1980 Cambridge City Council election

1980 Cambridge City Council election

← 1979 1 May 1980 (1980-05-01) 1982 →
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.8% (30.0%)
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 18 seats, 39.0% 20 seats, 38.0% Seats won 8 4 Seats after 21 16 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 13,964 12,496 Percentage 42.8% 38.3% Swing 3.8% 0.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Independent Last election 3 seats, 22.9% 1 seat, 0.0% Seats won 2 0 Seats after 4 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 5,990 0 Percentage 18.4% 0.0% Swing 4.5% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 1980 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

The 1980 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 1980 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

1980 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	3	57.1	13	21	50.0	13,964	42.8	+3.8
	Conservative	4	4	28.6	12	16	38.1	12,496	38.3	+0.3
	Liberal	2	1	14.3	2	4	9.5	5,990	18.4	–4.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	145	0.4	N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith	1,169	71.6	+11.7
	Conservative	Edna Jones	365	22.4	–5.8
	Liberal	David Green	99	6.1	–5.8
Majority			804	49.2	+17.5
Turnout			1,633	34.5	–35.5
Registered electors			4,740
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Gard*	1,272	52.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Patrick Harris	922	38.2	–1.0
	Liberal	Charles Burch	222	9.2	–6.7
Majority			350	14.5	+8.7
Turnout			2,416	44.2	–27.6
Registered electors			5,463
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Charlesworth	1,162	43.5	–6.4
	Conservative	Neville Auker*	984	36.9	+10.1
	Labour	Joan Robinson	524	19.6	–3.7
Majority			178	6.7	–16.4
Turnout			2,670	45.2	–27.3
Registered electors			5,913
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Woodhouse	1,382	52.6	+8.4
	Conservative	John Phillips*	1,059	40.3	–1.0
	Liberal	Ann Corsellis	187	7.1	–7.4
Majority			323	12.3	+9.3
Turnout			2,628	50.3	–27.5
Registered electors			5,225
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.7

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	1,236	49.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Donald Mackay*	998	39.5	–5.8
	Liberal	Geoffrey Heathcock	291	11.5	–4.4
Majority			238	9.4	N/A
Turnout			2,525	48.6	–26.1
Registered electors			5,193
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Knowles*	1,245	45.7	–1.5
	Labour	Carey Widdows	1,239	45.5	+8.7
	Liberal	Anita Anderson	238	8.7	–7.3
Majority			6	0.2	–10.2
Turnout			2,722	44.7	–25.6
Registered electors			6,088
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Cowell*	1,134	70.6	+18.3
	Conservative	Jane Jenkins	344	21.4	–10.6
	Liberal	Brian Badcock	128	8.0	–7.7
Majority			790	49.2	+28.9
Turnout			1,606	36.5	–34.0
Registered electors			4,398
	Labour hold		Swing	14.5

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin Rosenstiel*	1,036	50.8	+3.6
	Conservative	Michael O'Hannah	566	27.8	+1.3
	Labour	Gwilym Colseno	436	21.4	–4.8
Majority			470	23.1	+2.4
Turnout			2,038	33.5	–32.5
Registered electors			6,082
	Liberal hold		Swing	1.2

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Lipstein*	1,215	47.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Stanley Craigie	852	33.6	+7.1
	Liberal	Shirley Fozzard	467	18.4	–7.8
Majority			363	14.3	–6.4
Turnout			2,534	37.6	–34.0
Registered electors			6,733
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Tufnell	1,434	52.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth Sergeant*	898	33.1	–2.2
	Liberal	Patrick Browne	236	8.7	–7.1
	Ecology	Julian Paren	145	5.3	N/A
Majority			536	19.8	+6.2
Turnout			2,713	46.5	–18.6
Registered electors			5,836
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Edwards	1,361	46.0	–5.4
	Liberal	Bruce Galloway	1,016	34.4	+12.4
	Labour	Ethel Shepherd	579	19.6	–7.0
Majority			345	11.7	–13.1
Turnout			2,956	50.1	–26.0
Registered electors			5,902
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.9

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wright*	1,214	59.3	+10.0
	Conservative	Barry Wright	553	27.0	–4.1
	Liberal	Richard Folley	279	13.6	–5.9
Majority			661	32.3	+14.1
Turnout			2,046	36.4	–31.6
Registered electors			5,620
	Labour hold		Swing	7.1

Trumpington

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Wright	1,226	56.5	+4.6
	Labour	S Watts	598	27.6	+0.2
	Liberal	J Walker	345	15.9	–3.3
Majority			628	29.0	+4.5
Turnout			2,169	39.1	–31.0
Registered electors			5,549
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

West Chesterton

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Garner*	1,123	57.9	+8.0
	Labour	Richard Wall	532	27.4	–2.8
	Liberal	Anthony Waite	284	14.6	–5.2
Majority			591	30.5	+10.8
Turnout			1,939	36.9	–32.2
Registered electors			5,249
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

By-elections

Romsey

References

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