1988 Bath City Council election

1988 Bath City Council election

←  1987 5 May 1988 (1988-05-05) 1990  →
16 of 48 seats (one third) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con SLD Lab Party Conservative SLD Labour Seats before 24 16 8 Seats won 11 1 4 Seats after 26 14 8 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 13,741 7,882 8,546 Percentage 42.7% 24.5% 26.6% Swing 2.7% 12.7% 5.6%
Map showing the results of the 1988 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Social and Liberal Democrats.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

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.

Results summary

Bath City Council election, 1988
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

Ward results

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

Abbey ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bathwick

Bathwick ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bloomfield

Bloomfield ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Combe Down

Combe Down ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Kingsmead

Kingsmead ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Lambridge

Lambridge ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Lansdown

Lansdown ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Lyncombe

Lyncombe ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Newbridge

Newbridge ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Oldfield

Oldfield ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Southdown

Southdown ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Twerton

Twerton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Walcot

Walcot ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Westmoreland

Westmoreland ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Weston

Weston ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Widcombe

Widcombe ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

1. "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 18 April 2020.