Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 6 May 2010, as part of the 2010 United Kingdom local elections. The elections also took place at the same time as the 2010 United Kingdom general election. Nineteen seats, constituting one third of the South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2010 were last contested at the 2006 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council, despite losing seats.
At this election, Conservatives were defending 11 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending 6 seats and Independents were defending 2. Since the 2006 election, a by-election had been held in Balsham where the Conservatives had held the seat.[1]
The Liberal Democrats had a good night, taking seats from the Conservatives in Balsham, Cottenham and Melbourn and from independents in Fulbourn and Histon and Impington. Conservatives however gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats in the Shelfords and Stapleford.
| South Cambridgeshire District Council election, 2010[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
| Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % | ||
| Conservative | 9 | 20 | 29 | -2 | 24,189 | 42.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 10 | 20 | +4 | 21,142 | 37.5 | |
| Labour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5,155 | 9.1 | |
| Independent | 0 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 3,258 | 5.8 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,422 | 2.5 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,215 | 2.2 | |
| Total | 19 | 38 | 57 | – | 56,381 | – | |
| Turnout | 73.9 | ||||||