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![]() Map showing the results of the 1983 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing SDP–Liberal Alliance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 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. Two seats were contested in Twerton and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring.
Results summary
[edit]Bath City Council election, 1984 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 12 | ![]() |
66.7% | 21 | 33 | 68.8% | 15,563 | 45.6% | ![]() | |
Labour | 5 | ![]() |
27.8% | 6 | 11 | 22.9% | 9,114 | 26.7% | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | ![]() |
5.6% | 3 | 4 | 8.3% | 8,451 | 24.8% | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 596 | 1.7% | ![]() | |
Ecology | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 419 | 1.2% | ![]() |
Ward results
[edit]Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1979, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1982 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,021 | 58.8 | ||
Labour | S. Phillips | 298 | 17.2 | ||
Alliance | C. Hussey | 298 | 17.2 | ||
Ecology | T. Oswald-Bannister | 67 | 3.9 | ||
Independent | P. Elcock | 52 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 723 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 40.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,294 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bathwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,338 | 67.7 | ||
Alliance | G. Abbott | 414 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | P. Mosley | 223 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | 924 | 46.7 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,703 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bloomfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 977 | 44.3 | ||
Labour | J. Dowling | 641 | 29.1 | ||
Alliance | J. McNeilage | 585 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 336 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 52.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,186 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Combe Down
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart | 1,077 | 51.5 | ||
Alliance | G. Mayer | 708 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | P. Meads | 307 | 14.7 | ||
Majority | 369 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 50.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,181 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kingsmead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Atkinson * | 842 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | M. Macrae | 429 | 26.4 | ||
Alliance | A. Pearce | 356 | 21.9 | ||
Majority | 413 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,990 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lambridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. McDermid * | 795 | 46.6 | ||
Alliance | A. Kerslake | 597 | 26.4 | ||
Labour | A. Hannam | 314 | 18.4 | ||
Majority | 198 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 55.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,099 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lansdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,367 | 65.3 | ||
Alliance | Margaret Ann Roper | 486 | 23.2 | ||
Labour | E. Crawley | 242 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 881 | 42.1 | |||
Turnout | 52.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,971 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lyncombe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,337 | 58.8 | ||
Alliance | G. Lambert | 418 | 18.4 | ||
Labour | D. Haigh | 337 | 14.8 | ||
Ecology | Don Grimes | 180 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 919 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 50.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,524 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newbridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Mundy | 1,139 | 56.4 | ||
Alliance | B. Durand | 409 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | J. Miles | 273 | 13.5 | ||
Independent | M. Beechinor | 198 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 730 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 47.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,281 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Oldfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Pearce | 917 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | M. Wheadon | 646 | 29.6 | ||
Alliance | Marian Hammond | 619 | 28.4 | ||
Majority | 271 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 51.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,256 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Weston * | 647 | 37.9 | ||
Alliance | C. South | 618 | 36.2 | ||
Conservative | D. Sykes | 444 | 26.0 | ||
Majority | 29 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 46.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,660 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Twerton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,075 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | L. Harrington | 965 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Popham | 308 | 18.2 | ||
Alliance | B. Potter | 305 | 18.1 | ||
Conservative | J. Mill | 268 | – | ||
Alliance | J. Marigold | 196 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,995 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walcot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 711 | 40.1 | ||
Labour | J. Linden | 580 | 32.7 | ||
Alliance | G. Plumbridge | 484 | 27.3 | ||
Majority | 131 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 47.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,732 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westmoreland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Book | 912 | 48.0 | ||
Conservative | A. Buchanan | 646 | 34.0 | ||
Alliance | E. Bennett | 341 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 266 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 46.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,070 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Weston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | John James Malloy * | 1,127 | 45.0 | ||
Conservative | T. Broadwith | 1,041 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | T. Murphy | 334 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 86 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 59.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,220 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Widcombe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Cross * | 812 | 41.7 | ||
Conservative | C. Patterson | 794 | – | ||
Independent | D. Collyer | 346 | 17.8 | ||
Labour | G. Evans | 342 | 17.6 | ||
Labour | G. West | 278 | – | ||
Alliance | A. Bennett | 273 | 14.0 | ||
Alliance | John Ozimek | 217 | – | ||
Ecology | R. Carder | 172 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 49.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,924 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |