1991 Wansdyke District Council election

1991 Wansdyke District Council election
All 47 seats to Wansdyke District Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	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.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

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.

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.

Wansdyke District Council election, 1991

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1991 Wansdyke District Council election

Ward results

Bathampton

Batheaston

Bathford

Cameley

Camerton

Charlcombe

Chew Magna

Chew Stoke

Clutton

Compton Dando

Farmborough

Freshford

Hartprees

High Littleton

Hinton Charterhouse

Keynsham East

Keynsham North

Keynsham South

Keynsham West

Midsomer Norton North

Midsomer Norton Redfield

Newton St Loe

Paulton

Peasedown St John

Publow

Radstock

Saltford

Stowey Sutton

Timsbury

Westfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Keynsham South (3 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Peasedown St John (2 seats)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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