# 1987 Bath City Council election

The 1987 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 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 Walcot due to an extra vacancy occurring.

## Results summary

Bath City Council election, 1987 :
| 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 | 52.9% | 15 | 24 | 50% | 15,053 | 40.0% | 4% |
| | Alliance | 7 | 6 | 41.2% | 9 | 16 | 33.3% | 13,993 | 37.2% | 0.9% |
| | Labour | 1 | 4 | 5.9% | 7 | 8 | 16.7% | 7,885 | 21.0% | 6.7% |

## Ward results

Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1983, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1986 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,036 | 50.3 | +4.4 |
| | Alliance | Adrian Pegg | 606 | 29.4 | –2.1 |
| | Labour | G. Stevens | 330 | 16.0 | –6.6 |
| | Green | K. Bateup | 86 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 430 | 20.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,458 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bathwick

Bathwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,309 | 60.9 | +0.5 |
| | Alliance | Kenneth Drain | 545 | 25.3 | –2.8 |
| | Labour | H. Hornblower | 202 | 9.4 | –2.2 |
| | Green | J. Goodyer | 95 | 4.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 764 | 35.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,651 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 1,097 | 46.7 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | S. Lydiard | 779 | 33.2 | –3.3 |
| | Alliance | M. Le Grice | 471 | 20.1 | –3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | 13.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,097 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Combe Down

Combe Down :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Jane Tyler | 1,286 | 50.4 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart * | 1,057 | 41.5 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | D. Davis | 207 | 8.1 | –8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,067 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Kingsmead

Kingsmead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Hawkins | 858 | 45.5 | +0.2 |
| | Alliance | F. Bovett | 664 | 35.2 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | P. Hardy | 365 | 19.3 | –6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 10.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,118 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lambridge

Lambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. McDermid * | 770 | 40.2 | –0.5 |
| | Alliance | Paul Crossley | 652 | 34.1 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | N. Carter | 453 | 23.7 | –6.7 |
| | Green | C. Turner | 39 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,061 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,383 | 59.0 | +8.2 |
| | Alliance | P. Buckingham | 682 | 29.1 | –3.5 |
| | Labour | E. Crawley | 200 | 8.5 | –8.2 |
| | Green | M. Gordon | 81 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 701 | 29.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,032 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lyncombe

Lyncombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,296 | 49.5 | +2.3 |
| | Alliance | S. Ible | 1,020 | 39.0 | –1.1 |
| | Labour | D. Robinson | 232 | 8.9 | –3.7 |
| | Green | L. Jopling | 70 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,372 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Newbridge

Newbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | S. Sutherland | 1,312 | 49.5 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | D. Book | 1,150 | 43.4 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | C. Whitmarsh | 188 | 7.1 | –9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,418 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Oldfield

Oldfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | D. Gregory | 1,059 | 43.4 | –7.3 |
| | Labour | D. Pearce * | 924 | 37.8 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | R. Hall | 459 | 18.8 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 135 | 5.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,154 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Southdown

Southdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | A. Bovett | 1,078 | 50.3 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | S. Weston * | 631 | 29.4 | –9.7 |
| | Conservative | M. Sykes | 436 | 20.3 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 447 | 20.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,033 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Twerton

Twerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,013 | 61.2 | –4.1 |
| | Alliance | Michael Twohig | 312 | 18.9 | –1.4 |
| | Conservative | J. Cameron | 302 | 18.2 | +3.7 |
| | Green | B. Searle | 28 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 701 | 42.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,969 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walcot

Walcot (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. Goodhart | 847 | 36.2 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 792 | – | |
| | Labour | S. King | 659 | 28.1 | –13.8 |
| | Alliance | Margaret Feeny | 657 | 28.1 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | D. Nicoll | 594 | – | |
| | Alliance | A. Stevenson | 492 | – | |
| | Green | Derek Wall | 179 | 7.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,805 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Westmoreland

Westmoreland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | John Bryant | 732 | 38.8 | +11.4 |
| | Labour | D. Book * | 709 | 37.5 | –16.6 |
| | Conservative | D. Ashdown | 448 | 23.7 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,915 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Weston

Weston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | John James Malloy * | 1,414 | 56.5 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | P. Blair | 906 | 36.2 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | W. Chivers | 144 | 5.8 | –8.4 |
| | Green | L. Barnes | 39 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 508 | 20.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,168 | | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | | |

### Widcombe

Widcombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Tony Clark | 1,011 | 45.7 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | H. Cross * | 907 | 41.0 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | I. Roker | 255 | 11.5 | –9.3 |
| | Green | P. Hardman | 40 | 1.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,870 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |