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14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 50.9% ( 4.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 1983 Cambridge City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
| 1983 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 7 | 1 | 50.0 | 15 | 21 | 52.4 | 14,464 | 35.9 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | 4 |  1 | 28.6 | 9 | 13 | 31.0 | 14,190 | 35.2 | +1.2 | |
| Alliance | 3 |  | 21.4 | 4 | 8 | 16.7 | 11,517 | 28.6 | –3.8 | |
| Ecology | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eleanor Fairclough | 1,167 | 61.9 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Sally-Anne Worland | 488 | 25.9 | +7.1 | |
| Liberal (Alliance) | Kenneth Hales | 230 | 12.2 | –9.8 | |
| Majority | 679 | 36.0 | –1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,885 | 40.6 | ±0.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,641 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Edward Cowell* | 1,305 | 47.1 | +7.9 | |
| Conservative | Stephen George | 893 | 32.2 | +0.5 | |
| SDP (Alliance) | Philip Laidlaw | 572 | 20.6 | –8.5 | |
| Majority | 412 | 14.9 | +7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,770 | 51.5 | +1.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,379 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (Alliance) | David Pickles* | 1,425 | 45.9 | –0.4 | |
| Conservative | George Reid | 1,077 | 34.7 | –3.3 | |
| Labour | Vivien Allum | 605 | 19.5 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 348 | 11.2 | +2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,107 | 53.1 | +4.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,849 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christopher Howard* | 1,443 | 46.0 | +7.1 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Akehurst | 989 | 31.5 | –1.5 | |
| Liberal (Alliance) | Gale Waller | 703 | 22.4 | –5.7 | |
| Majority | 454 | 14.5 | +8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,135 | 59.3 | +4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,291 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Burling* | 1,334 | 44.2 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Anthony Carter | 1,305 | 43.2 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal (Alliance) | Stephen Hunter | 379 | 12.6 | –9.3 | |
| Majority | 29 | 1.0 | –3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,018 | 55.5 | +4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,434 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sidney Reid* | 1,320 | 41.0 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Peter Hall | 1,117 | 34.7 | +3.8 | |
| SDP (Alliance) | Christine Carling | 786 | 24.4 | –3.9 | |
| Majority | 203 | 6.3 | –3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,223 | 52.6 | +2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,126 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Burn | 1,117 | 49.5 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal (Alliance) | Richard Smee | 618 | 27.4 | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Dean | 523 | 23.2 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 499 | 22.1 | –3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,258 | 43.4 | +10.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,199 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (Alliance) | Lavena Hawes* | 1,092 | 42.0 | –5.5 | |
| Conservative | John Phillips | 766 | 29.5 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Maureen Fallside | 741 | 28.5 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 326 | 12.5 | –7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,599 | 44.2 | +5.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,874 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 3.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ruth Cohen* | 1,308 | 37.9 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | David Bard | 1,223 | 35.4 | +2.2 | |
| SDP (Alliance) | Margaret Reiss | 922 | 26.7 | –3.7 | |
| Majority | 85 | 2.5 | –0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,453 | 48.0 | +8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,200 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Robertson | 1,538 | 55.9 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Clark | 781 | 28.4 | +5.7 | |
| SDP (Alliance) | Troy Cooper | 431 | 15.7 | –9.0 | |
| Majority | 757 | 27.5 | –0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,750 | 47.4 | –4.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,796 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sylvia Dolby* | 1,670 | 48.0 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal (Alliance) | Lesbia Bradford | 1,284 | 36.9 | –2.9 | |
| Labour | Patricia Winney | 526 | 15.1 | –0.2 | |
| Majority | 386 | 11.1 | +6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,480 | 58.3 | +2.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,970 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Simon Sedgwick-Jell | 1,263 | 40.3 | –5.5 | |
| SDP (Alliance) | Cathy Grove* | 1,229 | 39.2 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Julia Clark | 552 | 17.6 | +3.1 | |
| Ecology | Guy Grimley | 90 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 34 | 1.1 | –5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,134 | 55.8 | +9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,615 | ||||
| Labour gain from SDP | Swing | 3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elaine Wheatley* | 1,428 | 58.0 | +2.4 | |
| SDP (Alliance) | Kevin Robinson | 545 | 22.1 | –6.3 | |
| Labour | Alyson Makin | 488 | 19.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 883 | 35.9 | +8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,461 | 44.2 | +0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,572 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (Alliance) | Hilary Richmond | 1,301 | 43.5 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | Percival Reed* | 1,146 | 38.4 | –3.1 | |
| Labour | Anil Sinha | 541 | 18.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 155 | 5.2 | +5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,988 | 57.2 | +6.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,220 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.6 | |||
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