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1982 Cambridge City Council election
← 1980 6 May 1982 (1982-05-06) 1983 →
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.7% (Increase4.9%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
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 Increase 1 Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 12,286 12,617 12,022
Percentage 33.1% 34.0% 32.4%
Swing Decrease 9.7% Decrease 4.3% Increase 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

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Election result

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1982 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 13 20 47.6 12,286 33.1 –9.7
  Conservative 4 Decrease 2 28.6 10 14 33.3 12,617 34.0 –4.3
  Alliance 3 Increase 2 21.4 5 8 19.0 12,022 32.4 +14.0
  Independent 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 148 0.4 N/A
  Workers Revolutionary 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 25 0.1 N/A

Ward results

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Abbey

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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 Decrease14.2

Arbury

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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 Decrease3.5

Castle

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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 Increase0.9

Cherry Hinton

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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 Decrease3.2

Coleridge

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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 Increase7.0

East Chesterton

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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 Increase4.9

Kings Hedges

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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 Decrease18.4

Market

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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 Decrease1.4

Newnham

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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 Decrease5.6

Petersfield

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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 Decrease8.1

Queens Edith

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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 Decrease3.3

Romsey

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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 Decrease19.4

Trumpington

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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 Decrease6.7

West Chesterton

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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 Increase21.7

References

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  1. ^ "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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