1987_Bath_City_Council_election
1987 Bath City Council election
1987 UK local government election
The 1987 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 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 Walcot due to an extra vacancy occurring.
Quick Facts 17 of 48 seats (one third plus one vacant seat) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map showing the results of the 1987 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing SDP–Liberal Alliance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bath City Council election, 1987 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 9 | 2 | 52.9% | 15 | 24 | 50% | 15,053 | 40.0% | 4% | |
Alliance | 7 | 6 | 41.2% | 9 | 16 | 33.3% | 13,993 | 37.2% | 0.9% | |
Labour | 1 | 4 | 5.9% | 7 | 8 | 16.7% | 7,885 | 21.0% | 6.7% | |
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Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1983, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1986 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 * | 1,036 | 50.3 | +4.4 | |
Alliance | Adrian Pegg | 606 | 29.4 | –2.1 | |
Labour | G. Stevens | 330 | 16.0 | –6.6 | |
Green | K. Bateup | 86 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 430 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,458 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bathwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,309 | 60.9 | +0.5 | |
Alliance | Kenneth Drain | 545 | 25.3 | –2.8 | |
Labour | H. Hornblower | 202 | 9.4 | –2.2 | |
Green | J. Goodyer | 95 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 764 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,651 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bloomfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 1,097 | 46.7 | +6.7 | |
Labour | S. Lydiard | 779 | 33.2 | –3.3 | |
Alliance | M. Le Grice | 471 | 20.1 | –3.4 | |
Majority | 318 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 57.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,097 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Combe Down
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Jane Tyler | 1,286 | 50.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart * | 1,057 | 41.5 | +5.0 | |
Labour | D. Davis | 207 | 8.1 | –8.0 | |
Majority | 229 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 62.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,067 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Kingsmead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Hawkins | 858 | 45.5 | +0.2 | |
Alliance | F. Bovett | 664 | 35.2 | +6.7 | |
Labour | P. Hardy | 365 | 19.3 | –6.7 | |
Majority | 194 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,118 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lambridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. McDermid * | 770 | 40.2 | –0.5 | |
Alliance | Paul Crossley | 652 | 34.1 | +5.2 | |
Labour | N. Carter | 453 | 23.7 | –6.7 | |
Green | C. Turner | 39 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 118 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 62.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,061 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lansdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,383 | 59.0 | +8.2 | |
Alliance | P. Buckingham | 682 | 29.1 | –3.5 | |
Labour | E. Crawley | 200 | 8.5 | –8.2 | |
Green | M. Gordon | 81 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 701 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 58.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,032 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lyncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,296 | 49.5 | +2.3 | |
Alliance | S. Ible | 1,020 | 39.0 | –1.1 | |
Labour | D. Robinson | 232 | 8.9 | –3.7 | |
Green | L. Jopling | 70 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 276 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 59.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,372 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Newbridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | S. Sutherland | 1,312 | 49.5 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | D. Book | 1,150 | 43.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | C. Whitmarsh | 188 | 7.1 | –9.2 | |
Majority | 162 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 60.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,418 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Oldfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | D. Gregory | 1,059 | 43.4 | –7.3 | |
Labour | D. Pearce * | 924 | 37.8 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | R. Hall | 459 | 18.8 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 135 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 57.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,154 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Southdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | A. Bovett | 1,078 | 50.3 | +3.8 | |
Labour | S. Weston * | 631 | 29.4 | –9.7 | |
Conservative | M. Sykes | 436 | 20.3 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 447 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 53.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,033 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Twerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,013 | 61.2 | –4.1 | |
Alliance | Michael Twohig | 312 | 18.9 | –1.4 | |
Conservative | J. Cameron | 302 | 18.2 | +3.7 | |
Green | B. Searle | 28 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 701 | 42.4 | |||
Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,969 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Walcot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Goodhart | 847 | 36.2 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 792 | – | ||
Labour | S. King | 659 | 28.1 | –13.8 | |
Alliance | Margaret Feeny | 657 | 28.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | D. Nicoll | 594 | – | ||
Alliance | A. Stevenson | 492 | – | ||
Green | Derek Wall | 179 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 61.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,805 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Westmoreland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | John Bryant | 732 | 38.8 | +11.4 | |
Labour | D. Book * | 709 | 37.5 | –16.6 | |
Conservative | D. Ashdown | 448 | 23.7 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,915 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Weston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | John James Malloy * | 1,414 | 56.5 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | P. Blair | 906 | 36.2 | +0.6 | |
Labour | W. Chivers | 144 | 5.8 | –8.4 | |
Green | L. Barnes | 39 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 508 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 60.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,168 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
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Widcombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Tony Clark | 1,011 | 45.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | H. Cross * | 907 | 41.0 | +6.1 | |
Labour | I. Roker | 255 | 11.5 | –9.3 | |
Green | P. Hardman | 40 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 104 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 57.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,870 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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- "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 18 April 2020.