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1987 Cambridge City Council election
The 1987 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The 1987 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
1987 Cambridge City Council election
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 % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour 1,069 55.4 –4.5 Conservative 583 30.2 +5.8 Liberal (Alliance) 278 14.4 –1.4 486 25.2 –10.3 1,930 40.0 +5.6 4,826 Labour hold 5.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 959 39.7 –7.6 Conservative 891 36.9 +6.4 SDP (Alliance) 563 23.3 +1.2 68 2.8 –14.0 2,413 44.7 +3.6 5,400 Labour hold 7.0
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) David Howarth 1,470 43.8 +2.6 Conservative 1,153 34.4 +1.8 Labour 733 21.8 –3.5 317 9.4 –0.1 3,356 55.3 +5.7 6,071 Liberal hold 0.4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,262 37.3 +4.7 Labour 1,200 35.5 –6.3 Liberal (Alliance) 918 27.2 +1.6 62 1.8 N/A 3,380 63.6 +10.2 5,312 Conservative gain from Labour 5.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,559 46.1 +7.3 Labour 1,337 39.5 –8.8 Liberal (Alliance) 485 14.3 +1.4 222 6.6 N/A 3,381 58.2 +5.4 5,810 Conservative hold 8.1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,628 47.5 +6.7 Labour 1,013 29.6 –6.0 SDP (Alliance) 787 23.0 –0.5 615 17.9 +12.7 3,428 53.8 –1.3 6,367 Conservative hold 6.4
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour 809 41.8 Labour 756 39.0 SDP (Alliance) David Creek 575 29.7 Conservative 507 26.2 Conservative 500 25.8 SDP (Alliance) Peter Warner 472 24.4 1,891 35.1 5,386
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (Alliance) Lavena Hawes* 1,202 40.7 –1.9 Labour 1,026 34.3 +3.3 Conservative 724 24.5 +6.4 176 6.0 –5.1 2,952 49.5 +8.2 5,963 Liberal hold 2.6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP (Alliance) Elsa Meyland-Smith 1,496 39.1 +6.8 Labour 1,286 33.6 +1.1 Conservative 1,040 27.2 +0.2 210 5.5 N/A 3,822 53.5 +7.8 7,145 SDP gain from Labour 2.9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,517 52.2 –12.3 Conservative 672 23.1 +1.4 SDP (Alliance) 671 23.1 +9.4 Independent 44 1.5 N/A 845 29.1 –13.8 2,904 48.7 +3.7 5,959 Labour hold 6.9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,622 45.5 +1.5 SDP (Alliance) 1,395 39.2 –0.2 Labour 543 15.3 –1.2 227 6.4 +1.6 3,560 58.8 +13.8 5,906 Conservative hold 0.9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,304 50.5 –8.0 Conservative 755 29.3 +5.1 Liberal (Alliance) 522 20.2 +2.9 549 21.3 –13.0 2,581 45.9 +7.1 5,621 Labour hold 6.6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,495 51.1 +2.6 SDP (Alliance) 1,041 35.6 +0.5 Labour 387 13.2 –2.3 454 15.5 +2.1 2,923 48.6 ±0.0 6,020 Conservative hold 1.1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP (Alliance) Evelyn Knowles 1,416 43.9 +7.3 Conservative 1,255 38.9 +3.6 Labour 552 17.1 –6.2 161 5.0 +3.7 3,223 59.9 +6.9 5,380 SDP hold 1.9
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