1976 Bath City Council election

1976 Bath City Council election
All 48 seats to Bath City Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1976 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative and Red showing Labour.
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1976 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 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. The entire council was up for election. Following boundary changes the number of wards was increased by one, and the number of seats increased from 45 to 48.^[1]^[2] This was the second election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years. Subsequent elections for the council would be elected by thirds following the passing a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

The 1976 election saw the Conservatives take majority control of the City Council.

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Bath City Council election, 1976

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	40	35	–	–	16	72.9	55.4	42,100	24.3%
	Labour	42	13	–	–	4	27.1	30.5	23,201	3%
	Liberal	18	0	–	–	9	0.0	13.3	10,079	20%
	Independent	1	0	–	–		0.0	0.8	583	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence John Harris Coombs *	1,067	74.7	+26.0
	Conservative	Elgar Spencer Jenkins *	1,059	–
	Conservative	Jeffrey William Higgins *	1,006	–
	Labour	A. Keighley	362	25.3	N/A
	Labour	T. Doe	360	–
Turnout				39.4	–5.0
Registered electors			3,866
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Elizabeth Rawlings *	1,652	84.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Kenneth John Holloway *	1,495	–
	Conservative	P. Gees *	1,460	–
	Labour	W. Carlin	308	15.7	N/A
	Labour	R. Scotford	294	–
	Labour	M. Roberts	282	–
Turnout				51.1	N/A
Registered electors			3,886
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Leslie Jane *	1,094	52.5	–6.9
	Conservative	Eric Jack Trevor Snook	988	47.5	+6.9
	Conservative	J. Dawson	922	–
	Labour	D. Holley	909	–
	Conservative	P. Moore	901	–
	Labour	M. Scotford	871	–
Turnout				51.2	+11.6
Registered electors			4,062
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Attwood *	1,420	71.7	+19.7
	Conservative	Ian Charles Dewey *	1,398	–
	Conservative	W. Podger *	1,341	–
	Labour	C. Dore	560	28.3	N/A
	Labour	M. Dunford	519	–
Turnout				50.1	+3.0
Registered electors			4,159
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1976 Bath City Council election

Ward results

Abbey

Bathwick

Bloomfield

Combe Down

Kingsmead

Lambridge

Lansdown

Lyncombe

Newbridge

Oldfield

Southdown

Twerton

Walcot

Westmoreland

Weston

Widcombe

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Durant Kersley *	1,145	58.0	+9.8
	Conservative	R. Atkinson	1,083	–
	Conservative	P. Scott	953	–
	Labour	Hilary Fraser *	830	42.0	–9.8
	Labour	R. Morgan	650	–
	Labour	I. Jefferies	605	–
Turnout				50.4	+7.3
Registered electors			3,870
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony John Rhymes *	1,104	54.0	+8.9
	Conservative	H. Underhay *	862	–
	Conservative	G. Mower *	822	–
	Liberal	A. Hanham	486	23.8	–7.2
	Labour	R. Cambourne	456	22.3	–1.6
	Labour	R. Vine	315	–
	Labour	G. Hobson	306	–
	Liberal	J. Longley	181	–
	Liberal	Kenneth Drain	164	–
Turnout				58.8	+1.0
Registered electors			2,869
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Cheek *	1,089	49.9	+10.8
	Conservative	Anne Maureen McDonagh	1,080	–
	Conservative	P. Buckley	1,031	–
	Liberal	Marianna Clark *	852	39.0	–21.9
	Liberal	Walter Gower Huggett *	846	–
	Liberal	R. Berry	682	–
	Labour	J. Whitehead	242	11.1	N/A
	Labour	A. Day	237	–
Turnout				59.5	+12.9
Registered electors			3,569
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas John Cornish *	1,584	80.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Brian James Hamlen *	1,547	–
	Conservative	H. Crallan *	1,542	–
	Labour	S. Reed	388	19.7	N/A
	Labour	B. Lock	368	–
Turnout				47.5	N/A
Registered electors			4,328
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Harding Bradley	1,152	42.0	–1.1
	Conservative	Robin Nicholas Lane Agg-Manning	869	–
	Conservative	L. Rittner	817	–
	Liberal	Peter Downey *	756	27.6	–29.3
	Liberal	L. Corner *	628	–
	Independent	P. Fussell	583	21.3	N/A
	Liberal	D. Lincoln *	466	–
	Labour	M. Petri	252	9.2	N/A
	Labour	A. Davis	244	–
Turnout				54.0	+9.3
Registered electors			3,944
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Ashman *	1,076	65.4	+1.1
	Labour	Roy Gordon Hiscocks *	1,065	–
	Labour	F. Gilbert *	1,004	–
	Conservative	M. Beckett	570	34.6	N/A
	Conservative	J. Cruickshank	559	–
	Conservative	A. Campbell-Macinnes	549	–
Turnout				44.1	+5.2
Registered electors			4,140
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Padfield *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour	William Percy Johns *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour	F. Hobbs *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			3,339
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Charles Rosewarn *	1,190	70.3	*N/A*
	Labour	Alec Louis Ricketts *	905	–
	Labour	J. Halpin	828	–
	Liberal	B. Potter	503	29.7	N/A
	Liberal	R. Ferris	498	–
	Liberal	P. Webster	437	–
Turnout				46.8
Registered electors			3,851
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Humphrey Lyons *	930	48.5	+9.9
	Conservative	R. Hall	672	–
	Conservative	G. Organ	666	–
	Liberal	G. Plumbridge *	623	32.5	–3.1
	Liberal	D. Lush	425	–
	Liberal	G. Whiteley	409	–
	Labour	B. Smith	364	19.0	–6.8
	Labour	D. Halpin	361	–
Turnout				42.8	–5.4
Registered electors			3,858
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Albert William Ridd *	1,059	60.5	*N/A*
	Labour	M. Baber	1,016	–
	Labour	Denis Reginald Lovelace *	999	–
	Conservative	J. Jones	692	39.5	N/A
Turnout				42.4	N/A
Registered electors			4,114
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Vaughan *	939	42.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Henry Hall	934	–
	Conservative	C. Stebbings	917	–
	Liberal	Brian Randall Pamplin	788	35.5	N/A
	Liberal	J. Coates	711	–
	Liberal	Adrian Pegg	624	–
	Labour	C. Rolfe	492	22.2
	Labour	D. Turner	483	–
	Labour	G. Whitty	454	–
Turnout				55.6	N/A
Registered electors			4,008
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeannette Farley Hole *	1,141	69.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	H. Cross	1,088	–
	Conservative	D. Elliott *	1,064	–
	Labour	C. Morgan	495	30.3	N/A
	Labour	P. Mason	494	–
	Labour	J. Quin	464	–
Turnout				44.4	N/A
Registered electors			3,919
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

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