1978 Cambridge City Council election

1978 Cambridge City Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.6% (3.9%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1978 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1978 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

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1978 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	50.0	15	22	52.4	14,262	46.4	–3.8
	Labour	6	1	42.9	11	17	40.5	12,304	40.1	+0.9
	Liberal	0		0.0	2	2	4.8	2,295	7.5	–1.6
	Independent	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	1,776	5.8	N/A
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	79	0.3	–0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Molt*	830	67.1	+14.9
	Conservative	Edna Jones	407	32.9	–3.4
Majority			423	34.2	N/A
Turnout			1,237	26.6	–5.0
Registered electors			4,647
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara May	1,314	53.7	+2.2
	Conservative	Sheila Jones	1,135	46.3	–2.2
Majority			179	7.3	N/A
Turnout			2,449	43.5	–1.9
Registered electors			5,632
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reid*	1,082	44.0	–16.8
	Labour	Richard Kimber	842	34.2	–5.0
	Liberal	Andrew Gore	537	21.8	N/A
Majority			240	9.8	N/A
Turnout			2,461	41.3	–3.5
Registered electors			5,953
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Barker	1,321	52.0	–3.3
	Labour	Anthony Carter	1,217	48.0	+3.3
Majority			104	4.0	N/A
Turnout			2,538	48.0	+2.3
Registered electors			5,284
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

1978 Cambridge City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abbey

Arbury

Castle

Cherry Hinton

Coleridge

East Chesterton

Kings Hedges

Market

Newnham

Petersfield

Queens Edith

Romsey

Trumpington

West Chesterton

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Seagrove	979	48.5	+2.1
	Labour	James Curley	860	42.6	+3.3
	Liberal	Philip Mitchell	178	8.8	–5.5
Majority			119	5.9	N/A
Turnout			2,017	39.0	–8.3
Registered electors			5,168
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Miller*	1,277	58.3	+0.1
	Labour	Richard Wall	912	41.7	–0.1
Majority			365	16.7	N/A
Turnout			2,189	34.6	–4.7
Registered electors			6,332
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Geoghan*	793	56.2	–0.9
	Conservative	Malcolm Mackenzie	474	33.6	–9.3
	Liberal	Brian Badcock	145	10.3	N/A
Majority			319	22.6	N/A
Turnout			1,412	34.6	–12.8
Registered electors			4,083
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Reiss	1,776	71.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Graham Edwards*	718	28.8	+4.0
Majority			1,058	42.4	N/A
Turnout			2,494	38.5	–0.2
Registered electors			6,473
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Nicol	1,501	49.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Ella Craigie	987	32.3	–5.8
	Liberal	Anthony Waite	567	18.6	–0.8
Majority			514	16.8	N/A
Turnout			3,055	44.9	+0.1
Registered electors			6,809
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Gawthrop	1,218	49.9	+9.2
	Conservative	Elaine Wheatley*	1,022	41.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Keith Edkins	201	8.2	N/A
Majority			196	8.0	N/A
Turnout			2,441	40.0	+2.1
Registered electors			6,101
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Johnson*	1,569	70.3	+12.4
	Labour	Stephen Dartford	663	29.7	+8.3
Majority			906	40.6	N/A
Turnout			2,232	36.5	–10.4
Registered electors			6,114
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Sweeney*	989	49.4	+4.2
	Conservative	Philip Robinson	601	30.0	–2.9
	Liberal	Alan Charlesworth	380	19.0	–2.8
	Communist	Julian Chaloner	31	1.5	N/A
Majority			388	19.4	N/A
Turnout			2,001	35.0	–1.2
Registered electors			5,722
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Millicent Suckling*	1,406	62.1	–5.1
	Labour	Stephen Watts	524	23.1	–9.7
	Liberal	David Green	287	12.7	N/A
	Communist	David Mourton	48	2.1	N/A
Majority			882	38.9	N/A
Turnout			2,265	38.5	–5.7
Registered electors			5,880
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Gough-Goodman*	1,284	66.7	+5.9
	Labour	Richard Overy	641	33.3	–5.9
Majority			643	33.4	N/A
Turnout			1,925	36.2	–5.4
Registered electors			5,318
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

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