1983 Cambridge City Council election

1983 Cambridge City Council election

←  1982 5 May 1983 (1983-05-05) 1984  →
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.9% (4.2%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Alliance Last election 20 seats, 33.1% 14 seats, 34.0% 8 seats, 32.4% Seats won 7 4 3 Seats after 21 13 8 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 14,464 14,190 11,517 Percentage 35.9% 35.2% 28.6% Swing 2.8% 1.2% 3.8%
Winner of each seat at the 1983 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

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.

Summary

Election result

1983 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	1	50.0	15	21	50.0	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	19.0	11,517	28.6	–3.8
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	90	0.2	N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

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

Arbury

Arbury

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

Castle

Castle

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

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

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

Coleridge

Coleridge

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

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

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

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges

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

Market

Market

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

Newnham

Newnham

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

Petersfield

Petersfield

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

Queens Edith

Queens Edith

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

Romsey

Romsey

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

Trumpington

Trumpington

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

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

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

References

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