1986 Cambridge City Council election

1986 Cambridge City Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	46.6% (1.1%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1986 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1986 Cambridge City Council election took place on 8 May 1986 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

1986 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	57.1	13	21	50.0	13,979	37.5	–0.4
	Conservative	3	1	21.4	9	12	28.6	12,178	32.7	+0.3
	Alliance	3		21.4	6	9	21.4	10,493	28.1	–0.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	594	1.6	+0.8
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	26	0.1	N/A
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	20	0.1	N/A

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Barnes	998	59.9	–2.4
	Conservative	Julie Hayward	406	24.4	–4.0
	SDP (Alliance)	Brian Whitt	263	15.8	+6.4
Majority			592	35.5	+1.6
Turnout			1,667	34.4	–6.8
Registered electors			4,852
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Thompson	1,041	47.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Sylvia Davenport	672	30.5	–1.2
	Liberal (Alliance)	Karen Burgess	487	22.1	+0.6
Majority			369	16.8	+1.7
Turnout			2,200	41.1	–2.0
Registered electors			5,347
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Andrew Duff*	1,221	41.2	–2.2
	Conservative	Peter Hoskins	945	32.6	–0.7
	Labour	Jonathan Megginson	734	25.3	+2.9
Majority			276	9.5	–1.5
Turnout			2,900	49.6	+0.9
Registered electors			5,850
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.8

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Ling	1,199	41.8	–7.3
	Conservative	Ann Wright	936	32.6	+2.7
	SDP (Alliance)	Norman Braddick	734	25.6	+4.7
Majority			263	9.2	–10.0
Turnout			2,869	53.4	+0.5
Registered electors			5,373
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison New	1,474	48.3	–0.4
	Conservative	Gordon Beckett	1,184	38.8	–0.9
	Liberal (Alliance)	Andrew Paton	395	12.9	+1.3
Majority			290	9.5	+0.5
Turnout			3,053	52.8	–4.2
Registered electors			5,777
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Day	1,429	40.8	–2.6
	Labour	Martin Blake*	1,247	35.6	+1.6
	SDP (Alliance)	Victor Godfrey	824	23.5	+0.9
Majority			182	5.2	–4.1
Turnout			3,500	55.1	+4.8
Registered electors			6,347
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.1

Kings Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Overhill*	881	52.2	–3.7
	Liberal (Alliance)	David Howarth	418	24.7	–3.5
	Conservative	Steuart Northfield	370	21.9	+5.9
	Communist	Glenn Richer	20	1.2	N/A
Majority			463	27.5	–0.2
Turnout			1,689	31.7	–9.1
Registered electors			5,323
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal (Alliance)	Joye Rosenstiel*	1,036	42.6	–6.9
	Labour	Richard Leggatt	765	31.5	+4.1
	Conservative	Aidan Dodson	439	18.1	–1.3
	Green	Julian Paren	191	7.9	+4.2
Majority			271	11.1	–11.1
Turnout			2,431	41.3	–1.8
Registered electors			5,893
	Liberal hold		Swing	5.5

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Violet Cane*	1,057	32.5	–0.6
	SDP (Alliance)	Christine Bondi	1,053	32.3	–5.5
	Conservative	Edward Connolly	878	27.0	–2.1
	Green	Stephen Lloyd	269	8.3	N/A
Majority			4	0.2	N/A
Turnout			3,257	45.7	+1.2
Registered electors			7,125
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Gawthrop*	1,676	64.6	+7.5
	Conservative	Dianne Walton	562	21.7	–2.7
	Liberal (Alliance)	Keith Edkins	354	13.7	–1.1
Majority			1,113	42.9	+10.2
Turnout			2,592	45.0	–1.3
Registered electors			5,761
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Queens Edith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Gouch-Goodman	1,456	44.1	–0.6
	Liberal (Alliance)	Lesley Bradford	1,298	39.4	+1.9
	Labour	Emma Stiles	544	16.5	+1.6
Majority			158	4.8	–2.4
Turnout			3,298	45.0	–10.2
Registered electors			5,761
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Sweeney*	1,261	58.5	+3.5
	Conservative	Colin Barker	521	24.2	+5.5
	SDP (Alliance)	Carla Hurrell	373	17.3	–9.0
Majority			740	34.3	+5.5
Turnout			2,155	38.8	–9.7
Registered electors			5,560
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Millicent Suckling*	1,374	48.5	–0.9
	SDP (Alliance)	Philippa Slater	994	35.1	+2.6
	Labour	Nicola Glegg	438	15.5	–2.6
	Independent	Lewis Wilbur	26	0.9	N/A
Majority			380	13.4	–3.5
Turnout			2,832	48.6	+7.2
Registered electors			5,824
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP (Alliance)	Stephen Marshall	1,043	36.6	–5.1
	Conservative	James Strachan	1,006	35.3	–1.6
	Labour	Paul McHugh	664	23.3	+2.0
	Green	Margaret Wright	134	4.7	N/A
Majority			37	1.3	–3.5
Turnout			2,847	53.0	–1.7
Registered electors			5,367
	SDP hold		Swing	1.8

^ "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.