Summary

Our main local councils – responsible for waste, planning, education, health, highways and much else – are:

Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council’s main offices are in Cambridge.

Cambridgeshire County Council
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP

Tel 0345 045 52 00
Fax 01480 376 748
E-mail info@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Website www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

About the county council

The county council is responsible for the provision of ‘county’ functions throughout the shire county of Cambridgeshire (but not Peterborough). Within its area are five district and city councils – Cambridge City, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire and our own area, South Cambridgeshire. The County is divided into divisions – we are part of the Gamlingay division.

As the 2021 county council elections ended with no one party having overall control (of the 61 seats, the split is now 28 x Tory, 20 x Lib Dems, 9 x Labour and 4 x Independent), the Lib Dems, Labour and Independents have formed an alliance to take over control of the council from the Conservatives.

NB Peterborough was created as a unitary authority in 1998 and is no longer part of Cambridgeshire County Council.

The functions of the county council include:

  • Adult social care
  • Archives
  • Births, deaths and marriages
  • Buses / concessionary fares
  • Children’s social care
  • Consumer protection
  • Education
  • Libraries
  • Park & Ride sites
  • Public health
  • Recycling and waste
  • Roads and highways
  • Street lighting
  • Trading standards
  • Transport and travel

County councillor

Following the boundary changes which came into effect with the county council elections on 4th May 2017, the county is divided into 59 electoral divisions (previously it was 60). Most divisions return one councillor – in two divisions there are two councillors, giving a total of 61 councillors (69 previously) in all.

We are part of the Gamlingay division – comprising the villages of Hatley (Hatley St George and East Hatley), Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Barrington, Croydon, Gamlingay, Guilden Morden, Litlington, Orwell, Shingay-cum-Wendy, Steeple Morden, Tadlow and Wimpole.

Elections for county councillors are held once every four years – the next one will be in 2025. The current political make-up of the council is 28 Conservatives, 20 Liberal Democrats, nine Labour and four Independents – click this link for a full list of councillors. Our county councillor is:

Sebastian Kindersley
The Manor Barn
East Hatley
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3JA

Tel  01767 651 982
Mobile  07710 467 258
E-mail  skindersley@hotmail.com
Twitter  twitter.com/SebKindersley
Website  www.sebastiankindersley.mycouncillor.org.uk
Local party website  www.sclibdems.org.uk

South Cambridgeshire District Council

South Cambridgeshire District Council offices are in Cambourne.

South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire Hall
Cambourne Business Park
Cambourne
CB23 6EA

Tel 03450 450 500 (main switchboard)
Fax 01954 713149
E-mail scdc@scambs.gov.uk
Website www.scambs.gov.uk

The services of South Cambridgeshire District Council include:

  • Building control
  • Business rates
  • Car parks
  • Council tax
  • Elections and voter registrations
  • Environmental health
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Leisure centres
  • Licensing
  • Pest control
  • Planning
  • Refuse / bin collection
  • Street cleaning

District councillor

Following the boundary changes which came into effect with the district council elections on 3rd May 2018, the council is divided into 26 electoral wards (previously it was 33) with a mixture of single, two and three-councillor wards, to give a total of 45 councillors (56 previously) in all.

We are part of the The Mordens ward for South Cambridgeshire District Council, with one councillor to represent the parishes of Hatley (Hatley St George and East Hatley), Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Croydon, Guilden Morden, Steeple Morden and Tadlow. Previously we were a ‘two-seater’ and part of the Gamlingay ward.

Elections for district councillors are held once every four years – the next one will be in May 2022. The current political make-up of the council is 31 Liberal Democrats, 11 Conservatives, two Labour and one Independent – click this link for a full list of councillors. Our district councillor is:

Heather Williams
South Cambs Hall
South Cambridgeshire District Council
Cambourne Business Park
Cambourne
CB23 6EA

Tel  07885 774 775
E-mail  cllr.williamsh@scambs.gov.uk
Facebook  www.facebook.com/cllr.h.williams
Twitter  twitter.com/cllr_h_williams
Website  https://cllrheatherwilliams.co.uk
Local association website  www.scambsconservatives.org.uk

Other elected representatives

Please go to our Elected representatives page for details of our MP, the mayor, police and crime commissioner and Hatley Parish Council.

Page checked / updated 14th May 2021.▲