1979_Bath_City_Council_election
The 1979 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as the general election and other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election.
Quick Facts 16 of 48 seats (one third) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map showing the results of the 1979 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Liberal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Bath City Council election, 1979, Party ...
Bath City Council election, 1979 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 11 | 1 | 68.8% | 22 | 33 | 68.8% | 22,693 | 46.7% | 3.7% | |
Labour | 4 | 25% | 10 | 14 | 29.2% | 15,085 | 31.0% | 1.8% | ||
Liberal | 1 | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | 2.1% | 8,019 | 16.5% | 2.9% | |
Ecology | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,674 | 3.4% | 1.3% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,138 | 2.3% | 1.3% | ||
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Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1976, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1978 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Abbey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,507 | 57.0 | ||
Independent | R. Oswick | 761 | 28.8 | ||
Independent | L. Pitt | 377 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 746 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 68.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,867 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bathwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. O'Donovan | 2,032 | 57.9 | ||
Liberal | P. Nancarrow | 978 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | M. Scotford | 499 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 1,054 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 69.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,020 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bloomfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 1,726 | 52.4 | ||
Labour | N. Martin | 1,565 | 47.6 | ||
Majority | 161 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 79.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,137 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Combe Down
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey * | 1,647 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal | Rob Greig | 807 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | P. Grogan | 782 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | 840 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 78.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,126 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Kingsmead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Atkinson * | 1,409 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | A. Day | 685 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal | Adrian Pegg | 510 | 17.9 | ||
Ecology | D. Taylor | 240 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 724 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,989 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lambridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Underhay * | 1,235 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | N. Whiskin | 662 | 27.9 | ||
Liberal | N. Davies | 477 | 20.1 | ||
Majority | 573 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 78.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,036 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lansdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,764 | 57.2 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Drain | 826 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | D. Holley | 492 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 938 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 81.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,769 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lyncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 2,072 | 59.6 | ||
Ecology | Don Grimes | 848 | 24.4 | ||
Labour | B. Lock | 559 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | 1,224 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 76.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,532 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Newbridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robin Nicholas Lane Agg-Manning * | 1,625 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal | M. McCartney | 953 | 31.1 | ||
Labour | Pamela Richards | 487 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 672 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 76.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,019 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Oldfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Gordon Hiscocks * | 2,163 | 67.0 | ||
Conservative | M. Price | 1,065 | 33.0 | ||
Majority | 1,098 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 76.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,247 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Southdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Percy Johns * | 1,297 | 49.5 | ||
Conservative | P. Price | 732 | 27.9 | ||
Liberal | G. Lambert | 590 | 22.5 | ||
Majority | 565 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 77.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,375 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Twerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,718 | 58.2 | ||
Conservative | T. Simpson | 639 | 21.6 | ||
Liberal | B. Potter | 596 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 1,079 | 36.6 | |||
Turnout | 73.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,972 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Walcot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Howard William Routledge | 1,144 | 41.5 | ||
Liberal | R. Wardle | 830 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | S. Sweeney | 781 | 28.3 | ||
Majority | 314 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 69.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,956 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Westmoreland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Baber * | 2,046 | 63.3 | ||
Conservative | H. Peters | 1,186 | 36.7 | ||
Majority | 860 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 78.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,099 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Weston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John James Malloy | 1,452 | 42.7 | ||
Conservative | George Henry Hall * | 1,391 | 40.9 | ||
Labour | S. Paine | 560 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 61 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 81.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,180 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Widcombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Cross * | 1,519 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | I. Morgan | 789 | 27.3 | ||
Ecology | R. Carder | 586 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 730 | 25.2 | |||
Turnout | 74.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,907 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 27 April 2020.