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1978 Cambridge City Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.6% (3.9%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1978 Cambridge City Council election
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1978 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

1978 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	50.0	15	22	52.4	14,262	46.4	–3.8
	Labour	6	1	42.9	11	17	40.5	12,304	40.1	+0.9
	Liberal	0		0.0	2	2	4.8	2,295	7.5	–1.6
	Independent	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	1,776	5.8	N/A
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	79	0.3	–0.1

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Molt*	830	67.1	+14.9
	Conservative	Edna Jones	407	32.9	–3.4
Majority			423	34.2	N/A
Turnout			1,237	26.6	–5.0
Registered electors			4,647
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara May	1,314	53.7	+2.2
	Conservative	Sheila Jones	1,135	46.3	–2.2
Majority			179	7.3	N/A
Turnout			2,449	43.5	–1.9
Registered electors			5,632
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reid*	1,082	44.0	–16.8
	Labour	Richard Kimber	842	34.2	–5.0
	Liberal	Andrew Gore	537	21.8	N/A
Majority			240	9.8	N/A
Turnout			2,461	41.3	–3.5
Registered electors			5,953
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Cherry Hinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Barker	1,321	52.0	–3.3
	Labour	Anthony Carter	1,217	48.0	+3.3
Majority			104	4.0	N/A
Turnout			2,538	48.0	+2.3
Registered electors			5,284
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

Coleridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Seagrove	979	48.5	+2.1
	Labour	James Curley	860	42.6	+3.3
	Liberal	Philip Mitchell	178	8.8	–5.5
Majority			119	5.9	N/A
Turnout			2,017	39.0	–8.3
Registered electors			5,168
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

East Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Miller*	1,277	58.3	+0.1
	Labour	Richard Wall	912	41.7	–0.1
Majority			365	16.7	N/A
Turnout			2,189	34.6	–4.7
Registered electors			6,332
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Kings Hedges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Geoghan*	793	56.2	–0.9
	Conservative	Malcolm Mackenzie	474	33.6	–9.3
	Liberal	Brian Badcock	145	10.3	N/A
Majority			319	22.6	N/A
Turnout			1,412	34.6	–12.8
Registered electors			4,083
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Market
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Reiss	1,776	71.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Graham Edwards*	718	28.8	+4.0
Majority			1,058	42.4	N/A
Turnout			2,494	38.5	–0.2
Registered electors			6,473
	Independent gain from Conservative

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Nicol	1,501	49.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Ella Craigie	987	32.3	–5.8
	Liberal	Anthony Waite	567	18.6	–0.8
Majority			514	16.8	N/A
Turnout			3,055	44.9	+0.1
Registered electors			6,809
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

Petersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Gawthrop	1,218	49.9	+9.2
	Conservative	Elaine Wheatley*	1,022	41.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Keith Edkins	201	8.2	N/A
Majority			196	8.0	N/A
Turnout			2,441	40.0	+2.1
Registered electors			6,101
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.1

Queens Edith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Johnson*	1,569	70.3	+12.4
	Labour	Stephen Dartford	663	29.7	+8.3
Majority			906	40.6	N/A
Turnout			2,232	36.5	–10.4
Registered electors			6,114
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Sweeney*	989	49.4	+4.2
	Conservative	Philip Robinson	601	30.0	–2.9
	Liberal	Alan Charlesworth	380	19.0	–2.8
	Communist	Julian Chaloner	31	1.5	N/A
Majority			388	19.4	N/A
Turnout			2,001	35.0	–1.2
Registered electors			5,722
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Trumpington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Millicent Suckling*	1,406	62.1	–5.1
	Labour	Stephen Watts	524	23.1	–9.7
	Liberal	David Green	287	12.7	N/A
	Communist	David Mourton	48	2.1	N/A
Majority			882	38.9	N/A
Turnout			2,265	38.5	–5.7
Registered electors			5,880
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.3

West Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Gough-Goodman*	1,284	66.7	+5.9
	Labour	Richard Overy	641	33.3	–5.9
Majority			643	33.4	N/A
Turnout			1,925	36.2	–5.4
Registered electors			5,318
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

^ "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.