Bath City Council elections

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Bath City Council was a non-metropolitan district in Avon, England, that administered the city of Bath, Somerset, from 1974 until 1996. The district council replaced the pre-1974 county borough council.

Elections were first held on 10 May 1973, with the authority taking effect on 1 April 1974. Following the second election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years with subsequent elections for the council taking place in thirds, and the last such election was in 1994. On 1 April 1996, the city council was abolished when it was merged with Wansdyke District Council to form the new unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset.^[1]

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 1996, political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–1976
	Conservative	1976–1987
	No overall control	1987–1988
	Conservative	1988–1990
	No overall control	1990–1994
	Liberal Democrats	1994–1996

Council elections

↑ New ward boundaries^[3]^[4]

City result maps

1976 results map
1978 results map
1979 results map
1980 results map
1982 results map
1983 results map
1984 results map
1986 results map
1987 results map
1988 results map
1990 results map
1991 results map
1992 results map
1994 results map

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References

↑ Rob Clements (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library. Research Paper 95/59. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
↑ "Compositions Calculator". The Elections Centre. University of Exeter. Retrieved 26 November 2024. (Put "Bath" in search box to see specific results.)
↑ The City of Bath (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ Report No. 17 (Bath) (PDF) (Report). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 6 February 1975. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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[5] New ward boundaries^[3]^[4]

[1] Rob Clements (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library. Research Paper 95/59. Retrieved 3 September 2011.

[2] "Compositions Calculator". The Elections Centre. University of Exeter. Retrieved 26 November 2024. (Put "Bath" in search box to see specific results.)

[3] The City of Bath (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975

[lgbce-19750206-4] Report No. 17 (Bath) (PDF) (Report). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 6 February 1975. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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