The 1976 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 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. The entire council was up for election. Following boundary changes the number of wards was increased by one, and the number of seats increased from 45 to 48.[1][2] This was the second election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years. Subsequent elections for the council would be elected by thirds following the passing a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972.
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All 48 seats to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 1976 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative and Red showing Labour. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 election saw the Conservatives take majority control of the City Council.
Election results edit
Bath City Council election, 1976 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 40 | 35 | – | – | 16 | 72.9% | 55.4% | 42,100 | 24.3% | ||||||
Labour | 42 | 13 | – | – | 4 | 27.1% | 30.5% | 23,201 | 3% | ||||||
Liberal | 18 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0% | 13.3% | 10,079 | 20% | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0% | 0.8% | 583 | N/A |
Ward results edit
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1973, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1973 elections where boundary changes have not taken place, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Abbey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs * | 1,067 | 74.7 | +26.0 | |
Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,059 | – | ||
Conservative | Jeffrey William Higgins * | 1,006 | – | ||
Labour | A. Keighley | 362 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Doe | 360 | – | ||
Turnout | 39.4 | –5.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,866 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bathwick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Rawlings * | 1,652 | 84.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth John Holloway * | 1,495 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Gees * | 1,460 | – | ||
Labour | W. Carlin | 308 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Scotford | 294 | – | ||
Labour | M. Roberts | 282 | – | ||
Turnout | 51.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,886 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bloomfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samuel Leslie Jane * | 1,094 | 52.5 | –6.9 | |
Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook | 988 | 47.5 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | J. Dawson | 922 | – | ||
Labour | D. Holley | 909 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Moore | 901 | – | ||
Labour | M. Scotford | 871 | – | ||
Turnout | 51.2 | +11.6 | |||
Registered electors | 4,062 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Combe Down edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Attwood * | 1,420 | 71.7 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey * | 1,398 | – | ||
Conservative | W. Podger * | 1,341 | – | ||
Labour | C. Dore | 560 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Dunford | 519 | – | ||
Turnout | 50.1 | +3.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,159 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kingsmead edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Durant Kersley * | 1,145 | 58.0 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | R. Atkinson | 1,083 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Scott | 953 | – | ||
Labour | Hilary Fraser * | 830 | 42.0 | –9.8 | |
Labour | R. Morgan | 650 | – | ||
Labour | I. Jefferies | 605 | – | ||
Turnout | 50.4 | +7.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,870 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Lambridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes * | 1,104 | 54.0 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | H. Underhay * | 862 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Mower * | 822 | – | ||
Liberal | A. Hanham | 486 | 23.8 | –7.2 | |
Labour | R. Cambourne | 456 | 22.3 | –1.6 | |
Labour | R. Vine | 315 | – | ||
Labour | G. Hobson | 306 | – | ||
Liberal | J. Longley | 181 | – | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Drain | 164 | – | ||
Turnout | 58.8 | +1.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,869 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Lansdown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Cheek * | 1,089 | 49.9 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh | 1,080 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Buckley | 1,031 | – | ||
Liberal | Marianna Clark * | 852 | 39.0 | –21.9 | |
Liberal | Walter Gower Huggett * | 846 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Berry | 682 | – | ||
Labour | J. Whitehead | 242 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Day | 237 | – | ||
Turnout | 59.5 | +12.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,569 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Lyncombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas John Cornish * | 1,584 | 80.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,547 | – | ||
Conservative | H. Crallan * | 1,542 | – | ||
Labour | S. Reed | 388 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Lock | 368 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,328 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Newbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwina Harding Bradley | 1,152 | 42.0 | –1.1 | |
Conservative | Robin Nicholas Lane Agg-Manning | 869 | – | ||
Conservative | L. Rittner | 817 | – | ||
Liberal | Peter Downey * | 756 | 27.6 | –29.3 | |
Liberal | L. Corner * | 628 | – | ||
Independent | P. Fussell | 583 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | D. Lincoln * | 466 | – | ||
Labour | M. Petri | 252 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Davis | 244 | – | ||
Turnout | 54.0 | +9.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,944 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Oldfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Ashman * | 1,076 | 65.4 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Roy Gordon Hiscocks * | 1,065 | – | ||
Labour | F. Gilbert * | 1,004 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Beckett | 570 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Cruickshank | 559 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Campbell-Macinnes | 549 | – | ||
Turnout | 44.1 | +5.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,140 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southdown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Padfield * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | William Percy Johns * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | F. Hobbs * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,339 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Twerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Raymond Charles Rosewarn * | 1,190 | 70.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 905 | – | ||
Labour | J. Halpin | 828 | – | ||
Liberal | B. Potter | 503 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Ferris | 498 | – | ||
Liberal | P. Webster | 437 | – | ||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,851 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Walcot edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Humphrey Lyons * | 930 | 48.5 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | R. Hall | 672 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Organ | 666 | – | ||
Liberal | G. Plumbridge * | 623 | 32.5 | –3.1 | |
Liberal | D. Lush | 425 | – | ||
Liberal | G. Whiteley | 409 | – | ||
Labour | B. Smith | 364 | 19.0 | –6.8 | |
Labour | D. Halpin | 361 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.8 | –5.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,858 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Westmoreland edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd * | 1,059 | 60.5 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Baber | 1,016 | – | ||
Labour | Denis Reginald Lovelace * | 999 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Jones | 692 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,114 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Weston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Vaughan * | 939 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Henry Hall | 934 | – | ||
Conservative | C. Stebbings | 917 | – | ||
Liberal | Brian Randall Pamplin | 788 | 35.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Coates | 711 | – | ||
Liberal | Adrian Pegg | 624 | – | ||
Labour | C. Rolfe | 492 | 22.2 | ||
Labour | D. Turner | 483 | – | ||
Labour | G. Whitty | 454 | – | ||
Turnout | 55.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,008 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Widcombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeannette Farley Hole * | 1,141 | 69.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Cross | 1,088 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Elliott * | 1,064 | – | ||
Labour | C. Morgan | 495 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Mason | 494 | – | ||
Labour | J. Quin | 464 | – | ||
Turnout | 44.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,919 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
References edit
- ^ The City of Bath (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
- ^ Report No. 17 (Bath) (PDF) (Report). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 6 February 1975. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 April 2020.