1980 Bath City Council election
Appearance
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18 of 48 seats (one third plus two vacant seats) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 1980 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative and Red showing Labour. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 1980 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 Lyncombe and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring.
Results summary
[edit]Bath City Council election, 1980 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 13 | ![]() |
72.2% | 20 | 33 | 68.8% | 14,372 | 48.2% | ![]() | |
Labour | 5 | ![]() |
27.8% | 9 | 14 | 29.2% | 10,490 | 35.2% | ![]() | |
Liberal | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 1 | 1 | 2.1% | 3,678 | 12.3% | ![]() | |
Ecology | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,173 | 3.9% | ![]() | |
World Government | 0 | ![]() |
0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 102 | 0.3% | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]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 1979 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs * | 1,009 | 65.2 | ||
Labour | A. Spiller | 437 | 28.2 | ||
World Government | Gilbert Young | 102 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 572 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,033 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bathwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Rawlings * | 1,155 | 60.9 | ||
Liberal | Rob Greig | 544 | 28.7 | ||
Labour | T. Smithin | 197 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 611 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 38.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,950 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bloomfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samuel Leslie Jane * | 1,082 | 63.2 | ||
Conservative | J. Jones | 630 | 36.8 | ||
Majority | 452 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 42.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,062 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Combe Down
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Attwood * | 1,024 | 70.6 | ||
Labour | A. Whitehouse | 426 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 598 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 34.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,169 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kingsmead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Durant Kersley * | 914 | 52.2 | ||
Labour | J. Hornblower | 551 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal | Adrian Pegg | 171 | 9.8 | ||
Ecology | D. Taylor | 114 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | 363 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 43.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,042 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lambridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes * | 779 | 47.6 | ||
Labour | D. Pearce | 458 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal | A. Kerslake | 398 | 24.3 | ||
Majority | 321 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 52.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,089 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lansdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Cheek * | 936 | 54.3 | ||
Liberal | P. Davis | 402 | 23.3 | ||
Labour | D. Holley | 257 | 14.9 | ||
Ecology | A. Gimingham | 130 | 7.5 | ||
Majority | 534 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,908 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lyncombe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Sellick | 1,213 | 54.7 | ||
Conservative | George Henry Hall | 1,140 | – | ||
Ecology | Don Grimes | 580 | 26.2 | ||
Labour | P. Underdown | 423 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | S. King | 303 | – | ||
Turnout | 49.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,501 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newbridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwina Harding Bradley * | 991 | 55.9 | ||
Liberal | L. Corner | 496 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | C. Whitmarsh | 286 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | 495 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 44.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,009 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Oldfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pamela Richards | 979 | 62.2 | ||
Conservative | H. Jennings | 429 | 27.3 | ||
Liberal | S. Jones | 166 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 550 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 37.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,245 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Padfield * | 794 | 56.4 | ||
Conservative | E. Holloway | 388 | 27.6 | ||
Liberal | B. Potter | 226 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | 406 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 40.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,458 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Twerton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Raymond Charles Rosewarn * | 1,585 | 86.6 | ||
Conservative | T. Simpson | 246 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 1,339 | 73.2 | |||
Turnout | 46.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,972 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walcot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Humphrey Lyons * | 623 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | S. Sweeney | 409 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal | R. Wardle | 187 | 14.1 | ||
Ecology | R. Oldfield | 110 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 214 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,790 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westmoreland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd * | 1,203 | 75.6 | ||
Conservative | T. Maginsky | 389 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 814 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 38.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,101 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Weston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Vaughan * | 961 | 45.6 | ||
Liberal | Leon Pitt | 754 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | J. Waters | 391 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 207 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 49.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,239 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Widcombe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeannette Farley Hole * | 792 | 49.7 | ||
Conservative | S. Dunn | 753 | – | ||
Labour | D. Book | 385 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | P. Grogan | 324 | – | ||
Ecology | R. Carder | 239 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal | D. England | 177 | 11.1 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Drain | 157 | – | ||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,946 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |