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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

Election result

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

Ward results

Abbey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

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

[1] "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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Council elections in Cambridgeshire
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