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1984 Cambridge City Council election

1984 Cambridge City Council election
← 1983 3 May 1984 (1984-05-03) 1986 →
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.7% (Decrease3.2%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election 21 seats, 35.9% 12 seats, 35.2% 9 seats, 28.6%
Seats won 7 3 4
Seats after 21 12 9
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,405 12,317 10,984
Percentage 37.9% 32.4% 28.9%
Swing Increase 2.0% Decrease 2.8% Increase 0.3%
Winner of each seat at the 1984 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1984 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

Election result

1984 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Steady 50.0 14 21 50.0 14,405 37.9 +2.0
  Conservative 3 Decrease 1 21.4 9 12 28.6 12,317 32.4 –2.8
  Alliance 4 Increase 1 28.6 5 9 21.4 10,984 28.9 +0.3
  Ecology 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 286 0.8 +0.6

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Smith* 1,208 62.3 +0.4
Conservative Peter Day 550 28.4 +2.5
SDP (Alliance) Don McBey 182 9.4 –2.8
Majority 658 33.9 –2.1
Turnout 1,940 41.2 +0.6
Registered electors 4,707
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.1

Arbury

Arbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Gard* 1,093 46.8 –0.3
Conservative Susan Pilkington 741 31.7 –0.5
SDP (Alliance) Peter Warner 501 21.5 +0.9
Majority 352 15.1 +0.2
Turnout 2,335 43.1 –8.4
Registered electors 5,420
Labour hold Swing Increase0.1

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Alan Charlesworth* 1,261 44.3 –1.6
Conservative Kate French 948 33.3 –1.4
Labour Mark Adams 637 22.4 +2.9
Majority 313 11.0 –0.2
Turnout 2,846 48.7 –4.4
Registered electors 5,847
Liberal hold Swing Increase0.1

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Woodhouse* 1,389 49.1 +3.1
Conservative Rowena Davies 846 29.9 –1.6
SDP (Alliance) June Greenwell 592 20.9 –1.5
Majority 543 19.2 +4.7
Turnout 2,827 52.9 –6.4
Registered electors 5,370
Labour hold Swing Increase2.4

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Todd* 1,538 48.7 +5.5
Conservative Ian Cornwell 1,255 39.7 –4.5
Liberal (Alliance) Simon Lavery 367 11.6 –1.0
Majority 283 9.0 N/A
Turnout 3,160 57.0 +1.5
Registered electors 5,546
Labour hold Swing Increase5.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen George 1,355 43.4 +2.4
Labour Vivien Allum 1,063 34.0 –0.7
SDP (Alliance) Marion Simpson 705 22.6 –1.8
Majority 292 9.3 +3.0
Turnout 3,123 50.3 –2.3
Registered electors 6,214
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.6

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Cowell* 1,188 55.9 +6.4
Liberal (Alliance) Richard Smee 599 28.2 +0.8
Conservative Claire Barker 340 16.0 –7.2
Majority 589 27.7 +5.6
Turnout 2,127 40.8 –2.6
Registered electors 5,212
Labour hold Swing Increase2.8

Market

Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Colin Rosenstiel* 1,257 49.5 +7.5
Labour Maureen Fallside 695 27.4 –1.1
Conservative Richard Jones 492 19.4 –10.1
Ecology Timothy Astin 93 3.7 N/A
Majority 562 22.2 +9.7
Turnout 2,537 43.1 –1.1
Registered electors 5,885
Liberal hold Swing Increase4.3

Newnham

Newnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP (Alliance) Gwyneth Lipstein* 1,204 37.8 +11.1
Labour Jean Glasberg 1,052 33.1 –4.8
Conservative David Bard 925 29.1 –6.3
Majority 152 4.8 N/A
Turnout 3,181 44.5 –3.5
Registered electors 7,148
SDP hold Swing Increase8.0

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Tufnell* 1,510 57.2 +1.3
Conservative Steven Gardiner 645 24.4 –4.0
SDP (Alliance) Andrew Lake 391 14.8 –0.9
Ecology Guy Grimley 96 3.6 N/A
Majority 865 32.7 +5.2
Turnout 2,642 46.3 –1.1
Registered electors 5,704
Labour hold Swing Increase2.7

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Edwards* 1,477 44.7 –3.3
Liberal (Alliance) Michael Allen 1,238 37.5 +0.6
Labour Jan Burt 491 14.9 –0.2
Ecology Corinne Garvie 97 2.9 N/A
Majority 239 7.2 –3.9
Turnout 3,303 55.2 –3.1
Registered electors 5,981
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.0

Romsey

Romsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Wright* 1,497 55.0 +14.7
Liberal (Alliance) Gale Waller 714 26.3 –13.0
Conservative Colin Barker 509 18.7 +1.1
Majority 783 28.8 +27.7
Turnout 2,720 48.5 –7.3
Registered electors 5,613
Labour hold Swing Increase13.9

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Clark 1,166 49.4 –8.6
SDP (Alliance) Anne Kent 767 32.5 +10.4
Labour Alyson Makin 427 18.1 –1.7
Majority 399 16.9 –19.0
Turnout 2,362 41.4 –2.8
Registered electors 5,701
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.5

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Simon Boyd 1,206 41.7 –1.8
Conservative Maurice Garner* 1,068 36.9 –1.5
Labour Richard Overy 617 21.3 +3.2
Majority 138 4.8 –0.4
Turnout 2,891 54.7 –2.5
Registered electors 5,289
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Decrease0.2

By-elections

East Chesterton

East Chesterton: May 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Blake 1,199 35.1 +1.1
Conservative Peter Day 1,177 34.5 –8.9
SDP (Alliance) Simon Kightley 1,037 30.4 +7.8
Majority 22 0.6 N/A
Turnout 3,413
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase5.0

References

  1. ^ "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Cambridge_City_Council_election