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1983 Cambridge City Council election
← 1982 5 May 1983 (1983-05-05) 1984 →
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.9% (Increase4.2%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Last election 20 seats, 33.1% 14 seats, 34.0% 8 seats, 32.4%
Seats won 7 4 3
Seats after 21 13 8
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 14,464 14,190 11,517
Percentage 35.9% 35.2% 28.6%
Swing Increase 2.8% Increase 1.2% Decrease 3.8%
Winner of each seat at the 1983 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1983 Cambridge City Council election took place on 5 May 1983 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

1983 Cambridge City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Increase 1 50.0 15 21 52.4 14,464 35.9 +2.8
  Conservative 4 Decrease 1 28.6 9 13 31.0 14,190 35.2 +1.2
  Alliance 3 Steady 21.4 4 8 16.7 11,517 28.6 –3.8
  Ecology 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 90 0.2 N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eleanor Fairclough 1,167 61.9 +3.6
Conservative Sally-Anne Worland 488 25.9 +7.1
Liberal (Alliance) Kenneth Hales 230 12.2 –9.8
Majority 679 36.0 –1.1
Turnout 1,885 40.6 ±0.0
Registered electors 4,641
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.8

Arbury

Arbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Cowell* 1,305 47.1 +7.9
Conservative Stephen George 893 32.2 +0.5
SDP (Alliance) Philip Laidlaw 572 20.6 –8.5
Majority 412 14.9 +7.3
Turnout 2,770 51.5 +1.2
Registered electors 5,379
Labour hold Swing Increase3.7

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) David Pickles* 1,425 45.9 –0.4
Conservative George Reid 1,077 34.7 –3.3
Labour Vivien Allum 605 19.5 +3.8
Majority 348 11.2 +2.9
Turnout 3,107 53.1 +4.2
Registered electors 5,849
Liberal hold Swing Increase1.5

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Howard* 1,443 46.0 +7.1
Conservative Kevin Akehurst 989 31.5 –1.5
Liberal (Alliance) Gale Waller 703 22.4 –5.7
Majority 454 14.5 +8.6
Turnout 3,135 59.3 +4.3
Registered electors 5,291
Labour hold Swing Increase4.3

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Burling* 1,334 44.2 +2.9
Labour Anthony Carter 1,305 43.2 +6.4
Liberal (Alliance) Stephen Hunter 379 12.6 –9.3
Majority 29 1.0 –3.5
Turnout 3,018 55.5 +4.4
Registered electors 5,434
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.8

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sidney Reid* 1,320 41.0 +0.2
Labour Peter Hall 1,117 34.7 +3.8
SDP (Alliance) Christine Carling 786 24.4 –3.9
Majority 203 6.3 –3.6
Turnout 3,223 52.6 +2.1
Registered electors 6,126
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.8

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Burn 1,117 49.5 +1.5
Liberal (Alliance) Richard Smee 618 27.4 +5.3
Conservative Andrew Dean 523 23.2 +2.0
Majority 499 22.1 –3.7
Turnout 2,258 43.4 +10.1
Registered electors 5,199
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.9

Market

Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Lavena Hawes* 1,092 42.0 –5.5
Conservative John Phillips 766 29.5 +2.3
Labour Maureen Fallside 741 28.5 +3.3
Majority 326 12.5 –7.8
Turnout 2,599 44.2 +5.6
Registered electors 5,874
Liberal hold Swing Decrease3.9

Newnham

Newnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Cohen* 1,308 37.9 +1.5
Conservative David Bard 1,223 35.4 +2.2
SDP (Alliance) Margaret Reiss 922 26.7 –3.7
Majority 85 2.5 –0.7
Turnout 3,453 48.0 +8.0
Registered electors 7,200
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.4

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Robertson 1,538 55.9 +3.2
Conservative Geoffrey Clark 781 28.4 +5.7
SDP (Alliance) Troy Cooper 431 15.7 –9.0
Majority 757 27.5 –0.5
Turnout 2,750 47.4 –4.0
Registered electors 5,796
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.3

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sylvia Dolby* 1,670 48.0 +3.1
Liberal (Alliance) Lesbia Bradford 1,284 36.9 –2.9
Labour Patricia Winney 526 15.1 –0.2
Majority 386 11.1 +6.0
Turnout 3,480 58.3 +2.0
Registered electors 5,970
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.0

Romsey

Romsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Sedgwick-Jell 1,263 40.3 –5.5
SDP (Alliance) Cathy Grove* 1,229 39.2 +0.4
Conservative Julia Clark 552 17.6 +3.1
Ecology Guy Grimley 90 2.9 N/A
Majority 34 1.1 –5.9
Turnout 3,134 55.8 +9.4
Registered electors 5,615
Labour gain from SDP Swing Decrease3.0

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine Wheatley* 1,428 58.0 +2.4
SDP (Alliance) Kevin Robinson 545 22.1 –6.3
Labour Alyson Makin 488 19.8 +3.8
Majority 883 35.9 +8.6
Turnout 2,461 44.2 +0.1
Registered electors 5,572
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.4

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Hilary Richmond 1,301 43.5 +2.0
Conservative Percival Reed* 1,146 38.4 –3.1
Labour Anil Sinha 541 18.1 +1.1
Majority 155 5.2 +5.1
Turnout 2,988 57.2 +6.2
Registered electors 5,220
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.6

References

  1. ^ "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Cambridge_City_Council_election

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