# 1980 Cambridge City Council election

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 | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 804 | 49.2 | +17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,633 | 34.5 | –35.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,740 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.8 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 350 | 14.5 | +8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,416 | 44.2 | –27.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,463 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.4 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 178 | 6.7 | –16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,670 | 45.2 | –27.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,913 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.3 | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 323 | 12.3 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,628 | 50.3 | –27.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,225 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.7 | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 238 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,525 | 48.6 | –26.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,193 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.0 | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.2 | –10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,722 | 44.7 | –25.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,088 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.1 | |

### Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 790 | 49.2 | +28.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,606 | 36.5 | –34.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,398 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 14.5 | |

### Market

Market :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 470 | 23.1 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,038 | 33.5 | –32.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,082 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 1.2 | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 363 | 14.3 | –6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,534 | 37.6 | –34.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,733 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.2 | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 536 | 19.8 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,713 | 46.5 | –18.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,836 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.1 | |

### Queens Edith

Queens Edith :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 345 | 11.7 | –13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,956 | 50.1 | –26.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,902 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 8.9 | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 661 | 32.3 | +14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,046 | 36.4 | –31.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,620 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 7.1 | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 628 | 29.0 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,169 | 39.1 | –31.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,549 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 591 | 30.5 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,939 | 36.9 | –32.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,249 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.4 | |

## By-elections
### Romsey

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