1990 Cambridge City Council election

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1990 Cambridge City Council election
Cambridgeshire Flag.svg
  1988 5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 1991  

15 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.3% (Increase2.svg3.9%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election21 seats, 41.8%15 seats, 34.4%6 seats, 21.5%
Seats won1023
Seats after22146
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote20,01511,9798,378
Percentage45.6%27.3%19.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.8%Decrease2.svg 7.1%Decrease2.svg 2.4%

Cambridge UK ward map 1990.svg
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 England.

Contents

Summary

Election result

1990 Cambridge City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 10Increase2.svg 166.7122252.420,01545.6+3.8
  Conservative 2Decrease2.svg 113.3121433.311,97927.3–7.1
  Liberal Democrats 3Steady2.svg20.03614.38,37819.1–2.4
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03,4948.0+5.7

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Barnes 1,401 67.0 +2.4
Conservative Sheila Cann43620.8–4.7
Green Stuart Emms1406.7+2.9
Liberal Democrats Brian Whitt1155.5–0.6
Majority96546.1+7.0
Turnout 2,09242.7+7.2
Registered electors 4,894
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.6

Arbury

Arbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Thompson* 1,343 54.4 +2.6
Conservative Julia Clark68727.8–9.5
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Corder29411.9+1.0
Green Simon Ounsworth1455.9N/A
Majority65626.6+12.2
Turnout 2,46947.6+7.1
Registered electors 5,192
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg6.1

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Charlesworth 1,139 33.6 –0.9
Labour Kevin Price1,01429.9–0.7
Conservative June Saunders98329.0–5.9
Green Maxine Holloway2587.6N/A
Majority1253.7N/A
Turnout 3,39455.5+6.6
Registered electors 6,110
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.1

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander MacEachern 1,502 53.9 +2.3
Conservative Richard Baty88531.7–6.1
Green Patrick Tooth2187.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Ken Lowe1846.6–4.0
Majority61722.1+8.4
Turnout 2,78951.6–7.4
Registered electors 5,402
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg4.2

Coleridge

Coleridge (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jessie Ball 1,721 54.8
Labour Alison New* 1,491 47.5
Conservative Justin Coleman98931.5
Conservative Jean Shinn97931.2
Liberal Democrats Valerie Mackie2387.6
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Robinson2126.7
Green Jennifer Belza1936.1
Green Gabrielle Hutton1835.8
Turnout 3,00052.0
Registered electors 5,769
Labour hold
Labour hold

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Antopolski 1,515 43.6 +6.7
Conservative Geoffrey Howe99828.7–19.9
Liberal Democrats Roman Znajek77622.3+7.8
Green Peter Pope1865.4N/A
Majority51714.9N/A
Turnout 3,47554.6+7.0
Registered electors 6,359
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg13.3

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Patterson* 1,307 61.5 –3.7
Conservative Martin Graham38117.9–4.0
Liberal Democrats David Creek29213.7+0.9
Green James Entwistle1446.8N/A
Majority92643.6+0.3
Turnout 2,12440.5+6.2
Registered electors 5,245
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.2

Market

Market
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joye Rosenstiel* 1,285 41.1 +3.7
Labour Kevin Southernwood1,18437.9–0.5
Conservative Mark Waldron36111.5–6.8
Green Alred Droy2979.5+3.6
Majority1013.2N/A
Turnout 3,12753.4+7.0
Registered electors 5,860
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg2.1

Newnham

Newnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Glasberg 1,676 46.5 +12.6
Conservative Mark Bishop88124.4–3.1
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Whyte63817.7–13.6
Green Joel Smith40911.3+4.0
Majority79522.1+19.4
Turnout 3,60447.6–2.3
Registered electors 7,221
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg7.9

Petersfield

Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francesca Stevens 1,751 60.9 –5.4
Conservative Audrey Hull49717.3–3.6
Green Robert Graham35912.5+7.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Paton2689.3+1.9
Majority1,25443.6–1.8
Turnout 2,87546.6+4.5
Registered electors 6,169
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.9

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Gough-Goodman* 1,456 44.1 –6.5
Labour Andrew Hibbert89127.0+6.0
Liberal Democrats Lesley Bradford88626.9–5.4
Green Paul Martin2016.1N/A
Majority42813.0–4.7
Turnout 3,43457.6+3.8
Registered electors 5,727
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.3

Romsey

Romsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 1,525 60.7 +9.6
Conservative Rosemary Wheeler36714.6–4.8
Liberal Democrats Janice Corn35114.0–11.0
Green Ian Miller27110.8+6.3
Majority1,15846.1+20.0
Turnout 2,51445.2±0.0
Registered electors 5,556
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg7.2

Trumpington

Trumpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Hoskins* 1,151 40.7 –11.1
Labour Andrew Powell71325.2+7.9
Liberal Democrats Philippa Slatter70825.0–5.8
Green David Rees2559.0N/A
Majority43815.5–5.5
Turnout 2,82746.2+5.8
Registered electors 6,114
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.5

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Nimmo-Smith 992 31.6 –0.4
Labour Christine Mann98131.3+6.8
Conservative Rodney Stokes92829.6–9.5
Green Margaret Wright 2357.5+3.0
Majority110.4N/A
Turnout 3,13656.5+7.0
Registered electors 5,544
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.6

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References

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