1984 Cambridge City Council election

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1984 Cambridge City Council election
Cambridgeshire Flag.svg
  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% (Decrease2.svg3.2%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election21 seats, 35.9%12 seats, 35.2%9 seats, 28.6%
Seats won734
Seats after21129
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote14,40512,31710,984
Percentage37.9%32.4%28.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.0%Decrease2.svg 2.8%Increase2.svg 0.3%

Cambridge UK ward map 1984.svg
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.

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Summary

Election result

1984 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 7Steady2.svg50.0142150.014,40537.9+2.0
  Conservative 3Decrease2.svg 121.491228.612,31732.4–2.8
  Alliance 4Increase2.svg 128.65921.410,98428.9+0.3
  Ecology 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02860.8+0.6

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Smith* 1,208 62.3 +0.4
Conservative Peter Day55028.4+2.5
SDP (Alliance)Don McBey1829.4–2.8
Majority65833.9–2.1
Turnout 1,94041.2+0.6
Registered electors 4,707
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.1

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Gard* 1,093 46.8 –0.3
Conservative Susan Pilkington74131.7–0.5
SDP (Alliance)Peter Warner50121.5+0.9
Majority35215.1+0.2
Turnout 2,33543.1–8.4
Registered electors 5,420
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.1

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Alan Charlesworth* 1,261 44.3 –1.6
Conservative Kate French94833.3–1.4
Labour Mark Adams63722.4+2.9
Majority31311.0–0.2
Turnout 2,84648.7–4.4
Registered electors 5,847
Liberal hold Swing Increase2.svg0.1

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Woodhouse* 1,389 49.1 +3.1
Conservative Rowena Davies84629.9–1.6
SDP (Alliance)June Greenwell59220.9–1.5
Majority54319.2+4.7
Turnout 2,82752.9–6.4
Registered electors 5,370
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.4

Coleridge

Coleridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Todd* 1,538 48.7 +5.5
Conservative Ian Cornwell1,25539.7–4.5
Liberal (Alliance)Simon Lavery36711.6–1.0
Majority2839.0N/A
Turnout 3,16057.0+1.5
Registered electors 5,546
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg5.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen George 1,355 43.4 +2.4
Labour Vivien Allum1,06334.0–0.7
SDP (Alliance)Marion Simpson70522.6–1.8
Majority2929.3+3.0
Turnout 3,12350.3–2.3
Registered electors 6,214
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg1.6

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Cowell* 1,188 55.9 +6.4
Liberal (Alliance)Richard Smee59928.2+0.8
Conservative Claire Barker34016.0–7.2
Majority58927.7+5.6
Turnout 2,12740.8–2.6
Registered electors 5,212
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.8

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Colin Rosenstiel* 1,257 49.5 +7.5
Labour Maureen Fallside69527.4–1.1
Conservative Richard Jones49219.4–10.1
Ecology Timothy Astin933.7N/A
Majority56222.2+9.7
Turnout 2,53743.1–1.1
Registered electors 5,885
Liberal hold Swing Increase2.svg4.3

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP (Alliance)Gwyneth Lipstein* 1,204 37.8 +11.1
Labour Jean Glasberg1,05233.1–4.8
Conservative David Bard92529.1–6.3
Majority1524.8N/A
Turnout 3,18144.5–3.5
Registered electors 7,148
SDP hold Swing Increase2.svg8.0

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Tufnell* 1,510 57.2 +1.3
Conservative Steven Gardiner64524.4–4.0
SDP (Alliance)Andrew Lake39114.8–0.9
Ecology Guy Grimley963.6N/A
Majority86532.7+5.2
Turnout 2,64246.3–1.1
Registered electors 5,704
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.7

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Edwards* 1,477 44.7 –3.3
Liberal (Alliance)Michael Allen1,23837.5+0.6
Labour Jan Burt49114.9–0.2
Ecology Corinne Garvie972.9N/A
Majority2397.2–3.9
Turnout 3,30355.2–3.1
Registered electors 5,981
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.0

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Wright* 1,497 55.0 +14.7
Liberal (Alliance)Gale Waller71426.3–13.0
Conservative Colin Barker50918.7+1.1
Majority78328.8+27.7
Turnout 2,72048.5–7.3
Registered electors 5,613
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg13.9

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Clark 1,166 49.4 –8.6
SDP (Alliance)Anne Kent76732.5+10.4
Labour Alyson Makin42718.1–1.7
Majority39916.9–19.0
Turnout 2,36241.4–2.8
Registered electors 5,701
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.5

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Simon Boyd 1,206 41.7 –1.8
Conservative Maurice Garner*1,06836.9–1.5
Labour Richard Overy61721.3+3.2
Majority1384.8–0.4
Turnout 2,89154.7–2.5
Registered electors 5,289
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg0.2

By-elections

East Chesterton

East Chesterton: May 1985
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Blake 1,199 35.1 +1.1
Conservative Peter Day1,17734.5–8.9
SDP (Alliance)Simon Kightley1,03730.4+7.8
Majority220.6N/A
Turnout 3,413
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg5.0

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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.