title: 1984 Bath City Council election
text: # 1984 Bath City Council election
  
  The 1984 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1984 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.
  
  ## 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 | 9 | 2 | 56.3% | 22 | 31 | 64.6% | 12,145 | 42.5% | 3.1% |
  | | Labour | 5 | | 31.3% | 6 | 11 | 22.9% | 8,686 | 30.4% | 3.7% |
  | | Alliance | 2 | 2 | 12.5% | 4 | 6 | 12.5% | 7,769 | 27.2% | 2.4% |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1980, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1983 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
  
  ### Abbey
  
  Abbey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs * | 979 | 57.3 |
  | | Alliance | Adrian Pegg | 372 | 21.8 |
  | | Labour | G. Stevens | 357 | 20.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 35.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.1 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,599 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bathwick
  
  Bathwick :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | M. Branford | 1,136 | 65.2 |
  | | Alliance | Kenneth Drain | 375 | 21.5 |
  | | Labour | S. Lydiard | 230 | 13.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 761 | 43.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.7 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,750 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bloomfield
  
  Bloomfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Samuel Leslie Jane * | 886 | 47.0 | +17.9 |
  | | Conservative | A. Dilly | 615 | 32.6 | –11.7 |
  | | Alliance | A. Stevenson | 383 | 20.3 | –6.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 14.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.9 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,200 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Combe Down
  
  Combe Down :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | J. Attwood * | 859 | 46.7 | –4.8 |
  | | Alliance | Jeffrey Stephen Manning | 721 | 39.2 | –5.4 |
  | | Labour | D. Nicoll | 258 | 14.0 | –0.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | 7.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,110 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Kingsmead
  
  Kingsmead :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | J. Mill | 752 | 49.4 | –2.4 |
  | | Labour | S. King | 419 | 27.5 | +1.1 |
  | | Alliance | B. Quibell | 350 | 23.0 | +1.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 21.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.4 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,067 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Lambridge
  
  Lambridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes * | 876 | 58.9 |
  | | Labour | P. Meads | 307 | 20.6 |
  | | Alliance | B. Durand | 304 | 20.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 569 | 38.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.1 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,089 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Lansdown
  
  Lansdown :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey | 1,100 | 57.4 | –7.9 |
  | | Alliance | Margaret Ann Roper | 549 | 28.6 | +5.4 |
  | | Labour | E. Crawley | 269 | 14.0 | +2.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 28.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,184 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Lyncombe
  
  Lyncombe :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | M. Hemmings | 1,131 | 56.1 | –2.7 |
  | | Alliance | G. Lambert | 514 | 25.5 | +7.1 |
  | | Labour | D. Haigh | 372 | 18.4 | +3.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 617 | 30.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.4 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,650 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Newbridge
  
  Newbridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Edwina Harding Bradley * | 998 | 50.4 | –6.0 |
  | | Alliance | Dawn Stollar | 557 | 28.1 | +7.8 |
  | | Labour | J. Miles | 425 | 21.5 | +8.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 441 | 22.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.6 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,441 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Oldfield
  
  Oldfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Pamela Richards * | 933 | 46.3 | +4.3 |
  | | Alliance | M. Mackintosh | 636 | 31.6 | +3.2 |
  | | Conservative | M. Wheadon | 445 | 22.1 | –7.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 14.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.3 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,261 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Southdown
  
  Southdown :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | C. South | 728 | 43.3 | +7.1 |
  | | Labour | R. Padfield * | 634 | 37.7 | –0.2 |
  | | Conservative | J. Willis | 318 | 18.9 | –7.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 5.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,811 | | |
  | | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Twerton
  
  Twerton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | L. Harrington * | 1,060 | 69.2 | +5.5 |
  | | Alliance | M. Le Grice | 237 | 15.5 | –2.6 |
  | | Conservative | D. Legge | 235 | 15.3 | –2.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 823 | 53.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.8 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,053 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Walcot
  
  Walcot :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | J. Linden | 719 | 40.9 | +8.2 |
  | | Conservative | John Humphrey Lyons * | 658 | 37.4 | –2.7 |
  | | Alliance | R. Grundy | 383 | 21.8 | –5.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 3.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.5 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,704 | | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Westmoreland
  
  Westmoreland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd * | 1,045 | 61.4 | +13.4 |
  | | Conservative | N. Davison | 402 | 23.6 | –10.4 |
  | | Alliance | John Ozimek | 255 | 15.0 | –3.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 643 | 37.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.1 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,040 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Weston
  
  Weston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Colin Luckhurst | 1,011 | 44.4 | –0.6 |
  | | Conservative | D. Cassell | 833 | 36.6 | –5.0 |
  | | Labour | T. Hanlon | 434 | 19.1 | +5.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 7.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.7 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,244 | | |
  | | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Widcombe
  
  Widcombe :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Jeannette Farley Hole * | 808 | 52.5 | +10.8 |
  | | Alliance | M. Denoon | 394 | 25.6 | +11.6 |
  | | Labour | G. West | 338 | 21.9 | +4.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 26.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.0 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,944 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  