1980 Cambridge City Council election

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1980 Cambridge City Council election
Cambridgeshire Flag.svg
  1979 1 May 1980 (1980-05-01) 1982  

14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout41.8% (Decrease2.svg30.0%)
 First partySecond party
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Party Labour Conservative
Last election18 seats, 39.0%20 seats, 38.0%
Seats won84
Seats after2116
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote13,96412,496
Percentage42.8%38.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.8%Increase2.svg 0.3%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Liberal Independent
Last election3 seats, 22.9%1 seat, 0.0%
Seats won20
Seats after41
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote5,9900
Percentage18.4%0.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.5%N/A

Cambridge UK ward map 1980.svg
Winner of each seat at the 1980 Cambridge City Council election

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1980 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

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Summary

Election result

1980 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 8Increase2.svg 357.1132150.013,96442.8+3.8
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 428.6121638.112,49638.3+0.3
  Liberal 2Increase2.svg 114.3249.55,99018.4–4.5
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0112.4N/AN/AN/A
  Ecology 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01450.4N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Smith 1,169 71.6 +11.7
Conservative Edna Jones36522.4–5.8
Liberal David Green996.1–5.8
Majority80449.2+17.5
Turnout 1,63334.5–35.5
Registered electors 4,740
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg8.8

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Gard* 1,272 52.6 +7.7
Conservative Patrick Harris92238.2–1.0
Liberal Charles Burch2229.2–6.7
Majority35014.5+8.7
Turnout 2,41644.2–27.6
Registered electors 5,463
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg4.4

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan Charlesworth 1,162 43.5 –6.4
Conservative Neville Auker*98436.9+10.1
Labour Joan Robinson52419.6–3.7
Majority1786.7–16.4
Turnout 2,67045.2–27.3
Registered electors 5,913
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg8.3

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Woodhouse 1,382 52.6 +8.4
Conservative John Phillips*1,05940.3–1.0
Liberal Ann Corsellis1877.1–7.4
Majority32312.3+9.3
Turnout 2,62850.3–27.5
Registered electors 5,225
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg4.7

Coleridge

Coleridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Todd 1,236 49.0 +10.2
Conservative Donald Mackay*99839.5–5.8
Liberal Geoffrey Heathcock29111.5–4.4
Majority2389.4N/A
Turnout 2,52548.6–26.1
Registered electors 5,193
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg8.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Knowles* 1,245 45.7 –1.5
Labour Carey Widdows1,23945.5+8.7
Liberal Anita Anderson2388.7–7.3
Majority60.2–10.2
Turnout 2,72244.7–25.6
Registered electors 6,088
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.1

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Cowell* 1,134 70.6 +18.3
Conservative Jane Jenkins34421.4–10.6
Liberal Brian Badcock1288.0–7.7
Majority79049.2+28.9
Turnout 1,60636.5–34.0
Registered electors 4,398
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg14.5

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Colin Rosenstiel* 1,036 50.8 +3.6
Conservative Michael O'Hannah56627.8+1.3
Labour Gwilym Colseno43621.4–4.8
Majority47023.1+2.4
Turnout 2,03833.5–32.5
Registered electors 6,082
Liberal hold Swing Increase2.svg1.2

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Lipstein* 1,215 47.9 +0.7
Conservative Stanley Craigie85233.6+7.1
Liberal Shirley Fozzard46718.4–7.8
Majority36314.3–6.4
Turnout 2,53437.6–34.0
Registered electors 6,733
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.2

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Tufnell 1,434 52.9 +4.0
Conservative Elizabeth Sergeant*89833.1–2.2
Liberal Patrick Browne2368.7–7.1
Ecology Julian Paren1455.3N/A
Majority53619.8+6.2
Turnout 2,71346.5–18.6
Registered electors 5,836
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg3.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Edwards 1,361 46.0 –5.4
Liberal Bruce Galloway1,01634.4+12.4
Labour Ethel Shepherd57919.6–7.0
Majority34511.7–13.1
Turnout 2,95650.1–26.0
Registered electors 5,902
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.9

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Wright* 1,214 59.3 +10.0
Conservative Barry Wright55327.0–4.1
Liberal Richard Folley27913.6–5.9
Majority66132.3+14.1
Turnout 2,04636.4–31.6
Registered electors 5,620
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg7.1

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Wright 1,226 56.5 +4.6
Labour S Watts59827.6+0.2
Liberal J Walker34515.9–3.3
Majority62829.0+4.5
Turnout 2,16939.1–31.0
Registered electors 5,549
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg2.2

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice Garner* 1,123 57.9 +8.0
Labour Richard Wall53227.4–2.8
Liberal Anthony Waite28414.6–5.2
Majority59130.5+10.8
Turnout 1,93936.9–32.2
Registered electors 5,249
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg5.4

By-elections

Romsey

Romsey: December 1981
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP (Alliance)Cathy Grove 947 47.6
Labour Leonard Freeman86243.3
Conservative Stephen George1809.0
Majority854.3
Turnout 1,989
SDP gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 18 September 2023.