1986 Cambridge City Council election

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1986 Cambridge City Council election
Cambridgeshire Flag.svg
  1984 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) 1987  

14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.6% (Decrease2.svg1.1%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election21 seats, 37.9%12 seats, 32.4%9 seats, 28.9%
Seats won833
Seats after21129
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote13,97912,17810,493
Percentage37.5%32.7%28.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.4%Increase2.svg 0.3%Decrease2.svg 0.8%

Cambridge UK ward map 1986.svg
Winner of each seat at the 1986 Cambridge City Council election

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1986 Cambridge City Council election took place on 8 May 1986 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

1986 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 8Decrease2.svg 157.1132150.013,97937.5–0.4
  Conservative 3Increase2.svg 121.491228.612,17832.7+0.3
  Alliance 3Steady2.svg21.46921.410,49328.1–0.8
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.05941.6+0.8
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0260.1N/A
  Communist 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0200.1N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Barnes 998 59.9 –2.4
Conservative Julie Hayward40624.4–4.0
SDP (Alliance)Brian Whitt26315.8+6.4
Majority59235.5+1.6
Turnout 1,66734.4–6.8
Registered electors 4,852
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.8

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Thompson 1,041 47.3 +0.5
Conservative Sylvia Davenport67230.5–1.2
Liberal (Alliance)Karen Burgess48722.1+0.6
Majority36916.8+1.7
Turnout 2,20041.1–2.0
Registered electors 5,347
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.9

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Andrew Duff* 1,221 41.2 –2.2
Conservative Peter Hoskins94532.6–0.7
Labour Jonathan Megginson73425.3+2.9
Majority2769.5–1.5
Turnout 2,90049.6+0.9
Registered electors 5,850
Liberal hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.8

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Ling 1,199 41.8 –7.3
Conservative Ann Wright93632.6+2.7
SDP (Alliance)Norman Braddick73425.6+4.7
Majority2639.2–10.0
Turnout 2,86953.4+0.5
Registered electors 5,373
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.0

Coleridge

Coleridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison New 1,474 48.3 –0.4
Conservative Gordon Beckett1,18438.8–0.9
Liberal (Alliance)Andrew Paton39512.9+1.3
Majority2909.5+0.5
Turnout 3,05352.8–4.2
Registered electors 5,777
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.3

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Day 1,429 40.8 –2.6
Labour Martin Blake*1,24735.6+1.6
SDP (Alliance)Victor Godfrey82423.5+0.9
Majority1825.2–4.1
Turnout 3,50055.1+4.8
Registered electors 6,347
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Decrease2.svg2.1

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Overhill* 881 52.2 –3.7
Liberal (Alliance) David Howarth 41824.7–3.5
Conservative Steuart Northfield37021.9+5.9
Communist Glenn Richer201.2N/A
Majority46327.5–0.2
Turnout 1,68931.7–9.1
Registered electors 5,323
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.1

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Joye Rosenstiel* 1,036 42.6 –6.9
Labour Richard Leggatt76531.5+4.1
Conservative Aidan Dodson43918.1–1.3
Green Julian Paren1917.9+4.2
Majority27111.1–11.1
Turnout 2,43141.3–1.8
Registered electors 5,893
Liberal hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.5

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Violet Cane* 1,057 32.5 –0.6
SDP (Alliance)Christine Bondi1,05332.3–5.5
Conservative Edward Connolly87827.0–2.1
Green Stephen Lloyd2698.3N/A
Majority40.2N/A
Turnout 3,25745.7+1.2
Registered electors 7,125
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.5

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Gawthrop* 1,676 64.6 +7.5
Conservative Dianne Walton56221.7–2.7
Liberal (Alliance)Keith Edkins35413.7–1.1
Majority1,11342.9+10.2
Turnout 2,59245.0–1.3
Registered electors 5,761
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg5.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Gouch-Goodman 1,456 44.1 –0.6
Liberal (Alliance)Lesley Bradford1,29839.4+1.9
Labour Emma Stiles54416.5+1.6
Majority1584.8–2.4
Turnout 3,29845.0–10.2
Registered electors 5,761
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.3

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Sweeney* 1,261 58.5 +3.5
Conservative Colin Barker52124.2+5.5
SDP (Alliance)Carla Hurrell37317.3–9.0
Majority74034.3+5.5
Turnout 2,15538.8–9.7
Registered electors 5,560
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.0

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Millicent Suckling* 1,374 48.5 –0.9
SDP (Alliance)Philippa Slater99435.1+2.6
Labour Nicola Glegg43815.5–2.6
Independent Lewis Wilbur260.9N/A
Majority38013.4–3.5
Turnout 2,83248.6+7.2
Registered electors 5,824
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.8

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP (Alliance)Stephen Marshall 1,043 36.6 –5.1
Conservative James Strachan1,00635.3–1.6
Labour Paul McHugh66423.3+2.0
Green Margaret Wright 1344.7N/A
Majority371.3–3.5
Turnout 2,84753.0–1.7
Registered electors 5,367
SDP hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.8

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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.