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.
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Election results edit
Wansdyke District Council election, 1991 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
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 |
Ward results edit
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1987 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Bathampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Batheaston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Bathford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Cameley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Camerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Charlcombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Chew Magna edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Chew Stoke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Clutton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Compton Dando edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Farmborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Freshford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Hartprees edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
High Littleton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Hinton Charterhouse edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Keynsham East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Keynsham North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Keynsham South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Keynsham West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Midsomer Norton North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Midsomer Norton Redfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Newton St Loe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Paulton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Peasedown St John edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Publow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Radstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Saltford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Stowey Sutton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Timsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Westfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |