1988_Bath_City_Council_election
The 1988 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1988 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as 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 1988 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Social and Liberal Democrats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Bath City Council election, 1988, Party ...
Bath City Council election, 1988 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 11 | 2 | 68.8 | 15 | 26 | 54.2 | 13,741 | 42.7 | 2.7 | |
Labour | 4 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 16.7 | 8,546 | 26.6 | 5.6 | ||
SLD | 1 | 2 | 6.3 | 13 | 14 | 29.2 | 7,882 | 24.1 | 12.7 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,003 | 6.2 | 4.5 | ||
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Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1984, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1987 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Abbey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs * | 998 | 55.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | P. Ward | 422 | 23.3 | +7.3 | |
SLD | M. Finch | 250 | 13.8 | –15.6 | |
Green | A. Egmore | 142 | 7.8 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 576 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,297 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bathwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Branford * | 1,187 | 57.9 | –3.0 | |
Green | G. Withers | 441 | 21.5 | +17.1 | |
SLD | S. Gazeley | 236 | 11.5 | –13.8 | |
Labour | W. Tonner | 185 | 9.0 | –0.4 | |
Majority | 746 | 36.4 | |||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,542 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bloomfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Lydiard | 900 | 43.5 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | J. Hogan | 899 | 43.4 | –3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. Sutherland | 204 | 9.9 | –10.2 | |
Green | T. Oswald-Bannister | 67 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 50.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,095 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Combe Down
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart | 1,068 | 44.6 | +3.1 | |
SLD | Jeffrey Stephen Manning | 1,032 | 43.1 | –7.3 | |
Labour | D. Nicoll | 232 | 9.7 | +1.6 | |
Green | T. Young | 140 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 60.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,973 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Kingsmead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Mill * | 790 | 47.2 | +1.7 | |
Labour | P. Hardy | 465 | 27.8 | +8.5 | |
SLD | Kenneth Drain | 280 | 16.7 | –18.5 | |
Green | P. Hardman | 140 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 325 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,086 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lambridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes * | 850 | 51.0 | +10.8 | |
SLD | Ramon David Cliffe | 367 | 22.0 | –12.1 | |
Labour | W. Chivers | 323 | 19.4 | –4.3 | |
Green | E. Sparrow | 126 | 7.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 483 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 55.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,007 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lansdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Blair | 1,240 | 63.4 | +4.4 | |
SLD | M. Le Grice | 371 | 19.0 | –10.1 | |
Labour | D. Davis | 190 | 9.7 | +1.2 | |
Green | C. French | 155 | 7.9 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 869 | 44.4 | |||
Turnout | 48.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,018 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lyncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Hemmings * | 1,229 | 55.1 | +5.6 | |
SLD | M. Mackintosh | 427 | 19.2 | –19.8 | |
Labour | A. Whitehead | 411 | 18.4 | +9.5 | |
Green | M. Deyes | 162 | 7.3 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 802 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,345 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Newbridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwina Harding Bradley * | 1,149 | 47.2 | +3.8 | |
SLD | Ruth Malloy | 999 | 41.0 | –8.5 | |
Labour | C. Whitmarsh | 207 | 8.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | Duncan McCanlis | 81 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 150 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 55.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,395 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Oldfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pamela Richards * | 1,142 | 53.3 | +15.5 | |
SLD | S. Ible | 482 | 22.5 | –20.9 | |
Conservative | D. Hucklesby | 449 | 21.0 | +2.2 | |
Green | N. Hall | 70 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 660 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 51.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,129 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Southdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SLD | Paul Crossley | 724 | 37.7 | –12.6 | |
Labour | S. Weston | 712 | 37.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | M. Sykes | 438 | 22.8 | +2.5 | |
Green | K. Bateup | 44 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 46.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,147 | ||||
SLD hold | Swing | ||||
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Twerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Harrington * | 1,072 | 71.8 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | J. Cameron | 264 | 17.7 | –0.5 | |
SLD | G. Scaggs | 132 | 8.8 | –10.1 | |
Green | L. Jopling | 24 | 1.6 | –0.1 | |
Majority | 808 | 54.1 | |||
Turnout | 37.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,947 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Walcot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 793 | 41.6 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Hilary Fraser | 723 | 38.0 | +9.9 | |
Green | Derek Wall | 224 | 11.8 | +4.2 | |
SLD | Michael James Kelleher | 165 | 8.7 | –19.4 | |
Majority | 70 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 49.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,848 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Westmoreland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd * | 922 | 51.9 | +14.4 | |
SLD | Michael Twohig | 431 | 22.5 | –16.3 | |
Conservative | M. Lodge | 416 | 21.7 | –2.0 | |
Green | A. Baker | 74 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 561 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 57.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,050 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Weston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Sparrow | 1,111 | 46.2 | +10.0 | |
SLD | Colin Luckhurst * | 972 | 40.4 | –16.1 | |
Labour | S. Cottman | 241 | 10.0 | +4.2 | |
Green | A. Marchant | 79 | 3.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 139 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 57.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,185 | ||||
Conservative gain from SLD | Swing | ||||
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Widcombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. Guy * | 860 | 40.8 | –0.2 | |
SLD | Charles Grundy | 810 | 38.4 | –7.3 | |
Labour | W. Chalmers | 329 | 15.6 | +4.1 | |
Green | C. Harrison | 111 | 5.3 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 50 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 54.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,896 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 18 April 2020.