local election 2012 map.svg Results by ward of the 2012 local election in South Cambridgeshire Results by ward of the 2012 local election in South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire UK composition 2012 map.svg Overall composition of the council following the 2012 election Overall composition of the council following the 2012 election Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2012,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 Local elections 2012 2012-04-30 BBC News as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2012 were last contested at the 2008 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council. Summary At this election, Conservatives were defending 10 seats while Liberal Democrats and Independents were defending 4 seats each. Labour were defending their only seat on the council in Bassingbourn. Of the councillors elected in 2008, all were running for re-election except for incumbent Liberal Democrat Liz Heazell in Haslingfield and the Eversdens, and independent Mike Mason in Histon and Impington. The incumbent councillor in Longstanton, Alex Riley, was elected as an independent in 2008, but joined the Conservatives in 2011. Only two seats changed hands at this election. In Haslingfield and the Eversdens, journalist Robin Page defeated the Liberal Democrat candidate by two votes, while in Linton the Conservatives defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrats by just one vote. Results South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2012http://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=44&RPID=1000154543 District Council Elections – Thursday, 3 May 2012 South Cambridgeshire District Council 2012-05-04 2012-05-04PartySeatsPopular voteWonNot upTotal±Votes%  Conservative112233+111,00941.5  Liberal Democrats21416−25,25219.8  Independent527+13,79514.3  Labour10105,80921.9  Green00004871.8  UKIP00001510.6Total193857–26,503–Turnout34.9 Results by ward Bassingbourn Wardhttp://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=44&RPID=1000154210 Election results by ward South Cambridgeshire District Council 2012-05-04 2012-05-04 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Nielsen Cathcart 743 58.1 +18.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter James Robinson 371 28.9 −1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Simon Saggers 132 10.3 −2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Holmes 34 2.7 N/A 372 29.2 1,280 35.4 Labour Party (UK) Bourn Ward Conservative Party (UK) Mervyn Loynes 779 46.5 −2.9 Labour Party (UK) Gavin Clayton 666 39.7 +30.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Robert Fane 232 13.8 −27.8 113 6.8 1,677 24.8 Conservative Party (UK) Cottenham Ward Conservative Party (UK) Simon Mark Edwards 1,089 45.9 −11.7 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Papworth 891 37.6 +29.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard William Gymer 239 10.1 −16.7 UK Independence Party Michael Eric Heaver 151 6.4 N/A 198 8.3 2,370 38.7 Conservative Party (UK) Gamlingay Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Sebastian Kindersley 667 58.5 −5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Heather Brewer 346 30.3 −5.3 Labour Party (UK) Norman Alexander Crowther 128 11.2 N/A 321 28.2 1,141 29.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Girton Ward Independent (politics) Douglas Raymond de Lacey 718 52.8 +5.4 Conservative Party (UK) Alastair John Simpson 428 31.5 −5.9 Labour Party (UK) Tom Moule 160 11.8 +4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Petra Pellew 55 4.0 N/A 290 21.3 1,361 39.8 Independent (politics) Harston and Hauxton Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Elizabeth Lockwood 415 53.1 −6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gina Kay Youens 283 36.2 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) David John Taylor 83 10.6 N/A 132 16.9 781 41.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Haslingfield and the Eversdens Ward Independent (politics) Robin Page 516 43.8 +5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Jane Ridley 514 43.7 −4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Benjamin Frearson 95 8.1 −5.3 Labour Party (UK) Helen Mary Haugh 52 4.4 N/A 2 0.1 1,177 56.1 Independent (politics) Liberal Democrats (UK) Histon and Impington Ward Independent (politics) Neil Sinnett Davies 1287 46.5 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Yemi Macaulay 568 20.5 −12.9 Labour Party (UK) Huw Jones 473 17.1 +12.3 Conservative Party (UK) Steven James Mastin 438 15.8 −7.7 719 26.0 2,766 36.9 Independent (politics) Linton Ward Conservative Party (UK) Roger Keith Hickford 640 41.5 +0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Dennis Batchelor 639 41.4 −16.9 Labour Party (UK) Tom Purser 264 17.11 N/A 1 0.1 1,543 42.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Longstanton Ward Conservative Party (UK) Alex Riley 484 62.7 +7.8 Independent (politics) Mick Yarrow 190 24.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Janet Shepherd 62 8.0 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Craig Taylor 35 4.5 N/A 294 38.1 771 38.1 Conservative Party (UK) Melbourn Ward Conservative Party (UK) Val Barrett 786 55.6 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Hunter 320 22.7 −5.5 Labour Party (UK) Peter Andrew Vincent Sarris 307 21.7 +16.1 466 32.9 1,413 32.4 Conservative Party (UK) Papworth and Elsworth Ward Conservative Party (UK) Mark Phillip Howell 840 68.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Samuel Shepherd 244 19.9 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Joyce Elizabeth Leslie Baird 140 11.4 N/A 596 48.7 1,224 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) Sawston Ward Independent (politics) Sally Ann Hatton 535 37.1 −14.2 Conservative Party (UK) Lucy Alice Sales 505 35.1 −13.7 Labour Party (UK) Martin Higgins 335 23.3 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Chika Akinwale 66 4.6 N/A 30 2.0 1,441 26.1 Independent (politics) The Mordens Ward Independent (politics) Cicely Anne Elsa Murfitt 549 70.8 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Richard Bullivant 142 18.3 −6.9 Labour Party (UK) Angela Mary Patrick 60 7.7 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) David Thurston 24 3.1 N/A 407 52.5 775 40.5 Independent (politics) The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward Conservative Party (UK) Charles Reginald Nightingale 960 46.2 −11.2 Labour Party (UK) Mike Nettleton 400 19.3 +12.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bill Powell 363 17.5 −18.2 Green Party of England and Wales Linda Jane Whitebread 355 17.1 N/A 560 26.9 2,078 36.4 Conservative Party (UK) The Wilbrahams Ward Conservative Party (UK) Robert John Turner 443 61.6 −9.3 Labour Party (UK) June Ford 188 26.2 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Douglas Wallace 88 12.2 −16.8 255 35.6 719 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) Waterbeach Ward Conservative Party (UK) James Andrew Hockney 919 57.0 −3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maurice Leonard Leeke 502 31.1 −5.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Thomas Finley 191 11.9 +8.9 417 25.9 1,612 39.3 Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesford Ward Conservative Party (UK) Peter William Wilson Topping 540 65.8 +26.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clare Delderfield 162 19.7 −13.1 Labour Party (UK) Dinah Elizabeth Pounds 119 14.5 New 378 46.1 820 39.2 Conservative Party (UK) Willingham and Over Ward Conservative Party (UK) Ray Maurice Antony Manning 921 59.5 −7.3 Labour Party (UK) Ben Monks 438 28.3 +21.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry John Platt 189 12.2 −14.6 483 31.2 1,548 28.9 Conservative Party (UK) References 2012 South Cambridgeshire Category:2010s in Cambridgeshire