1979 Bath City Council election

1979 Bath City Council election

←  1978 3 May 1979 (1979-05-03) 1980  →
16 of 48 seats (one third) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Lib Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats before 34 14 0 Seats won 11 4 1 Seats after 33 14 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 22,693 15,085 8,019 Percentage 46.7% 31.0% 16.5% Swing 3.7% 1.8% 2.9%
Map showing the results of the 1979 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Liberal.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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.

Results summary

Bath City Council election, 1979
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%

Ward results

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

Abbey ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bathwick

Bathwick ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bloomfield

Bloomfield ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Combe Down

Combe Down ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Kingsmead

Kingsmead ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Lambridge

Lambridge ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Lansdown

Lansdown ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Lyncombe

Lyncombe ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Newbridge

Newbridge ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Oldfield

Oldfield ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Southdown

Southdown ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Twerton

Twerton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Walcot

Walcot ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Westmoreland

Westmoreland ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Weston

Weston ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Widcombe

Widcombe ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

1. "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 27 April 2020.