The 1991 Wansdyke Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to elect councillors to Wansdyke District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
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![]() Map showing the composition of Wansdyke District Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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These were the final elections of the district council, before its abolition on 1 April 1996 when it was merged with Bath City Council to form Bath and North East Somerset Council.
The 1991 election saw the Conservatives win the largest number of seats but lose their overall majority.
Election results
editWansdyke District Council election, 1991 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 41 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 48.9% | 39.7% | 20,674 | 1.5% | ||||||
Labour | 39 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 42.6% | 39.0% | 20,316 | 2.9% | ||||||
Independent | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8.5% | 7.0% | 3,648 | 2.4% | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.1% | 13.1% | 6,832 | 3% | ||||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 327 | N/A | |||||||
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.5% | 259 | N/A |
Ward results
editThe ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1987 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Bathampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Andrews | 416 | 56.0 | –8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | E. Banks | 190 | 25.6 | –9.7 | |
Labour | D. Taylor | 137 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 226 | 30.4 | –1.0 | ||
Turnout | 55.4 | +3.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,342 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Batheaston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Cox * | 530 | 46.1 | –5.6 | |
Conservative | R. Holder | 467 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | R. Hidalgo * | 451 | 39.2 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Davis | 406 | – | ||
Labour | G. White | 169 | 14.7 | –2.5 | |
Labour | J. Hooker | 166 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,293 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bathford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. Akin-Flenley * | 429 | 54.2 | –15.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Davis | 229 | 29.0 | –1.3 | |
Independent | J. Kent | 133 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 200 | 25.3 | –14.1 | ||
Turnout | 52.9 | –1.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cameley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Deacon * | 479 | 59.5 | –3.0 | |
Labour | J. Beckerley-Martin | 326 | 40.5 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 153 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 45.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,760 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Camerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. Bedborough * | 263 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Wilson | 174 | 27.8 | +8.3 | |
Labour | C. Wyatt | 122 | 19.5 | +1.1 | |
Independent | B. Stockley | 67 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 55.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,129 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Charlcombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Bentley * | 190 | 50.8 | –11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | W. Dobson-Smythe | 184 | 49.2 | +11.2 | |
Majority | 6 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 51.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 721 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chew Magna
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B. Symons | 245 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Independent | N. Reed * | 228 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Telling | 207 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Delaney | 47 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 17 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 64.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,129 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Chew Stoke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Powell * | 331 | 72.1 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Hawkins | 128 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 203 | 44.2 | |||
Turnout | 42.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,086 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clutton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Rees-Mogg | 352 | 54.2 | –6.1 | |
Labour | M. Whitton | 298 | 45.8 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 54 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 50.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,276 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Compton Dando
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Miles * | 307 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Independent | P. Britten | 225 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Lingard | 186 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 82 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,394 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Farmborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Davis | 318 | 61.7 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Britton | 197 | 38.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 121 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 58.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 879 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Freshford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Cowley * | 309 | 48.4 | –13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Davies | 250 | 39.1 | +13.7 | |
Labour | A. Davies | 80 | 12.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 59 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,240 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hartprees
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Taviner * | 441 | 81.8 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Titshall | 98 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 343 | 63.6 | |||
Turnout | 45.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,174 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
High Littleton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Hotter * | 342 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Ledbetter | 240 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Chalk | 75 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 102 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 44.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,474 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hinton Charterhouse
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | E. Flower | 433 | 61.9 | +19.4 | |
Conservative | M. Purse | 267 | 38.1 | –7.6 | |
Majority | 166 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 57.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,174 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Keynsham East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Organ * | 1,250 | 44.2 | –7.9 | |
Conservative | J. Neville-Dove * | 1,194 | – | ||
Conservative | L. Sell * | 1,171 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Roberts | 1,063 | 37.6 | +2.2 | |
Labour | P. Knight | 515 | 18.2 | +5.7 | |
Turnout | 64.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,401 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Keynsham North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Evans | 557 | 29.2 | –4.2 | |
Labour | C. Davis | 520 | 27.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | M. Pope * | 472 | 24.8 | –16.6 | |
Conservative | T. Skipp | 433 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | L. Roberts | 358 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 68.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,794 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Keynsham South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Bateman * | 842 | 45.2 | +4.8 | |
Labour | A. Inker | 814 | – | ||
Labour | M. Zamir | 667 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Beech * | 650 | 34.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | S. Gill | 585 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Pountain | 578 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | C. Connett | 371 | 19.9 | –9.1 | |
Turnout | 56.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,277 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Keynsham West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Stiddard | 449 | 35.6 | –15.3 | |
Labour | G. Derrick | 432 | – | ||
Conservative | E. Bryant * | 430 | 34.1 | –15.0 | |
Conservative | R. Abram | 423 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Crouch | 383 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 55.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,292 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Midsomer Norton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Collins | 799 | 52.3 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | S. Steel * | 730 | 47.7 | +12.9 | |
Labour | L. Carruthers | 699 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Nash | 631 | – | ||
Turnout | 38.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,672 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Midsomer Norton Redfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Perry * | 1,046 | 64.8 | +24.3 | |
Labour | A. French | 849 | – | ||
Conservative | W. Carey | 567 | 35.2 | –3.4 | |
Conservative | S. Green | 564 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,170 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Newton St Loe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Gay * | 361 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Bradbury | 212 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Labour | V. Burton | 116 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 149 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,722 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Paulton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Curtis | 850 | 72.2 | +38.9 | |
Labour | D. Hamblin * | 741 | – | ||
Labour | J. Hamblin * | 690 | – | ||
Independent Labour | W. Martin | 327 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 31.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,714 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Peasedown St John
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Latchem * | 779 | 72.5 | +25.1 | |
Labour | E. Derrick | 736 | – | ||
Conservative | H. Collier | 296 | 27.5 | –11.5 | |
Conservative | L. Perrott | 246 | – | ||
Turnout | 35.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,870 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Publow
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Webb * | 616 | 72.3 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Parish | 236 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 380 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 57.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,490 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Radstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Gay * | 1,292 | 36.6 | –9.0 | |
Independent | B. Shearn * | 1,032 | – | ||
Labour | D. Wyatt | 910 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | R. Inchley | 655 | 18.6 | +2.1 | |
Independent | M. Whittock | 330 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Curtis | 288 | 8.2 | –4.7 | |
Conservative | D. Jones | 271 | – | ||
Conservative | K. Overmont | 269 | – | ||
Green | M. Boulton | 259 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 57.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,940 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Saltford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Wood | 930 | 51.1 | –28.5 | |
Conservative | M. Horler * | 884 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Hounsell | 641 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Davies | 592 | – | ||
Labour | P. Hogg | 249 | 13.7 | –6.7 | |
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,454 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Stowey Sutton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | V. Pritchard * | 261 | 52.7 | +6.0 | |
Independent | E. Harvey | 165 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Stanaway | 69 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 96 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 52.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 941 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Timsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Brown | 491 | 42.4 | –8.1 | |
Labour | J. Carter | 343 | 29.6 | –19.9 | |
Independent | E. Potter | 324 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 148 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 59.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,946 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Reakes * | 1,252 | 61.7 | +11.9 | |
Labour | C. Jones * | 1,252 | – | ||
Labour | P. Sas | 1,140 | – | ||
Conservative | N. Silcox | 777 | 38.3 | +12.1 | |
Turnout | 38.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,244 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |