Cambridgeshire County Council Election Results 1997
Abbey
Electorate: 4861
Colin Shaw (Lab) ....................... 1883 58.3%
Simon Mitton (Con) ...................... 836 25.9%
Alistir Dieppe (Lib Dem) ................ 510 15.8%
Majority: 1047 32.4%
Turnout: 3229 66.4%
Arbury
Electorate: 5224
Ian Kidman (Lab) ....................... 1708 49.7%
Michael Ellis (Con) .................... 1146 33.4%
Adrian Wrigley (Lib Dem) ................ 580 16.9%
Majority: 562 16.4%
Turnout: 3434 65.7%
Bassingbourn
Electorate: 6209
Linda Oliver (Con) ..................... 2014 44.1%
K Glennister (Lib Dem) ................. 1841 40.3%
D Welburn (Lab) ......................... 717 15.7%
Majority: 173 3.8%
Turnout: 4572 73.6%
Benwick and Doddington
Electorate: 6429
S Bradshaw (Con) ....................... 2572 55.5%
J Barber (Lab) ......................... 1137 24.5%
J Wilson (Lib Dem) ...................... 927 20.0%
Majority: 1435 31.0%
Turnout: 4636 72.1%
Brampton
Electorate: 6223
J McKay (Con) .......................... 2329 49.9%
Peter Downes (Lib Dem) ................. 1904 40.8%
G A Beevor (Lab) ........................ 432 9.3%
Majority: 425 9.1%
Turnout: 4665 75.0%
Buckden
Electorate: 5830
Alec Stenner (Con) ..................... 2628 57.2%
P W Meyer (Lib Dem) .................... 1456 31.7%
L E Shipgood (Lab) ...................... 507 11.0%
Majority: 1172 25.5%
Turnout: 4591 78.7%
Burwell
Electorate: 7687
James Fitch (Lib Dem) .................. 3081 54.3%
S Ellis (Con) .......................... 1864 32.8%
R I Carling (Lab) ....................... 732 12.9%
Majority: 1217 21.4%
Turnout: 5677 73.9%
Castle
Electorate: 7107
Sal Brinton (Lib Dem) .................. 2831 56.0%
Jacqueline Mitton (Con) ................ 1131 22.4%
Robert Smith (Lab) ..................... 1089 21.6%
Majority: 1700 33.7%
Turnout: 5051 71.1%
Chatteris
Electorate: 6621
Alan Melton (Con) ...................... 2020 42.6%
F S Newell (Lib Dem) ................... 1577 33.3%
Grant Osbourn (Lab) .................... 1143 24.1%
Majority: 443 9.3%
Turnout: 4740 71.6%
Cherry Hinton
Electorate: 5608
Susan Bicker (Lab) ..................... 1917 46.0%
Alexandra Hardie (Con) ................. 1515 36.3%
Eve Corder (Lib Dem) .................... 739 17.7%
Majority: 402 9.6%
Turnout: 4171 74.4%
Coleridge
Electorate: 5978
Josephine Percy (Lab) .................. 2076 47.4%
Eric Barrett-Payton (Con) .............. 1384 31.6%
Tom Burnham (Lib Dem) ................... 917 21.0%
Majority: 692 15.8%
Turnout: 4377 73.2%
Comberton
Electorate: 7193
Robin Martlew (Lib Dem) ................ 3068 56.4%
R S James (Con) ........................ 2372 43.6%
Majority: 696 12.8%
Turnout: 5440 75.6%
Cottenham
Electorate: 6581
Peter Stroude (Con) .................... 1972 42.5%
R Rogers (Lab) ......................... 1725 37.2%
E J Murphy (Lib Dem) .................... 943 20.3%
Majority: 247 5.3%
Turnout: 4640 70.5%
East Chesterton
Electorate: 6986
Tim O'Dell (Lab) ....................... 1933 39.1%
Anthony Morris (Lib Dem) ............... 1795 36.3%
Patrick Harding (Con) .................. 1216 24.6%
Majority: 138 2.8%
Turnout: 4944 70.8%
Eaton
Electorate: 9307
R S Farrer (Con) ....................... 2707 40.1%
Sandie Giles (Lib Dem) ................. 2639 39.0%
Patricia Nicholls (Lab) ................. 799 11.8%
R McKay (Local Dem) ..................... 459 6.8%
J A Roscoe (Ind Alliance) ............... 155 2.3%
Majority: 68 1.0%
Turnout: 6759 72.6%
Elm
Electorate: 6050
Jillian Tuck (Con) ..................... 1792 43.1%
S E G Massen (Lab) ..................... 1206 29.0%
D Chapman (Lib Dem) .................... 1159 27.9%
Majority: 586 14.1%
Turnout: 4157 68.7%
Ely North and South
Electorate: 7097
Donald Adey (Lib Dem) .................. 2501 48.6%
W J Pickess (Con) ...................... 1698 33.0%
B S Coupe (Lab) ......................... 945 18.4%
Majority: 803 15.6%
Turnout: 5144 72.5%
Ely West
Electorate: 5627
S Friend-Smith (Lib Dem) ............... 2488 59.4%
R S Leishman (Con) ..................... 1136 27.1%
P A Scott (Lab) ......................... 564 13.5%
Majority: 1352 32.3%
Turnout: 4188 74.4%
Eynesbury
Electorate: 6646
D C Sharp (Con) ........................ 1759 38.3%
Sally Guinee (Lib Dem) ................. 1506 32.8%
J E Boston (Lab) ....................... 1327 28.9%
Majority: 253 5.5%
Turnout: 4592 69.1%
Fulbourn
Electorate: 7551
Dave Kelleway (Lab) .................... 2660 48.8%
Colin Barker (Con) ..................... 1961 36.0%
Neil Scarr (Ind) ........................ 832 15.3%
Majority: 699 12.8%
Turnout: 5453 72.2%
Gamlingay
Electorate: 6751
M Scott (Con) .......................... 2468 51.4%
M J Kingsbury (Lib Dem) ................ 1266 26.3%
S Hartley (Lab) ........................ 1071 22.3%
Majority: 1202 25.0%
Turnout: 4805 71.2%
Girton
Electorate: 7463
John Reynolds (Con) .................... 2855 49.9%
C R Hiley (Lab) ........................ 1535 26.8%
T W A Lee (Lib Dem) .................... 1336 23.3%
Majority: 1320 23.1%
Turnout: 5726 76.7%
Harston
Electorate: 7133
Robin Driver (Con) ..................... 2421 44.2%
B M Limbrey (Lib Dem) .................. 2136 39.0%
J E Lowe (Lab) .......................... 918 16.8%
Majority: 285 5.2%
Turnout: 5475 76.8%
Histon
Electorate: 5830
P R Bishop (Con) ....................... 1448 32.7%
K G Smith (Lab) ........................ 1208 27.3%
J R Thomas (Lib Dem) .................... 897 20.3%
M J Mason (Ind) ......................... 874 19.7%
Majority: 240 5.4%
Turnout: 4427 75.9%
Houghton and Wyton
Houghton & Wyton
Electorate: 7292
K Willett (Con) ........................ 3038 55.9%
J Hunter (Lib Dem) ..................... 1588 29.2%
K Bennett (Lab) ......................... 810 14.9%
Majority: 1450 26.7%
Turnout: 5436 74.5%
Huntingdon and Godmanchester
Electorate: 10965
A M White (Con) ........................ 3696 49.1%
Valerie Brooker (Lab) .................. 2172 28.9%
A F Davidson (Lib Dem) ................. 1471 19.5%
D A Norman (UK Ind) ..................... 186 2.5%
Majority: 1524 20.3%
Turnout: 7525 68.6%
Huntingdon North
Electorate: 6445
Ramon Wilkinson (Con) .................. 2374 51.1%
A E Beevor (Lab) ....................... 1614 34.7%
R E Wyatt (Lib Dem) ..................... 660 14.2%
Majority: 760 16.4%
Turnout: 4648 72.1%
King's Hedges
Electorate: 4952
Janet Jones (Lab) ...................... 1721 55.4%
Stephen George (Con) .................... 816 26.3%
Rhodri James (Lib Dem) .................. 567 18.3%
Majority: 905 29.2%
Turnout: 3104 62.7%
Leverington
Electorate: 7260
Brian Hardy (Con) ...................... 2020 39.5%
B E A Diggle (Lab) ..................... 1883 36.8%
A E Pritchard (Ind) .................... 1209 23.7%
Majority: 137 2.7%
Turnout: 5112 70.4%
Linton
Electorate: 6781
Terence Bear (Lib Dem) ................. 2857 55.0%
T C Streater (Con) ..................... 1533 29.5%
G R Staples (Lab) ....................... 807 15.5%
Majority: 1324 25.5%
Turnout: 5197 76.6%
Littleport
Electorate: 6760
Frederick Brown (Con) .................. 2083 45.9%
P E Pleydell (Lib Dem) ................. 1545 34.1%
J J Robertson (Lab) ..................... 906 20.0%
Majority: 538 11.9%
Turnout: 4534 67.1%
March East
Electorate: 7635
P Skoulding (Con) ...................... 2392 43.1%
D Cameron (Lab) ........................ 2021 36.4%
M Larholt (Lib Dem) ..................... 740 13.3%
C Bennett (Soc Lab) ..................... 402 7.2%
Turnout: 5555 72.8%
Majority: 371 6.7%
March West
Electorate: 6309
Michael Ogden (Con) .................... 2231 49.5%
B J Wales (Lab) ........................ 2045 45.4%
M Manning (Soc Lab) ..................... 230 5.1%
Majority: 186 4.1%
Turnout: 4506 71.4%
Market
Electorate: 6671
Anthony Bowen (Lib Dem) ................ 2602 55.2%
Lucy Walker (Lab) ...................... 1259 26.7%
Richard Williams (Con) .................. 857 18.2%
Majority: 1343 28.5%
Turnout: 4718 70.7%
Melbourn
Electorate: 7312
M Hunter (Lib Dem) ..................... 2004 36.9%
J Leigh (Con) .......................... 1823 33.6%
R Wakerley (Lab) ........................ 903 16.6%
D Roberts (Ind) ......................... 703 12.9%
Majority: 181 3.3%
Turnout: 4433 74.3%
Newnham
Electorate: 8087
Elsa Meyland-Smith (Lib Dem) ........... 2906 50.8%
Michael Talbot (Lab) ................... 1649 28.8%
Caroline Turnbull (Con) ................ 1165 20.4%
Majority: 1257 22.0%
Turnout: 5720 70.7%
Norman Cross
Electorate: 7231
Lawrence McGuire (Con) ................. 2515 48.2%
Kevin Goddard (Lab) .................... 1811 34.7%
C E Hagger (Lib Dem) .................... 889 17.0%
Majority: 704 13.5%
Turnout: 5215 72.1%
Petersfield
Electorate: 7259
Bachan Bhalla (Lab) .................... 2298 47.0%
Marcus Streets (Lib Dem) ............... 1309 26.8%
Peter Welton (Con) ...................... 922 18.9%
Margaret Wright (Green) ................. 362 7.4%
Majority: 989 20.2%
Turnout: 4891 67.4%
Priory Park
Electorate: 6154
Michael Pope (Lib Dem) ................. 2134 46.3%
R I Clapham (Con) ...................... 1787 38.8%
D M Brown (Lab) ......................... 688 14.9%
Majority: 347 7.5%
Turnout: 4609 74.9%
Queen Edith's
Electorate: 6084
Geoffrey Heathcock (Lib Dem) ........... 2407 52.3%
James Pennington (Con) ................. 1261 27.4%
John Beresford (Lab) .................... 936 20.3%
Majority: 1146 24.9%
Turnout: 4604 75.7%
Ramsey
Electorate: 7947
Susan Normington (Con) ................. 3040 58.1%
M R H Wheatley (Lib Dem) ............... 1131 21.6%
R A Penton (Lab) ....................... 1064 20.3%
Majority: 1909 36.5%
Turnout: 5235 65.9%
Romsey
Electorate: 6174
Jozef Gluza (Lab) ...................... 2018 47.1%
Catherine Smart (Lib Dem) .............. 1648 38.5%
Jason Webb (Con) ........................ 614 14.3%
Majority: 370 8.6%
Turnout: 4280 69.3%
Sawston
Electorate: 7048
Anthony Orgee (Con) .................... 2308 45.4%
P Dodds (Lab) .......................... 1710 33.6%
A Woodford (Lib Dem) ................... 1070 21.0%
Majority: 598 11.8%
Turnout: 5088 72.2%
Sawtry
Electorate: 6997
Keith Walters (Con) .................... 2685 52.9%
J T Rimington (Lib Dem) ................ 1269 25.0%
R Whiting (Lab) ........................ 1122 22.1%
Majority: 1416 27.9%
Turnout: 5076 72.5%
Shelford
Electorate: 5831
Michael Farrar (Lib Dem) ............... 2094 47.0%
D R Bard (Con) ......................... 1643 36.9%
A Briggs (Lab) .......................... 721 16.2%
Majority: 451 10.1%
Turnout: 4458 76.5%
Soham
Electorate: 8551
John Powley (Con) ...................... 2191 37.0%
P G V Meares (Lab) ..................... 2098 35.4%
L R Hart (Lib Dem) ..................... 1640 27.7%
Majority: 93 1.6%
Turnout: 5929 69.3%
Somersham
Electorate: 8133
John Eddy (Con) ........................ 3033 50.5%
A B Hulme (Lib Dem) .................... 2305 38.4%
R J Hibbert (Lab) ....................... 667 11.1%
Majority: 728 12.1%
Turnout: 6005 73.8%
St Ives North and Warboys
Electorate: 8169
W G M Hensley (Con) .................... 2786 48.8%
Jack Taylor (Lib Dem) .................. 1923 33.7%
T A Utting (Lab) ........................ 997 17.5%
Majority: 863 15.1%
Turnout: 5706 69.8%
St Ives South
Electorate: 6653
Roy Pegram (Con) ....................... 2073 42.0%
John Souter (Lib Dem) .................. 1687 34.2%
M A James (Lab) ......................... 764 15.5%
H Hogan (Ind) ........................... 412 8.3%
Majority: 386 7.8%
Turnout: 4936 74.2%
Sutton
Electorate: 6616
Philip Read (Con) ...................... 2169 45.3%
M D Evans (Lab) ........................ 1064 22.2%
S E Smithson (Lib Dem) ................. 1001 20.9%
John Marsh (Green) ...................... 559 11.7%
Majority: 1105 23.1%
Turnout: 4793 72.4%
Trumpington
Electorate: 6289
Anne Kent (Lib Dem) .................... 1856 44.4%
Patrick Sharman (Con) .................. 1435 34.3%
Kira Davison (Lab) ...................... 893 21.3%
Majority: 421 10.1%
Turnout: 4184 66.5%
Waterbeach
Electorate: 7126
Jane Coston (Lib Dem) .................. 3143 65.0%
M B Ashcroft (Con) ..................... 1350 27.9%
E Flood (Not Specified) ................. 345 7.1%
Majority: 1793 37.1%
Turnout: 4838 67.9%
West Chesterton
Electorate: 6147
Maurice Leeke (Lib Dem) ................ 1907 44.7%
Patrick Schicker (Lab) ................. 1426 33.4%
Graham Stuart (Con) ..................... 937 21.9%
Majority: 481 11.3%
Turnout: 4270 69.5%
West Hunts
Electorate: 5720
Wendy Silby (Con) ...................... 2894 65.1%
M K Bent (Lib Dem) ...................... 943 21.2%
Robert Lomax (Lab) ...................... 607 13.7%
Majority: 1951 43.9%
Turnout: 4444 77.7%
Whittlesey
Electorate: 6480
Ronald Speechley (Con) ................. 2209 46.9%
David Lewis (Lab) ...................... 1706 36.2%
D J Chapman (Lib Dem) ................... 800 17.0%
Majority: 503 10.7%
Turnout: 4715 72.8%
Willingham
Electorate: 7574
Shona Johnstone (Con) .................. 2709 47.4%
J Ardley (Lib Dem) ..................... 2031 35.5%
C W Rogers (Lab) ........................ 977 17.1%
Majority: 678 11.9%
Turnout: 5717 75.5%
Wisbech North
Electorate: 6323
Ron Harris (Lab) ....................... 1741 42.3%
H R Dickerson (Con) .................... 1260 30.6%
David Patrick (Lib Dem) ................. 701 17.0%
A F Humphreys (Ind) ..................... 268 6.5%
C S Bennett (Soc Lab) ................... 142 3.5%
Majority: 481 11.7%
Turnout: 4112 65.0%
Wisbech South
Electorate: 8293
J L Barker (Con) ....................... 2350 41.1%
J W L White (Lab) ...................... 1839 32.2%
Margaret Cave (Lib Dem) ................ 1369 24.0%
C H Collins (Soc Lab) ................... 156 2.7%
Majority: 511 8.9%
Turnout: 5714 68.9%
Woodditton
Electorate: 7550
Judy Broadway (Lib Dem) ................ 2310 41.6%
S P Rossdale (Con) ..................... 2248 40.5%
J K Segger (Lab) ........................ 991 17.9%
Majority: 62 1.1%
Turnout: 5549 73.5%