South Cambridgeshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 148,755 at the 2011 census.[1] It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It completely surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by Cambridge City Council.
South Cambridgeshire District | |
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Non-metropolitan district | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | East of England |
Non-metropolitan county | Cambridgeshire |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Cambourne |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | South Cambridgeshire District Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Liberal Democrat) |
• MPs | Anthony Browne (C) Lucy Frazer (C) |
Area | |
• Total | 348.12 sq mi (901.63 km2) |
• Rank | 40th (of 309) |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 159,086 |
• Rank | 124th (of 309) |
• Density | 460/sq mi (180/km2) |
• Ethnicity | 97.1% White |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
ONS code | 12UG (ONS) E07000012 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | TL318598 |
Website | www |
Southern Cambridgeshire, including both the district of South Cambridgeshire and the city of Cambridge, has a population of over 281,000 (including students) and an area of 1,017.28 km square.
On the abolition of South Herefordshire and Hereford districts to form the unitary Herefordshire in 1998, South Cambridgeshire became the only English district to completely encircle another.
The district's coat of arms contains a tangential reference to the coat of arms of the University of Cambridge[2] by way of the coat of arms of Cambridge suburb Chesterton.[3] The motto, Niet Zonder Arbyt, means "Not Without Work" (or effort) in pre-standard Dutch; the only Dutch motto in British civic heraldry. It was originally the motto of Cornelius Vermuyden, who drained the Fens in the 17th century. The district council's headquarters moved from Cambridge to Cambourne in 2004.
South Cambridgeshire has scored highly on the best places to live, according to Channel 4, which ranked South Cambridgeshire as the fifth-best place to live in 2006.[citation needed] A Halifax survey rated South Cambridgeshire the best place to live in rural Britain, and sixth best overall in 2017.[4]
In 2010 South Cambridgeshire had the highest median household income in the county of Cambridgeshire.[5]
Abington Piggotts – Arrington – Babraham – Balsham – Bar Hill – Barrington – Bartlow – Barton – Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth – Bourn – Boxworth – Caldecote – Cambourne – Carlton – Castle Camps – Caxton – Childerley – Chishills – Chittering – Comberton – Conington – Coton – Cottenham – Croxton – Croydon – Dry Drayton – Duxford – Elsworth – Eltisley – Fen Ditton – Fen Drayton – Fowlmere – Foxton – Fulbourn – Gamlingay – Girton – Grantchester – Graveley – Great Abington – Great Eversden – Great Shelford – Great Wilbraham – Guilden Morden – Hardwick – Harlton – Harston – Haslingfield – Hatley – Hauxton – Heydon – Hildersham – Hinxton – Histon – Horseheath – Horningsea – Ickleton – Impington – Kingston – Knapwell – Landbeach – Linton – Litlington – Little Abington – Little Eversden – Little Gransden – Little Shelford – Little Wilbraham – Lolworth – Longstanton – Longstowe – Madingley – Melbourn – Meldreth – Milton – Newton – Oakington – Orchard Park – Orwell – Over – Pampisford – Papworth Everard – Papworth St Agnes – Rampton – Sawston – Shepreth – Shingay cum Wendy – Shudy Camps – Six Mile Bottom – Stapleford – Steeple Morden – Stow-cum-Quy – Swavesey – Tadlow – Teversham – Thriplow & Heathfield – Toft – Waterbeach – West Wickham – West Wratting – Weston Colville – Westwick – Whaddon – Whittlesford – Willingham – Wimpole
South Cambridgeshire District Council | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
Leadership | |
Leader | Bridget Smith, Liberal Democrat since 23 May 2018 |
Structure | |
Seats | 45 councillors |
Political groups | Executive (37)
Opposition (8)
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Elections | |
Voting system | Plurality-at-large and first-past-the-post |
Last election | 5 May 2022 |
Meeting place | |
South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, CB23 6EA | |
Website | |
www.scambs.gov.uk |
South Cambridgeshire | |
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Crest | On a Wreath Argent and Gules upon a Mount Vert a Great Bustard close between the legs two Quill Pens in saltire points downward all proper. |
Blazon | Gules on a Saltire Ermine between in chief a Cornucopia the horn Or replenished proper in fess two Garbs and in base the Sails of a Windmill Or a closed Book Gules clasped and garnished Or. |
Motto | Niet Zonder Arbyt |
Granted 13 May 1978 [6] |
South Cambridgeshire District Council's headquarters are located in South Cambridgeshire Hall in the Cambourne Business Park in Cambourne.[7] The council consists of 45 councillors (reduced from 57 in 2018), representing 26 electoral wards (reduced from 34 in 2018). Since 2018 the council has been run by the Liberal Democrats. Before this, from 2007, the Conservatives had control, and prior to that, no party had overall control of the council.
Party | Councillors |
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Liberal Democrat | 37 |
Conservative | 8 |
The council consists of 45 councillors, representing 26 electoral wards. The Liberal Democrats currently have a majority on the council, having gained control in the 2018 local elections. Prior to this, the Conservative party had overall control of the council since 2007, although independents formed the majority of the council from its formation in 1973 until 1992. Councillors are elected to four year terms. The 2018 elections were the first of the All-out Elections under the new policy agreed in 2015;[8] previous to that, elections for a third of all councillors took place in three years out of a four-year cycle, with one year without an election.
Party | Councillors | Change (from 2018 election) | |
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Conservative | 8 | −4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 37 | +8 | |
Independent | 0 | −2 | |
Labour | 0 | −2 | |
Total | 45 | − |
Office | Party | Name | |
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Leader | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Smith | |
Deputy Leader | Liberal Democrats | Neil Gough | |
Finance | Liberal Democrats | John Williams | |
Environmental Services and Licensing | Liberal Democrats | Bill Handley | |
Housing | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Smith | |
Planning | Liberal Democrats | Tumi Hawkins | |
Ward | Parishes[9] | Councillor[10] | Party | |
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Balsham | Balsham, Carlton, Horseheath, West Wickham, West Wratting, Western Colville | Geoff Harvey | Liberal Democrat | |
Bar Hill | Bar Hill | Bunty Waters | Conservative | |
Barrington | Barrington, Great Eversden, Little Eversden, Orwell, Wimpole | Aidan Van de Weyer | Liberal Democrat | |
Bassingbourn | Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Litlington, | Susan van de Ven | Liberal Democrats | |
Caldecote | Bourn, Caldecote, Childerley, Kingston, Little Gransden, Longstowe, Toft | Tumi Hawkins | Liberal Democrat | |
Cambourne | Cambourne | Stephen Drew | Liberal Democrat | |
Helene Leeming | Liberal Democrat | |||
Shrobona Bhattacharya | Conservative | |||
Caxton & Papworth | Boxworth, Caxton, Conington, Croxton, Elsworth, Eltisley, Graveley, Knapwell, Papworth Everard, Papworth St Agnes | Mark Howell | Conservative | |
Peter Sandford | Liberal Democrat | |||
Cottenham | Cottenham, Rampton | Neil Gough | Liberal Democrat | |
Eileen Wilson | Liberal Democrat | |||
Duxford | Babraham, Duxford, Hinxton, Ickleton, Pampisford | Peter McDonald | Liberal Democrat | |
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn | Fen Ditton, Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham, Horningsea, Little Wilbraham, Stow-cum-Quy, Teversham | Graham Cone | Conservative | |
Carla Hofman | Liberal Democrat | |||
John Williams | Liberal Democrat | |||
Foxton | Fowlmere, Foxton, Great Chishill, Heydon, Little Chishill | James Hobro | Liberal Democrat | |
Gamlingay | Gamlingay | Bridget Smith | Liberal Democrat | |
Girton | Dry Drayton, Girton, Madingley | Corinne Garvie | Liberal Democrats | |
Richard Stobart | Liberal Democrats | |||
Hardwick | Hardwick, Toft | Lina Nieto | Conservative | |
Harston & Comberton | Barton, Comberton, Coton, Grantchester, Harlton, Harston, Haslingfield, Hauxton, South Trumpington | Michael Atkins | Liberal Democrat | |
Ariel Cahn | Liberal Democrat | |||
Lisa Redrup | Liberal Democrat | |||
Histon & Impington | Histon, Impington, Orchard Park | Martin Cahn | Liberal Democrat | |
Sunita Hansraj | Liberal Democrat | |||
Pippa Heylings | Liberal Democrat | |||
Linton | Bartlow, Castle Camps, Great Abington, Hildersham, Linton, Little Abington, Shudy Camps | Henry Batchelor | Liberal Democrat | |
John Batchelor | Liberal Democrat | |||
Longstanton | Longstanton, Oakington, Westwick | Sarah Cheung Johnson | Liberal Democrat | |
Alex Malyon | Liberal Democrat | |||
Melbourn | Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth, Whaddon | Jose Hales | Liberal Democrat | |
Sally Ann Hart | Liberal Democrat | |||
Milton & Waterbeach | Landbeach, Milton, Waterbeach | Paul Bearpark | Liberal Democrat | |
Anna Bradnam | Liberal Democrat | |||
Judith Rippeth | Liberal Democrat | |||
Over & Willingham | Over, Willingham | Bill Handley | Liberal Democrat | |
Daniel Lentell | Liberal Democrat | |||
Sawston | Sawston | Libby Earle | Liberal Democrat | |
Brian Milnes | Liberal Democrat | |||
Shelford | Great Shelford, Little Shelford, Stapleford | Peter Fane | Liberal Democrat | |
William Jackson-Wood | Liberal Democrat | |||
Swavesey | Fen Drayton, Lolworth, Swavesey | Sue Ellington | Conservative | |
The Mordens | Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Croydon, Guilden Morden, Hatley, Shingay-cum-Wendy, Steeple Morden, Tadlow | Heather Williams | Conservative | |
Whittlesford | Heathfield, Newton, Thriplow, Whittlesford | Richard Williams | Conservative | |
Cambridge Airport is located in South Cambridgeshire.[11]
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway passes through South Cambridgeshire.
ScotAirways has its head office on the grounds of Cambridge Airport in South Cambridgeshire.[11][12]
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