1990 Cambridge City Council election

1990 Cambridge City Council election
15 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council ; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.3% (3.9%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1990 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election; ; Labour

Last updated September 22, 2023

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.

Summary

Election result

1990 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

Related Research Articles

Andrew Nicholas Duff, OBE is a British politician who presided over the Union of European Federalists (UEF) from 2008 to 2013. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 1999 to 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards

South Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Anthony Browne, a Conservative.

One third of Cambridge City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Cambridge City Council is the local authority for the city of Cambridge, a non-metropolitan district with city status in Cambridgeshire, England.

Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election, with the exception of Cherry Hinton ward where two seats were up for election due to the early retirement of Councillor Stuart Newbold. The vote took place alongside the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum and a Cambridgeshire County Council by-election for Arbury ward.

Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, to No Overall Control.

The 2014 Cambridge City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the European Union elections.

The 1990 Westminster Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election.

Bath City Council was a non-metropolitan district in Avon, England, that administered the city of Bath, Somerset, from 1974 until 1996. The district council replaced the pre-1974 county borough council.

The 2016 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The Labour Party grouping gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority on the council from 6 to 10 seats.

The 2018 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

The 2019 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

The 1990 Derby City Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1990. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The Conservative Party retained control of the council.

The 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The election was held alongside a full election for Cambridge City Council, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and one-third of Peterborough City Council.

The 2021 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

The 2002 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

The 2003 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

The 2007 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

The 2008 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

References

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

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

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

[1]

v t e Council elections in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Peterborough City Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Cambridge City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
East Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Fenland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Huntingdonshire District Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
South Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
Isle of Ely County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964
Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council	1967 1970 Abolished
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1989 ←) 1990 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1991)
London boroughs	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Blackburn Brentwood Brighton Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hart Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Torbay Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York
Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles