The 1987 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 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 Walcot due to an extra vacancy occurring.
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17 of 48 seats (one third plus one vacant seat) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 1987 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing SDP–Liberal Alliance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results summary
editBath City Council election, 1987 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 9 | 2 | 52.9% | 15 | 24 | 50% | 15,053 | 40.0% | 4% | |
Alliance | 7 | 6 | 41.2% | 9 | 16 | 33.3% | 13,993 | 37.2% | 0.9% | |
Labour | 1 | 4 | 5.9% | 7 | 8 | 16.7% | 7,885 | 21.0% | 6.7% |
Ward results
editSitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1983, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1986 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Abbey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,036 | 50.3 | +4.4 | |
Alliance | Adrian Pegg | 606 | 29.4 | –2.1 | |
Labour | G. Stevens | 330 | 16.0 | –6.6 | |
Green | K. Bateup | 86 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 430 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,458 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bathwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,309 | 60.9 | +0.5 | |
Alliance | Kenneth Drain | 545 | 25.3 | –2.8 | |
Labour | H. Hornblower | 202 | 9.4 | –2.2 | |
Green | J. Goodyer | 95 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 764 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,651 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bloomfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 1,097 | 46.7 | +6.7 | |
Labour | S. Lydiard | 779 | 33.2 | –3.3 | |
Alliance | M. Le Grice | 471 | 20.1 | –3.4 | |
Majority | 318 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 57.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,097 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Combe Down
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Jane Tyler | 1,286 | 50.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart * | 1,057 | 41.5 | +5.0 | |
Labour | D. Davis | 207 | 8.1 | –8.0 | |
Majority | 229 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 62.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,067 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kingsmead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Hawkins | 858 | 45.5 | +0.2 | |
Alliance | F. Bovett | 664 | 35.2 | +6.7 | |
Labour | P. Hardy | 365 | 19.3 | –6.7 | |
Majority | 194 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,118 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lambridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. McDermid * | 770 | 40.2 | –0.5 | |
Alliance | Paul Crossley | 652 | 34.1 | +5.2 | |
Labour | N. Carter | 453 | 23.7 | –6.7 | |
Green | C. Turner | 39 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 118 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 62.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,061 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lansdown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,383 | 59.0 | +8.2 | |
Alliance | P. Buckingham | 682 | 29.1 | –3.5 | |
Labour | E. Crawley | 200 | 8.5 | –8.2 | |
Green | M. Gordon | 81 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 701 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 58.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,032 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lyncombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,296 | 49.5 | +2.3 | |
Alliance | S. Ible | 1,020 | 39.0 | –1.1 | |
Labour | D. Robinson | 232 | 8.9 | –3.7 | |
Green | L. Jopling | 70 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 276 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 59.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,372 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newbridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | S. Sutherland | 1,312 | 49.5 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | D. Book | 1,150 | 43.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | C. Whitmarsh | 188 | 7.1 | –9.2 | |
Majority | 162 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 60.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,418 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Oldfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | D. Gregory | 1,059 | 43.4 | –7.3 | |
Labour | D. Pearce * | 924 | 37.8 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | R. Hall | 459 | 18.8 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 135 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 57.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,154 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Southdown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | A. Bovett | 1,078 | 50.3 | +3.8 | |
Labour | S. Weston * | 631 | 29.4 | –9.7 | |
Conservative | M. Sykes | 436 | 20.3 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 447 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 53.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,033 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Twerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,013 | 61.2 | –4.1 | |
Alliance | Michael Twohig | 312 | 18.9 | –1.4 | |
Conservative | J. Cameron | 302 | 18.2 | +3.7 | |
Green | B. Searle | 28 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 701 | 42.4 | |||
Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,969 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walcot
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Goodhart | 847 | 36.2 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 792 | – | ||
Labour | S. King | 659 | 28.1 | –13.8 | |
Alliance | Margaret Feeny | 657 | 28.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | D. Nicoll | 594 | – | ||
Alliance | A. Stevenson | 492 | – | ||
Green | Derek Wall | 179 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 61.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,805 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Westmoreland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | John Bryant | 732 | 38.8 | +11.4 | |
Labour | D. Book * | 709 | 37.5 | –16.6 | |
Conservative | D. Ashdown | 448 | 23.7 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,915 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Weston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | John James Malloy * | 1,414 | 56.5 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | P. Blair | 906 | 36.2 | +0.6 | |
Labour | W. Chivers | 144 | 5.8 | –8.4 | |
Green | L. Barnes | 39 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 508 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 60.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,168 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Widcombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Tony Clark | 1,011 | 45.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | H. Cross * | 907 | 41.0 | +6.1 | |
Labour | I. Roker | 255 | 11.5 | –9.3 | |
Green | P. Hardman | 40 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 104 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 57.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,870 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |