1990 Cambridge City Council election

1990 Cambridge City Council election

←  1988 5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 1991  →
15 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.3% (3.9%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 21 seats, 41.8% 15 seats, 34.4% 6 seats, 21.5% Seats won 10 2 3 Seats after 22 14 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 20,015 11,979 8,378 Percentage 45.6% 27.3% 19.1% Swing 3.8% 7.1% 2.4%
Winner of each seat at the 1990 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Labour

The 1990 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 1990 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across the UK.

Summary

Election result

1990 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	1	66.7	12	22	52.4	20,015	45.6	+3.8
	Conservative	2	1	13.3	12	14	33.3	11,979	27.3	–7.1
	Liberal Democrats	3		20.0	3	6	14.3	8,378	19.1	–2.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,494	8.0	+5.7

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Barnes	1,401	67.0	+2.4
	Conservative	Sheila Cann	436	20.8	–4.7
	Green	Stuart Emms	140	6.7	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Whitt	115	5.5	–0.6
Majority			965	46.1	+7.0
Turnout			2,092	42.7	+7.2
Registered electors			4,894
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Thompson*	1,343	54.4	+2.6
	Conservative	Julia Clark	687	27.8	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Corder	294	11.9	+1.0
	Green	Simon Ounsworth	145	5.9	N/A
Majority			656	26.6	+12.2
Turnout			2,469	47.6	+7.1
Registered electors			5,192
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Charlesworth	1,139	33.6	–0.9
	Labour	Kevin Price	1,014	29.9	–0.7
	Conservative	June Saunders	983	29.0	–5.9
	Green	Maxine Holloway	258	7.6	N/A
Majority			125	3.7	N/A
Turnout			3,394	55.5	+6.6
Registered electors			6,110
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.1

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander MacEachern	1,502	53.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Richard Baty	885	31.7	–6.1
	Green	Patrick Tooth	218	7.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Lowe	184	6.6	–4.0
Majority			617	22.1	+8.4
Turnout			2,789	51.6	–7.4
Registered electors			5,402
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Coleridge

Coleridge (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jessie Ball	1,721	54.8
	Labour	Alison New*	1,491	47.5
	Conservative	Justin Coleman	989	31.5
	Conservative	Jean Shinn	979	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Mackie	238	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Robinson	212	6.7
	Green	Jennifer Belza	193	6.1
	Green	Gabrielle Hutton	183	5.8
Turnout			3,000	52.0
Registered electors			5,769
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Antopolski	1,515	43.6	+6.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Howe	998	28.7	–19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roman Znajek	776	22.3	+7.8
	Green	Peter Pope	186	5.4	N/A
Majority			517	14.9	N/A
Turnout			3,475	54.6	+7.0
Registered electors			6,359
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.3

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Patterson*	1,307	61.5	–3.7
	Conservative	Martin Graham	381	17.9	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Creek	292	13.7	+0.9
	Green	James Entwistle	144	6.8	N/A
Majority			926	43.6	+0.3
Turnout			2,124	40.5	+6.2
Registered electors			5,245
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joye Rosenstiel*	1,285	41.1	+3.7
	Labour	Kevin Southernwood	1,184	37.9	–0.5
	Conservative	Mark Waldron	361	11.5	–6.8
	Green	Alred Droy	297	9.5	+3.6
Majority			101	3.2	N/A
Turnout			3,127	53.4	+7.0
Registered electors			5,860
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Glasberg	1,676	46.5	+12.6
	Conservative	Mark Bishop	881	24.4	–3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Whyte	638	17.7	–13.6
	Green	Joel Smith	409	11.3	+4.0
Majority			795	22.1	+19.4
Turnout			3,604	47.6	–2.3
Registered electors			7,221
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francesca Stevens	1,751	60.9	–5.4
	Conservative	Audrey Hull	497	17.3	–3.6
	Green	Robert Graham	359	12.5	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Paton	268	9.3	+1.9
Majority			1,254	43.6	–1.8
Turnout			2,875	46.6	+4.5
Registered electors			6,169
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

Queens Edith

Queens Edith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Gough-Goodman*	1,456	44.1	–6.5
	Labour	Andrew Hibbert	891	27.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Bradford	886	26.9	–5.4
	Green	Paul Martin	201	6.1	N/A
Majority			428	13.0	–4.7
Turnout			3,434	57.6	+3.8
Registered electors			5,727
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardiner	1,525	60.7	+9.6
	Conservative	Rosemary Wheeler	367	14.6	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Corn	351	14.0	–11.0
	Green	Ian Miller	271	10.8	+6.3
Majority			1,158	46.1	+20.0
Turnout			2,514	45.2	±0.0
Registered electors			5,556
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Hoskins*	1,151	40.7	–11.1
	Labour	Andrew Powell	713	25.2	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Slatter	708	25.0	–5.8
	Green	David Rees	255	9.0	N/A
Majority			438	15.5	–5.5
Turnout			2,827	46.2	+5.8
Registered electors			6,114
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.5

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Nimmo-Smith	992	31.6	–0.4
	Labour	Christine Mann	981	31.3	+6.8
	Conservative	Rodney Stokes	928	29.6	–9.5
	Green	Margaret Wright	235	7.5	+3.0
Majority			11	0.4	N/A
Turnout			3,136	56.5	+7.0
Registered electors			5,544
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.6

References

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