1980 Cambridge City Council election

1980 English local election

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1 May 1980 (1980-05-01)

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14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

41.8% (

30.0%)

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Last election	18 seats, 39.0%	20 seats, 38.0%
Seats won	8	4
Seats after	21	16
Seat change	3	4
Popular vote	13,964	12,496
Percentage	42.8%	38.3%
Swing	3.8%	0.3%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal	Independent
Last election	3 seats, 22.9%	1 seat, 0.0%
Seats won	2	0
Seats after	4	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	5,990	0
Percentage	18.4%	0.0%
Swing	4.5%	N/A

Winner of each seat at the 1980 Cambridge City Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1980 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

Election result

1980 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	3	57.1	13	21	50.0	13,964	42.8	+3.8
	Conservative	4	4	28.6	12	16	38.1	12,496	38.3	+0.3
	Liberal	2	1	14.3	2	4	9.5	5,990	18.4	–4.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.4	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	145	0.4	N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith	1,169	71.6	+11.7
	Conservative	Edna Jones	365	22.4	–5.8
	Liberal	David Green	99	6.1	–5.8
Majority			804	49.2	+17.5
Turnout			1,633	34.5	–35.5
Registered electors			4,740
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

Arbury

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Gard*	1,272	52.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Patrick Harris	922	38.2	–1.0
	Liberal	Charles Burch	222	9.2	–6.7
Majority			350	14.5	+8.7
Turnout			2,416	44.2	–27.6
Registered electors			5,463
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Charlesworth	1,162	43.5	–6.4
	Conservative	Neville Auker*	984	36.9	+10.1
	Labour	Joan Robinson	524	19.6	–3.7
Majority			178	6.7	–16.4
Turnout			2,670	45.2	–27.3
Registered electors			5,913
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Woodhouse	1,382	52.6	+8.4
	Conservative	John Phillips*	1,059	40.3	–1.0
	Liberal	Ann Corsellis	187	7.1	–7.4
Majority			323	12.3	+9.3
Turnout			2,628	50.3	–27.5
Registered electors			5,225
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.7

Coleridge

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	1,236	49.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Donald Mackay*	998	39.5	–5.8
	Liberal	Geoffrey Heathcock	291	11.5	–4.4
Majority			238	9.4	N/A
Turnout			2,525	48.6	–26.1
Registered electors			5,193
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.0

East Chesterton

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Knowles*	1,245	45.7	–1.5
	Labour	Carey Widdows	1,239	45.5	+8.7
	Liberal	Anita Anderson	238	8.7	–7.3
Majority			6	0.2	–10.2
Turnout			2,722	44.7	–25.6
Registered electors			6,088
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Cowell*	1,134	70.6	+18.3
	Conservative	Jane Jenkins	344	21.4	–10.6
	Liberal	Brian Badcock	128	8.0	–7.7
Majority			790	49.2	+28.9
Turnout			1,606	36.5	–34.0
Registered electors			4,398
	Labour hold		Swing	14.5

Market

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin Rosenstiel*	1,036	50.8	+3.6
	Conservative	Michael O'Hannah	566	27.8	+1.3
	Labour	Gwilym Colseno	436	21.4	–4.8
Majority			470	23.1	+2.4
Turnout			2,038	33.5	–32.5
Registered electors			6,082
	Liberal hold		Swing	1.2

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Lipstein*	1,215	47.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Stanley Craigie	852	33.6	+7.1
	Liberal	Shirley Fozzard	467	18.4	–7.8
Majority			363	14.3	–6.4
Turnout			2,534	37.6	–34.0
Registered electors			6,733
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Petersfield

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Tufnell	1,434	52.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth Sergeant*	898	33.1	–2.2
	Liberal	Patrick Browne	236	8.7	–7.1
	Ecology	Julian Paren	145	5.3	N/A
Majority			536	19.8	+6.2
Turnout			2,713	46.5	–18.6
Registered electors			5,836
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.1

Queens Edith

Queens Edith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Edwards	1,361	46.0	–5.4
	Liberal	Bruce Galloway	1,016	34.4	+12.4
	Labour	Ethel Shepherd	579	19.6	–7.0
Majority			345	11.7	–13.1
Turnout			2,956	50.1	–26.0
Registered electors			5,902
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.9

Romsey

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wright*	1,214	59.3	+10.0
	Conservative	Barry Wright	553	27.0	–4.1
	Liberal	Richard Folley	279	13.6	–5.9
Majority			661	32.3	+14.1
Turnout			2,046	36.4	–31.6
Registered electors			5,620
	Labour hold		Swing	7.1

Trumpington

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Wright	1,226	56.5	+4.6
	Labour	S Watts	598	27.6	+0.2
	Liberal	J Walker	345	15.9	–3.3
Majority			628	29.0	+4.5
Turnout			2,169	39.1	–31.0
Registered electors			5,549
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

West Chesterton

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Garner*	1,123	57.9	+8.0
	Labour	Richard Wall	532	27.4	–2.8
	Liberal	Anthony Waite	284	14.6	–5.2
Majority			591	30.5	+10.8
Turnout			1,939	36.9	–32.2
Registered electors			5,249
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

By-elections

Romsey

Romsey: December 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SDP (Alliance)	Cathy Grove	947	47.6
	Labour	Leonard Freeman	862	43.3
	Conservative	Stephen George	180	9.0
Majority			85	4.3
Turnout			1,989
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing

References

"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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