Borough of Cambridge Election Results 1936 to 1938

Back to Index  1935 results
Note R = retiring councillor. Footnote explains if this was for a different ward.

Abbey Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
William Stanton R (Con)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1937
Reuben Elsden R (Con) 550 62.8%
Leonard Doggett (Lab) 326 37.2%
No change, Con Maj 224 25.6%.
November 1938
Henry Arnold R (Con)
- unopposed
No change.

Castle Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
William Swift R (NL) 1007 69.4%
Dorothy Needham (Lab) 443 30.6%
No change, N Lib Maj 564 38.9%.
November 1937
Francis Doggett R (Con)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1938
William Wing R (Ind)
- unopposed
No change.

Cherry Hinton Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Mabel Fell (Lab) 402 50.4%
Arthur Doggett R (Ind) 396 49.6%
Lab gain, Maj 6 0.8%.
November 1937
Arthur Doggett (Ind) 455 51.1%
James Fell R (Lab) 435 48.9%
No change, Maj 20 2.2%.
November 1938
Freda Hardman (Lab) 515 51.4%
Lucy Cooke R (Ind) 486 48.6%
Lab gain, Maj 29 2.9%.

Coleridge Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
George Wilding R (Con) 1000 59.7%
Colin Clarke (Lab) 675 40.3%
No change, Con Maj 325 19.4%.
November 1937
Donald Stevenson R (Con) 831 60.2%
James Phillips (Lab) 549 39.8%
No change, Con Maj 282 20.4%.
November 1938
Frederick Kay R (Con) 1066 53.3%
Harry Clover (Lab) 935 46.7%
No change, Con Maj 131 6.5%.

East Chesterton Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Alexander Eraut R (Con) 789 55.5%
Leonard Doggett (Lab) 633 44.5%
No change, Con Maj 156 11.0%.
November 1937
George Edwards R (Ind) 865 71.5%
Edward Burgess (Lab) 345 28.5%
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

Market Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Arthur Lofts R (Ind)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1937
William Bowen R (Con)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1938
John Pretty (Con)
- unopposed  
No change.

Newnham Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Francis Priest R (Con)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1937
Charles Wolf R (I.C)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1938
Mary Webber R (WCA)
- unopposed  
No change.

Petersfield Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Archibald Taylor R (Con) 921 68.3%
Antoinette Price (Lab) 428 31.7%
No change, Con Maj 493 36.5%.
November 1937
Justin Kenney R (Con)
- unopposed  
No change.
 
 
Byelection - May 1938
William James (Con) 661 51.7%
Alec Clark (Lab) 618 48.3%
No change, Con Maj 43 3.4%. Retiring 1940.
November 1938
Edward Church R (Ind)
- unopposed  
No change.

Romsey Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Dermot Freyer R (Lab)
- unopposed  
No change.
Byelection - April 1937
David Hardman (Lab)
- unopposed  
No change. Retiring 1937
 
 
November 1937
David Hardman R (Lab)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1938
Clara Rackham R (Lab)
- unopposed  
No change.
Byelection - December 1938
Walter Paige R (Lab)
- unopposed  
No change. Retiring 1939
 

St Matthew's Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Jesse Harwood R (Con) 740 53.2%
David Hardman (Lab) 651 46.8%
No change, Con Maj 89 6.4%.
November 1937
Albert Stubbs R (Lab) 798 51.3%
Sidney Rolfe (Con) 757 48.7%
No change, Lab Maj 41 2.6%.
November 1938
Alex Wood R (Lab)
- unopposed  
No change.

Trumpington Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Eva Hartree R (WCA)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1937
Ernest Peck R (Ind)
- unopposed  
No change.
November 1938
Arthur Dilley R (Ind)
- unopposed  
No change.
 
Byelection - December 1938
Lucy Cooke R (Ind)
- unopposed  
No change. Retiring 1940
 

West Chesterton Ward

Post-war results in this ward
November 1936
Harry Langdon (Con) 638 39.3%
Irene Stevens (?) 630 38.8%
Edward Burgess (Lab) 355 21.9%
No change, Con Maj 8 0.5%.
November 1937
Sidney Stokes R (Con) 726 55.4%
Claude Stevenson (Ind) 585 44.6%
 
No change, Con Maj 141 10.8%.
November 1938
Sidney Taylor R (Con)
- unopposed  
 
No change.
Back to Index  1935 results

Copyright © Colin Rosenstiel 2010.