Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All forty five seats were up for election in twenty six wards. The Liberal Democrats were defending the council, having won control in 2018.
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As of February 2026, the composition of the Council is Lib Dem = 34. Con = 8, Ind = 2, Vacant = 1.
Five Lib Dem councillors have resigned. One to sit as an independent. Three led to by-elections from which two Lib Dems and one Conservative were returned. One seat is vacant.
One Conservative now sits as an independent.
One Lib Dem councillor died, and the Lib Dems held the ward at the by-election.
A * denotes an incumbent
Councillor Mark Howell sat as an independent between April 2025 and March 2026.
Following the death of Councillor Loveluck, a by-election was held in March 2023 and the seat was held by the Lib Dems.
Deborah Roberts had previously been elected as an Independent.
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Independent seat in a by-election.
Following her election as MP, Pippa Heylings resigned her seat which was held by the Lib Dems at a by-election on 24 October 2024.
Later in 2022, the two Lib Dem councillors resigned citing family pressures. A by-election was held on 3 November 22 and elected one Lib Dem and one Conservative.
In January 2026 Councillor Judith Rippeth resigned from the Council. As this was less than six months to go before scheduled elections, no by-election was called.
A few months after the election, Councillor Daniel Lentell resigned from the Lib Dem group to sit as an independent. He cited his differences over the proposed Congestion Charge (a scheme that was subsequently abandoned).