1994 Cambridge City Council election

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5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)

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

Turnout

44.1% (

2.9%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	17 seats, 36.3%	11 seats, 27.0%	12 seats, 34.5%
Seats won	7	7	0
Seats after	17	15	10
Seat change	2	4	2
Popular vote	14,843	14,159	7,048
Percentage	41.0%	39.1%	19.5%
Swing	4.7%	12.1%	15.0%

Winner of each seat at the 1994 Cambridge City Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1994 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 1994 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

1994 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	2	50.0	10	17	40.5	14,843	41.0	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	7	4	50.0	8	15	35.7	14,159	39.1	+12.1
	Conservative	0	2	0.0	10	10	23.8	7,048	19.5	–15.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	118	0.3	–1.8

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Barnes*	965	66.2	+8.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Froggett	253	17.4	–17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Molyneux-Hill	239	16.4	+8.6
Majority			712	48.9	+26.0
Turnout			1,457	30.7	+1.4
Registered electors			4,756
	Labour hold		Swing	13.0

Arbury

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Colombo	1,200	53.3	+11.6
	Conservative	Thomas McGuire	583	25.9	–19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Wrigley	467	20.8	+7.9
Majority			617	27.4	N/A
Turnout			2,250	43.3	+3.6
Registered electors			5,201
	Labour hold		Swing	15.6

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Charlesworth*	1,597	53.5	+6.5
	Labour	Angela Smith	739	24.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Jacqueline Mitton	647	21.7	–14.3
Majority			858	28.8	+17.8
Turnout			2,983	46.8	+0.9
Registered electors			6,382
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander MacEachern*	1,391	52.5	+13.8
	Conservative	Jason Webb	888	33.5	–13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Woodford	370	14.0	+5.3
Majority			503	19.0	N/A
Turnout			2,649	49.3	+2.0
Registered electors			5,389
	Labour hold		Swing	13.8

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Bagnall	1,545	61.0	+14.9
	Conservative	Stephen George	607	24.0	–20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hoddinott	382	15.1	+5.5
Majority			938	37.0	+35.2
Turnout			2,534	44.4	+0.1
Registered electors			5,731
	Labour hold		Swing	17.6

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Stickley	1,402	46.0	+10.5
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	1,196	39.2	+8.7
	Conservative	Colin Havercroft	453	14.8	–19.2
Majority			206	6.8	+5.3
Turnout			3,051	45.6	+2.5
Registered electors			6,698
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.9

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Ratcliffe	1,000	64.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Howarth	314	20.3	+7.0
	Conservative	Sally Black	229	14.8	–13.7
Majority			686	44.5	N/A
Turnout			1,543	31.3	+4.5
Registered electors			4,922
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Market

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joye Rosenstiel*	1,502	61.0	+11.8
	Labour	David Blunt	676	27.4	–4.4
	Conservative	James Strachan	286	11.6	–3.3
Majority			826	33.5	+16.2
Turnout			2,464	40.5	–3.5
Registered electors			6,107
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.1

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Larkin	1,477	46.7	+11.4
	Labour	Asha Patel	1,290	40.8	+8.7
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	394	12.5	–12.4
Majority			187	5.9	+2.7
Turnout			3,161	43.1	+1.5
Registered electors			7,370
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.4

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Blencowe	1,387	49.6	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bowden	1,122	40.2	+20.6
	Conservative	Valerie Clayton	285	10.2	–10.6
Majority			265	9.5	–22.1
Turnout			2,794	44.4	+6.0
Registered electors			6,326
	Labour hold		Swing	11.8

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Taylor	1,703	51.1	+15.1
	Conservative	Chris Gough-Goodman*	913	27.4	–16.8
	Labour	Caroline Smith	717	21.5	+1.7
Majority			790	23.7	N/A
Turnout			3,333	58.0	+5.4
Registered electors			5,762
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	16.0

Romsey

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ratcliff	1,344	50.6	–5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smart	1,036	39.0	+24.4
	Conservative	Stephen Wren	160	6.0	–15.2
	Green	Ian Miller	118	4.4	–4.0
Majority			308	11.6	–23.1
Turnout			2,658	46.8	+13.4
Registered electors			5,700
	Labour hold		Swing	14.8

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Warde	1,201	46.2	+18.4
	Conservative	Margaret Hoskins*	995	38.3	–17.9
	Labour	Colin Dickins	402	15.5	–0.5
Majority			206	7.9	N/A
Turnout			2,598	43.7	+6.0
Registered electors			5,953
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	18.2

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Nimmo-Smith*	1,347	50.0	+12.3
	Labour	Paul Humber	991	36.8	+4.0
	Conservative	Dianne Walton	355	13.2	–16.2
Majority			356	13.2	+8.3
Turnout			2,693	47.8	–1.7
Registered electors			5,655
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.2

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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