South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2006

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2006

Results by ward of the 2006 local election in South Cambridgeshire

Overall composition of the council following the 2006 election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 4 May 2006, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2006. Twenty seats, making up just over one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election, with a by-election being held in one ward (Harston and Hauxton). Seats up for election in 2006 were last contested at the 2004 election, when all seats were up for election due to new ward boundaries, and were next contested at the 2010 election. The Conservative Party remained the largest party with an increased number of seats, but the council remained under no overall control.

Summary

At this election, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats were defending eight seats each. Independent councillors were defending in three wards, while Labour were defending in Sawston. The Liberal Democrats lost three seats to the Conservatives in Balsham, Melbourn and Waterbeach, but gained the Shelfords and Stapleford from the Conservatives. In Milton, the incumbent independent councillor ran for re-election as a Liberal Democrat. Other Conservative gains included from Labour in Sawston as well as from an independent in Cottenham. In Histon and Impington however an independent, who had run as a Conservative in 2004, defeated the incumbent Conservative councillor.

Results

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2006
Party		Seats				Popular vote
		Won	Not up	Total	±	Votes	%
	Conservative	11	14	25	+3	14,193	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	7	12	19	−1	11,651	38.4
	Independent	2	10	12	−1	1,760	5.8
	Labour	0	1	1	−1	1,420	4.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	1,140	3.8
	Respect	0	0	0	0	86	0.3
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	56	0.2
Total		20	37	57	–	30,306	–
Turnout							40.2

Results by ward

Balsham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Grace Ford	1,060	51.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Samuel John Agnew	1,011	48.8	−0.1
Majority			49
Turnout				58.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bar Hill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bunty Elizabeth Waters	932	56.5	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Joseph Flanagan	537	32.6	−4.9
	Labour	John Samuel Shepherd	94	5.7	−1.3
	Respect	Steven Sweeney	86	5.2	N/A
Majority			395
Turnout				43.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bassingbourn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Charles McCraith	751	55.9	+9.2
	Green	Simon Peter Saggers	319	23.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Stuart Milton	272	20.3	N/A
Majority			432
Turnout				39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hugh Morgan	737	46.1	−8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Rolf Hansford	417	26.1	−8.2
	Independent	Clayton James Hudson	300	18.8	N/A
	Labour	Mark David Hurn	145	9.1	+2.2
Majority			320
Turnout				36.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caldecote Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Barry Martlew	423	52.7	−3.4
	Conservative	Adrian Michael Peck	347	43.2	−0.7
	Labour	Helen Mary Haugh	33	4.1	N/A
Majority			76
Turnout				46.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cottenham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Charles Francis Bolitho	1,207	59.8	+23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Linden Mary Leeke	811	40.2	+13.9
Majority			396
Turnout				34.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Fulbourn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra June Olga Doggett	599	44.7	+24.0
	Liberal Democrat	John George Williams	423	31.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Alison Mary Farmer	319	23.8	+2.7
Majority			176
Turnout				39.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Gamlingay Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Elsby	787	54.9	−14.5
	Conservative	Mark John Taylor	529	36.9	+6.3
	Labour	Grace Mary Everson	117	8.2	N/A
Majority			258
Turnout				37.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Girton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Dominic Bygott	685	48.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Robert Fane	439	30.9	+6.6
	Green	Teal Richard Riley	178	12.5	−7.6
	Labour	Michael Idowu	121	8.5	N/A
Majority			246
Turnout				45.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harston and Hauxton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Elizabeth Lockwood	550	58.5	+12.7
	Conservative	Alan William Langley	390	41.5	+4.0
Majority			160
Turnout				50.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Histon and Impington Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neil Sinnett Davies	861	34.7	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Anne Muncey	816	32.9	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Frederick Ralph Lynn	614	24.7	−9.8
	Green	Mark Johan Alexander Claessen	191	7.7	+3.3
Majority			45
Turnout				39.9
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Linton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Mary Bear	947	65.5	+4.8
	Conservative	Robert Patrick James Altham	499	34.5	+1.7
Majority			448
Turnout				40.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Melbourn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janice Mary Guest	1,077	56.7	+15.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Adrian Louis George Wherrell	574	30.2	−21.0
	Green	Sally Ann Seagrave Nichols	126	6.6	−1.2
	Labour	Michael William Kernaghan	122	6.4	N/A
Majority			503
Turnout				46.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Meldreth Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Elizabeth Kerr van de Ven	546	63.9	+10.8
	Conservative	Lister John Wilson	261	30.5	−10.0
	Green	Pauline Radley	48	5.6	−0.8
Majority			285
Turnout				47.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Milton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Summerfield	686	52.1	+19.6
	Conservative	Gerda Covell	575	43.7	+16.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Timothy John Franklin (aka Speedways Fast Freddy)	56	4.3	N/A
Majority			111
Turnout				43.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Sawston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Michael Matthews	862	49.8	+0.3
	Labour	Nigel Peter Carder	590	34.1	+19.1
	Green	Jacquelyn Jean Garfit	278	16.1	N/A
Majority			272
Turnout				32.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Swavesey Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Mary Ellington	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Neil Berent	1,248	46.4	+24.2
	Conservative	Simon Robert Carne King	1,244	46.3	−18.7
	Labour	Michael Robert Nettleton	198	7.4	−5.5
Majority			4
Turnout				48.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterbeach Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Terence Johnson	943	56.2	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Rata Williamson	735	43.8	+10.1
Majority			208
Turnout				42.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Willingham and Over Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philippa Saran Corney	959	60.3	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Harold Gelling	631	39.7	+3.9
Majority			328
Turnout				32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing