1982 Cambridge City Council election

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6 May 1982 (1982-05-06)

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14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

46.7% (

4.9%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Last election	21 seats, 42.8%	16 seats, 38.3%	4 seats, 18.4%
Seats won	7	4	3
Seats after	20	14	8
Seat change	1	2	2
Popular vote	12,286	12,617	12,022
Percentage	33.1%	34.0%	32.4%
Swing	9.7%	4.3%	14.0%

Winner of each seat at the 1982 Cambridge City Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1982 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 1982 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

1982 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	1	50.0	13	20	47.6	12,286	33.1	–9.7
	Conservative	4	2	28.6	10	14	33.3	12,617	34.0	–4.3
	Alliance	3	2	21.4	5	8	19.0	12,022	32.4	+14.0
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	148	0.4	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	25	0.1	N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carey Widdows	1,169	59.2	–12.4
	SDP (Alliance)	Else Meyland-Smith	435	22.0	+15.9
	Conservative	Sally-Anne Worland	372	18.8	–3.6
Majority			734	37.1	–12.1
Turnout			1,976	40.6	+6.1
Registered electors			4,673
	Labour hold		Swing	14.2

Arbury

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Watts	1,058	39.2	–13.4
	Conservative	Stephen George	854	31.7	–6.5
	SDP (Alliance)	Philip Laidlaw	785	29.1	+19.9
Majority			204	7.6	–6.9
Turnout			2,697	50.3	+6.1
Registered electors			5,364
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Andrew Duff	1,300	46.3	+2.8
	Conservative	George Reid*	1,067	38.0	+1.1
	Labour	Richard Newbury	440	15.7	–3.9
Majority			233	8.3	+1.6
Turnout			2,807	48.9	+3.7
Registered electors			5,735
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	0.9

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Herbert	1,123	38.9	–13.7
	Conservative	Allen Alderson	952	33.0	–7.3
	SDP (Alliance)	Margaret Reiss*	809	28.1	+21.0
Majority			171	5.9	–6.4
Turnout			2,884	55.0	+4.7
Registered electors			5,248
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.2

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Seagrave*	1,127	41.3	+1.8
	Labour	Eleanor Fairclough	1,003	36.8	–12.2
	Liberal (Alliance)	Stephen Hunter	598	21.9	+10.4
Majority			124	4.5	N/A
Turnout			2,728	51.1	+2.5
Registered electors			5,337
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Miller*	1,257	40.8	–4.9
	Labour	Jonathan Hardy	952	30.9	–14.6
	SDP (Alliance)	Stephen Marshall	874	28.3	+19.6
Majority			305	9.9	+9.7
Turnout			3,083	50.5	+5.8
Registered electors			6,102
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raith Overhill	811	48.0	–22.6
	Liberal (Alliance)	Tristram Riley-Smith	374	22.1	+14.1
	Conservative	William Sale	358	21.2	–0.2
	Independent	Philip Geoghan*	148	8.8	N/A
Majority			437	25.8	–23.4
Turnout			1,691	33.3	–3.2
Registered electors			5,084
	Labour hold		Swing	18.4

Market

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Joye Rosenstiel	1,092	47.5	–3.3
	Conservative	Michael O'Hannah	626	27.2	–0.6
	Labour	Anthony Carter	580	25.2	+3.8
Majority			466	20.3	–2.8
Turnout			2,298	38.6	+5.1
Registered electors			5,961
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	1.4

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Violet Crane	1,028	36.4	–11.5
	Conservative	David Bard	937	33.2	–0.4
	SDP (Alliance)	Terence Moore	857	30.4	+12.0
Majority			91	3.2	–11.1
Turnout			2,822	40.0	+2.4
Registered electors			7,054
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Gawthrop*	1,560	52.7	–0.2
	SDP (Alliance)	David Pearl	730	24.7	+16.0
	Conservative	Matthew Butler	671	22.7	–10.4
Majority			830	28.0	+8.2
Turnout			2,691	51.4	+4.9
Registered electors			5,758
	Labour hold		Swing	8.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Johnson*	1,486	44.9	–1.1
	Liberal (Alliance)	Lesbia Bradford	1,317	39.8	+5.4
	Labour	Richard Robinson	507	15.3	–4.3
Majority			169	5.1	–6.6
Turnout			3,310	56.3	+6.2
Registered electors			5,883
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

Romsey

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Sweeney*	1,189	45.8	–13.5
	Liberal (Alliance)	Richard Folley	1,007	38.8	+25.2
	Conservative	Anthony Hay	376	14.5	–12.5
	Workers Revolutionary	Martin Booth	25	1.0	N/A
Majority			182	7.0	–25.3
Turnout			2,597	46.4	+10.0
Registered electors			5,601
	Labour hold		Swing	19.4

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Millicent Suckling*	1,409	55.6	–0.9
	SDP (Alliance)	Kevin Robinson	718	28.4	+12.5
	Labour	Stephen Pugh	405	16.0	–11.6
Majority			691	27.3	–1.7
Turnout			2,532	44.1	+5.0
Registered electors			5,743
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Mark Hayes	1,126	41.5	+26.9
	Conservative	Chris Gough-Goodman*	1,125	41.5	–16.4
	Labour	Anil Sinha	461	17.0	–10.4
Majority			1	0.1	N/A
Turnout			2,712	51.0	+14.0
Registered electors			5,314
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	21.7

References

^ "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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