1987 Cambridge City Council election

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1987 Cambridge City Council election
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←  1986 7 May 1987 (1987-05-07) 1988  →
15 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.4% (Increase2.svg4.8%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election21 seats, 37.5%12 seats, 32.7%9 seats, 28.1%
Seats won654
Seats after191310
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote14,49115,64613,291
Percentage33.3%36.0%30.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.2%Increase2.svg 3.3%Increase2.svg 2.5%
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1987 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 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

1987 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 6Decrease2.svg 240.0131945.214,49133.3–4.2
  Conservative 5Increase2.svg 133.381331.015,64636.0+3.3
  Alliance 4Increase2.svg 126.761023.813,29130.6+2.5
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0440.1±0.0

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Durrant 1,069 55.4 –4.5
Conservative Julie Hayward58330.2+5.8
Liberal (Alliance)Simon Jordan27814.4–1.4
Majority48625.2–10.3
Turnout 1,93040.0+5.6
Registered electors 4,826
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.2

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Chaplin 959 39.7 –7.6
Conservative Sylvia Davenport89136.9+6.4
SDP (Alliance)Alison Pegrum56323.3+1.2
Majority682.8–14.0
Turnout 2,41344.7+3.6
Registered electors 5,400
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.0

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance) David Howarth 1,470 43.8 +2.6
Conservative Robert Gregory1,15334.4+1.8
Labour Jessie Ball73321.8–3.5
Majority3179.4–0.1
Turnout 3,35655.3+5.7
Registered electors 6,071
Liberal hold Swing Increase2.svg0.4

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Wright 1,262 37.3 +4.7
Labour Christopher Howard*1,20035.5–6.3
Liberal (Alliance)Mary Basham91827.2+1.6
Majority621.8N/A
Turnout 3,38063.6+10.2
Registered electors 5,312
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg5.5

Coleridge

Coleridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Burling* 1,559 46.1 +7.3
Labour Martin Blake1,33739.5–8.8
Liberal (Alliance)Andrew Paton48514.3+1.4
Majority2226.6N/A
Turnout 3,38158.2+5.4
Registered electors 5,810
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg8.1

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Beckett 1,628 47.5 +6.7
Labour Eleanor Fairclough*1,01329.6–6.0
SDP (Alliance)Margaret Trowell78723.0–0.5
Majority61517.9+12.7
Turnout 3,42853.8–1.3
Registered electors 6,367
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg6.4

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Hopkins 809 41.8
Labour Jill Patterson 756 39.0
SDP (Alliance)David Creek57529.7
Conservative Aidan Dodson50726.2
Conservative Peter Hoskins50025.8
SDP (Alliance)Peter Warner47224.4
Turnout 1,89135.1
Registered electors 5,386
Labour hold
Labour hold

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance)Lavena Hawes* 1,202 40.7 –1.9
Labour Richard Leggatt1,02634.3+3.3
Conservative Mark Cathcart72424.5+6.4
Majority1766.0–5.1
Turnout 2,95249.5+8.2
Registered electors 5,963
Liberal hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.6

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP (Alliance)Elsa Meyland-Smith 1,496 39.1 +6.8
Labour Jean Glasberg1,28633.6+1.1
Conservative Edward Connolly1,04027.2+0.2
Majority2105.5N/A
Turnout 3,82253.5+7.8
Registered electors 7,145
SDP gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg2.9

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Robertson* 1,517 52.2 –12.3
Conservative Steuart Northfield67223.1+1.4
SDP (Alliance)Andrew Lake67123.1+9.4
Independent William Gill441.5N/A
Majority84529.1–13.8
Turnout 2,90448.7+3.7
Registered electors 5,959
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.9

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Reid 1,622 45.5 +1.5
SDP (Alliance)Patricia Reynolds1,39539.2–0.2
Labour Timothy Bedford54315.3–1.2
Majority2276.4+1.6
Turnout 3,56058.8+13.8
Registered electors 5,906
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.9

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Segdwick-Jell 1,304 50.5 –8.0
Conservative Rosemary Wheeler75529.3+5.1
Liberal (Alliance)Karen Anderson52220.2+2.9
Majority54921.3–13.0
Turnout 2,58145.9+7.1
Registered electors 5,621
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.6

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elaine Wheatley* 1,495 51.1 +2.6
SDP (Alliance)Philippa Slatter1,04135.6+0.5
Labour Martin Rose38713.2–2.3
Majority45415.5+2.1
Turnout 2,92348.6±0.0
Registered electors 6,020
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg1.1

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP (Alliance)Evelyn Knowles 1,416 43.9 +7.3
Conservative James Strachan1,25538.9+3.6
Labour Valerie Antopolski55217.1–6.2
Majority1615.0+3.7
Turnout 3,22359.9+6.9
Registered electors 5,380
SDP hold Swing Increase2.svg1.9

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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.
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