1987 Cambridge City Council election
Appearance
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15 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 51.4% (4.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1987 Cambridge City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Election result
[edit]1987 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 6 | 2 | 40.0 | 13 | 19 | 45.2 | 14,491 | 33.3 | –4.2 | |
Conservative | 5 | 1 | 33.3 | 8 | 13 | 31.0 | 15,646 | 36.0 | +3.3 | |
Alliance | 4 | 1 | 26.7 | 6 | 10 | 23.8 | 13,291 | 30.6 | +2.5 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
[edit]Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 5.2 |
Arbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 7.0 |
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 0.4 |
Cherry Hinton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 5.5 |
Coleridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 8.1 |
East Chesterton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 6.4 |
Kings Hedges
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2.6 |
Newnham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2.9 |
Petersfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 6.9 |
Queens Edith
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 0.9 |
Romsey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 6.6 |
Trumpington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1.1 |
West Chesterton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.