1980 Bath City Council election

1980 Bath City Council election
18 of 48 seats (one third plus two vacant seats) to Bath City Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1980 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative and Red showing Labour.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

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.

Bath City Council election, 1980
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13		72.2	20	33	68.8	14,372	48.2	1.5%
	Labour	5		27.8	9	14	29.2	10,490	35.2	4.2%
	Liberal	0		0.0	1	1	2.1	3,678	12.3	4.2%
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,173	3.9	0.5%
	World Government	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	102	0.3	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1980 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 *	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Widcombe (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

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