2008 South Cambridgeshire District Council 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.^[1] 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.

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2008

Results by ward of the 2008 local election in South Cambridgeshire

Overall composition of the council following the 2008 election

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.^[2] 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, 2008^[3]
Party		Seats				Popular vote
Party		Won	Not up	Total	±	Votes	%
	Conservative	9	23	32	+1	12,797	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	5	10	15	0	9,362	32.2
	Independent	5	4	9	−1	4,603	15.8
	Labour	1	0	1	0	1,583	5.4
	Green	0	0	0	0	693	2.4
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	29	0.1
Total		20	37	57	–	29,067	–
Turnout							41.3

Results by ward

Bassingbourn Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Nielsen Cathcart	576	39.5	+6.8
	Conservative	Adrian Neil Dent	447	30.7	−16.1
	Independent	Peter James Robinson	247	16.9	N/A
	Green	Simon Peter Saggers	188	12.9	−7.7
Majority			129
Turnout				41.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bourn Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervyn Benjamin Loynes	922	49.4	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Keith Hume	778	41.7	+7.4
	Labour	Mark David Hurn	168	8.9	+2.1
Majority			144
Turnout				34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cottenham Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Mark Edwards	1,256	57.6	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew James Barnett	583	26.8	+0.6
	Green	Heather Anne Macbeth-Hornett	173	7.9	N/A
	Labour	John Samuel Shepherd	167	7.7	N/A
Majority			673
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gamlingay Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley	1,030	34.3	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Zoe Dorrington Smith	897	29.9	−1.2
	Conservative	Celia Brenda Waldron	558	18.7	+2.3
	Conservative	Lister John Wilson	507	16.9	+2.6
Turnout				41.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Girton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas de Lacey	715	47.3	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Jonathan Taylor	564	37.3	−18.3
	Labour	Christopher Jones	104	6.9	N/A
	Green	Teal Richard Riley	99	6.6	−13.6
	UKIP	Helene Yvette Davis	29	1.9	N/A
Majority			151
Turnout				46.8
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Harston and Hauxton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Elizabeth Lockwood	501	59.5	+13.7
	Conservative	Richard Michael Turner	282	33.5	−3.9
	Green	Jackie Garfit	59	7.0	−4.1
Majority			77
Turnout				49.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Haslingfield and the Eversdens Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Heazell	602	48.6	−8.7
	Independent	Robin Page	471	38.1	N/A
	Conservative	Mandy Lorraine Smith	165	13.3	−17.8
Majority			131
Turnout				60.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Histon and Impington Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Mason	957	35.6	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Ann Kelly	900	33.4	−1.1
	Conservative	Philip 'Scotty' Scott	632	23.5	−8.1
	Labour	Christopher Jeffrey Wilson	129	4.8	−3.4
	Green	William Jon Quinn	73	2.7	−1.7
Majority			57
Turnout				42.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Linton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dennis Batchelor	939	58.3	−2.4
	Conservative	Roger Keith Hickford	672	41.7	+8.9
Majority			267
Turnout				45.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longstanton Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alex Riley	435	55.0	−12.3
	Conservative	Roger Owen Valentine	356	45.0	+24.1
Majority			79
Turnout				43.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Melbourn Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Barrett	1,053	55.5	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Dallas Cartwright	534	28.2	−23.1
	Independent	Val Trueman	203	10.7	N/A
	Labour	Hywel Lamont Jackson	107	5.6	N/A
Majority			519
Turnout				45.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Papworth and Elsworth Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Phillip Howell	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sawston Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sally Ann Hatton	747	51.3	+28.9
	Conservative	Richard Louis Denham	709	48.7	−0.8
Majority			38
Turnout				27.2
	Independent hold		Swing

The Mordens Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cicely Anne Elsa Demain Murfitt	547	63.1	−14.9
	Conservative	Robert James Poulter	219	25.3	N/A
	Green	Sam Morris	101	11.7	−10.3
Majority			328
Turnout				47.3
	Independent hold		Swing

The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Reginald Nightingale	1,379	57.4	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Catherine Whitebread	857	35.7	+13.5
	Labour	Michael Robert Nettleton	168	6.9	−5.9
Majority			522
Turnout				44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Wilbrahams Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Turner	639	70.9	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Amrani	262	29.1	−9.9
Majority			377
Turnout				44.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterbeach Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Andrew Hockney	1,148	60.3	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian James Wright	700	36.8	+3.1
	Labour	Jess Blair	57	2.9	N/A
Majority			448
Turnout				48.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesford Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter William Wilson Topping	403	39.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Kilpatrick	334	32.8	−31.2
	Independent	James Alex Quinlan	282	27.7	N/A
Majority			69
Turnout				51.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Willingham and Over Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Maurice Antony Manning	1,109	66.8	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Gelling	445	26.8	−8.9
	Labour	Norman Alexander Crowther	107	6.4	N/A
Majority			664
Turnout				32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Councillor Ann Elsby steps down from South Cambridgeshire District Council". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^ "Political changes at South Cambridgeshire District Council". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^ District Council Elections - Thursday, 1 May 2008, South Cambridgeshire District Council
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Election results by ward". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[1] "Councillor Ann Elsby steps down from South Cambridgeshire District Council". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[2] "Political changes at South Cambridgeshire District Council". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[3] District Council Elections - Thursday, 1 May 2008, South Cambridgeshire District Council

[results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Election results by ward". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

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