1979 Bath City Council election

1979 UK local government election April 2022 1979 Bath City Council election parliamentary no 1979 05 03 y 1978 Bath City Council election 1978 1980 Bath City Council election 1980 16 of 48 seats (one third) to Bath City Council 25 Con Conservative Party (UK) 34 11 33 1 22,693 46.7% 3.7% Lab Labour Party (UK) 14 4 14 15,085 31.0% 1.8% Lib Liberal Party (UK) 0 1 1 1 8,019 16.5% 2.9% Bath UK local election 1979 map.svg Map showing the results of the 1979 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Liberal. Council control Council control after election Conservative 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 Conservative Party (UK) 11 1 % 22 33 % 22,693 46.7 % Labour Party (UK) 4 % 10 14 % 15,085 31.0 % Liberal Party (UK) 1 1 % 0 1 % 8,019 16.5 % Ecology Party 0 0% 0 0 0% 1,674 3.4 % Independent politician 0 0% 0 0 0% 1,138 2.3 % 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 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) 27 April 2020 Conservative Party (UK) Elgar Spencer Jenkins * 1,507 57.0 Independent politician R. Oswick 761 28.8 Independent politician L. Pitt 377 14.3 746 28.2 68.4 3,867 Conservative Party (UK) Bathwick Bathwick Conservative Party (UK) G. O'Donovan 2,032 57.9 Liberal Party (UK) P. Nancarrow 978 27.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Scotford 499 14.2 1,054 30.0 69.9 5,020 Conservative Party (UK) Bloomfield Bloomfield Conservative Party (UK) Eric Jack Trevor Snook * 1,726 52.4 Labour Party (UK) N. Martin 1,565 47.6 161 4.8 79.6 4,137 Conservative Party (UK) Combe Down Combe Down Conservative Party (UK) Ian Charles Dewey * 1,647 50.9 Liberal Party (UK) Rob Greig 807 24.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Grogan 782 24.2 840 26.0 78.4 4,126 Conservative Party (UK) Kingsmead Kingsmead Conservative Party (UK) R. Atkinson * 1,409 49.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Day 685 24.1 Liberal Party (UK) Adrian Pegg 510 17.9 Ecology Party D. Taylor 240 8.4 724 25.4 71.3 3,989 Conservative Party (UK) Lambridge Lambridge Conservative Party (UK) H. Underhay * 1,235 52.0 Labour Party (UK) N. Whiskin 662 27.9 Liberal Party (UK) N. Davies 477 20.1 573 24.1 78.2 3,036 Conservative Party (UK) Lansdown Lansdown Conservative Party (UK) Anne Maureen McDonagh * 1,764 57.2 Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth Drain 826 26.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Holley 492 16.0 938 30.4 81.8 3,769 Conservative Party (UK) Lyncombe Lyncombe Conservative Party (UK) Brian James Hamlen * 2,072 59.6 Ecology Party Don Grimes 848 24.4 Labour Party (UK) B. Lock 559 16.1 1,224 35.2 76.8 4,532 Conservative Party (UK) Newbridge Newbridge Conservative Party (UK) Robin Nicholas Lane Agg-Manning * 1,625 53.0 Liberal Party (UK) M. McCartney 953 31.1 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Richards 487 15.9 672 21.9 76.3 4,019 Conservative Party (UK) Oldfield Oldfield Labour Party (UK) Roy Gordon Hiscocks * 2,163 67.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Price 1,065 33.0 1,098 34.0 76.0 4,247 Labour Party (UK) Southdown Southdown Labour Party (UK) William Percy Johns * 1,297 49.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Price 732 27.9 Liberal Party (UK) G. Lambert 590 22.5 565 21.6 77.6 3,375 Labour Party (UK) Twerton Twerton Labour Party (UK) Alec Louis Ricketts * 1,718 58.2 Conservative Party (UK) T. Simpson 639 21.6 Liberal Party (UK) B. Potter 596 20.2 1,079 36.6 73.1 3,972 Labour Party (UK) Walcot Walcot Conservative Party (UK) Howard William Routledge 1,144 41.5 Liberal Party (UK) R. Wardle 830 30.1 Labour Party (UK) S. Sweeney 781 28.3 314 11.4 69.6 3,956 Conservative Party (UK) Westmoreland Westmoreland Labour Party (UK) M. Baber * 2,046 63.3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Peters 1,186 36.7 860 26.6 78.8 4,099 Labour Party (UK) Weston Weston Liberal Party (UK) John James Malloy 1,452 42.7 Conservative Party (UK) George Henry Hall * 1,391 40.9 Labour Party (UK) S. Paine 560 16.5 61 1.8 81.4 4,180 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Widcombe Widcombe Conservative Party (UK) H. Cross * 1,519 52.5 Labour Party (UK) I. Morgan 789 27.3 Ecology Party R. Carder 586 20.2 730 25.2 74.1 3,907 Conservative Party (UK) References Bath 1979