1987 Cambridge City Council election

1987 Cambridge City Council election
← 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% (Increase4.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election 21 seats, 37.5% 12 seats, 32.7% 9 seats, 28.1%
Seats won 6 5 4
Seats after 19 13 10
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,491 15,646 13,291
Percentage 33.3% 36.0% 30.6%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Increase 3.3% Increase 2.5%
Winner of each seat at the 1987 Cambridge City Council election
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.

Summary

Election result

1987 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 6 Decrease 2 40.0 13 19 45.2 14,491 33.3 –4.2
  Conservative 5 Increase 1 33.3 8 13 31.0 15,646 36.0 +3.3
  Alliance 4 Increase 1 26.7 6 10 23.8 13,291 30.6 +2.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 44 0.1 ±0.0

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Durrant 1,069 55.4 –4.5
Conservative Julie Hayward 583 30.2 +5.8
Liberal (Alliance) Simon Jordan 278 14.4 –1.4
Majority 486 25.2 –10.3
Turnout 1,930 40.0 +5.6
Registered electors 4,826
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.2

Arbury

Arbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Chaplin 959 39.7 –7.6
Conservative Sylvia Davenport 891 36.9 +6.4
SDP (Alliance) Alison Pegrum 563 23.3 +1.2
Majority 68 2.8 –14.0
Turnout 2,413 44.7 +3.6
Registered electors 5,400
Labour hold Swing Decrease7.0

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) David Howarth 1,470 43.8 +2.6
Conservative Robert Gregory 1,153 34.4 +1.8
Labour Jessie Ball 733 21.8 –3.5
Majority 317 9.4 –0.1
Turnout 3,356 55.3 +5.7
Registered electors 6,071
Liberal hold Swing Increase0.4

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Wright 1,262 37.3 +4.7
Labour Christopher Howard* 1,200 35.5 –6.3
Liberal (Alliance) Mary Basham 918 27.2 +1.6
Majority 62 1.8 N/A
Turnout 3,380 63.6 +10.2
Registered electors 5,312
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase5.5

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Burling* 1,559 46.1 +7.3
Labour Martin Blake 1,337 39.5 –8.8
Liberal (Alliance) Andrew Paton 485 14.3 +1.4
Majority 222 6.6 N/A
Turnout 3,381 58.2 +5.4
Registered electors 5,810
Conservative hold Swing Increase8.1

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Beckett 1,628 47.5 +6.7
Labour Eleanor Fairclough* 1,013 29.6 –6.0
SDP (Alliance) Margaret Trowell 787 23.0 –0.5
Majority 615 17.9 +12.7
Turnout 3,428 53.8 –1.3
Registered electors 6,367
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.4

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Hopkins 809 41.8
Labour Jill Patterson 756 39.0
SDP (Alliance) David Creek 575 29.7
Conservative Aidan Dodson 507 26.2
Conservative Peter Hoskins 500 25.8
SDP (Alliance) Peter Warner 472 24.4
Turnout 1,891 35.1
Registered electors 5,386
Labour hold
Labour hold

Market

Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Lavena Hawes* 1,202 40.7 –1.9
Labour Richard Leggatt 1,026 34.3 +3.3
Conservative Mark Cathcart 724 24.5 +6.4
Majority 176 6.0 –5.1
Turnout 2,952 49.5 +8.2
Registered electors 5,963
Liberal hold Swing Decrease2.6

Newnham

Newnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP (Alliance) Elsa Meyland-Smith 1,496 39.1 +6.8
Labour Jean Glasberg 1,286 33.6 +1.1
Conservative Edward Connolly 1,040 27.2 +0.2
Majority 210 5.5 N/A
Turnout 3,822 53.5 +7.8
Registered electors 7,145
SDP gain from Labour Swing Increase2.9

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Robertson* 1,517 52.2 –12.3
Conservative Steuart Northfield 672 23.1 +1.4
SDP (Alliance) Andrew Lake 671 23.1 +9.4
Independent William Gill 44 1.5 N/A
Majority 845 29.1 –13.8
Turnout 2,904 48.7 +3.7
Registered electors 5,959
Labour hold Swing Decrease6.9

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Reid 1,622 45.5 +1.5
SDP (Alliance) Patricia Reynolds 1,395 39.2 –0.2
Labour Timothy Bedford 543 15.3 –1.2
Majority 227 6.4 +1.6
Turnout 3,560 58.8 +13.8
Registered electors 5,906
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.9

Romsey

Romsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Segdwick-Jell 1,304 50.5 –8.0
Conservative Rosemary Wheeler 755 29.3 +5.1
Liberal (Alliance) Karen Anderson 522 20.2 +2.9
Majority 549 21.3 –13.0
Turnout 2,581 45.9 +7.1
Registered electors 5,621
Labour hold Swing Decrease6.6

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine Wheatley* 1,495 51.1 +2.6
SDP (Alliance) Philippa Slatter 1,041 35.6 +0.5
Labour Martin Rose 387 13.2 –2.3
Majority 454 15.5 +2.1
Turnout 2,923 48.6 ±0.0
Registered electors 6,020
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.1

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP (Alliance) Evelyn Knowles 1,416 43.9 +7.3
Conservative James Strachan 1,255 38.9 +3.6
Labour Valerie Antopolski 552 17.1 –6.2
Majority 161 5.0 +3.7
Turnout 3,223 59.9 +6.9
Registered electors 5,380
SDP hold Swing Increase1.9

References

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