1991_Bath_City_Council_election
1991 Bath City Council election
1991 UK local government election
The 1991 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 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 Bathwick 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 1991 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Liberal Democrats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 9 | 52.9% | 15 | 24 | 50% | 13,069 | 35.2% | 3.9% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 41.2% | 6 | 13 | 27.1% | 13,609 | 36.7% | 7.6% | ||
Labour | 1 | 5.9% | 10 | 11 | 22.9% | 8,963 | 24.1% | 7.5% | ||
Green | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,355 | 3.7% | 2.7% | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 65 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Independent | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 60 | 0.2% | |||
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Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1987, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1990 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 * | 792 | 40.8 | +1.7 | |
Labour | B. Tonner | 532 | 27.4 | –4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Feeny | 387 | 19.9 | +5.5 | |
Green | P. Andrews | 209 | 10.8 | +0.3 | |
Independent | R. Carder | 23 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 260 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 49.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,901 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bathwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,110 | 47.3 | –7.1 | |
Conservative | John Anthony Bailey | 1,042 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Maurice Hogg | 701 | 29.9 | +15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrienne Westbrook | 562 | – | ||
Green | N. Hall | 312 | 13.3 | +1.1 | |
Labour | C. Davis | 222 | 9.5 | –6.3 | |
Labour | J. Luck | 166 | – | ||
Turnout | 48.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,555 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bloomfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 1,106 | 44.0 | +14.0 | |
Labour | N. Rosser | 967 | 38.5 | –10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Bray | 438 | 17.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 139 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 62.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,017 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Combe Down
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Roger Alan Symonds | 1,117 | 43.9 | –5.0 | |
Conservative | H. Peters | 935 | 36.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | C. James | 410 | 16.1 | +2.2 | |
Green | A. May | 84 | 3.3 | –0.8 | |
Majority | 182 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 64.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,920 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Kingsmead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Hawkins * | 841 | 43.0 | +7.5 | |
Labour | M. McIntosh | 653 | 33.4 | –2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. Sutherland | 369 | 18.9 | +3.6 | |
Green | L. Cockcroft | 92 | 4.7 | –4.0 | |
Majority | 188 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 53.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,692 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lambridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. McDermid * | 612 | 36.2 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ramon David Cliffe | 565 | 33.5 | +8.6 | |
Labour | I. Roker | 400 | 23.7 | –6.4 | |
Green | Jay Risbridger | 112 | 6.6 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 47 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 56.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,972 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lansdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,262 | 57.5 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Gazeley | 552 | 25.1 | +5.3 | |
Labour | H. Lintell | 278 | 12.7 | –8.3 | |
Green | L. Tedman | 104 | 4.7 | –3.5 | |
Majority | 710 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 56.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,877 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lyncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,171 | 48.6 | +4.7 | |
Labour | D. Grant | 600 | 24.9 | –1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. O'Flaherty | 477 | 19.8 | –2.1 | |
Green | M. Deyes | 95 | 3.9 | –3.0 | |
Liberal | T. Powell | 65 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 571 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 57.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Newbridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Sutherland * | 1,301 | 50.4 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Ann Newnham | 1,028 | 39.9 | +3.5 | |
Labour | S. Richards | 250 | 9.7 | –5.8 | |
Majority | 273 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 60.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,241 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Oldfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Book | 1,080 | 48.9 | –1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Usher | 678 | 30.7 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | R. Wilmington | 343 | 15.5 | +2.6 | |
Green | M. Davidson | 69 | 3.1 | –1.2 | |
Independent | N. Hales | 37 | 1.7 | –0.4 | |
Majority | 402 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 54.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,018 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Southdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Angela Godfrey | 1,352 | 60.6 | +13.2 | |
Labour | K. Weston | 588 | 26.4 | –9.7 | |
Conservative | D. Bennett | 290 | 13.0 | –0.5 | |
Majority | 764 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 54.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,126 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Twerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tim Ball | 940 | 49.3 | +29.5 | |
Labour | R. Padfield | 794 | 41.7 | –24.3 | |
Conservative | H. Pointer | 171 | 9.0 | –2.3 | |
Majority | 146 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 52.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,651 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Walcot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Goodhart * | 701 | 36.7 | +9.2 | |
Labour | A. Marjoram | 665 | 34.8 | –4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Buhr | 369 | 19.3 | +3.1 | |
Green | P. Sherrard-Smith | 177 | 9.3 | –3.7 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 52.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,633 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Westmoreland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Bryant * | 1,241 | 53.1 | +20.0 | |
Labour | A. Pye | 798 | 34.2 | –14.2 | |
Conservative | A. Taylor | 297 | 12.7 | –1.4 | |
Majority | 443 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 58.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,968 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Weston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | R. Burden | 1,350 | 55.7 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | E. Hampton | 762 | 31.5 | –0.9 | |
Labour | S. Cottman | 310 | 12.8 | –6.7 | |
Majority | 588 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 60.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,015 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Widcombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tony Clark * | 1,210 | 55.8 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | H. Cross | 606 | 28.0 | –5.0 | |
Labour | K. Bray | 250 | 11.5 | –5.8 | |
Green | S. Hack | 101 | 4.7 | –6.5 | |
Majority | 604 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 57.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,802 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 18 April 2020.