1982 Bath City Council election

1982 Bath City Council election
17 of 48 seats (one third plus one vacant seat) to Bath City Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1982 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing SDP–Liberal Alliance.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1982 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1982 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 Lambridge due to an extra vacancy occurring.

Bath City Council election, 1982
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12		70.6	21	33	68.8	13,255	44.2%	4%
	Alliance	3	3	17.6	1	4	8.3	9,713	32.4%	20.1%
	Labour	2	3	11.8	9	11	22.9	6,318	21.1%	14.1%
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	438	1.5%	2.4%
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	207	1.0%	N/A
	Independent Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	47	0.2%	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffrey William Higgins *	862	58.0
	Alliance	M. Macdonald	340	22.9
	Labour	S. Hamilton	236	15.9
	Ind. Alliance	P. Elcock	47	3.2
Majority			522	35.2
Turnout				36.0
Registered electors			4,294
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Lanning	1,259	65.4
	Alliance	D. Tickell	512	26.6
	Labour	R. Cloet	154	8.0
Majority			747	38.8
Turnout				41.3
Registered electors			4,664
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Burdett	788	38.0
	Labour	A. Whitehead *	645	31.1
	Alliance	David Treby	638	30.8
Majority			143	6.9
Turnout				49.8
Registered electors			4,156
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Buchanan *	1,021	53.1
	Alliance	G. Mayer	903	46.9
Majority			118	6.2
Turnout				46.3
Registered electors			4,152
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 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	Elizabeth Ann Newnham *	881	52.0
	Alliance	M. Jones	429	25.3
	Labour	L. Moreton	384	22.7
Majority			452	26.7
Turnout				41.5
Registered electors			4,079
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. McDaniel	758	45.9
	Conservative	H. McDermid	662	–
	Alliance	A. Hanham	509	30.8
	Alliance	A. Kerslake	445	–
	Labour	D. Pearce	383	23.2
	Labour	G. Wood	340	–
Turnout				55.2
Registered electors			3,087
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Buckley *	1,201	60.2
	Alliance	Marian Hammond	614	30.8
	Labour	E. Crawley	180	9.0
Majority			587	29.4
Turnout				50.8
Registered electors			3,930
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Henry Hall *	1,142	56.7
	Alliance	P. Davis	575	28.6
	Ecology	J. Brinnand	296	14.7
Majority			567	28.1
Turnout				44.2
Registered electors			4,555
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Anton *	898	45.0
	Alliance	M. Holmes	692	34.7
	Labour	L. Skipper	229	11.5
	Independent	M. Beechinor	178	8.9
Majority			206	10.3
Turnout				47.4
Registered electors			4,211
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Brian Anthony Roper	647	37.2
	Labour	P. Grogan	635	36.6
	Conservative	D. Sykes	455	26.2
Majority			12	0.6
Turnout				40.7
Registered electors			4,271
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Terry Edwards	631	42.4
	Labour	F. Hobbs *	525	35.3
	Conservative	T. Maginsky	333	22.4
Majority			106	7.1
Turnout				41.0
Registered electors			3,632
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Jefferies *	1,004	66.4
	Alliance	B. Potter	284	18.8
	Conservative	J. Popham	225	14.9
Majority			720	47.6
Turnout				37.9
Registered electors			3,995
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Goodhart	600	37.6
	Alliance	G. Plumbridge	547	34.3
	Labour	S. Sweeney	418	26.2
	Independent	J. Cruttwell	29	1.8
Majority			53	3.3
Turnout				41.7
Registered electors			3,827
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Reginald Lovelace *	865	50.6
	Conservative	B. Redfearn	457	26.7
	Alliance	E. Bennett	387	22.6
Majority			408	23.9
Turnout				41.7
Registered electors			4,102
	Labour hold		Swing

Widcombe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Dunn *	736	48.0
	Alliance	J. Talbot	336	21.9
	Labour	D. Book	320	20.9
	Ecology	R. Carder	142	9.3
Majority			400	26.1
Turnout				39.0
Registered electors			3,935
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Leon Pitt	1,224	55.6
	Conservative	J. Lee	977	44.4
Majority			247	11.2
Turnout				52.7
Registered electors			4,174
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

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