title: 1983 Bath City Council election
text: # 1983 Bath City Council election
  
  The 1983 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 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 Twerton and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring.
  
  ## Results summary
  
  Bath City Council election, 1984 :
  
  | Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
  | | Conservative | 12 | | 66.7% | 21 | 33 | 68.8% | 15,563 | 45.6% | 1.4% |
  | | Labour | 5 | | 27.8% | 6 | 11 | 22.9% | 9,114 | 26.7% | 5.6% |
  | | Alliance | 1 | | 5.6% | 3 | 4 | 8.3% | 8,451 | 24.8% | 7.6% |
  | | Independent | 0 | | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 596 | 1.7% | 0.7% |
  | | Ecology | 0 | | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 419 | 1.2% | 0.3% |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1979, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1982 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
  
  ### Abbey
  
  Abbey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,021 | 58.8 |
  | | Labour | S. Phillips | 298 | 17.2 |
  | | Alliance | C. Hussey | 298 | 17.2 |
  | | Ecology | T. Oswald-Bannister | 67 | 3.9 |
  | | Independent | P. Elcock | 52 | 3.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 41.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.4 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,294 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bathwick
  
  Bathwick :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,338 | 67.7 |
  | | Alliance | G. Abbott | 414 | 21.0 |
  | | Labour | P. Mosley | 223 | 11.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 924 | 46.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.0 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,703 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bloomfield
  
  Bloomfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 977 | 44.3 |
  | | Labour | J. Dowling | 641 | 29.1 |
  | | Alliance | J. McNeilage | 585 | 26.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 336 | 15.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.6 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,186 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Combe Down
  
  Combe Down :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart | 1,077 | 51.5 |
  | | Alliance | G. Mayer | 708 | 33.8 |
  | | Labour | P. Meads | 307 | 14.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 17.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.0 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,181 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Kingsmead
  
  Kingsmead :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | R. Atkinson * | 842 | 51.8 |
  | | Labour | M. Macrae | 429 | 26.4 |
  | | Alliance | A. Pearce | 356 | 21.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 413 | 25.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.8 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,990 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Lambridge
  
  Lambridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | H. McDermid * | 795 | 46.6 |
  | | Alliance | A. Kerslake | 597 | 26.4 |
  | | Labour | A. Hannam | 314 | 18.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 11.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.1 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,099 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Lansdown
  
  Lansdown :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,367 | 65.3 |
  | | Alliance | Margaret Ann Roper | 486 | 23.2 |
  | | Labour | E. Crawley | 242 | 11.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 881 | 42.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.8 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,971 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Lyncombe
  
  Lyncombe :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,337 | 58.8 |
  | | Alliance | G. Lambert | 418 | 18.4 |
  | | Labour | D. Haigh | 337 | 14.8 |
  | | Ecology | Don Grimes | 180 | 7.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 919 | 40.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.2 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,524 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Newbridge
  
  Newbridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | C. Mundy | 1,139 | 56.4 |
  | | Alliance | B. Durand | 409 | 20.3 |
  | | Labour | J. Miles | 273 | 13.5 |
  | | Independent | M. Beechinor | 198 | 9.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 730 | 36.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,281 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Oldfield
  
  Oldfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | D. Pearce | 917 | 42.0 |
  | | Conservative | M. Wheadon | 646 | 29.6 |
  | | Alliance | Marian Hammond | 619 | 28.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 12.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.3 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,256 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Southdown
  
  Southdown :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | S. Weston * | 647 | 37.9 |
  | | Alliance | C. South | 618 | 36.2 |
  | | Conservative | D. Sykes | 444 | 26.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,660 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Twerton
  
  Twerton (2 seats) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,075 | 63.7 |
  | | Labour | L. Harrington | 965 | – |
  | | Conservative | J. Popham | 308 | 18.2 |
  | | Alliance | B. Potter | 305 | 18.1 |
  | | Conservative | J. Mill | 268 | – |
  | | Alliance | J. Marigold | 196 | – |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.3 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,995 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Walcot
  
  Walcot :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 711 | 40.1 |
  | | Labour | J. Linden | 580 | 32.7 |
  | | Alliance | G. Plumbridge | 484 | 27.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 7.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.6 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,732 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Westmoreland
  
  Westmoreland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | D. Book | 912 | 48.0 |
  | | Conservative | A. Buchanan | 646 | 34.0 |
  | | Alliance | E. Bennett | 341 | 18.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | 14.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,070 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Weston
  
  Weston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | John James Malloy * | 1,127 | 45.0 |
  | | Conservative | T. Broadwith | 1,041 | 41.6 |
  | | Labour | T. Murphy | 334 | 13.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.3 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,220 | |
  | | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Widcombe
  
  Widcombe (2 seats) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | H. Cross * | 812 | 41.7 |
  | | Conservative | C. Patterson | 794 | – |
  | | Independent | D. Collyer | 346 | 17.8 |
  | | Labour | G. Evans | 342 | 17.6 |
  | | Labour | G. West | 278 | – |
  | | Alliance | A. Bennett | 273 | 14.0 |
  | | Alliance | John Ozimek | 217 | – |
  | | Ecology | R. Carder | 172 | 8.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.6 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,924 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  