1983 Cambridge City Council election

1983 Cambridge City Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.9% (4.2%)
	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.

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1983 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	15	21	50.0	14,464	35.9	+2.8
	Conservative	4	1	28.6	9	13	31.0	14,190	35.2	+1.2
	Alliance	3		21.4	4	8	19.0	11,517	28.6	–3.8
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	90	0.2	N/A

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	1.8

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	3.7

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	1.5

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	4.3

1983 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	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	1.8

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	1.8

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	1.9

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	3.9

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	0.4

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	1.3

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	3.0

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	3.0

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	4.4

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	2.6

v t e Council elections in Cambridgeshire
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Cambridge City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
East Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council	1967 1970 Abolished
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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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