1986 Cambridge City Council election

1986 Cambridge City Council election
← 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% (Decrease1.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election 21 seats, 37.9% 12 seats, 32.4% 9 seats, 28.9%
Seats won 8 3 3
Seats after 21 12 9
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 13,979 12,178 10,493
Percentage 37.5% 32.7% 28.1%
Swing Decrease 0.4% Increase 0.3% Decrease 0.8%
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.

Summary

Election result

1986 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 Decrease 1 57.1 13 21 50.0 13,979 37.5 –0.4
  Conservative 3 Increase 1 21.4 9 12 28.6 12,178 32.7 +0.3
  Alliance 3 Steady 21.4 6 9 21.4 10,493 28.1 –0.8
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 594 1.6 +0.8
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.1 N/A
  Communist 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 20 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Barnes 998 59.9 –2.4
Conservative Julie Hayward 406 24.4 –4.0
SDP (Alliance) Brian Whitt 263 15.8 +6.4
Majority 592 35.5 +1.6
Turnout 1,667 34.4 –6.8
Registered electors 4,852
Labour hold Swing Increase0.8

Arbury

Arbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Thompson 1,041 47.3 +0.5
Conservative Sylvia Davenport 672 30.5 –1.2
Liberal (Alliance) Karen Burgess 487 22.1 +0.6
Majority 369 16.8 +1.7
Turnout 2,200 41.1 –2.0
Registered electors 5,347
Labour hold Swing Increase0.9

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Andrew Duff* 1,221 41.2 –2.2
Conservative Peter Hoskins 945 32.6 –0.7
Labour Jonathan Megginson 734 25.3 +2.9
Majority 276 9.5 –1.5
Turnout 2,900 49.6 +0.9
Registered electors 5,850
Liberal hold Swing Decrease0.8

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Ling 1,199 41.8 –7.3
Conservative Ann Wright 936 32.6 +2.7
SDP (Alliance) Norman Braddick 734 25.6 +4.7
Majority 263 9.2 –10.0
Turnout 2,869 53.4 +0.5
Registered electors 5,373
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.0

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison New 1,474 48.3 –0.4
Conservative Gordon Beckett 1,184 38.8 –0.9
Liberal (Alliance) Andrew Paton 395 12.9 +1.3
Majority 290 9.5 +0.5
Turnout 3,053 52.8 –4.2
Registered electors 5,777
Labour hold Swing Increase0.3

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Day 1,429 40.8 –2.6
Labour Martin Blake* 1,247 35.6 +1.6
SDP (Alliance) Victor Godfrey 824 23.5 +0.9
Majority 182 5.2 –4.1
Turnout 3,500 55.1 +4.8
Registered electors 6,347
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Decrease2.1

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Overhill* 881 52.2 –3.7
Liberal (Alliance) David Howarth 418 24.7 –3.5
Conservative Steuart Northfield 370 21.9 +5.9
Communist Glenn Richer 20 1.2 N/A
Majority 463 27.5 –0.2
Turnout 1,689 31.7 –9.1
Registered electors 5,323
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.1

Market

Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Joye Rosenstiel* 1,036 42.6 –6.9
Labour Richard Leggatt 765 31.5 +4.1
Conservative Aidan Dodson 439 18.1 –1.3
Green Julian Paren 191 7.9 +4.2
Majority 271 11.1 –11.1
Turnout 2,431 41.3 –1.8
Registered electors 5,893
Liberal hold Swing Decrease5.5

Newnham

Newnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Violet Cane* 1,057 32.5 –0.6
SDP (Alliance) Christine Bondi 1,053 32.3 –5.5
Conservative Edward Connolly 878 27.0 –2.1
Green Stephen Lloyd 269 8.3 N/A
Majority 4 0.2 N/A
Turnout 3,257 45.7 +1.2
Registered electors 7,125
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.5

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Gawthrop* 1,676 64.6 +7.5
Conservative Dianne Walton 562 21.7 –2.7
Liberal (Alliance) Keith Edkins 354 13.7 –1.1
Majority 1,113 42.9 +10.2
Turnout 2,592 45.0 –1.3
Registered electors 5,761
Labour hold Swing Increase5.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Gouch-Goodman 1,456 44.1 –0.6
Liberal (Alliance) Lesley Bradford 1,298 39.4 +1.9
Labour Emma Stiles 544 16.5 +1.6
Majority 158 4.8 –2.4
Turnout 3,298 45.0 –10.2
Registered electors 5,761
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.3

Romsey

Romsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Sweeney* 1,261 58.5 +3.5
Conservative Colin Barker 521 24.2 +5.5
SDP (Alliance) Carla Hurrell 373 17.3 –9.0
Majority 740 34.3 +5.5
Turnout 2,155 38.8 –9.7
Registered electors 5,560
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.0

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Millicent Suckling* 1,374 48.5 –0.9
SDP (Alliance) Philippa Slater 994 35.1 +2.6
Labour Nicola Glegg 438 15.5 –2.6
Independent Lewis Wilbur 26 0.9 N/A
Majority 380 13.4 –3.5
Turnout 2,832 48.6 +7.2
Registered electors 5,824
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.8

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP (Alliance) Stephen Marshall 1,043 36.6 –5.1
Conservative James Strachan 1,006 35.3 –1.6
Labour Paul McHugh 664 23.3 +2.0
Green Margaret Wright 134 4.7 N/A
Majority 37 1.3 –3.5
Turnout 2,847 53.0 –1.7
Registered electors 5,367
SDP hold Swing Decrease1.8

References

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