1998 Cambridge City Council election

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14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council
22 seats needed for a majorityTurnout27.8% (Decrease8.1%)

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Blank	Blank	Blank
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	21 seats, 45.0%	17 seats, 35.2%	4 seats, 19.8%
Seats won	5	7	2
Seats after	19	17	6
Seat change	Decrease 2	Increase 1	Increase 2
Popular vote	8,572	9,335	5,223
Percentage	36.1%	39.3%	22.0%
Swing	Decrease 8.9%	Increase 4.1%	Increase 2.2%

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The 1998 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election, Cllr Alan Charlesworth (Castle) left the Liberal Democrats to sit as an Independent.

1998 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	5	Decrease 2	35.7	14	19	45.2	8,572	36.1	–8.9
	Liberal Democrats	7	Increase 1	50.0	10	17	40.5	9,335	39.3	+4.1
	Conservative	2	Increase 2	14.3	4	6	14.3	5,223	22.0	+2.2
	Green	0	Steady	0.0	0	0	0.0	616	2.6	N/A

In addition to the gains/losses above, one Independent lost a seat but is not shown as no Independent candidates stood at this election.

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Mungai Mbayah	578	65.0	–6.5
Conservative	Ann Watkins	163	18.3	+2.1
Liberal Democrats	Catherine Stebbings	148	16.6	+4.4
Majority			415	46.7	–8.6
Turnout			889	19.0	–6.4
Registered electors			4,668
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease4.3

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Anthony Schofield*	676	53.2	–1.7
Conservative	Mark Taylor	395	31.1	–3.5
Liberal Democrats	Rhordi James	199	15.7	+5.1
Majority			281	22.1	+1.8
Turnout			1,270	25.2	–11.6
Registered electors			5,057
Labour hold		Swing	Increase0.9

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	David White	1,172	60.4	+4.6
Labour	Stephen Hartley	365	18.8	–8.1
Conservative	Richard Hollie	293	15.1	–2.2
Green	Marion Barber	112	5.8	N/A
Majority			807	41.6	–12.7
Turnout			1,942	27.7	–8.4
Registered electors			7,036
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	Increase6.4

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Graham Stuart	893	46.6	+19.0
Labour	Richard Carling	862	45.0	–10.4
Liberal Democrats	Ashley Woodford	161	8.4	–8.6
Majority			31	1.6	N/A
Turnout			1,916	34.7	+1.8
Registered electors			5,525
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Increase14.7

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Ruth Bagnall	873	61.7	–0.4
Conservative	Eric Barrett-Payton	363	25.6	+0.4
Liberal Democrats	Richard Folley	180	12.7	–0.1
Majority			510	36.0	–0.9
Turnout			1,416	23.8	–9.5
Registered electors			5,966
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease0.4

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Fiona Levison	971	44.2	+0.1
Labour	Tricia Charlesworth	903	41.1	–2.2
Conservative	Colin Havercroft	324	14.7	+2.0
Majority			68	3.1	+2.3
Turnout			2,198	32.1	–9.4
Registered electors			6,867
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase1.2

Kings Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Michael Talbot	613	65.1	–11.9
Conservative	Christopher Howell	177	18.8	+5.2
Liberal Democrats	Tim Wesson	151	16.0	+6.6
Majority			436	46.3	–17.1
Turnout			941	19.8	–9.7
Registered electors			4,774
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease8.6

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Joye Rosenstiel*	837	60.5	+4.6
Labour	Andrew Jones	288	20.8	–12.8
Conservative	Julie-Ann Ing	154	11.1	+0.7
Green	Adam Swallow	105	7.6	N/A
Majority			549	39.7	+17.4
Turnout			1,384	21.1	–11.5
Registered electors			6,595
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase8.7

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Larkin*	1,041	59.2	+15.1
Labour	Trevor Critchlow	473	26.9	–18.4
Conservative	James Strachan	243	13.8	+3.2
Majority			568	32.3	+31.1
Turnout			1,757	22.3	–13.0
Registered electors			7,929
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase16.8

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Kevin Blencowe*	865	55.1	–7.3
Liberal Democrats	Stephen Smith	262	16.7	–8.4
Green	Shayne Mitchell	248	15.8	N/A
Conservative	Peter Welton	196	12.5	–0.1
Majority			603	38.4	+1.1
Turnout			1,571	21.9	–11.7
Registered electors			7,181
Labour hold		Swing	Increase0.6

Queens Edith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Amanda Taylor*	1,394	54.8	+17.7
Conservative	Richard Williams	802	31.5	–6.2
Labour	Kira Davison	349	13.7	–11.5
Majority			592	23.3	N/A
Turnout			2,545	41.7	–8.9
Registered electors			6,107
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase12.0

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smart	1,027	48.8	+9.4
Labour	Paul Gilchrist	887	42.1	–13.4
Green	Hamish Downer	114	5.4	N/A
Conservative	Peter Whitehead	77	3.7	–1.4
Majority			140	6.7	N/A
Turnout			2,105	33.9	–1.6
Registered electors			6,107
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	Increase11.4

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Donald Douglas	910	45.0	+7.1
Liberal Democrats	Michael Dixon	819	40.5	–0.7
Labour	Patrick Diamond	294	14.5	–6.3
Majority			91	4.5	N/A
Turnout			2,023	34.7	–0.1
Registered electors			5,837
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	Increase3.9

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Ian Nimmo-Smith*	973	51.4	–1.7
Labour	Patrick Schicker	546	28.8	–4.0
Conservative	Vivian Ellis	233	12.3	–1.7
Green	Margaret Wright	142	7.5	N/A
Majority			427	22.5	+2.2
Turnout			1,894	31.3	–7.5
Registered electors			6,064
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase1.2