Candidates who stood 7 or more times
Name | Elected | Out of |
Arthur Arundale | 6 | 7 |
Colin Barker | 1 | 7 |
Eric Barrett-Payton | 2 | 12 |
Jeremy Benstead | 7 | 7 |
Geraldine Bird | 2 | 8 |
Andrew Blackhurst | 3 | 7 |
Kevin Blencowe | 7 | 9 |
Robert Boorman | 0 | 7 |
Andrew Bower | 0 | 9 |
Christopher Bradford | 8 | 8 |
Peter Burkinshaw | 0 | 12 |
Anthony Carter | 3 | 8 |
Alan Charlesworth | 4 | 8 |
John Clark | 0 | 7 |
John.B. Collins | 5 | 8 |
Evelyn Corder/Bradford | 0 | 10 |
Peter Cowell | 8 | 8 |
Nora David | 5 | 8 |
John Durrant | 6 | 7 |
Robert Dryden | 7 | 7 |
L.Keith Edkins | 0 | 12 |
Graham Edwards | 7 | 9 |
Vivian Ellis | 1 | 10 |
Herbert Finbow | 6 | 8 |
M.Joan Fitch | 2 | 8 |
Neil Ford | 0 | 8 |
Kevin Francis | 0 | 10 |
Leonard Freeman | 1 | 13 |
Dennis Fuller | 6 | 7 |
Ceri Galloway | 0 | 15 |
Maurice Garner | 6 | 7 |
Stephen George | 2 | 10 |
Jozef Gluza | 6 | 7 |
Jonathan Goodacre | 0 | 7 |
Chris Gough-Goodman | 6 | 11 |
Timothy Haire | 0 | 10 |
William Hardesty | 4 | 8 |
Colin Havercroft | 0 | 7 |
Geoffrey Heathcock | 5 | 9 |
M.Enid Henn | 7 | 7 |
John Hipkin | 9 | 13 |
Doris Howe | 7 | 9 |
John.N. Hughes | 8 | 12 |
John Ionides | 0 | 7 |
Rhodri James | 3 | 9 |
A.James Johnson | 4 | 7 |
Janet Jones | 9 | 9 |
Clarissa Kaldor | 6 | 9 |
Ian Kidman | 4 | 9 |
Stephen Lawrence | 0 | 20 |
Gwyneth Lipstein | 5 | 8 |
Robert May | 7 | 9 |
Shapour Meftah | 1 | 12 |
Ian Miller | 0 | 7 |
Sidney Miller | 3 | 7 |
Shayne Mitchell | 0 | 15 |
Simon Mitton | 0 | 12 |
O.M.Wendy Nicol | 3 | 7 |
Andrew Paton | 0 | 8 |
Sarah Peake | 0 | 7 |
Hugh Percival | 3 | 8 |
Peter Pope | 0 | 18 |
John Powley | 7 | 8 |
George Reid | 4 | 8 |
Richard Reilly | 5 | 12 |
Colin Rosenstiel | 10 | 12 |
Joye Rosenstiel | 7 | 9 |
Paul Sales | 3 | 7 |
Michael Sargeant | 1 | 9 |
Josef Schicker | 7 | 13 |
Simon Sedgwick-Jell | 4 | 9 |
Philippa Slatter | 4 | 11 |
Catherine Smart | 5 | 12 |
Richard Smith | 7 | 7 |
Pamela Stacey | 0 | 7 |
James Strachan | 1 | 21 |
Terence Sweeney | 7 | 7 |
Amanda Taylor | 7 | 9 |
Ann Tweed | 1 | 9 |
Albert Watts | 0 | 12 |
Elaine Wheatley | 6 | 11 |
Kevin Wilkins | 2 | 8 |
Margaret Wright | 1 | 20 |
Peter Wright | 12 | 12 |
Robert Wright | 7 | 7 |
Thomas Yates | 0 | 8 |
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| (excluding some pre-1973 County Council candidacies)
Times stood | No. Candidates |
1 | 650 |
2 | 272 |
3 | 144 |
4 | 95 |
5 | 50 |
6 | 44 |
7 | 26 |
8 | 17 |
9 | 13 |
10 | 5 |
More than 10 | 22 |
1125 candidacies successful out of 3304 | |
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Retiring Councillors standing for re-election:
(excluding pre-1973 County Councillors)
587 successful out of 736 attempts (80%) |
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Independents and others elected
Name | Party | Ward | Date |
William Barker | Ind | Newnham | November 1964 |
William Barker | Ind | Newnham | April 1967 |
Lady Bragg | Ind | Newnham | November 1945 |
Lady Bragg | Ind | Newnham | November 1947 |
Stewart Bull | Ind | Petersfield | November 1946 |
Stewart Bull | I.C | Petersfield | November 1947 |
Rev.Victor Dixon | Ind | St Matthew's | November 1966 |
George Edwards | Ind | East Chesterton | November 1946 |
Anne Farmer | Ind | East Chesterton No.1 | September 1964 |
Anne Farmer | Ind | East Chesterton No.1 | April 1967 |
Elisabeth Harland | Ind | Market | November 1964 |
Elisabeth Harland | Ind | Market | April 1967 |
Elisabeth Harland | Ind | Market | April 1970 |
Robert Hensher | I.C | Market | May 1954 |
John Hipkin | Ind | Castle | May 2008 |
John Hipkin | Ind | Castle | May 2012 |
John Hipkin | Ind | Castle | May 2013 |
John Hipkin | Ind | Castle | May 2016 |
Marie-Louise Holland | Ind | Castle | May 2014 |
Arthur Lofts | Ind | Market | November 1945 |
Arthur Lofts | Ind | Market | May 1949 |
Howard Mallett | Ind | Castle | November 1945 |
Francis Priest | Ind | Newnham | November 1945 |
Margaret Reiss | Ind | Market | May 1978 |
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Candidates' success rates by party
(excluding pre-1973 County Councillors)
Party | Elected | Total | % |
Conservative | 371 | 1052 | 35 |
Labour | 454 | 1018 | 45 |
Liberal | 46 | 195 | 24 |
Social Democratic | 7 | 45 | 16 |
Liberal Democrat | 226 | 481 | 47 |
Others | 21 | 513 | 4 |
Totals | 1125 | 3304 | 34 |
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Highest vote: |
2906 | Elsa Meyland-Smith | LDm | Newnham | May 1997 |
Lowest vote: |
15 | M.L.Patrice Gladwin | NLP | Romsey | May 1995 |
Highest winning percentage: |
95.7% | Harold De Ste Croix | Con | West Chesterton | May 1955 |
Lowest winning percentage: |
27.7% | Oscar Gillespie | Gre | Market | May 2015 |
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Majorities under ten
Ward | Majority | Date | Party |
Castle | 4 | November 1945 | Ind
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Cherry Hinton | 3 | November 1945 | Lab
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St Matthew's | 6 | November 1947 | Con
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Cherry Hinton | 7 | May 1953 | Con
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East Chesterton No.1 | 6 | September 1964 | Ind
|
Abbey No.1 | 9 | April 1970 | Lab
|
Arbury No.1 | 5 | April 1970 | Lab
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Market | 5 | May 1970 | Lib
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Market | 7 | May 1976 | Con
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Petersfield | 5 | May 1976 | Con
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East Chesterton | 6 | May 1980 | Con
|
West Chesterton | 1 | May 1982 | Lib
|
Newnham | 4 | May 1986 | Lab |
Market | 7 | May 2015 | Gre
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Lowest majority |
1 | West Chesterton | May 1982 |
Highest majority |
1918 | West Chesterton | May 1954 |
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Rosenstiel 2017.