1987 Bath City Council election

1987 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 1987 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 ; No overall control;

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.

Bath City Council election, 1987
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1987 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	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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