District elections 4 May 2023

District council

Party Number of district councillors per party
Conservative  15
Green 0
Independent 0
Labour 0
Liberal Democrat 13
UK Independence Party 0

Bottisham ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Ruth Ellen Betson Conservative Party 625
Charlotte Kathryn Bourne Cane Liberal Democrat Party 888 (elected)
 Toby Alexander Huffer Conservative Party 562
Steven John O'Dell Labour Party 260
Mark Slade  Green Party 159
Mike Swift Labour Party 196
John Trapp Liberal Democrat  831 (elected)

Total votes cast: 3,524
Turnout: 40.3%
Rejected votes: 3

Burwell ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
David Brown Conservative Party  827 (elected)
Lavinia Rebecca Edwards Conservative Party  817 (elected)
James Martin Forsyth  Liberal Democrat Party 411
Liz Swift Labour Party  424
Geraldine Mary Tate Labour Party 379
Catherine Wrench Liberal Democrat Party 468

Total votes cast: 3,334
Turnout: 34.8%
Rejected votes: 8

Downham ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Lois Appleyard Labour Party 110
Anna Marie Bailey Conservative Party  598 (elected)
Martha Zantides  Liberal Democrat Party 333

Total votes cast: 1,047
Turnout: 42.6%
Rejected votes: 6

Ely East ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Rachel Jane Butler Conservative Party  665
Kathrin Julia Holtzmann Liberal Democrat Party 855 (elected)
Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill Labour Party 270
Daniel Andrew Rudderham  Labour Party 261
Sana Sheikh  Conservative Party  510
Mary Helen Wade Liberal Democrat Party 942 (elected)

Total votes cast: 3,512
Turnout: 40.1%
Rejected votes: 9

Ely North ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Chika Bilikisu Akinwale Liberal Democrat Party 841 (elected)
Tom Boucher  Conservative Party  430
Clem Butler Labour Party 205
Frank Danes Labour Party 176
Richard John Hobbs Conservative Party  434
Alison Christine Whelan Liberal Democrat Party 883 (elected)

Total votes cast: 2,979
Turnout: 39.9%
Rejected votes: 10

Ely West ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
David Ian Ambrose Smith Conservative Party 831
Sue Austen Liberal Democrat Party 282
Christine Joan Colbert Liberal Democrat Party 1,324 (elected)
Rebecca Anne Denness Labour Party 848
Pip Jamie Gardner Green Party 401
Mark Hucker Labour Party 718
Roderick Mair Conservative Party 809 
Robert Pitt Liberal Democrat Party 1,272 (elected)
Christine Whelan  Liberal Democrat Party 1,405 (elected)
Lawrence James Whitworth Conservative  Party 747
Adam Joshua Wilson Labour Party 599

Total votes cast: 9,247
Turnout: 44.0%
Rejected votes: 11

Fordham and Isleham ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Simon Cull Labour Party 262
Connor Oliver Docwra Liberal Democrat Party 396
Julia Denise Huffer Conservative Party Candidate 858 (elected)
Rupert William George Moss-Eccardt Liberal Democrat Party 302
Kelli Louise Pettit Conservative Party Candidate 764 (elected)
Mark Andrew Pithers Labour Party 222

Total votes cast: 2,816
Turnout: 28.7%
Rejected votes: 12

Haddenham ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Steve Cheetham Conservative Party Candidate 431
Lydia Hill Labour Party 114
Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson Liberal Democrat Party 496 (elected)

Total votes cast: 1,056
Turnout: 39.1%
Rejected votes: 15

Littleport ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Christine Mary Ambrose Smith Conservative Party Candidate 781 (elected)
Adam Cooley  Labour Party 523
Chris Dorrington  Labour Party 507
Martin Goodearl Conservative Party Candidate 729 (elected)
David Joseph Miller Conservative Party Candidate 652 (elected)
Stephen Anthony Newton Liberal Democrat Party 274
Hilary Noculak Labour Party 489
Janet Elizabeth Porter Liberal Democrat Party 289
Rachel Winters  Liberal Democrat Party 283

Total votes cast: 4,538
Turnout: 22.4%
Rejected votes: 11

Soham North ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Kim Brady  Labour Party 150
Mark Brannan Goldsack Conservative Party Candidate 604 (elected)
Keith Horgan  Conservative Party Candidate 412 (elected)
Chris Horne  Labour Party 130
Alec Lionel Jones  Liberal Democrat Party 387
Sarah Leigh Marsh  Liberal Democrat Party 363
Josh Schumann  Independent Party 396

Total votes cast: 2,445
Turnout: 26.9%
Rejected votes: 6

Soham South ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Elizabeth Blaney BLANEY Liberal Democrat Party 351
Ian Richard Bovingdon  Conservative Party Candidate 591 (elected)
Jane Harris  Labour Party 252
Louis George Needs  Labour Party 205
Kieran Connor Park Liberal Democrat Party 296
Lucius Nico Vellacott  Conservative Party Candidate 517 (elected)

Total votes cast: 2,227
Turnout: 25.6%
Rejected votes: 15

Stretham ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Molly Butler  Labour Party 253
Bill Hunt  Conservative Party  1,019 (elected)
Sarah Perkins  Labour Party 208
Caroline Langdon Sheperd Liberal Democrat Party 1,063 (elected)
Doug Stuart Not supplied 542
William James Frank Thurston Conservative Party  821
Pauline Angela Wilson Liberal Democrat Party 909

Total votes cast: 4,825
Turnout: 46.2%
Rejected votes: 10

Sutton ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Jack Allum  Labour Party 123
Sarah Jane Bradley Conservative Party Candidate 435
Lorna Helen Dupre Liberal Democrat Party 1,233 (elected)
Mark Andrew Inskip  Liberal Democrat Party 1,003 (elected)
Dominic Myers  Labour Party 97

Total votes cast: 2,898
Turnout: 37.3%
Rejected votes: 7

Woodditton ward

Candidate name Description Number of votes
Helen Claire Barker Liberal Democrat Party 404
Sarah Fraser  Labour Party 283
Richard Alexander Downing Fullerton  UK Independence Party 85
Jacqueline Lacey-Eresh Labour Party 225
James Lay Conservative Party 842 (elected)
Lindsey Anne Moss-Eccardt Liberal Democrat Party 329
Alan Gordon Sharp  Conservative Party  918 (elected)

Total votes cast: 3,093
Turnout: 32.6%
Rejected votes: 7