1987 Cambridge City Council election

1987 Cambridge City Council election
15 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.4% (4.8%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1987 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1987 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 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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1987 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	6	2	40.0	13	19	45.2	14,491	33.3	–4.2
	Conservative	5	1	33.3	8	13	31.0	15,646	36.0	+3.3
	Alliance	4	1	26.7	6	10	23.8	13,291	30.6	+2.5
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	44	0.1	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Durrant	1,069	55.4	–4.5
	Conservative	Julie Hayward	583	30.2	+5.8
	Liberal (Alliance)	Simon Jordan	278	14.4	–1.4
Majority			486	25.2	–10.3
Turnout			1,930	40.0	+5.6
Registered electors			4,826
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Chaplin	959	39.7	–7.6
	Conservative	Sylvia Davenport	891	36.9	+6.4
	SDP (Alliance)	Alison Pegrum	563	23.3	+1.2
Majority			68	2.8	–14.0
Turnout			2,413	44.7	+3.6
Registered electors			5,400
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	David Howarth	1,470	43.8	+2.6
	Conservative	Robert Gregory	1,153	34.4	+1.8
	Labour	Jessie Ball	733	21.8	–3.5
Majority			317	9.4	–0.1
Turnout			3,356	55.3	+5.7
Registered electors			6,071
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Wright	1,262	37.3	+4.7
	Labour	Christopher Howard*	1,200	35.5	–6.3
	Liberal (Alliance)	Mary Basham	918	27.2	+1.6
Majority			62	1.8	N/A
Turnout			3,380	63.6	+10.2
Registered electors			5,312
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.5

1987 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*	1,559	46.1	+7.3
	Labour	Martin Blake	1,337	39.5	–8.8
	Liberal (Alliance)	Andrew Paton	485	14.3	+1.4
Majority			222	6.6	N/A
Turnout			3,381	58.2	+5.4
Registered electors			5,810
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Beckett	1,628	47.5	+6.7
	Labour	Eleanor Fairclough*	1,013	29.6	–6.0
	SDP (Alliance)	Margaret Trowell	787	23.0	–0.5
Majority			615	17.9	+12.7
Turnout			3,428	53.8	–1.3
Registered electors			6,367
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Hopkins	809	41.8
	Labour	Jill Patterson	756	39.0
	SDP (Alliance)	David Creek	575	29.7
	Conservative	Aidan Dodson	507	26.2
	Conservative	Peter Hoskins	500	25.8
	SDP (Alliance)	Peter Warner	472	24.4
Turnout			1,891	35.1
Registered electors			5,386
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Lavena Hawes*	1,202	40.7	–1.9
	Labour	Richard Leggatt	1,026	34.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Mark Cathcart	724	24.5	+6.4
Majority			176	6.0	–5.1
Turnout			2,952	49.5	+8.2
Registered electors			5,963
	Liberal hold		Swing	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP (Alliance)	Elsa Meyland-Smith	1,496	39.1	+6.8
	Labour	Jean Glasberg	1,286	33.6	+1.1
	Conservative	Edward Connolly	1,040	27.2	+0.2
Majority			210	5.5	N/A
Turnout			3,822	53.5	+7.8
Registered electors			7,145
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing	2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Robertson*	1,517	52.2	–12.3
	Conservative	Steuart Northfield	672	23.1	+1.4
	SDP (Alliance)	Andrew Lake	671	23.1	+9.4
	Independent	William Gill	44	1.5	N/A
Majority			845	29.1	–13.8
Turnout			2,904	48.7	+3.7
Registered electors			5,959
	Labour hold		Swing	6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reid	1,622	45.5	+1.5
	SDP (Alliance)	Patricia Reynolds	1,395	39.2	–0.2
	Labour	Timothy Bedford	543	15.3	–1.2
Majority			227	6.4	+1.6
Turnout			3,560	58.8	+13.8
Registered electors			5,906
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Segdwick-Jell	1,304	50.5	–8.0
	Conservative	Rosemary Wheeler	755	29.3	+5.1
	Liberal (Alliance)	Karen Anderson	522	20.2	+2.9
Majority			549	21.3	–13.0
Turnout			2,581	45.9	+7.1
Registered electors			5,621
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Wheatley*	1,495	51.1	+2.6
	SDP (Alliance)	Philippa Slatter	1,041	35.6	+0.5
	Labour	Martin Rose	387	13.2	–2.3
Majority			454	15.5	+2.1
Turnout			2,923	48.6	±0.0
Registered electors			6,020
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP (Alliance)	Evelyn Knowles	1,416	43.9	+7.3
	Conservative	James Strachan	1,255	38.9	+3.6
	Labour	Valerie Antopolski	552	17.1	–6.2
Majority			161	5.0	+3.7
Turnout			3,223	59.9	+6.9
Registered electors			5,380
	SDP hold		Swing	1.9

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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