1983 Bath City Council election

1983 UK local government election April 2022 1983 Bath City Council election parliamentary no 1983 05 05 y 1982 Bath City Council election 1982 1984 Bath City Council election 1984 18 of 48 seats (one third plus two vacant seats) to Bath City Council 25 Con Conservative Party (UK) 33 12 33 15,563 45.6% 1.4% Lab Labour Party (UK) 11 5 11 9,114 26.7% 5.6% All SDP–Liberal Alliance 4 1 4 8,451 24.8% 7.6% Bath UK local election 1983 map.svg Map showing the results of the 1983 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing SDP–Liberal Alliance. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative The 1983 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 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 Twerton and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring. Results summary Bath City Council election, 1983 Conservative Party (UK) 12 21 33 15,563 45.6 % Labour Party (UK) 5 6 11 9,114 26.7 % SDP–Liberal Alliance 1 3 4 8,451 24.8 % Independent politician 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 596 1.7 % Ecology Party 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 419 1.2 % Ward results Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1979, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1982 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Abbey AbbeyBath City Council Election Results 1973-1994 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bath-1973-1994.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 26 April 2020 Conservative Party (UK) Elgar Spencer Jenkins * 1,021 58.8 Labour Party (UK) S. Phillips 298 17.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance C. Hussey 298 17.2 Ecology Party T. Oswald-Bannister 67 3.9 Independent politician P. Elcock 52 3.0 723 41.6 40.4 4,294 Conservative Party (UK) Bathwick Bathwick Conservative Party (UK) G. O'Donovan * 1,338 67.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance G. Abbott 414 21.0 Labour Party (UK) P. Mosley 223 11.3 924 46.7 42.0 4,703 Conservative Party (UK) Bloomfield Bloomfield Conservative Party (UK) Eric Jack Trevor Snook * 977 44.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Dowling 641 29.1 SDP–Liberal Alliance J. McNeilage 585 26.6 336 15.2 52.6 4,186 Conservative Party (UK) Combe Down Combe Down Conservative Party (UK) Leila Margaret Wishart 1,077 51.5 SDP–Liberal Alliance G. Mayer 708 33.8 Labour Party (UK) P. Meads 307 14.7 369 17.7 50.0 4,181 Conservative Party (UK) Kingsmead Kingsmead Conservative Party (UK) R. Atkinson * 842 51.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Macrae 429 26.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance A. Pearce 356 21.9 413 25.4 40.8 3,990 Conservative Party (UK) Lambridge Lambridge Conservative Party (UK) H. McDermid * 795 46.6 SDP–Liberal Alliance A. Kerslake 597 26.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Hannam 314 18.4 198 11.6 55.1 3,099 Conservative Party (UK) Lansdown Lansdown Conservative Party (UK) Anne Maureen McDonagh * 1,367 65.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Margaret Ann Roper 486 23.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Crawley 242 11.6 881 42.1 52.8 3,971 Conservative Party (UK) Lyncombe Lyncombe Conservative Party (UK) Brian James Hamlen * 1,337 58.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance G. Lambert 418 18.4 Labour Party (UK) D. Haigh 337 14.8 Ecology Party Don Grimes 180 7.9 919 40.4 50.2 4,524 Conservative Party (UK) Newbridge Newbridge Conservative Party (UK) C. Mundy 1,139 56.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance B. Durand 409 20.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Miles 273 13.5 Independent politician M. Beechinor 198 9.8 730 36.1 47.2 4,281 Conservative Party (UK) Oldfield Oldfield Labour Party (UK) D. Pearce 917 42.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Wheadon 646 29.6 SDP–Liberal Alliance Marian Hammond 619 28.4 271 12.4 51.3 4,256 Labour Party (UK) Southdown Southdown Labour Party (UK) S. Weston * 647 37.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance C. South 618 36.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sykes 444 26.0 29 1.7 46.7 3,660 Labour Party (UK) Twerton Twerton (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Alec Louis Ricketts * 1,075 63.7 Labour Party (UK) L. Harrington 965 – Conservative Party (UK) J. Popham 308 18.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance B. Potter 305 18.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Mill 268 – SDP–Liberal Alliance J. Marigold 196 – 42.3 3,995 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Walcot Walcot Conservative Party (UK) Howard William Routledge * 711 40.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Linden 580 32.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance G. Plumbridge 484 27.3 131 7.4 47.6 3,732 Conservative Party (UK) Westmoreland Westmoreland Labour Party (UK) D. Book 912 48.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Buchanan 646 34.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance E. Bennett 341 18.0 266 14.0 46.7 4,070 Labour Party (UK) Weston Weston SDP–Liberal Alliance John James Malloy * 1,127 45.0 Conservative Party (UK) T. Broadwith 1,041 41.6 Labour Party (UK) T. Murphy 334 13.3 86 3.4 59.3 4,220 SDP–Liberal Alliance Widcombe Widcombe (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) H. Cross * 812 41.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Patterson 794 – Independent politician D. Collyer 346 17.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Evans 342 17.6 Labour Party (UK) G. West 278 – SDP–Liberal Alliance A. Bennett 273 14.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance John Ozimek 217 – Ecology Party R. Carder 172 8.8 49.6 3,924 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Bath 1983