1982 Cambridge City Council election

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1982 Cambridge City Council election
Cambridgeshire Flag.svg
  1980 6 May 1982 (1982-05-06) 1983  

14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.7% (Increase2.svg4.9%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election21 seats, 42.8%16 seats, 38.3%4 seats, 18.4%
Seats won743
Seats after20148
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote12,28612,61712,022
Percentage33.1%34.0%32.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 9.7%Decrease2.svg 4.3%Increase2.svg 14.0%

Cambridge UK ward map 1982.svg
Winner of each seat at the 1982 Cambridge City Council election

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1982 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 1982 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

1982 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 7Increase2.svg 150.0132047.612,28633.1–9.7
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 228.6101433.312,61734.0–4.3
  Alliance 3Increase2.svg 221.45819.012,02232.4+14.0
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg 10.0000.01480.4N/A
  Workers Revolutionary 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0250.1N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carey Widdows 1,169 59.2 –12.4
SDP (Alliance)Else Meyland-Smith43522.0+15.9
Conservative Sally-Anne Worland37218.8–3.6
Majority73437.1–12.1
Turnout 1,97640.6+6.1
Registered electors 4,673
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg14.2

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Watts 1,058 39.2 –13.4
Conservative Stephen George85431.7–6.5
SDP (Alliance)Philip Laidlaw78529.1+19.9
Majority2047.6–6.9
Turnout 2,69750.3+6.1
Registered electors 5,364
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.5

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Andrew Duff 1,300 46.3 +2.8
Conservative George Reid*1,06738.0+1.1
Labour Richard Newbury44015.7–3.9
Majority2338.3+1.6
Turnout 2,80748.9+3.7
Registered electors 5,735
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg0.9

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Herbert 1,123 38.9 –13.7
Conservative Allen Alderson95233.0–7.3
SDP (Alliance)Margaret Reiss*80928.1+21.0
Majority1715.9–6.4
Turnout 2,88455.0+4.7
Registered electors 5,248
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg3.2

Coleridge

Coleridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Seagrave* 1,127 41.3 +1.8
Labour Eleanor Fairclough1,00336.8–12.2
Liberal (Alliance)Stephen Hunter59821.9+10.4
Majority1244.5N/A
Turnout 2,72851.1+2.5
Registered electors 5,337
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg7.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sidney Miller* 1,257 40.8 –4.9
Labour Jonathan Hardy95230.9–14.6
SDP (Alliance)Stephen Marshall87428.3+19.6
Majority3059.9+9.7
Turnout 3,08350.5+5.8
Registered electors 6,102
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg4.9

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raith Overhill 811 48.0 –22.6
Liberal (Alliance)Tristram Riley-Smith37422.1+14.1
Conservative William Sale35821.2–0.2
Independent Philip Geoghan*1488.8N/A
Majority43725.8–23.4
Turnout 1,69133.3–3.2
Registered electors 5,084
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg18.4

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Joye Rosenstiel 1,092 47.5 –3.3
Conservative Michael O'Hannah62627.2–0.6
Labour Anthony Carter58025.2+3.8
Majority46620.3–2.8
Turnout 2,29838.6+5.1
Registered electors 5,961
Liberal gain from Independent Swing Decrease2.svg1.4

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Violet Crane 1,028 36.4 –11.5
Conservative David Bard93733.2–0.4
SDP (Alliance)Terence Moore85730.4+12.0
Majority913.2–11.1
Turnout 2,82240.0+2.4
Registered electors 7,054
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.6

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Gawthrop* 1,560 52.7 –0.2
SDP (Alliance)David Pearl73024.7+16.0
Conservative Matthew Butler67122.7–10.4
Majority83028.0+8.2
Turnout 2,69151.4+4.9
Registered electors 5,758
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Johnson* 1,486 44.9 –1.1
Liberal (Alliance)Lesbia Bradford1,31739.8+5.4
Labour Richard Robinson50715.3–4.3
Majority1695.1–6.6
Turnout 3,31056.3+6.2
Registered electors 5,883
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.3

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Sweeney* 1,189 45.8 –13.5
Liberal (Alliance)Richard Folley1,00738.8+25.2
Conservative Anthony Hay37614.5–12.5
Workers Revolutionary Martin Booth251.0N/A
Majority1827.0–25.3
Turnout 2,59746.4+10.0
Registered electors 5,601
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg19.4

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Millicent Suckling* 1,409 55.6 –0.9
SDP (Alliance)Kevin Robinson71828.4+12.5
Labour Stephen Pugh40516.0–11.6
Majority69127.3–1.7
Turnout 2,53244.1+5.0
Registered electors 5,743
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.7

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Mark Hayes 1,126 41.5 +26.9
Conservative Chris Gough-Goodman*1,12541.5–16.4
Labour Anil Sinha46117.0–10.4
Majority10.1N/A
Turnout 2,71251.0+14.0
Registered electors 5,314
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg21.7

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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.