Cambridge City Council Elections - East Chesterton Ward

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Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3
November 1935 - 3 vacancies
Dorothy Stevenson R (WCA) 1347 55.3%
George Edwards R (Ind) 1247 51.2%
Alexander Eraut R (Con) 881 36.2%
Marjorie McNair (Lib) 869 35.7%
Joseph Holt (Lab) 739 30.4%
F.W. Edwards (Lab) 590 24.2%
November 1936
Alexander Eraut R (Con) 789 55.5%
Leonard Doggett (Lab) 633 44.5%
November 1937
George Edwards R (Ind) 865 71.5%
Edward Burgess (Lab) 345 28.5%
Con Maj 12 0.5%. Retiring 1938, 1937 & 1936. Stevenston was a retiring councillor for North Chesterton. No change, Con Maj 156 11.0%. No change, Ind Maj 520 43.0%.
November 1938
Dorothy Stevenson R (WCA)
- unopposed
 
No change.
Byelection - January 1939
Herbert Banham (Con) 727 42.1%
Edward Burgess (Lab) 567 32.9%
Jeannie Milson Pye (WCA) 431 25.0%
Con gain, Maj 160 9.3%. Retiring "1941" (deferred to 1947)
No elections were held during World War II, any vacancies being filled by co-option. Elections resumed in November 1945.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, elections from 1949 were held in May instead of November - the terms of sitting councillors being extended by 6 months.
November 1945
Harry Scarlett (Lab) 1433 60.1%
Alexander Eraut R (Con) 950 39.9%
November 1946
George Edwards R (Ind) 1588 55.9%
Ernest Harding (Lab) 1254 44.1%
November 1947
Herbert Banham R (Con) 2243 64.8%
Harold Bowles (Lab) 1218 35.2%
Lab gain, Maj 483 20.3%. No change, Ind Maj 334 11.8%. No change, Con Maj 1025 29.6%.
May 1949
John B. Collins (Con) 2099 59.1%
Ernest Harding (Lab) 1455 40.9%
 
Byelection - June 1949
Cora Banham (Con) 1339 62.6%
Ernest Harding (Lab) 800 37.4%
Con gain, Maj 644 18.1%. No change, Con Maj 539 25.2%. Retiring 1951.
 
May 1950
George Edwards R (Con) 1784 57.4%
Robert Fordham (Lab) 1323 42.6%
May 1951
Cora Banham R (Con)
- unopposed
No change, Con Maj 461 14.8%. No change.
May 1952
Leonard Wordingham (Lab) 1522 44.7%
John B. Collins R (Con) 1510 44.4%
John O'Hannan (Ind) 370 10.9%
May 1953
Cecilia Traylen (Con) 1296 41.3%
Arthur Cobill (Lab) 1247 39.7%
George Edwards R (Ind) 598 19.0%
May 1954
Robert Davies (Lab) 1614 51.5%
Cora Banham R (Con) 1520 48.5%
Lab gain, Maj 12 0.4%. Con gain, Maj 49 1.6%. Lab gain, Maj 94 3.0%.
May 1955
Edgar Anderson (Con) 1750 58.8%
Violet Taylor (Lab) 1227 41.2%
May 1956
Albert Kedge (Lab) 1468 54.5%
Harry Woolgar (Con) 1226 45.5%
May 1957
Robert Davies R (Lab) 1694 60.2%
Dorothy Rowling (Con) 1120 39.8%
Con gain, Maj 523 17.6%. Lab gain, Maj 242 9.0%. No change, Lab Maj 574 20.4%.
May 1958
Edgar Anderson R (Con) 1445 52.7%
John Clark (Lab) 1298 47.3%
May 1959
Norman Tobin (Con) 1431 50.9%
Albert Kedge R (Lab) 1379 49.1%
May 1960
Robert Davies R (Lab) 1402 52.5%
Ernest Coe (Con) 1270 47.5%
No change, Con Maj 147 5.4%. Con gain, Maj 52 1.9%. No change, Lab Maj 132 4.9%.
May 1961
Edgar Anderson R (Con) 1257 56.3%
Josef Schicker (Lab) 975 43.7%
May 1962
Norman Tobin R (Con) 1313 51.9%
Matthew Winter (Lab) 1218 48.1%
May 1963
Robert Davies R (Lab) 1609 47.0%
Anne Farmer (Lib) 975 28.5%
Sidney Hopkins (Con) 836 24.4%
No change, Con Maj 282 12.6%. No change, Con Maj 95 3.8%. No change, Lab Maj 634 18.5%.
May 1964
Peter Eden (Lab) 1488 54.8%
Edgar Anderson R (Con) 1229 45.2%
 
Byelection - June 1964
Frank Ramsbottom (Lab) 1140 52.3%
Trevor Littlechild (Con) 1039 47.7%
Lab gain, Maj 259 9.5%. No change, Lab Maj 101 4.6%. Retiring 1966.
 
May 1965 - 2 vacancies
Trevor Littlechild (Con) 1716 64.1%
Arthur Howard (Con) 1682 62.8%
Josephine Pryke (Lab) 991 37.0%
Joyce Matthews (Lab) 967 36.1%
May 1966
William Crossman (Con) 1581 55.9%
Frank Ramsbottom R (Lab) 1247 44.1%
Con gain, Maj 691 25.8%. Second place retiring 1967. Con gain, Maj 334 11.8%.
May 1967
Arthur Howard R (Con) 1873 65.5%
Michael Deighton (Lab) 987 34.5%
May 1968
Stanley Granfield (Con) 1423 69.5%
John Proud (Lab) 625 30.5%
 
No change, Con Maj 886 31.0%. No change, Con Maj 798 39.0%. Boundary changes.
Byelection - August 1968
Walter Leach (Con) 871 56.4%
John Proud (Lab) 673 43.6%
 
May 1969
William Crossman R (Con) 1401 71.7%
John Proud (Lab) 553 28.3%
No change, Con Maj 198 12.8%. Retiring 1970. No change, Con Maj 848 43.4%.
May 1970
Walter Leach R (Con) 1181 62.9%
Bridget Shaw (Lab) 696 37.1%
 
Byelection - September 1970
Chris Gough-Goodman (Con) 796 49.8%
Bridget Shaw (Lab) 634 39.6%
Bernard Greaves (Lib) 170 10.6%
No change, Con Maj 485 25.8%. No change, Con Maj 162 10.1%. Retiring 1972.
 
May 1971
Julian Hunt (Lab) 1226 52.1%
Stanley Granfield R (Con) 1127 47.9%
May 1972
Michael Rooney (Lab) 1189 51.6%
Chris Gough-Goodman R (Con) 1114 48.4%
Lab gain, Maj 99 4.2%. Lab gain, Maj 75 3.3%.
Local Government Reorganisation & all-up elections. East Chesterton Ward was allocated 3 councillors pending re-warding.
June 1973 - 3 vacancies
Michael Rooney R (Lab) 1158 57.5%
Leonard Freeman (Lab) 1063 52.8%
Raith Overhill (Lab) 1063 52.8%
June Foote (Con) 956 47.5%
David Bosley (Con) 923 45.8%
Stanley Bowles R (Con) 881 43.7%
Lab Maj 107 5.3%. All retiring 1976.
Bowles was previously an Alderman.
General re-warding & all-up elections. East Chesterton gained the area between Union Lane and Elizabeth Way.
May 1976 - 3 vacancies
Graham Knowles (Con) 1342 54.5%
Sidney Reid (Con) 1323 53.8%
Sidney Miller (Con) 1279 52.0%
Raith Overhill R (Lab) 964 39.2%
Leonard Freeman R (Lab) 960 39.0%
Anthony Carter R (Lab) 904 36.7%
May 1978
Sidney Miller R (Con) 1277 58.3%
Richard Wall (Lab) 912 41.7%
May 1979
Sidney Reid R (Con) 2057 47.2%
Richard Wall (Lab) 1605 36.8%
Anita Anderson (Lib) 699 16.0%
Con Maj 315 12.8%. Retiring 1980, 1979 & 1978.
Carter was retiring councillor for Cherry Hinton.
No change, Con Maj 365 16.7%. No change, Con Maj 452 10.4%.
May 1980
Graham Knowles R (Con) 1245 45.7%
Carey Widdows (Lab) 1239 45.5%
Anita Anderson (Lib) 238 8.7%
May 1982
Sidney Miller R (Con) 1257 40.8%
Jonathan Hardy (Lab) 952 30.9%
Stephen Marshall (SDP) 874 28.3%
May 1983
Sidney Reid R (Con) 1320 41.0%
Peter Hall (Lab) 1117 34.7%
Christine Carling (SDP) 786 24.4%
No change, Con Maj 6 0.2%. No change, Con Maj 305 9.9%. No change, Con Maj 203 6.3%.
May 1984
Stephen George (Con) 1355 43.4%
Vivien Allum (Lab) 1063 34.0%
Marion Simpson (SDP) 705 22.6%
Byelection - May 1985
Martin Blake (Lab) 1199 35.1%
Peter Day (Con) 1177 34.5%
Simon Kightley (SDP) 1037 30.4%
 
No change, Con Maj 292 9.3%. Lab gain, Maj 22 0.6%. Retiring 1986.
 
May 1986
Peter Day (Con) 1429 40.8%
Martin Blake R (Lab) 1247 35.6%
Victor Godfrey (SDP) 824 23.5%
May 1987
Gordon Beckett (Con) 1628 47.5%
Eleanor Fairclough R (Lab) 1013 29.6%
Margaret Trowell (SDP) 787 23.0%
Con gain, Maj 182 5.2%. No change, Con Maj 615 17.9%.
Fairclough was retiring councillor for Abbey.
May 1988
Stephen George R (Con) 1460 48.6%
Mark Thompson (Lab) 1110 36.9%
Roman Znajek (SLD) 437 14.5%
May 1990
Valerie Antopolski (Lab) 1515 43.6%
Geoffrey Howe (Con) 998 28.7%
Roman Znajek (LDm) 776 22.3%
Peter Pope (Gre) 186 5.4%
May 1991
Roman Znajek (LDm) 1083 33.7%
Patrick Harding (Con) 1033 32.1%
Andrew Milbourn (Lab) 1008 31.3%
Peter Pope (Gre) 94 2.9%
No change, Con Maj 350 11.6%. Lab gain, Maj 517 14.9%. LDm gain, Maj 50 1.6%.
May 1992
Joseph Nunes (LDm) 987 35.5%
Alan Carter (Con) 945 34.0%
Michael Rooney (Lab) 848 30.5%
May 1994
Sheila Stickley (LDm) 1402 46.0%
Christopher Wilson (Lab) 1196 39.2%
Colin Havercroft (Con) 453 14.8%
May 1995
Roman Znajek R (LDm) 1412 47.2%
Stephen Hartley (Lab) 1244 41.6%
Colin Havercroft (Con) 333 11.1%
LDm gain, Maj 42 1.5%. LDm gain, Maj 206 6.8%. No change, LDm Maj 168 5.6%.
May 1996
Joe Nunes R (LDm) 1271 44.1%
Stephen Hartley (Lab) 1249 43.3%
Colin Havercroft (Con) 365 12.7%
May 1998
Fiona Levison (LDm) 971 44.2%
Tricia Charlesworth (Lab) 903 41.1%
Colin Havercroft (Con) 324 14.7%
May 1999
Patricia Johnston (Lab) 1121 44.9%
Jennifer Liddle (LDm) 1049 42.0%
Colin Havercroft (Con) 325 13.0%
No change, LDm Maj 22 0.8%. No change, LDm Maj 68 3.1%. Lab gain, Maj 72 2.9%.
May 2000
Jennifer Liddle (LDm) 1104 45.9%
Sarah Woodall (Lab) 940 39.1%
Colin Havercroft (Con) 361 15.0%
May 2002
Jennifer Bailey (LDm) 974 40.5%
Sarah Woodall (Lab) 858 35.7%
Mamunur Rashid (Con) 319 13.3%
Neil Hewett (Gre) 129 5.4%
Barry Hudson (UKIP) 124 5.2
May 2003
Donald Adey (LDm) 912 40.8%
Patricia Johnston R (Lab) 756 33.8%
Mamunur Rashid (Con) 332 14.8%
Neil Hewett (Gre) 157 7.0%
Marjorie Barr (UKIP) 79 3.5%
No change, LDm Maj 164 6.8%. No change, LDm Maj 116 4.8%. LDm gain, Maj 156 7.0%.
General re-warding & all-up elections. East Chesterton lost the area north of Milton Road to King's Hedges.
June 2004
Jennifer Bailey R (LDm) 913 40.7%
Jennifer Liddle R (LDm) 859 38.3%
Donald Adey R (LDm) 800 35.7%
Pat Johnston (Lab) 648 28.9%
Geraldine Bird (Lab) 616 27.5%
Sarah Woodall (Lab) 581 25.9%
Marvin Goode (Con) 392 17.5%
Peter Pope (Gre) 369 16.5%
Louise Cadwallader (Con) 363 16.2%
Tina Goode (Con) 334 14.9%
Barry Hudson (UKIP) 229 10.2%
May 2006
Marian Holness (LDm) 884 40.6%
Richard Layfield (Lab) 583 26.8%
Kevin Francis (Con) 482 22.1%
Peter Pope (Gre) 228 10.5%
May 2007
Clare Blair (LDm) 731 34.6%
Kevin Francis (Con) 583 27.6%
Stefan Haselwimmer (Lab) 457 21.6%
Peter Pope (Gre) 225 10.7%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 115 5.4%
No change, LDm Maj 152 6.8%. Retiring in 2008, 2007 & 2006. No change, LDm Maj 301 13.8%. No change, LDm Maj 148 7.0%.
May 2008
Jennifer Liddle (LDm) 777 38.4%
Kevin Francis (Con) 576 28.5%
Stefan Haselwimmer (Lab) 368 18.2%
Peter Pope (Gre) 203 10.0%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 100 4.9%
Byelection - June 2009
Susannah Kerr (LDm) 836 37.6%
Kevin Francis (Con) 552 24.9%
Samuel Wakeford (Lab) 319 14.4%
Peter Pope (Gre) 313 14.1%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 201 8.8%
 
No change, LDm Maj 201 9.9%. No change, LDm Maj 284 11.8%. Retiring 2010.
 
May 2010 - 2 vacancies
Susannah Kerr R (LDm) 1477 36.6%
Roman Znajek (LDm) 1305 32.3%
Kevin Francis (Con) 984 24.4%
Geraldine Bird (Lab) 859 21.3%
Una McCormack (Con) 806 20.0%
Dan Cooper (Lab) 776 19.2%
Peter Pope (Gre) 634 15.7%
Matt Ellis (Gre) 581 14.4%
Anna Gordon (Soc) 137 3.4%
May 2011
Geraldine Bird (Lab) 1133 38.4%
Clare Blair R (LDm) 912 30.9%
Kevin Francis (Con) 488 16.5%
Peter Pope (Gre) 312 10.6%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 106 3.6%
No change, LDm Maj 321 7.9%. Second place retiring 2012. Lab gain, Maj 221 7.5%.
May 2012
Margery Abbott (Lab) 1012 47.4%
Tony Morris (LDm) 438 20.5%
Kevin Francis (Con) 317 14.8%
Peter Pope (Gre) 241 11.3%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 129 6.0%
May 2014
Peter Sarris (Lab) 1076 35.5%
Zoe O'Connell (LDm) 1066 35.2%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 328 10.8%
Peter Pope (Gre) 299 9.9%
Daniel John (Con) 260 8.6%
May 2015
Geraldine Bird R (Lab) 1630 38.8%
Shahida Rahman (LDm) 1165 27.8%
J.Alexander Boyd (Con) 608 14.5%
Peter Pope (Gre) 466 11.1%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 327 7.8%
Lab gain, Maj 574 26.9%. Lab gain, Maj 10 0.3% No change, Lab Maj 465 11.1%.
May 2016
Margery Abbott R (Lab) 1103 41.6%
Shahida Rahman (LDm) 906 34.2%
Kevin Francis (Con) 262 9.9%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 202 7.6%
Jiameng Gao (Gre) 179 6.7%
May 2018 - 2 vacancies
Carla McQueen (Lab) 1362 50.5%
Baijumon Thittalayil Varkey (Lab) 1107 41.1%
Owen Dunn (LDm) 830 30.8%
Shahida Rahman (LDm) 811 30.1%
Gareth Bailey (Gre) 345 12.8%
Tom Harwood (Con) 336 12.5%
Timur Coskun (Con) 299 11.1%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 93 3.5%
May 2019
Gerri Bird R (Lab) 1097 44.1%
Owen Dunn (LDm) 827 33.2%
Gareth Bailey (Gre) 271 10.9%
Timur Coskun (Con) 165 6.6%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 128 5.1%
No change, Lab Maj 197 7.4%. No change, Lab Maj 277 10.3%. Second place retiring 2020 (delayed to 2021). No change, Lab Maj 270 10.9%.
General re-warding and all-up elections (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic). The boundaries of East Chesterton ward were merely adjusted to modern property boundaries.
May 2021 - 3 vacancies
Gerri Bird R (Lab) 1463 49.2%
Carla McQueen R (Lab) 1023 34.4%
Michael Bond (LDm) 983 33.0%
Baiju Thittala R (Lab) 873 29.3%
Bob Illingworth (LDm) 773 26.0%
John Leighton (LDm) 696 23.4%
Elizabeth May (Gre) 623 20.9%
Gareth Bailey (Gre) 457 15.4%
Peter Pope (Gre) 430 14.5%
Anette Iraninejad (Con) 312 10.5%
Frank Ribeiro (Con) 272 9.1%
Abubakar Said (Con) 239 8.0%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 55 1.8%
May 2022
Baiju Thittala Varkey (Lab) 974 38.2%
Bob Illingworth (LDm) 947 37.1%
Elizabeth May (Gre) 388 15.2%
Frank Ribeiro (Con) 243 9.5%
May 2023
Alice Gilderdale R (Lab) 1014 38.4%
Bob Illingworth (LDm) 887 33.6%
Frank Ribeiro (Con) 341 12.9%
Elizabeth May (Gre) 305 11.6%
Colin Miller (Heritage) 59 2.2%
Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) 33 1.3%
LDm Maj 110 3.7%. Retiring 2024, 2023 & 2022. Lab gain, Maj 27 1.1%. No change, Lab Maj 127 4.8%. Gilderdale was retiring councillor for Market.
May 2024
Gerri Bird R (Lab) 1006 42.1%
Bob Illingworth (LDm) 765 32.0%
Elizabeth May (Gre) 368 15.4%
Francisco Ribeiro (Con) 251 10.5%
No change, Lab Maj 241 10.1%.

County results in East Chesterton E.D. (1973-2013) and Chesterton E.D. (from 2017)