# 1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

The 1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 1995 to elect councillors to the newly formed Bath and North East Somerset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which would come into effect on 1 April 1996. The new unitary authority replaced Bath City, Wansdyke District and Avon County Councils. The previous elections in for Bath City took place in May 1994, Avon County in May 1993 and Wansdyke District in May 1991. Future elections would take place every four years, with the next election scheduled for 6 May 1999.
The 1995 election saw no party take a majority of seats on the Council, with the Liberal Democrats being the largest party.

## Election results

Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Liberal Democrats | 65 | 27 | – | – | – | 41.5% | 36.2% | 36,840 | N/A |
| | Labour | 62 | 22 | – | – | – | 33.8% | 33.2% | 33,744 | N/A |
| | Conservative | 62 | 16 | – | – | – | 24.6% | 29.3% | 29,734 | N/A |
| | Green | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0% | 0.6% | 654 | N/A |
| | Independent | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0% | 0.6% | 626 | N/A |
| | Natural Law | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0% | 0.0% | 55 | N/A |

## Ward results

Sitting councillors on Bath City Council or Wansdyke District Council are marked with an asterisk (*), sitting councillors on Avon County Council are marked with a plus ($^+$).

### Abbey

Abbey (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Mary Feeny * | 801 | 45.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Kilroy | 717 | – | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey William Higgins | 583 | 33.1 | |
| | Conservative | Jack Lufkin Garland Skeet | 526 | – | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Back | 322 | 18.3 | |
| | Labour | Grenville Malcolm John Young | 294 | – | |
| | Natural Law | David Richard Hunter Cooke | 55 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,683 | 38.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,343 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
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### Bathavon North

Bathavon North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Anthony Cox * | 1,189 | 46.6 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey | 1,149 | – | |
| | Conservative | Esme Gladys Miles $^+$ | 1,094 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Alan Whitemore | 695 | 27.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Bridget Di Marco | 689 | – | |
| | Labour | David Walter Lavington | 666 | 26.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Mary Fitzpatrick | 661 | – | |
| | Labour | Stanley George Blethyn | 642 | – | |
| | Labour | Janet Hooker | 641 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,556 | 44.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,696 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Bathavon South

Bathavon South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Flower * | 918 | 50.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian John Wilson | 697 | – | |
| | Conservative | Michael Frank Lindsay Purse | 448 | 24.8 | |
| | Labour | Terence Pitt | 437 | 24.2 | |
| | Conservative | Martin John Beresford Veal | 423 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,640 | 46.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,496 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Bathwick

Bathwick (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Anthony Bailey * | 969 | 47.4 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Patrick Delany * | 930 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Christine Bodle | 570 | 27.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peggy Corinne Gwilt | 457 | – | |
| | Green | Miller Davidson | 311 | 15.2 | |
| | Labour | Diane Julie Mynors | 196 | 9.6 | |
| | Labour | Karen Weston | 161 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,865 | 39.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,674 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Neal Davis | 747 | 42.0 | |
| | Labour | Philip Hardy | 737 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Maurice Hogg $^+$ | 662 | 37.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Roland Bray | 643 | – | |
| | Conservative | Ian John Prophet | 368 | 20.7 | |
| | Conservative | Syed Salah Kamall | 365 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 48.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,982 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Cameley

Cameley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Charles Deacon * | 404 | 50.9 | |
| | Labour | William Leslie Martin | 256 | 32.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Brassington | 133 | 16.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 18.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 793 | 45.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,751 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Chew Valley North & Clutton

Chew Valley North & Clutton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Fletcher Rees-Mogg * | 706 | 43.1 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas George Miles * | 616 | 72.6 | |
| | Labour | Sally Patricia Britton | 601 | 37.3 | |
| | Labour | Michael Thomas Whitton | 529 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Katherine Greenslade | 331 | 20.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bryce Halliday | 313 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,699 | 41.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,140 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Chew Valley South

Chew Valley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Victor Lewis Pritchard * | 480 | 52.8 | |
| | Labour | Philippa Margaret Hawkins | 258 | 28.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Hedges | 171 | 18.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 24.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 910 | 42.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,139 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Chew Valley West

Chew Valley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Charles Hanney | 551 | 48.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Burrows | 339 | 30.1 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Robert Hawkins | 237 | 21.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 18.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,139 | 50.9 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Combe Down

Combe Down (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Stephen Manning * | 1,016 | 48.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Symonds * | 929 | – | |
| | Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart * | 852 | 40.6 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Roderick Edwards | 725 | – | |
| | Labour | Clive Charles Foreman | 233 | 11.1 | |
| | Labour | Michael David Prowse | 193 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,081 | 55.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,749 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Farmborough & High Littleton

Farmborough & High Littelton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terry Bishop | 512 | 40.7 | |
| | Conservative | Sally Davis * | 334 | 26.6 | |
| | Independent | Janet Elena Hotter * | 298 | 23.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Douglas Leslie Tye | 113 | 9.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 14.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,278 | 55.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,303 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Keynsham East

Keynsham East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bryan Organ * | 969 | 43.0 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie George Sell * | 956 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Rosme Roberts | 890 | 39.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Dacre Gorman | 836 | – | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Jesse Bye | 393 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,137 | 49.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,347 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Keynsham North

Keynsham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Alfred Lingard $^+$ | 554 | 45.5 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Frank Pannett | 281 | 23.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Clive Buckley Roberts | 194 | 15.9 | |
| | Independent | Thomas Watkin Evans | 189 | 15.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | 22.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,220 | 45.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,658 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Keynsham South

Keynsham South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Mary Bateman * | 814 | 60.2 | |
| | Labour | Adrian William Inker * | 803 | – | |
| | Conservative | John Partrick Nelson Haxell | 278 | 20.5 | |
| | Conservative | Antoni Victor Pielesz | 244 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Clements | 191 | 14.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel John Greenslade | 186 | – | |
| | Green | Francis Edward Hayden | 70 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,355 | 41.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,231 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Keynsham West

Keynsham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Stiddard * | 561 | 56.6 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Kenwood Courtier | 229 | 23.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony John Crouch | 201 | 20.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 332 | 33.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 992 | 43.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,263 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Kingsmead

Kingsmead (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerry Curran | 583 | 34.7 | |
| | Conservative | David James Hawkins * | 578 | 34.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Agnes Melling | 562 | – | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Ann Newnham * | 560 | – | |
| | Labour | David John Hurst | 518 | 30.9 | |
| | Labour | Lynn Harrington | 516 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,740 | 43.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,960 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Lambridge

Lambridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ramon David Cliffe * | 687 | 48.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael James Kelleher * | 606 | – | |
| | Conservative | Paul Langridge | 439 | 30.7 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Warburton Fitz | 371 | – | |
| | Labour | Darren Garside | 304 | 21.3 | |
| | Labour | Gareth James Mills | 289 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,437 | 50.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,870 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
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### Lansdown

Lansdown (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Kenyon * | 800 | 44.0 | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Mary Sheppard * | 765 | 42.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Jeffrey Williams | 753 | – | |
| | Conservative | Keith Tempest | 730 | – | |
| | Labour | Robert John Fraser | 252 | 13.9 | |
| | Labour | Allison Ruth Talbot | 211 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,797 | 46.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,852 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Lyncombe

Lyncombe (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Harding * | 1,074 | 49.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marian McNeir | 905 | – | |
| | Conservative | George Henry Hall | 796 | 36.5 | |
| | Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 714 | – | |
| | Labour | Andrew Jack Whitehead | 308 | 14.1 | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Rita Mossop | 249 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,127 | 51.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,133 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Midsomer Norton North

Midsomer Norton North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Edward John French * | 883 | 57.9 | |
| | Labour | Gordon Arthur Derrick * | 701 | – | |
| | Conservative | Shirley Steel * | 361 | 23.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Thomas Alec Beaumont | 280 | 18.4 | |
| | Conservative | John Sidney Cantle | 204 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Harley Davies | 195 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,459 | 40.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,635 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Midsomer Norton Redfield

Midsomer Norton Redfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Betty May Perry *$^+$ | 1,000 | 67.8 | |
| | Labour | Derek John Herod $^+$ | 881 | – | |
| | Conservative | Shelia Daphne Green | 282 | 19.1 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth William Simpson | 211 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Kirkham | 194 | 13.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Michael Usher | 171 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,415 | 45.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,081 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Newbridge

Newbridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Loraine Brinkhurst | 824 | 43.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Roberts | 734 | – | |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Hampton | 627 | 33.4 | |
| | Conservative | William Arthur Hampton | 565 | – | |
| | Labour | Robert John Hicks | 428 | 22.8 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Richards | 367 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,949 | 46.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,232 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Newton St Loe

Newton St Loe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Larissa Ruth Roberts | 258 | 37.4 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Bedborough * | 201 | 29.1 | |
| | Labour | Maqsood Alam Zamir | 126 | 18.3 | |
| | Farmer Independent | Ronald Luke Tibbotts | 105 | 15.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 680 | 47.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,445 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Oldfield

Oldfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilary Fraser | 901 | 46.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Griffiths * | 866 | 44.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Crossley * | 814 | – | |
| | Labour | Philip Alfred Logie | 801 | – | |
| | Conservative | William Arthur Charles Harman | 184 | 9.4 | |
| | Conservative | Hilary Margaret Pointer | 145 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,015 | 50.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,991 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Paulton

Paulton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Colin Barrett | 775 | 53.4 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Ann Hogg | 747 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Ellis | 320 | 22.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Andrew Poulton | 304 | – | |
| | Conservative | Audrey Jennifer Telling | 202 | 13.9 | |
| | Green | Michael Boulton | 153 | 10.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,408 | 38.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,644 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Peasedown

Peasedown (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Derrick * | 814 | 70.2 | |
| | Labour | Esme Latchem * | 792 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Davies | 206 | 17.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robert Ledbetter | 191 | – | |
| | Conservative | Harvey Nicholas Haeberling | 140 | 12.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,179 | 34.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,403 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Radstock

Radstock (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher John Dando $^+$ | 1,216 | 75.2 | |
| | Labour | Bruce Shearn * | 1,129 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Matthews | 276 | 17.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan David Gordon | 275 | – | |
| | Conservative | Lynda Perrott | 125 | 7.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,615 | 43.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,751 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Saltford

Saltford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Francine Haeberling | 783 | 50.2 | |
| | Conservative | Gordon John Wood * | 724 | – | |
| | Labour | Richard Bateman | 442 | 28.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Ann Bonnet | 335 | 21.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Ann Herbert | 317 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | 42.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,421 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Southdown

Southdown (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marian Frances Hammond * | 942 | 63.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Godfrey * | 888 | – | |
| | Labour | John Peter Salt | 379 | 25.5 | |
| | Labour | Kathleen Salt | 324 | – | |
| | Conservative | Robin Dennis Stanbridge | 163 | 11.0 | |
| | Conservative | James Antony Rigby | 154 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,562 | 37.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,137 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Timsbury

Timsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Denis Stewart | 669 | 57.8 | |
| | Conservative | William Alan Brown * | 311 | 26.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Vivien Elizabeth Davies | 178 | 15.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 358 | 30.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,165 | 59.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,962 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Twerton

Twerton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Ball *$^+$ | 913 | 61.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Lunt * | 774 | – | |
| | Labour | Herbert John Lear | 483 | 32.4 | |
| | Labour | Jean Campbell | 459 | – | |
| | Conservative | Julia Alexandra Noica-Richardson | 94 | 6.3 | |
| | Conservative | Benedict John Rogers | 88 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,491 | 42.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,547 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Walcot

Walcot (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eddie Forrester * | 640 | 38.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Keenan | 566 | – | |
| | Labour | David Thomas Pearce | 548 | 33.3 | |
| | Labour | Janice Helen Ross | 517 | – | |
| | Conservative | Ahmedus Samad Chowdhury | 423 | 25.7 | |
| | Conservative | Russell Howard Routledge | 405 | – | |
| | Republic Meritocracy | Nicholas Hales | 34 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,615 | 43.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,757 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Westfield

Westfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter David John Terrance Reakes * | 1,201 | 66.5 | |
| | Labour | Laurence William Carruthers | 1,159 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Charley Inchley | 418 | 23.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Graham Ashworth | 328 | – | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Rose Brewer | 187 | 10.4 | |
| | Conservative | Gabriel Michael Batt | 170 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,888 | 37.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,054 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Westmoreland

Westmoreland (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Grace Ball | 763 | 44.0 | |
| | Labour | Gillian Wendy Pitman | 759 | 43.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel John Roberts * | 712 | – | |
| | Labour | Dennis Charles Nicoll | 552 | – | |
| | Conservative | Susan Gillian Henley Green | 213 | 12.3 | |
| | Conservative | Emma Ruth Henley Botham | 204 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,782 | 44.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,055 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Weston

Weston (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Jane Aldridge | 1,029 | 50.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Lesley Lowe | 957 | – | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Andrew Guest | 532 | 26.3 | |
| | Conservative | Alison Louise Guest | 528 | – | |
| | Labour | Matthew Reeve | 340 | 16.8 | |
| | Labour | Danny George Davis | 304 | – | |
| | Green | Susan Patricia Bradley | 120 | 5.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,954 | 48.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,015 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Widcombe

Widcombe (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Clark * | 960 | 56.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Metcalfe * | 889 | – | |
| | Conservative | Helen Rosina Cross | 446 | 26.0 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Adams | 440 | – | |
| | Labour | Mary Elizabeth Young | 307 | 17.9 | |
| | Labour | Neil Rosser | 306 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,755 | 43.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,012 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

## By-elections between 1996 and 1999
### Abbey

Abbey By-Election 17 July 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Agnes Melling | 643 | 45.0 | –0.5 |
| | Conservative | Sir Elgar Jenkins | 561 | 39.2 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Stewart Edward Weston | 166 | 11.6 | –6.7 |
| | Green | Anthony Kirk-Burgess | 60 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 82 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,430 | 31.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,556 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Weston

Weston By-Election 19 February 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Gordon Darracott | 867 | 45.4 | –5.5 |
| | Conservative | Colin Vincent Barrett | 841 | 44.1 | +17.8 |
| | Labour | Matthew John Reeve | 151 | 7.9 | –8.9 |
| | Green | Anthony Jonathan Ambrose | 27 | 1.4 | –4.5 |
| | Council Tenants against the sell-off | Susan Mary Johnston | 22 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,908 | 46.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,061 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |