2006 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 4 May 2006, as part of the 2006 United Kingdom local elections. 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.

South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2006
Results by ward of the 2006 local election in South Cambridgeshire
Results by ward of the 2006 local election in South Cambridgeshire
Overall composition of the council following the 2006 election
Overall composition of the council following the 2006 election

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[1]
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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victoria Grace Ford 1,060 51.2 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Samuel John Agnew 1,011 48.8 −0.1
Majority 49
Turnout 58.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Bar Hill Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bunty Elizabeth Waters 932 56.5 +6.7
Liberal Democrats 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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Charles McCraith 751 55.9 +9.2
Green Simon Peter Saggers 319 23.8 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stuart Milton 272 20.3 N/A
Majority 432
Turnout 39.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bourn Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hugh Morgan 737 46.1 −8.6
Liberal Democrats 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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Cottenham Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Charles Francis Bolitho 1,207 59.8 +23.7
Liberal Democrats Linden Mary Leeke 811 40.2 +13.9
Majority 396
Turnout 34.1
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Fulbourn Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sandra June Olga Doggett 599 44.7 +24.0
Liberal Democrats 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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Girton Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Dominic Bygott 685 48.1 −7.5
Liberal Democrats 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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Elizabeth Lockwood 550 58.5 +12.7
Conservative Alan William Langley 390 41.5 +4.0
Majority 160
Turnout 50.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Histon and Impington Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Sinnett Davies 861 34.7 N/A
Conservative Jean Anne Muncey 816 32.9 +1.3
Liberal Democrats 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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mary Bear 947 65.5 +4.8
Conservative Robert Patrick James Altham 499 34.5 +1.7
Majority 448
Turnout 40.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Melbourn Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Mary Guest 1,077 56.7 +15.8
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Swing
Meldreth Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Milton Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Sawston Ward[2]
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[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Mary Ellington unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
The Shelfords and Stapleford Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Waterbeach Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Terence Johnson 943 56.2 +16.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Rata Williamson 735 43.8 +10.1
Majority 208
Turnout 42.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Willingham and Over Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philippa Saran Corney 959 60.3 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Leslie Harold Gelling 631 39.7 +3.9
Majority 328
Turnout 32.1
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. District Council Elections - Thursday, 4 May 2006, South Cambridgeshire District Council
  2. "Election results by ward". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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