# 1994 Bath City Council election

The 1994 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1994 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 Lambridge and Lansdown due to extra vacancies occurring.
These were the final elections of the city council, before its abolition on 1 April 1996 when it was merged with Wansdyke District Council to form Bath and North East Somerset Council.
The 1994 election saw the Liberal Democrats take a majority of seats on the Council for the first time, winning 17 of the 18 seats up for election.

## Results summary

Bath City Council election, 1994 :
| 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 % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 17 | 12 | 94.4% | 12 | 29 | 60.4% | 19,025 | 54.3% | 16.9% |
| | Conservative | 1 | 7 | 5.6% | 16 | 17 | 35.4% | 10,364 | 29.6% | 13.9% |
| | Labour | 0 | 5 | 0% | 2 | 2 | 4.2% | 5,006 | 14.3% | 3.7% |
| | Green | 0 | | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 630 | 1.8% | 0.8% |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 28 | 0.1% | N/A |

## Ward results

Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1990, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1992 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Feeny | 1,105 | 57.3 | +23.8 |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey William Higgins * | 590 | 30.6 | –20.5 |
| | Labour | Gilbert Young | 235 | 12.2 | –3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 515 | 26.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,169 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Bathwick

Bathwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Anthony Bailey | 1,030 | 50.6 | –8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Bodle | 822 | 40.4 | +6.4 |
| | Labour | A. Hatwal | 113 | 5.5 | –1.7 |
| | Green | M. Deyes | 72 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,539 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Maurice Hogg | 994 | 43.4 | +24.5 |
| | Labour | D. Davis * | 700 | 30.5 | –6.7 |
| | Conservative | A. Dodgson | 598 | 26.1 | –17.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,951 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Combe Down

Combe Down :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Stephen Manning * | 1,341 | 59.8 | +17.8 |
| | Conservative | S. Edwards | 731 | 32.6 | –19.3 |
| | Labour | S. Richards | 129 | 5.8 | –0.3 |
| | Green | S. Oswald-Bannister | 42 | 1.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 27.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,668 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Kingsmead

Kingsmead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Furse | 868 | 51.3 | +29.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Hogan | 584 | 34.5 | –8.2 |
| | Labour | C. Foreman | 240 | 14.2 | –4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 284 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,755 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Lambridge

Lambridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ramon David Cliffe | 868 | 48.7 | +24.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael James Kelleher | 691 | – | |
| | Conservative | D. McDaniel * | 541 | 30.4 | –21.3 |
| | Conservative | D. Snook | 470 | – | |
| | Labour | I. Roker | 217 | 12.2 | –1.4 |
| | Green | J. Rust | 156 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,836 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Kenyon | 957 | 44.3 | +18.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Allan | 924 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Buckley * | 908 | 42.0 | –25.1 |
| | Conservative | L. Hayes | 842 | – | |
| | Labour | M. Parr | 165 | 7.6 | +0.5 |
| | Green | P. Andrews | 132 | 6.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,824 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Lyncombe

Lyncombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Harding | 1,250 | 52.6 | +27.9 |
| | Conservative | George Henry Hall * | 934 | 39.3 | –20.7 |
| | Labour | C. Godwin | 193 | 8.1 | –5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 13.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,039 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Newbridge

Newbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Stollar * | 1,349 | 58.3 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Hampton | 770 | 33.3 | –16.4 |
| | Labour | Neil Rosser | 193 | 8.3 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | 25.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,179 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Oldfield

Oldfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Griffiths | 941 | 48.1 | +22.0 |
| | Labour | Hilary Fraser * | 794 | 40.6 | –10.9 |
| | Conservative | H. Pointer | 193 | 9.9 | –12.4 |
| | Independent | N. Hales | 28 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,907 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Southdown

Southdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marian Hammond * | 1,342 | 74.8 | +9.9 |
| | Labour | H. Lear | 299 | 16.7 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | J. Corson | 154 | 8.6 | –13.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,043 | 58.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,103 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Twerton

Twerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Lunt | 1,061 | 67.4 | +12.1 |
| | Labour | Kathleen Salt * | 408 | 25.9 | –5.8 |
| | Conservative | V. Oliver | 106 | 6.7 | –6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 653 | 41.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,527 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Walcot

Walcot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eddie Forrester | 734 | 41.4 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Ahmedus Samad Chowdhury | 520 | 29.3 | –10.2 |
| | Labour | B. Barrett | 417 | 23.5 | –1.0 |
| | Green | Richard Scrase | 101 | 5.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 214 | 12.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,605 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Westmoreland

Westmoreland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | N. Winch | 1,164 | 59.3 | +11.2 |
| | Labour | Gillian Wendy Pitman | 571 | 29.1 | –7.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Gillian Henley Green | 229 | 11.7 | –5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 593 | 30.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,982 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Weston

Weston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marthe Cairns * | 1,468 | 61.9 | +13.7 |
| | Conservative | A. Charlton-Porter | 698 | 29.4 | –14.9 |
| | Labour | J. Ross | 143 | 6.0 | –1.5 |
| | Green | S. Bradley | 64 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 770 | 32.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,985 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Widcombe

Widcombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Grundy * | 1,146 | 61.5 | +13.4 |
| | Conservative | M. Adams | 466 | 25.0 | –17.9 |
| | Labour | J. Campbell | 189 | 10.1 | –1.1 |
| | Green | S. Hack | 63 | 3.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 680 | 36.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,587 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |