Forty five seats, making up the whole of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election in twenty six wards.
[2] In a surprise result, the Liberal Democrats took control of the council, winning 30 seats.
There was media speculation in the build-up to the election that the Liberal Democrats could make a surprise breakthrough on the council.
[6][7] The Guardian identified South Cambridgeshire as a district where the Conservative Party's approach to Brexit may damage the party's appeal to "Tory Remain" voters who had predominantly voted to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum.
[8] During the campaign, one of the Conservative candidates for the Fen Ditton and Fulbourn ward was suspended from the party after a number of offensive posts he had made on Twitter received national media attention.