2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election
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The 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom.[2] All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The election was held alongside a full election for Cambridge City Council, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and one-third of Peterborough City Council.[3][4][5]
Previous composition
[edit]2017 election
[edit]Party | Seats | |
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Conservative | 36 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15 | |
Labour | 7 | |
St Neots Independents | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Total | 61 |
Composition of council seats before election
[edit]Party | Seats | |
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Conservative | 34 | |
Liberal Democrats | 16 | |
Labour | 6 | |
St Neots Independents | 2 | |
Independent | 2 | |
Vacant (Conservative)[6] | 1 | |
Total | 61 |
Changes between elections
[edit]In between the 2017 election and the 2021 election, the following council seats changed hands:
Division | Date | Previous Party | New Party | Cause | Resulting Council Composition | ||||||
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Con | LDem | Lab | STI | Ind | |||||||
Trumpington | May 2018[8] | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Sitting councillor loses Whip. | 36 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
Trumpington | 2 May 2019[9] | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Independent incumbent resigned. Liberal Democrats won by-election. | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
Duxford | 27 February 2020[10] | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Conservative incumbent resigned. Liberal Democrats won by-election. | 35 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
Cherry Hinton | 7 December 2020[11] | Labour | Independent | Councillor quit party to sit as an independent member. | 35 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sawston and Shelford | 26 February 2021[12] | Conservative | Vacant | Sitting councillor resigned.[13] | 34 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
The campaign
[edit]The Hickford Inquiry (that had come to be known in the press as 'Farmgate') into the tenancy of a county council owned farm by sitting Conservative councillor Roger Hickford and the delay in releasing the report was widely discussed in social media and covered in the local press election campaign coverage. Allegations of bullying and insider trading were made against the Conservative deputy-leader.[14] Following the suspension of another Conservative councillor Simon King by his local party, over expenses submitted to Fenland District Council and the prime minister's flat refurbishment, there was a risk of allegations of sleaze dominating the campaign.[15] Both the seats in his Sawston & Shelford ward were lost to the Liberal Democrats in the election, largely contributing to the Conservatives' loss of control of the council.[16]
Results summary
[edit]Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||
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Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||
Conservative Party | 28 | 45.9% | -8 | 28 / 61
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77,068 | 39.0% | -1.6% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 20 | 32.8% | +5 | 20 / 61
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56,465 | 28.6% | -1.2% | ||
Labour Party | 9 | 14.8% | +2 | 9 / 61
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37,783 | 19.1% | +0.8% | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 / 61
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18,572 | 9.4% | +5.6% | ||
Independents | 2 | 3.3% | +1 | 2 / 61
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5,150 | 2.6% | +0.3% | ||
St. Neots Independents | 2 | 3.3% | 0 | 2 / 61
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2,283 | 1.2% | -0.6% | ||
UK Independence Party | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 / 61
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343 | 0.2% | -3.5% | ||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 / 61
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55 | 0.0% | - | ||
Workers Party of Britain | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 / 61
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48 | 0.0% | - |
In the local government elections the Conservatives had a net gain of 13 councils in England, Cambridgeshire, however was of the few Conservative held councils that was lost.[17] Only the Labour Party and the Conservative Party contested all 69 seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats stood 61 candidates, not standing in three divisions in Fenland and five divisions in Huntingdon District. The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition stood two candidates in the Godmanchester & Huntingdon South and the Huntingdon North & Hartford divisions. The four UK Independence Party candidates failed to win any seats. The Conservatives lost their overall majority despite winning all 9 Fenland District seats, and the low turnout in the north of the county, Wisbech West not even reaching 25%.[18]
Aftermath
[edit]On 7 May Conservative county councillor Josh Schumann told the Cambridge Independent: "It is an indication we are going to have to work with others to ensure that the council delivers a lot of what it has done over the last four years."[19] A week later the BBC reported that the leaders of the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Independent groups had signed an agreement for control of the council.[20]
Election of group leaders
[edit]Steve Count (March North & Waldersey) was reelected leader of the Conservative Group with Joshua Schumann (Burwell) as the deputy leader, Lucy Nethsingha (Newnham) was reelected leader of the Liberal Democrat Group with Lorna Dupré (Sutton) as the deputy, and Elisa Meschini (King's Hedges) was reelected leader of the Labour Group with Richard Howitt (Petersfield) becoming deputy leader.[21]
Election of leader of the council
[edit]Lucy Nethsingha, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group, was duly elected leader of the council and formed a coalition administration, with Labour leader Elisa Meschini as her deputy leader.[22]
Results by district
[edit]All electoral divisions elected one councillor unless stated otherwise.
(* denotes sitting councillor)
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District summary
Labour proved the dominant force in Cambridge, gaining seats in Chesterton and Market divisions from the Liberal Democrats, as well regaining the Cherry Hinton seat previously held by a former Labour member, who did not stand for re-election.[16]
Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | |
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Labour | 9 | ![]() |
16,325 | 41.9 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | ![]() |
10,705 | 27.5 | −9.7 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
6,418 | 16.5 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
5,501 | 14.1 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
27 | 0.1 | −0.6 |
Division results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Bulat | 1,129 | 41.77 | ![]() | |
Green | Jeremy Caddick | 924 | 34.18 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Timothy Haire | 326 | 12.06 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosy Ansell | 324 | 11.99 | ![]() | |
Majority | 205 | 7.58 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,703 | 38.69 | +0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Cox | 1,359 | 48.16 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Fionna Tod | 611 | 21.65 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Robert Boorman | 475 | 16.83 | ![]() | |
Green | Stephen Lawrence | 377 | 13.4 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 748 | 26.51 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,822 | 40.87 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Catherine Rae | 1,339 | 40.65 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair Gadney | 1,105 | 33.55 | ![]() | |
Green | Simon Baron | 537 | 16.30 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Philip Salway | 313 | 9.50 | ![]() | |
Majority | 234 | 7.03 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,329 | 49.15 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bryony Goodliffe | 1,617 | 48.59 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Eric Barrett-Payton | 861 | 25.87 | ![]() | |
Green | Richard Potter | 456 | 13.70 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Moore | 394 | 11.84 | ![]() | |
Majority | 756 | 22.72 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,328 | 40.17 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gerri Bird | 1,639 | 39.91 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Manning * | 1,505 | 36.64 | ![]() | |
Green | Elizabeth May | 520 | 12.66 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Mike Harford | 416 | 10.13 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Peter Burkinshaw | 27 | 0.66 | ![]() | |
Majority | 134 | 3.26 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 4,107 | 51.32 | +2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elisa Meschini * | 1,478 | 49.25 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Rathwell | 570 | 18.99 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John Ionides | 503 | 16.76 | ![]() | |
Green | Mark Slade | 450 | 15.00 | ![]() | |
Majority | 908 | 30.26 | +24.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,001 | 34.94 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Gay | 872 | 37.63 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Yemi Macaulay | 781 | 33.71 | ![]() | |
Green | Nicola Elliott | 432 | 18.64 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Phoebe Pickering | 232 | 10.01 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 91 | 3.93 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,317 | 34.11 | +0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lucy Nethsingha * | 971 | 41.66 | ![]() | |
Labour | Tariq Sadiq | 777 | 33.33 | ![]() | |
Green | Shanna Hart | 386 | 16.56 | ![]() | |
Conservative | James Vitali | 197 | 8.45 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 194 | 8.32 | −14.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,331 | 40.57 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Howitt | 1,896 | 48.47 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Argent | 1,018 | 26.02 | ![]() | |
Green | Edwin Wilkinson | 606 | 15.49 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Shapour Meftah | 392 | 10.02 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 878 | 22.4 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,912 | 46.29 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alex Beckett | 1,355 | 35.95 | ![]() | |
Labour | Steve King | 1,168 | 30.99 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Donald Douglas | 647 | 17.17 | ![]() | |
Green | Jacqueline Whitmore | 599 | 15.89 | ![]() | |
Majority | 187 | 4.96 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,769 | 48.91 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Shailer | 2,056 | 53.17 | ![]() | |
Green | Elisabeth Whitebread | 722 | 18.67 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Oliver | 601 | 15.54 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Daniel Collis | 488 | 12.62 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 1,334 | 34.5 | +27.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,867 | 42.94 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Philippa Slatter | 1,470 | 41.70 | ![]() | |
Labour | Pam Stacey | 995 | 28.23 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Steven George | 651 | 18.47 | ![]() | |
Green | Ceri Galloway | 409 | 11.60 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 475 | 13.48 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,525 | 41.38 | −3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
East Cambridgeshire (8 seats)
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District summary
The Liberal Democrats won both Ely seats from the Tories, and held on to their Sutton seat. Elsewhere, East Cambs remained blue.[16]
Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | |
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Conservative | 5 | ![]() |
10,480 | 44.2 | −10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | ![]() |
8,113 | 34.2 | +3.4 | |
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
3,614 | 15.2 | +2.6 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
1,514 | 6.4 | +4.0 |
Division results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Josh Schumann * | 1,551 | 51.60 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Kathryn Bourne Cane | 761 | 25.32 | ![]() | |
Labour | Liz Swift | 694 | 23.09 | ![]() | |
Majority | 789 | 26.25 | |||
Turnout | 3,006 | 33.84 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alison Whelan | 1,233 | 42.14 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Richard Hobbs | 1,080 | 36.91 | ![]() | |
Labour | Louise Moschetta | 373 | 12.75 | ![]() | |
Green | Richard Ingram | 240 | 8.20 | N/A | |
Majority | 151 | 5.23 | |||
Turnout | 2,926 | 41.58 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Piers Coutts | 1,763 | 45.64 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John McFall | 1,122 | 29.04 | ![]() | |
Labour | Rebecca Denness | 618 | 16.00 | ![]() | |
Green | Gemma Bristow | 360 | 9.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 641 | 16.59 | |||
Turnout | 3,863 | 46.76 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ambrose Smith * | 904 | 53.71 | ![]() | |
Labour | Adam Cooley | 363 | 21.57 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Speed | 251 | 14.91 | ![]() | |
Green | Lee Phillips | 165 | 9.80 | N/A | |
Majority | 541 | 32.14 | |||
Turnout | 1,683 | 23.39 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Goldsack | 1,570 | 62.93 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Warner | 400 | 16.03 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mark Hucker | 367 | 14.71 | ![]() | |
Green | Katy Prentice | 158 | 6.33 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,170 | 46.89 | |||
Turnout | 2,532 | 29.61 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dan Schumann | 1,620 | 51.44 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Barker | 740 | 23.50 | ![]() | |
Labour | Lydia Hill | 553 | 17.56 | ![]() | |
Green | Floramay Waterhouse | 236 | 7.49 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 880 | ||||
Turnout | 3,149 | 35.39 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lorna Helen Dupre * | 2,155 | 65.26 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jonathan Rodney Farmer | 972 | 29.44 | ![]() | |
Labour | Carlos Toranzos | 175 | 5.30 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 1,183 | ||||
Turnout | 3,302 | 37.81 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Gordon Sharp | 1,661 | 50.39 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Edward Powell | 809 | 24.54 | ![]() | |
Labour | Steven John O'Dell | 471 | 14.29 | ![]() | |
Green | Elaine Marshall | 355 | 10.77 | N/A | |
Majority | 852 | ||||
Turnout | 3,296 | 38.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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District summary
It was a clean sweep for the Tories in Fenland. Despite some very low turnouts and swings against some candidates they held every seat. Among those returning was Tory group leader Steve Count.[16]
Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | |
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Conservative | 9 | ![]() |
17,030 | 63.0 | +8.3 | |
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
4,411 | 16.3 | +2.7 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
2,077 | 7.7 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ![]() |
1,946 | 7.3 | -2.2 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
1,299 | 4.8 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
97 | 0.4 | −11.8 | |
Workers Party | 0 | ![]() |
48 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
Division results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Hay* | 1,410 | 59.12 | ![]() | |
Labour | Marian Phillips | 413 | 17.32 | ![]() | |
Independent | Daniel Divine | 405 | 16.98 | +9.4 | |
Green | Andrew Crawford | 157 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 997 | ||||
Turnout | 2,385 | 28.69 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan French* | 2,978 | 57.7 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Steve Count* | 2,906 | 56.3 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Martin Field | 1,053 | 20.4 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Mark Taylor | 667 | 12.9 | −7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Bligh | 640 | 12.4 | −1.9 | |
Green | Jazmin Stewart | 446 | 8.6 | +2.7 | |
Green | Robert White | 384 | 7.4 | +2.9 | |
Independent | David Patrick | 381 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,853 | ||||
Turnout | 5,188 | 28.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gowing* | 1,819 | 68.51 | ![]() | |
Labour | Amanda Hirson | 480 | 18.08 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Liam O'Rourke | 192 | 7.23 | ![]() | |
Green | Emma Pollard | 164 | 6.18 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,339 | 50.43 | |||
Turnout | 2,655 | 31.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon King* | 1,728 | 57.56 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Booth | 895 | 29.81 | ![]() | |
Labour | Chris Mountain | 242 | 8.06 | ![]() | |
Green | Ruth Johnson | 137 | 4.56 | N/A | |
Majority | 833 | ||||
Turnout | 3,002 | 33.04 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Boden* | 2,055 | 75.39 | ![]() | |
Labour | Peter Bibb | 571 | 20.95 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Cutler | 100 | 3.67 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,484 | ||||
Turnout | 2,726 | 33.68 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Connor* | 1,727 | 61.09 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jes Hibbert | 497 | 17.58 | ![]() | |
Independent | Bob Wicks | 455 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Wilkes | 148 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,232 | ||||
Turnout | 2,827 | 32.74 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samantha Hoy* | 1,358 | 62.6 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Spike Crowson | 358 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Reginald Martin Mee | 286 | 13.2 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rasa McGill | 119 | 5.5 | +2.34 | |
Workers Party | Clayton Maxwell Payne | 48 | 2.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,000 | ||||
Turnout | 2,169 | 27.96 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Tierney* | 1,049 | 57.5 | −3.6 | |
Independent | Andy Maul | 451 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Daniel James Kerry | 202 | 11.1 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Ted Hurlock | 97 | 5.3 | −6.7 | |
Independent | Lynn Monk | 27 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 598 | ||||
Turnout | 1,826 | 24.18 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Huntingdonshire (17 seats)
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District summary
The Conservative Party gained a couple of seats in Huntingdonshire from the Liberal Democrats, strengthening their hold on the area, losing by just 11 votes in St Neots East and Gransden to Stephen Ferguson (Independent).[16]
Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | |
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Conservative | 12 | ![]() |
23,249 | 49.8 | +1.0 | |
Independent | 2 | ![]() |
2,888 | 6.2 | +2.9 | |
St Neots Independents |
2 | ![]() |
2,283 | 4.9 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | ![]() |
7,711 | 16.5 | −4.8 | |
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
7,566 | 16.2 | +3.9 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
2,762 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
219 | 0.5 | −6.5 | |
TUSC | 0 | ![]() |
55 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
Division results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Derek Gardener * | 2,362 | 68.0 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair Angus Henderson-Begg | 488 | 14.0 | −16.9 | |
Green | John McCutcheon | 319 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Philip Nigel Sly | 306 | 8.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,874 | ||||
Turnout | 3,475 | 43.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ken Billington | 1,494 | 43.4 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Richard Childs | 1,326 | 38.5 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Sam Wakeford | 419 | 12.2 | +5.7 | |
Green | Gareth John Holsgrove | 206 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,445 | 38.94 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Martin Wilson* | 1,258 | 46.0 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Paula Jane Sparling | 972 | 35.6 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Samuel Paul Week | 465 | 17.0 | +4.7 | |
TUSC | Will Martin | 38 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,733 | 36.89 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonas King | 1,039 | 39.0 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Patrick Kadewere | 847 | 31.8 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Pearce | 670 | 25.1 | −9.9 | |
UKIP | Peter Henry Ashcroft | 93 | 3.5 | −7.0 | |
TUSC | Geoff Eagle | 17 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,666 | 31.88 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Sanderson * | 1,427 | 55.2 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Leedo George | 636 | 24.9 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Gus Thomas Rankin | 494 | 19.3 | −6.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,588 | 34.73 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adela Eva Costello * | 1,698 | 64.6 | +19.5 | |
Independent | Mike Tew | 518 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Mark Trevor Hebert | 412 | 15.7 | +6.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,655 | 32.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ryan Fuller * | 1,241 | 51.0 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Angela Louise Richards | 471 | 19.3 | +2.0 | |
Green | Ann Barnes | 337 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | James Roger Catmur | 207 | 8.5 | −9.4 | |
Independent | Paul Bullen | 179 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,435 | 30.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Reynolds * | 1,368 | 45.8 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nic Wells | 749 | 25.1 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Cath Gleadow | 565 | 18.9 | −2.4 | |
Green | John Robert George Parkin | 305 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,987 | 37.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen William Ferguson | 764 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sam Collins | 755 | 38.3 | −14.3 | |
Green | Lara Davenport-Ray | 240 | 12.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Ryan David Lee | 211 | 10.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.45 | |||
Turnout | 1,995 | 39.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Neots Independents | Simone Leigh Taylor * | 879 | 39.2 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Nigel Philip Eaton | 834 | 37.3 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Amy Louise Duckworth | 364 | 16.2 | +6.2 | |
Green | Liz Timms | 163 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,241 | 28.58 | |||
St Neots Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Ivan Prentice | 1,237 | 46.6 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Michael Seeff | 662 | 25.0 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Janet Elizabeth Boston | 402 | 15.2 | +4.9 | |
Green | Daniel Edward Laycock | 352 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,653 | 34.01 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Neots Independents | Derek Arthur Giles * | 1,404 | 42.0 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Andy Jennings | 1,217 | 36.4 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Celia Ann Emery | 432 | 12.9 | +6.3 | |
Green | Catherine James Goodman | 287 | 8.6 | −4.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,340 | 34.91 | |||
St Neots Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bywater * | 2,399 | 72.0 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Joshua Benjamin Sandeman | 514 | 15.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Paul Morris | 293 | 8.8 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Roger John Henson | 126 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,332 | 35.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Criswell * | 1,713 | 62.3 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Hulme | 399 | 14.5 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Karen Andrée Webb | 362 | 13.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | Kirsten Kathleen McLaughlin | 278 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,802 | 36.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.01 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Bernard Dew | 1,737 | 56.3 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David John Priestman | 698 | 22.6 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Michael John Gleadow | 377 | 12.2 | +2.0 | |
Green | Seona Gunn-Kelly | 275 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,140 | 40.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Corney | 1,393 | 64.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Kewley | 383 | 17.8 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Paul Joseph Williams | 380 | 17.6 | −9.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,156 | 32.06 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mac McGuire * | 1,296 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Richard Wood | 578 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Sarah Margaret Vivian Smalley | 403 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,277 | 27.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.43 |
South Cambridgeshire (15 seats)
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District summary
The Liberal Democrats in South Cambridgeshire, gained seats from Conservatives in five divisions. The closest battle was in Hardwick, where Michael Atkins (Lib Dems) beat Lina Nieto (Con) by just five votes.[16]
Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 13 | ![]() |
27,990 | 45.7 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | 2 | ![]() |
20,808 | 34.0 | −6.2 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
6,442 | 10.5 | +6.6 | |
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
5,867 | 9.6 | −4.3 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
185 | 0.3 | −1.1 |
Division results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Edna Murphy | 1,500 | 44.92 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Lynda Harford * | 1,345 | 40.28 | ![]() | |
Green | Stan Rankin | 494 | 14.79 | ![]() | |
Majority | 155 | 4.64 | |||
Turnout | 3339 | 47.69 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.42 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Howell * | 1,155 | 38.25 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Drew | 969 | 32.1 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Timothy Hayes | 595 | 19.7 | −2.6 | |
Green | Marcus Pitcaithly | 301 | 10.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,020 | 34.28 | ? | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.93 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Gough | 2,045 | 53.2 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Timothy Wotherspoon * | 1,363 | 35.5 | +0.2 | |
Green | Colin Coe | 435 | 11.3 | +6.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,843 | 45.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter John McDonald * | 1,990 | 48.3 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Luigi Robert Murton | 1,692 | 41.1 | −14.0 | |
Green | Claire Ann James | 438 | 10.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,120 | 49.51 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Claire Hilda Gabriel Daunton | 1,182 | 38.8 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | George Searle Walker | 754 | 24.8 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Tim Andrews | 666 | 21.9 | +2.4 | |
Green | Oliver Fisher | 258 | 8.5 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Neil John Scarr | 185 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,045 | 42.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Gerald Molesworth Kindersley* | 1,942 | 49.7 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Harriet Gould | 1,711 | 43.8 | +3.2 | |
Green | Steven Alex Bradshaw | 251 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,903 | 47.14 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Ian Atkins | 1,865 | 43.2 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Lina Nieto | 1,860 | 43.1 | −3.8 | |
Green | Colin Reynolds | 590 | 13.7 | +7.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,315 | 48.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ros Hathorn | 2,240 | 57.1 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Steven James Mastin | 725 | 19.5 | −3.7 | |
Labour | Khadija Arsalan | 630 | 16.1 | −0.6 | |
Green | Sandra Ann Archer | 327 | 8.3 | +2.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,922 | 45.95 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Henry Alexander Frederick Batchelor * | 2,024 | 49.5 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | John Joseph Bald | 1,506 | 36.8 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Philip David White | 303 | 7.4 | +0.5 | |
Green | Paul Evans | 256 | 6.3 | −0.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,089 | 47.16 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Firouz Thompson | 1,706 | 53.7 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Tom Bygott | 1,126 | 35.5 | −10.4 | |
Green | Maria Dawn Harrison | 342 | 10.8 | +5.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,174 | 44.85 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Elizabeth Kerr van de Ven * | 1,854 | 55.5 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Tom Goldie | 1,061 | 31.7 | +6.0 | |
Green | Simon Peter Saggers | 249 | 7.4 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Christopher John Tudor Lewis | 179 | 5.4 | −0.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,343 | 41.48 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mandy Lorraine Smith * | 1,309 | 45.7 | −10.3 | |
Labour | Tom Mayer | 864 | 28.4 | +17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter David Sandford | 568 | 18.6 | −6.1 | |
Green | Daniel Aspel | 217 | 7.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,039 | 40.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
One of the two Sawston & Shelford seats was vacant as Roger Hickford had resigned, the other incumbent did not stand for re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Milnes | 3,518 | 46.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria King | 3,125 | 41.6 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Manas Deb | 2,106 | 28.1 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Dale Keith Hargrove | 2,045 | 27.2 | −13.9 | |
Green | Sophi Berridge | 1,041 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Tracey Lynne Draper | 898 | 12.0 | −7.0 | |
Green | Eleanor Ruth Crane | 743 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Anand Pillai | 679 | 9.0 | −9.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,504 | 47.57 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anna Elizabeth Bradnam * | 1,462 | 36.0 | −10.4 | |
Labour | James Phillip Bull | 1,053 | 25.9 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Ben Shelton | 1,050 | 25.8 | −6.4 | |
Green | Thomas Anthony Lachlan-Cope | 500 | 12.3 | +7.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4.065 | 44.99 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
By-elections
[edit]St Neots The Eatons
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Seeff | 1,042 | 43.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Jennings | 746 | 31.1 | ||
Independent | Colin Maslen | 360 | 15.0 | ||
Labour | Taylor Purden | 250 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 296 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 2.398 | 25.5 | −9.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from St Neots Independents | Swing |
Arbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Black | 1,174 | 43.0 | –5.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Boorman | 761 | 27.9 | +11.1 | |
Green | Stephen Lawrence | 397 | 14.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Oliver | 396 | 14.5 | –7.2 | |
Majority | 413 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,728 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Soham South and Haddenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Hunt | 1,568 | 44.6 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Connor Docwra | 1,276 | 36.3 | +12.8 | |
Labour | Simon Patenall | 379 | 10.8 | −6.8 | |
Green | Pip Gardner | 293 | 8.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 292 | 8.3 | −19.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,567 | 39.3 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.9 |
Yaxley and Farcet
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wood | 509 | 31.0 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Kev Gulson | 470 | 28.6 | −28.3 | |
Independent | Sally Howell | 448 | 27.3 | New | |
Labour | Richard Ilett | 175 | 10.6 | −7.1 | |
Green | Ellisa Westerman | 42 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 39 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,648 | 20.0 | −7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.9 |
See also
[edit]- 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election
- 2021 Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner election
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