# 1983 Bath City Council election

The 1983 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 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 Twerton and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring.

## 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 | 12 | | 66.7% | 21 | 33 | 68.8% | 15,563 | 45.6% | 1.4% |
| | Labour | 5 | | 27.8% | 6 | 11 | 22.9% | 9,114 | 26.7% | 5.6% |
| | Alliance | 1 | | 5.6% | 3 | 4 | 8.3% | 8,451 | 24.8% | 7.6% |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 596 | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| | Ecology | 0 | | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 419 | 1.2% | 0.3% |

## Ward results

Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1979, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1982 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,021 | 58.8 |
| | Labour | S. Phillips | 298 | 17.2 |
| | Alliance | C. Hussey | 298 | 17.2 |
| | Ecology | T. Oswald-Bannister | 67 | 3.9 |
| | Independent | P. Elcock | 52 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 41.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,294 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bathwick

Bathwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | G. O'Donovan * | 1,338 | 67.7 |
| | Alliance | G. Abbott | 414 | 21.0 |
| | Labour | P. Mosley | 223 | 11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 924 | 46.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,703 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook * | 977 | 44.3 |
| | Labour | J. Dowling | 641 | 29.1 |
| | Alliance | J. McNeilage | 585 | 26.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 336 | 15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,186 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Combe Down

Combe Down :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Leila Margaret Wishart | 1,077 | 51.5 |
| | Alliance | G. Mayer | 708 | 33.8 |
| | Labour | P. Meads | 307 | 14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,181 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kingsmead

Kingsmead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. Atkinson * | 842 | 51.8 |
| | Labour | M. Macrae | 429 | 26.4 |
| | Alliance | A. Pearce | 356 | 21.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 413 | 25.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,990 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lambridge

Lambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | H. McDermid * | 795 | 46.6 |
| | Alliance | A. Kerslake | 597 | 26.4 |
| | Labour | A. Hannam | 314 | 18.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,099 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh * | 1,367 | 65.3 |
| | Alliance | Margaret Ann Roper | 486 | 23.2 |
| | Labour | E. Crawley | 242 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 881 | 42.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,971 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lyncombe

Lyncombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,337 | 58.8 |
| | Alliance | G. Lambert | 418 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | D. Haigh | 337 | 14.8 |
| | Ecology | Don Grimes | 180 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 919 | 40.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,524 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Newbridge

Newbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C. Mundy | 1,139 | 56.4 |
| | Alliance | B. Durand | 409 | 20.3 |
| | Labour | J. Miles | 273 | 13.5 |
| | Independent | M. Beechinor | 198 | 9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 730 | 36.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,281 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Oldfield

Oldfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. Pearce | 917 | 42.0 |
| | Conservative | M. Wheadon | 646 | 29.6 |
| | Alliance | Marian Hammond | 619 | 28.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,256 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Southdown

Southdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | S. Weston * | 647 | 37.9 |
| | Alliance | C. South | 618 | 36.2 |
| | Conservative | D. Sykes | 444 | 26.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,660 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Twerton

Twerton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 1,075 | 63.7 |
| | Labour | L. Harrington | 965 | – |
| | Conservative | J. Popham | 308 | 18.2 |
| | Alliance | B. Potter | 305 | 18.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Mill | 268 | – |
| | Alliance | J. Marigold | 196 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,995 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Walcot

Walcot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Howard William Routledge * | 711 | 40.1 |
| | Labour | J. Linden | 580 | 32.7 |
| | Alliance | G. Plumbridge | 484 | 27.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,732 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Westmoreland

Westmoreland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. Book | 912 | 48.0 |
| | Conservative | A. Buchanan | 646 | 34.0 |
| | Alliance | E. Bennett | 341 | 18.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | 14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,070 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Weston

Weston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | John James Malloy * | 1,127 | 45.0 |
| | Conservative | T. Broadwith | 1,041 | 41.6 |
| | Labour | T. Murphy | 334 | 13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,220 | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | |

### Widcombe

Widcombe (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | H. Cross * | 812 | 41.7 |
| | Conservative | C. Patterson | 794 | – |
| | Independent | D. Collyer | 346 | 17.8 |
| | Labour | G. Evans | 342 | 17.6 |
| | Labour | G. West | 278 | – |
| | Alliance | A. Bennett | 273 | 14.0 |
| | Alliance | John Ozimek | 217 | – |
| | Ecology | R. Carder | 172 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,924 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |