Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on South Cambridgeshire District Council
Thriplow is run by South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council, with Thriplow and Heathfield parish council for local matters. The Liberal Democrats have a majority on South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council. Its MP is Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), member for South Cambridgeshire.
£2,516
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Thriplow’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on South Cambridgeshire District Council
The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on South Cambridgeshire District Council: 43 of its 45 seats as elected (it held 36 before the May 2026 election). The Conservatives hold 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Cambridgeshire changed hands in 2025
Cambridgeshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from no overall control to a Liberal Democrat majority at the May 2025 election: the Liberal Democrats won 31 of 61 seats. Cambridgeshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Thriplow’s wards, the Conservatives took 52.6%, the Liberal Democrats took 21.3% and Reform UK took 11.8% of votes in May 2026. In 2022, the Conservatives had 57.1%. How Thriplow has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Thriplow is £2,516 for 2026–27; South Cambridgeshire District Council keeps 7% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 56% in ten years, in line with England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Thriplow’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 23 of South Cambridgeshire’s 45 or 31 of Cambridgeshire’s 61 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat43+7
- Conservative2−7
Change against the council before the 7 May 2026 election.
- Liberal Democrat31+9
- Conservative10−17
- Reform UK10+10
- Labour5−4
- Green3+3
- Independent2no change
- St. Neots Independent Group0−1
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Thriplow has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Thriplow’s residents · Band D precept £107
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Paul Bristow (Conservative), elected May 2025
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Thriplow, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierThriplow and Heathfield parish council
- 2South Cambridgeshire District Council1 ward · 1 councillorRichard Lynn Williams
- 3Cambridgeshire County Council1 division · 2 councillorsPeter Robert Spencer FaneLaurence Peter Damary-Homan
- 4Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined AuthorityCambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority · elected May 2025Paul Bristow
- 5Police and crime commissionerCambridgeshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Darryl Preston
- 6House of CommonsSouth Cambridgeshire
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Richard Lynn WilliamsConservative · May 2026
Show as a table, with Cambridgeshire County Council’s 1 division (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittlesford15% in Thriplow · 462 residents1 seat · May 2026 | 1 | Richard Lynn Williams | May 2026 |
Cambridgeshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawston & Shelford ED1% in Thriplow · 462 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Peter Robert Spencer FaneLaurence Peter Damary-Homan | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. South Cambridgeshire District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
The Conservatives have led every council vote since 2022
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Thriplow’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2022 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 0% | 8.5% |
| Labour | 0% | 5.8% |
| Liberal Democrat | 42.9% | 21.3% |
| Conservative | 57.1% | 52.6% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 11.8% |
In 2026, the Conservatives won 1 of the 1 seats up in Thriplow’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
South Cambridgeshire council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Thriplow, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Thriplow’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,428 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Thriplow is in South Cambridgeshire constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Thriplow).
54,885 votes for candidates · majority 10,641
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 54,885 votes from 77,327 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 10,641 of 54,885 votes (19.4%): wider than in 66% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Thriplow’s Band D council tax is £2,516 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
South Cambridgeshire District Council keeps £180.64 of a Band D bill (7%); the rest goes to the Thriplow and Heathfield parish council, Cambridgeshire County Council, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner and the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
South Cambridgeshire’s Band D bill has risen 56% in ten years, from £1,625.35 in 2016–17, in line with England’s average (56%). It was £443.25 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Thriplow and Heathfield, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Cambridgeshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,100.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Cambridgeshire
| South Cambridgeshire + Cambridgeshire | Thriplow’s councils | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £421 | £417 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £170 | £224 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £40 | £28 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £40 | £39 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £141 | £135 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £12 | £27 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £83 | £38 | £26 |
| Public health | £51 | £56 | £78 |
| Running the council | £41 | £40 | £59 |
| Other | £27 | £7 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,026 | £1,013 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: South Cambridgeshire per its residents plus Cambridgeshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Cambridgeshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Thriplow is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
scambs.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
scambs.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Thriplow is run
Which council runs Thriplow?
Thriplow is run by South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Thriplow have a town council?
Yes: Thriplow has its own parish-tier council (Thriplow and Heathfield parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £107 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Thriplow?
Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for South Cambridgeshire, which covers Thriplow.
How many councillors does Thriplow have?
1 ward councillors represent Thriplow’s 1 ward, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Thriplow?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Thriplow’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Thriplow?
Band D council tax in Thriplow is £2,516 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls South Cambridgeshire District Council?
The Liberal Democrats have a majority: 43 of 45 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Thriplow?
In Thriplow’s wards on 7 May 2026, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 52.6%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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