1984 Cambridge City Council election

1984 Cambridge City Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.7% (3.2%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1984 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1984 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 1984 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

1984 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7		50.0	14	21	50.0	14,405	37.9	+2.0
	Conservative	3	1	21.4	9	12	28.6	12,317	32.4	–2.8
	Alliance	4	1	28.6	5	9	21.4	10,984	28.9	+0.3
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	286	0.8	+0.6

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith*	1,208	62.3	+0.4
	Conservative	Peter Day	550	28.4	+2.5
	SDP (Alliance)	Don McBey	182	9.4	–2.8
Majority			658	33.9	–2.1
Turnout			1,940	41.2	+0.6
Registered electors			4,707
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

Arbury

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Gard*	1,093	46.8	–0.3
	Conservative	Susan Pilkington	741	31.7	–0.5
	SDP (Alliance)	Peter Warner	501	21.5	+0.9
Majority			352	15.1	+0.2
Turnout			2,335	43.1	–8.4
Registered electors			5,420
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Alan Charlesworth*	1,261	44.3	–1.6
	Conservative	Kate French	948	33.3	–1.4
	Labour	Mark Adams	637	22.4	+2.9
Majority			313	11.0	–0.2
Turnout			2,846	48.7	–4.4
Registered electors			5,847
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.1

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Woodhouse*	1,389	49.1	+3.1
	Conservative	Rowena Davies	846	29.9	–1.6
	SDP (Alliance)	June Greenwell	592	20.9	–1.5
Majority			543	19.2	+4.7
Turnout			2,827	52.9	–6.4
Registered electors			5,370
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd*	1,538	48.7	+5.5
	Conservative	Ian Cornwell	1,255	39.7	–4.5
	Liberal (Alliance)	Simon Lavery	367	11.6	–1.0
Majority			283	9.0	N/A
Turnout			3,160	57.0	+1.5
Registered electors			5,546
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen George	1,355	43.4	+2.4
	Labour	Vivien Allum	1,063	34.0	–0.7
	SDP (Alliance)	Marion Simpson	705	22.6	–1.8
Majority			292	9.3	+3.0
Turnout			3,123	50.3	–2.3
Registered electors			6,214
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Cowell*	1,188	55.9	+6.4
	Liberal (Alliance)	Richard Smee	599	28.2	+0.8
	Conservative	Claire Barker	340	16.0	–7.2
Majority			589	27.7	+5.6
Turnout			2,127	40.8	–2.6
Registered electors			5,212
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Market

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Colin Rosenstiel*	1,257	49.5	+7.5
	Labour	Maureen Fallside	695	27.4	–1.1
	Conservative	Richard Jones	492	19.4	–10.1
	Ecology	Timothy Astin	93	3.7	N/A
Majority			562	22.2	+9.7
Turnout			2,537	43.1	–1.1
Registered electors			5,885
	Liberal hold		Swing	4.3

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP (Alliance)	Gwyneth Lipstein*	1,204	37.8	+11.1
	Labour	Jean Glasberg	1,052	33.1	–4.8
	Conservative	David Bard	925	29.1	–6.3
Majority			152	4.8	N/A
Turnout			3,181	44.5	–3.5
Registered electors			7,148
	SDP hold		Swing	8.0

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Tufnell*	1,510	57.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Steven Gardiner	645	24.4	–4.0
	SDP (Alliance)	Andrew Lake	391	14.8	–0.9
	Ecology	Guy Grimley	96	3.6	N/A
Majority			865	32.7	+5.2
Turnout			2,642	46.3	–1.1
Registered electors			5,704
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Edwards*	1,477	44.7	–3.3
	Liberal (Alliance)	Michael Allen	1,238	37.5	+0.6
	Labour	Jan Burt	491	14.9	–0.2
	Ecology	Corinne Garvie	97	2.9	N/A
Majority			239	7.2	–3.9
Turnout			3,303	55.2	–3.1
Registered electors			5,981
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Romsey

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wright*	1,497	55.0	+14.7
	Liberal (Alliance)	Gale Waller	714	26.3	–13.0
	Conservative	Colin Barker	509	18.7	+1.1
Majority			783	28.8	+27.7
Turnout			2,720	48.5	–7.3
Registered electors			5,613
	Labour hold		Swing	13.9

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Clark	1,166	49.4	–8.6
	SDP (Alliance)	Anne Kent	767	32.5	+10.4
	Labour	Alyson Makin	427	18.1	–1.7
Majority			399	16.9	–19.0
Turnout			2,362	41.4	–2.8
Registered electors			5,701
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.5

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Simon Boyd	1,206	41.7	–1.8
	Conservative	Maurice Garner*	1,068	36.9	–1.5
	Labour	Richard Overy	617	21.3	+3.2
Majority			138	4.8	–0.4
Turnout			2,891	54.7	–2.5
Registered electors			5,289
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	0.2

By-elections

East Chesterton

East Chesterton: May 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Blake	1,199	35.1	+1.1
	Conservative	Peter Day	1,177	34.5	–8.9
	SDP (Alliance)	Simon Kightley	1,037	30.4	+7.8
Majority			22	0.6	N/A
Turnout			3,413
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.0

References

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

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

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