Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council
Whole council elected every four years
175px Coat of arms
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county council of Cambridgeshire
Leadership
Leader of the Council	Steve Count (C)
Structure
Seats	69
Conservatives	32 / 69
Liberal Democrats	14 / 69
UKIP	11 / 69
Labour	7 / 69
Independent	5 / 69
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	2 May 2013
Next election	2017
Meeting place
Shire Hall, Cambridge
Website
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council of Cambridgeshire, England. The council consists of 69 councillors, representing 60 electoral divisions. Since the 2013 local elections, no party has overall control of the council, with the Conservative group running a minority administration . The council meets at Shire Hall in Cambridge. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.

History

Cambridgeshire County Council was first formed in 1889 as a result of the Local Government Act 1888, as one of two county councils covering Cambridgeshire; the other was the Isle of Ely County Council. In 1965 the two councils were merged to form Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council.

This arrangement lasted until 1974 when, following the Local Government Act 1972, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was merged with Huntingdon and Peterborough to form a new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire under the control of a newly constituted Cambridgeshire County Council. The first elections to the new authority were in April 1973, and the council took office on 1 April 1974.

From its recreation in 1974 until 1998 the county council administered the entire county of Cambridgeshire. In 1998 Peterborough city council became a unitary authority, thus outside the area of the county council. For ceremonial, geographic and certain administrative purposes however, Peterborough continues to be associated with Cambridgeshire.

Composition

See also: Cambridgeshire County Council elections

The council consists of 69 councillors, elected to four year terms, representing 60 electoral divisions. The Conservative Party is the largest party represented on the council, but lost overall control at the 2013 election.

At the first meeting since the 2013 election, a motion from the Liberal Democrat group was passed committing the Council to change its Governance model to the "Committee System" from May 2014. The first draft of the constitutional changes recently went to the Council's Resources and Performance Overview & Scrutiny Committee.

Party		Councillors	Change (from 2009 election)
	Conservative	32	−10
	Liberal Democrat	14	−9
	UKIP	11	+10
	Labour	7	+5
	Independent	5	+5
Total		69

Councillors and electoral divisions

Electoral Division	Parishes		Councillor	Party
Abbey	Abbey		Joan Whitehead	Labour
Arbury	Arbury		Paul Sales	Labour
Bar Hill	Bar Hill, Boxworth, Dry Drayton, Girton, Lolworth		John Reynolds	Conservative
Bassingbourn	Abington Pigotts, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Guilden Morden, Litlington, Shingay cum Wendy, Steeple Morden, Tadlow, Whaddon		Adrian Dent	Conservative
Bourn	Bourn, Cambourne, Caxton		Mervyn Loynes	Conservative
Brampton and Kimbolton	Brampton, Covington, Grafham, Great Staughton, Hail Weston, Kimbolton and Stonely, Perry, Tilbrook		Peter Downes	Liberal Democrat
Buckden, Gransden and The Offords	Abbotsley, Buckden, Diddington, Eynesbury Hardwicke, Great Gransden, Great Paxton, Offord Cluny, Offord Darcy, Southoe and Midloe, St Neots Rural, Tetworth, Toseland, Waresley, Yelling		Julie Wisson	Conservative
Burwell	Burwell, Reach, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior		David Brown	Conservative
Castle	Castle		John Hipkin	Independent
Chatteris	Chatteris		Sandra Rylance	UKIP
Cherry Hinton	Cherry Hinton		Sandra Crawford	Labour
Coleridge	Coleridge		Noel Kavanagh	Labour
Cottenham, Histon and Impington	Cottenham, Histon, Impington, Oakington and Westwick, Rampton, Orchard Park		David Jenkins	Liberal Democrat
			Mike Mason	Independent
Duxford	Babraham, Duxford, Fowlmere, Great Abington, Hinxton, Ickleton, Little Abington, Pampisford, Thriplow, Whittlesford		Peter Topping	Conservative
East Chesterton	East Chesterton		Ian Manning	Liberal Democrat
Ely North and East	Ely		Michael Rouse	Conservative
Ely South and West	Ely		Anna Bailey	Conservative
Forty Foot	Chatteris, Doddington, Manea, Wimblington		David Connor	Conservative
Fulbourn	Fen Ditton, Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham, Horningsea, Little Wilbraham, Stow cum Quy, Teversham		John Williams	Liberal Democrat
Gamlingay	Arrington, Barrington, Croydon, Gamlingay, Great Eversden, Harlton, Haslingfield, Hatley, Little Eversden, Little Gransden, Longstowe, Orwell, Wimpole		Sebastian Kindersley	Liberal Democrat
Godmanchester and Huntingdon East	Godmanchester, Huntingdon		Michael Shellens	Liberal Democrat
			Graham Wilson	Liberal Democrat
Haddenham	Haddenham, Stretham, Thetford, Wentworth, Wilburton, Witchford		William Hunt	Conservative
Hardwick	Barton, Caldecote, Childerley, Comberton, Coton, Grantchester, Hardwick, Kingston, Madingley, Toft		Stephen Frost	Conservative
Huntingdon	Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon, The Stukeleys		Peter Ashcroft	UKIP
			Sir Peter Brown	Conservative
King's Hedges	King's Hedges		Fiona Onasanya	Labour
Linton	Balsham, Bartlow, Carlton, Castle Camps, Hildersham, Horseheath, Linton, Shudy Camps, West Wickham, West Wratting, Weston Colville		Roger Hickford	Conservative
Little Paxton and St Neots North	Little Paxton, St Neots		Barry Chapman	Conservative
			David Harty	Conservative
Littleport	Littleport		Daniel Divine	UKIP
March East	Christchurch, March		Fred Yeulett	Conservative
March North	March		Steve Count	Conservative
March West	Benwick, March		John Clark	Conservative
Market	Market		Edward Cearns	Liberal Democrat
Melbourn	Foxton, Great and Little Chishill, Heydon, Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth		Susan van de Ven	Liberal Democrat
Newnham	Newnham		Lucy Nethsingha	Liberal Democrat
Norman Cross	Alwalton, Chesterton, Denton and Caldecote, Elton, Farcet, Folksworth and Washingley, Haddon, Holme, Morborne, Stilton, Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Water Newton, Yaxley		Roger Henson	UKIP
			Mac McGuire	Conservative
Papworth and Swavesey	Conington (S), Croxton, Elsworth, Eltisley, Fen Drayton, Graveley, Knapwell, Papworth Everard, Papworth St Agnes, Swavesey		Mandy Smith	Conservative
Petersfield	Petersfield		Ashley Walsh	Labour
Queen Edith's	Queen Edith's		Amanda Taylor	Liberal Democrat
Ramsey	Ramsey		Peter Reeve	UKIP
Roman Bank and Peckover	Gorefield, Leverington, Newton (F), Tydd St Giles, Wisbech		Alan Lay	UKIP
Romsey	Romsey		Kilian Bourke	Liberal Democrat
Sawston	Great Shelford, Harston, Hauxton, Little Shelford, Newton (S), Sawston, Stapleford		Gail Kenney	Conservative
			Tony Orgee	Conservative
Sawtry and Ellington	Barham and Woolley, Brington and Molesworth, Buckworth, Bythorn and Keyston, Catworth, Conington (H), Easton, Ellington, Glatton, Great Gidding, Hamerton, Leighton, Little Gidding, Old Weston, Sawtry, Spaldwick, Steeple Gidding, Stow Longa, Upton and Coppingford, Winwick		Simon Bywater	UKIP
Soham and Fordham Villages	Chippenham, Fordham, Isleham, Kennett, Snailwell, Soham, Wicken		James Palmer	Conservative
			Joshua Schumann	Conservative
Somersham and Earith	Bluntisham, Broughton, Colne, Earith, Old Hurst, Pidley cum Fenton, Somersham, Woodhurst		Steve Criswell	Conservative
St Ives	Holywell-cum-Needingworth, St Ives		Paul Bullen	UKIP
			Kevin Reynolds	Conservative
St Neots, Eaton Socon and Eynesbury	St Neots		Derek Giles	Independent
			Steven Van de Kerkhove	Independent
Sutton	Coveney, Downham, Mepal, Sutton, Witcham		Philip Read	Conservative
The Hemingfords and Fenstanton	Fenstanton, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey, Hilton, Houghton and Wyton		Ian Bates	Conservative
Trumpington	Trumpington		Barbara Ashwood	Liberal Democrat
Waldersey	Elm, Parson Drove, Wisbech St Mary		Gordon Gillick	UKIP
Warboys and Upwood	Abbots Ripton, Bury, Houghton and Wyton, Kings Ripton, Upwood and the Raveleys, Warboys, Wistow, Wood Walton		Michael Tew	UKIP
Waterbeach	Landbeach, Milton, Waterbeach		Maurice Leeke	Liberal Democrat
West Chesterton	West Chesterton		Jocelynne Scutt	Labour
Whittlesey North	Whittlesey		Martin Curtis	Conservative
Whittlesey South	Whittlesey		Ralph Butcher	Conservative
Willingham	Longstanton, Over, Willingham		Ray Manning	Conservative
Wisbech North	Wisbech		Paul Clapp	UKIP
Wisbech South	Wisbech		Peter Lagoda	UKIP
Woodditton	Ashley, Bottisham, Brinkley, Burrough Green, Cheveley, Dullingham, Kirtling, Lode, Stetchworth, Westley Waterless, Woodditton		Mathew Shuter	Conservative

Shire Hall viewed from the Castle Mound

Coat of arms

The coat of arms were granted on 1 November 1976. The blazon reads: "Or three Palets wavy alternating with two Palets Azure a Bordure Gules flory on the inner edge Or; the Shield ensigned by a Mural Crown Or." The motto is 'CORDE UNO SAPIENTES SIMUS' which translates as "With one heart let us be men and women of understanding".

Lender option borrower option loans

The council has long term lender option borrower option loans (LOBOs) totalling £79.5 million with Barclays, Dexia and Siemens Financial Services.

See also

• Cambridgeshire County Council elections

External links

• Cambridgeshire County Council

References

New creation	County council 1889 – 1965	Succeeded by Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council
Preceded by Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council	County council 1974 – present	Current