2026 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

2026 South Cambridgeshire District Council election
← 2022 7 May 2026 2027 (TBD) →
All 45 seats to South Cambridgeshire District Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.26%
	Results by ward
Leader before election; Bridget Smith; Liberal Democrats	Leader after election ; Bridget Smith; Liberal Democrats

The 2026 South Cambridgeshire District Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect all 45 members of South Cambridgeshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England.^[1]^[2]

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After 2022 election			Before 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	37		Liberal Democrats	34
	Conservative	8		Conservative	9
	Independent	0		Independent	1
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	1

2026 South Cambridgeshire District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	45	43	9	0	+9	95.6	42.8	51,513	-9.3
	Reform	45	0	0	0	0	0	17.4	20,901	N/A
	Conservative	45	2	0	7	-7	4.4	17.0	20,503	-12.2
	Green	45	0	0	0	0	0	16.6	19,933	+10.4
	Labour	37	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	7,307	-4.7
	Independent	2	0	0	1	-1	0	0.2	205	-1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Harvey*	631	42.3	−11.9
	Conservative	John Biggs	351	23.5	−7.6
	Reform	David Burrell	317	21.2	N/A
	Green	Bob Ensch	154	10.3	+3.4
	Labour	Martin Parker Dixon	40	2.7	−5.1
Majority			280	18.8	−4.3
Turnout			1493	50.32	+6.87
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Scantlebury	531	38.3	−5.3
	Conservative	Bunty Waters*	358	25.8	−22.4
	Reform	Paul Pallan	337	24.3	N/A
	Green	Rebecca Seabrook-Tedd	103	7.4	−0.8
	Labour	Graeme Hodgson	59	4.3	N/A
Majority			173	12.5
Turnout			1388	46.37	+7.39
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan Van de Weyer*	661	43.0	−21.2
	Reform	Jim Huntington	347	22.6	N/A
	Conservative	Colin French	294	19.1	−16.7
	Green	Clare Rodgers	172	11.2	N/A
	Labour	Clare Sinclair	64	4.2	N/A
Majority			314		20.4
Turnout			1538	50.69	−1.46
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2026 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

Background

Council composition

Election result

Ward results

Balsham

Bar Hill

Barrington

Bassingbourn

Caldecote

Cambourne

Caxton & Papworth

Cottenham

Duxford

Fen Ditton & Fulbourn

Foxton

Gamlingay

Girton

Hardwick

Harston & Comberton

Histon & Impington

Linton

Longstanton

Melbourn

Milton & Waterbeach

Over & Willingham

Sawston

Shelford

Swavesey

The Mordens

Whittlesford

Notes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bostanci	614	44.8	−0.7
	Reform	Stephanie Wright	368	26.8	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Meakin	254	18.5	−10.7
	Green	Joseph Price	88	6.4	−13.0
	Labour	Karen Livingstone	48	3.5	−2.4
Majority			246	18.0
Turnout			1372	44.43	+2.25
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Jefferies	662	43.8	30.5
	Reform	Terence Cross	314	20.8	N/A
	Conservative	Chiranjeevi Sandi	211	14.0	−11.7
	Green	Tom Postlethwaite	153	10.1	N/A
	Independent	Guy Lachlan	125	8.3	N/A
	Labour	Judith Tustian	45	3.0	N/A
Majority			348	23.0
Turnout			1510	49.6	+6.23
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helene Leeming*	1,582	42.3	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Booth	1,394	37.3	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Amber Thomas	1,336	35.7	+2.1
	Conservative	Shrobona Bhattacharya*	1192	31.9	−2.8
	Conservative	Daniel White	807	21.6	−6.3
	Conservative	Nick Rana-Beadle	741	19.8	−7.7
	Reform	Donavan Bangs	665	17.8	N/A
	Green	Gavin Clayton	652	17.4	N/A
	Reform	Trevor Jarman	554	14.8	N/A
	Reform	Paul Jobling	549	14.7	N/A
	Green	Rob Denison	387	10.3	N/A
	Green	Marcus Pitcaithly	380	10.2	−2.2
	Labour	Timothy Hayes	190	5.1	−16.1
	Labour	David Williams	151	4.0	N/A
	Independent	Dalia Heggo	80	2.1	N/A
Turnout			3741	42.13	+4.01
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sandford*	1,011	44.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Poulton	989	43.1	+12.2
	Reform	Charles Barclay	506	22.0	N/A
	Reform	James Earl Pickford	470	20.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mandy Smith	429	18.7	−32.6
	Conservative	Leslie Charles Edwards	402	17.5	−23.8
	Green	Jane Turner	270	11.8	−10.0
	Green	Tagl	193	8.4	N/A
	Labour	Andy Perkins	119	5.2	N/A
Turnout			2295	46.83	+7.89
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Wilson*	1,138	42.4	−26.6
	Liberal Democrats	Yasmin Deter	994	37.0	−23.5
	Green	Colin Coe	511	19.0	+0.7
	Green	Laura Cain	503	18.7	N/A
	Conservative	Nigel Bolitho	453	16.9	−5.4
	Reform	James Cochrane	425	15.8	N/A
	Reform	Fredrick Hargreaves	402	15.0	N/A
	Conservative	Linda Morris	396	14.8	−5.6
	Labour	Thomas Hingston	243	9.1	N/A
	Labour	Gethin Sanger	190	7.1	N/A
Turnout			2684	47.63	+4.92
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McDonald*	677	49.7	−26.7
	Reform	Peter Young	270	19.8	N/A
	Conservative	Samuel Betz	198	14.5	−9.1
	Green	Tim Pavelin	175	12.9	N/A
	Labour	David Dobson	41	3.0	N/A
Majority			407	29.9
Turnout			1361	48.62	+7.17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carla Hofman*	1,462	36.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe Wills-Eve	1,376	34.3	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Farrar	1,343	33.5	+1.6
	Green	Steve Bradshaw	742	18.5	−0.2
	Reform	Colin Barker	736	18.4	N/A
	Green	Elizabeth Whitebread	733	18.3	N/A
	Labour	Tim Andrews	657	16.4	−10.4
	Green	Jacob Gray	634	15.8	N/A
	Reform	Lukasz Lakomy	634	15.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ian Crowson	618	15.4	−21.3
	Reform	Ciprian Sandy	616	15.4	N/A
	Conservative	Karen French	596	14.9	−9.2
	Conservative	Lee Martin	561	14.0	−9.6
	Labour	Chris Bailey	540	13.5	−10.1
	Labour	Angela Platt	508	12.7	−8.4
Turnout			4007	46.12	+1.38
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Hobro*	743	48.3	−7.7
	Reform	Liz Miller	342	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Donald Douglas	270	17.6	−26.4
	Green	Luca Ercole	147	9.6	N/A
	Labour	Lavinia Pugh	35	2.3	N/A
Majority			401	16.0
Turnout			1537	54.88	−2.28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Smith*	821	53.4	−0.2
	Reform	Derek Hill	496	32.2	N/A
	Conservative	Diane Myers	147	9.6	−34.4
	Green	Rosanna Mahmood	52	3.4	N/A
	Labour	Giordi Salvy	22	1.4	N/A
Majority			325	21.2
Turnout			1538	50.41	−0.25
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Corinne Garvie*	1,182	55.2	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stobart*	995	46.5	+5.8
	Green	Clare Gray	351	16.4	−0.6
	Conservative	Stephen George	336	15.7	−16.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Stewart	316	14.8	−5.9
	Green	Matthew Gibley	299	14.0	N/A
	Reform	Paula Brown	220	10.3	N/A
	Labour	Sarah Johnson	208	9.7	−11.1
	Reform	Timothy Scott	186	8.7	N/A
Turnout			2142	51.31	+0.30
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hardwick (one seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hubbard	584	41.7	+9.3
	Conservative	Lisa Nieto*	380	27.1	−17.1
	Reform	Helen Mason	232	16.5	N/A
	Green	Hugh Clough	165	11.8	N/A
	Labour	Joe Beastall	41	2.9	−20.5
Majority			204	14.6	+26.4
Turnout			1402	48.38	+7.33
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Harston & Comberton (three seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Redrup*	1,778	45.0	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Damary-Homan	1,607	40.7	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ariel Cahn*	1,605	40.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Lorraine Mooney	763	19.3	−11.7
	Conservative	Pauline Joslin	716	18.1	−13.5
	Conservative	Joshua Vanneck	644	16.3	−12.9
	Green	Aled Jones	632	16.0	−8.2
	Green	Lucy Young	625	15.8	N/A
	Reform	Duncan Bullivant	604	15.3	N/A
	Reform	Emily Morris-Lowe	601	15.2	N/A
	Reform	Henry Bullivant	592	15.0	N/A
	Green	Michelle Taylor	589	14.9	N/A
	Labour	Joseph Shortmoor	303	7.7	−9.4
	Labour	Helen Haugh	278	7.0	N/A
	Labour	Peter Slavny	214	5.4	N/A
Turnout			3950	47.49	+1.63
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Histon & Impington (three seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Rixon*	1,974	48.4	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cahn*	1,698	41.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geo Sebastian	1,669	41.0	+5.8
	Green	Edd Stonham	1,497	36.7	+20.4
	Green	Adam Morgan	1,201	29.5	N/A
	Green	Paul Tarita	1072	26.3	N/A
	Reform	John Abbott	482	11.8	N/A
	Reform	Chris Boulton	478	11.7	N/A
	Reform	Mandy Kawalko	414	10.2	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Stuart	345	8.5	−8.3
	Conservative	Joshua Willis	304	7.5	−5.6
	Conservative	Jayasimha Berumgudem	301	7.4	−3.8
	Labour	Isaac Rawlings	246	6.0	−14.7
	Labour	Simon Patenall	222	5.4	−11.8
Turnout			4075	47.86	+5.40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Linton (two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Batchelor*	1,393	48.6	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Batchelor*	1,369	47.8	−9.6
	Reform	Sarah Jane Hurcum	600	20.9	N/A
	Reform	Merrie Mannassi	543	19.0	N/A
	Conservative	Sean Williams	464	16.2	−11.9
	Conservative	Yorsh Naidoo	361	12.6	−10.9
	Green	Nathan Banks	324	11.3	+0.9
	Green	Katy Ensch	313	10.9	N/A
	Labour	Ernie Turkington	126	4.4	−1.6
	Labour	Mike Murray	124	4.3	−6.0
Turnout			2864	49.16	+6.75
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Warren-Green*	1,120	41.8	−29.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sunita Hansraj	1,020	38.1	−25.7
	Conservative	Tom Bygott*	557	20.8	−2.1
	Reform	Alison Elcox	484	18.1	N/A
	Conservative	Tristan Pithers	449	16.8	−1.5
	Reform	Liam Varnam	443	16.5	N/A
	Green	Lucy Mance	421	15.7	N/A
	Green	Silke Scott-Mance	339	12.3	N/A
	Labour	Dominic Brigstocke	171	6.4	N/A
	Labour	Clare Wilson	154	5.8	−7.8
Turnout			2677	42.22	+6.37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jose Hales*	1,554	49.3	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Ann Hart*	1,549	49.1	−12.5
	Reform	Lee Bovington	811	25.7	N/A
	Reform	Phyllis Smith	719	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Arnold	446	14.1	−11.5
	Conservative	Julian Leigh	424	13.5	−8.1
	Green	Simon Copley	270	8.6	−2.8
	Green	Max Schwiening	268	8.5	N/A
	Labour	James Bull	86	2.7	−5.7
	Labour	Bobby Ford	74	2.3	N/A
Turnout			3152	47.46	+7.54
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Bradnam*	1,607	44.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bearpark*	1,530	42.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Macleod	1,331	37.1	−0.7
	Green	Ellie Crane	696	19.4	+0.4
	Labour	Elizabeth McWilliams	660	18.4	−13.2
	Reform	Ann Hodson	600	16.7	N/A
	Reform	Natania Goldrich	572	16.0	N/A
	Reform	Ron Sharp	553	15.4	N/A
	Green	Oli Fisher	500	14.0	N/A
	Labour	Gareth Wright	455	12.7	−15.8
	Conservative	Gail Arnold	436	12.2	−9.8
	Green	Joe Welford	428	11.9	N/A
	Conservative	Frank Morris	411	11.5	−8.5
	Conservative	Ge Huang	338	9.4	−8.5
	Labour	Mary Perkins	315	8.8	−14.9
Turnout			3854	42.64	+2.27
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Hutchcraft	1,221	46.7	−20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Aisha Rashid	1,093	41.8	−11.9
	Reform	Robert Fairbrother	598	22.9	N/A
	Reform	Michael Smith	561	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark MacDonald	451	17.2	−8.8
	Conservative	Graham Waters	391	15.0	−10.0
	Green	Jacob Denison	331	12.7	N/A
	Green	Colin Reynolds	246	9.4	N/A
	Labour	Ian Hunter	154	5.9	−4.8
Turnout			2610	44.34	+4.73
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Milnes*	1,217	48.0	−20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Sanders	1,021	40.3	−16.7
	Reform	Mark Chater	545	21.5	N/A
	Reform	Graham Harrison	485	19.1	N/A
	Green	Chloe Balhatchet	448	17.7	N/A
	Green	Daniel Clark	353	13.9	N/A
	Conservative	Pamela Douglas	313	12.3	−13.5
	Conservative	Ben Shelton	309	12.2	−10.0
	Labour	Anand Pillai	177	7.0	−8.8
Turnout			2536	47.26	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lunn	1,206	37.8	−21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Farhan Hussain	1,160	36.3	−7.7
	Green	Miranda Fyfe	1,151	36.0	+13.8
	Green	Lee Denison	988	30.9	N/A
	Conservative	Angela Niblett	486	15.2	−18.8
	Conservative	Rebecca Shiret	459	14.4	−18.3
	Reform	John Lamble	325	10.2	N/A
	Reform	Brigitta Naunton	319	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Nick Gay	105	3.3	N/A
	Labour	Yvonne Nobis	86	2.7	N/A
Turnout			3193	55.67	+7.84
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Biggs	482	36.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Susan Ellington*	424	32.3	−14.2
	Reform	Karl Lattion	212	16.1	N/A
	Green	Phil Cohen	152	11.6	−8.1
	Labour	Barbara Mills	44	3.3	N/A
Majority			58	4.4
Turnout			1314	43.76	+6.20
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Williams*	950	60.2	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Stuart	279	17.7	−24.5
	Reform	Josh Johnson	206	13.1	N/A
	Green	Frankie Brook	113	7.2	+0.2
	Labour	Daniel Greef	29	1.8	N/A
Majority			671	42.5
Turnout			1577	56.76	+1.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Williams*	751	52.6	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Vowler	304	21.3	−21.6
	Reform	Clare Hill	168	11.8	N/A
	Green	Sophi Berridge	122	8.5	N/A
	Labour	Claire Downie	83	5.8	N/A
Majority			447	31.3
Turnout			1428	55.76	+9.36
	Conservative hold		Swing