# 1976 Bath City Council election

The 1976 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 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. The entire council was up for election. Following boundary changes the number of wards was increased by one, and the number of seats increased from 45 to 48. This was the second election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years. Subsequent elections for the council would be elected by thirds following the passing a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972.
The 1976 election saw the Conservatives take majority control of the City Council.

## Election results

Bath City Council election, 1976 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Conservative | 40 | 35 | – | – | 16 | 72.9% | 55.4% | 42,100 | 24.3% |
| | Labour | 42 | 13 | – | – | 4 | 27.1% | 30.5% | 23,201 | 3% |
| | Liberal | 18 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0% | 13.3% | 10,079 | 20% |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | – | – | | 0% | 0.8% | 583 | N/A |

## Ward results

Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1973, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1973 elections where boundary changes have not taken place, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

### Abbey

Abbey (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs * | 1,067 | 74.7 | +26.0 |
| | Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins * | 1,059 | – | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey William Higgins * | 1,006 | – | |
| | Labour | A. Keighley | 362 | 25.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | T. Doe | 360 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.4 | –5.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,866 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bathwick

Bathwick (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Rawlings * | 1,652 | 84.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kenneth John Holloway * | 1,495 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Gees * | 1,460 | – | |
| | Labour | W. Carlin | 308 | 15.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Scotford | 294 | – | |
| | Labour | M. Roberts | 282 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,886 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Samuel Leslie Jane * | 1,094 | 52.5 | –6.9 |
| | Conservative | Eric Jack Trevor Snook | 988 | 47.5 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | J. Dawson | 922 | – | |
| | Labour | D. Holley | 909 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Moore | 901 | – | |
| | Labour | M. Scotford | 871 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.2 | +11.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,062 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Combe Down

Combe Down (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Attwood * | 1,420 | 71.7 | +19.7 |
| | Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey * | 1,398 | – | |
| | Conservative | W. Podger * | 1,341 | – | |
| | Labour | C. Dore | 560 | 28.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | M. Dunford | 519 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.1 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,159 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Kingsmead

Kingsmead (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Durant Kersley * | 1,145 | 58.0 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | R. Atkinson | 1,083 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Scott | 953 | – | |
| | Labour | Hilary Fraser * | 830 | 42.0 | –9.8 |
| | Labour | R. Morgan | 650 | – | |
| | Labour | I. Jefferies | 605 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.4 | +7.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,870 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Lambridge

Lambridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes * | 1,104 | 54.0 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | H. Underhay * | 862 | – | |
| | Conservative | G. Mower * | 822 | – | |
| | Liberal | A. Hanham | 486 | 23.8 | –7.2 |
| | Labour | R. Cambourne | 456 | 22.3 | –1.6 |
| | Labour | R. Vine | 315 | – | |
| | Labour | G. Hobson | 306 | – | |
| | Liberal | J. Longley | 181 | – | |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Drain | 164 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.8 | +1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,869 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Cheek * | 1,089 | 49.9 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | Anne Maureen McDonagh | 1,080 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Buckley | 1,031 | – | |
| | Liberal | Marianna Clark * | 852 | 39.0 | –21.9 |
| | Liberal | Walter Gower Huggett * | 846 | – | |
| | Liberal | R. Berry | 682 | – | |
| | Labour | J. Whitehead | 242 | 11.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | A. Day | 237 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.5 | +12.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,569 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Lyncombe

Lyncombe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas John Cornish * | 1,584 | 80.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Brian James Hamlen * | 1,547 | – | |
| | Conservative | H. Crallan * | 1,542 | – | |
| | Labour | S. Reed | 388 | 19.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | B. Lock | 368 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,328 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Newbridge

Newbridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edwina Harding Bradley | 1,152 | 42.0 | –1.1 |
| | Conservative | Robin Nicholas Lane Agg-Manning | 869 | – | |
| | Conservative | L. Rittner | 817 | – | |
| | Liberal | Peter Downey * | 756 | 27.6 | –29.3 |
| | Liberal | L. Corner * | 628 | – | |
| | Independent | P. Fussell | 583 | 21.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal | D. Lincoln * | 466 | – | |
| | Labour | M. Petri | 252 | 9.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | A. Davis | 244 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.0 | +9.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,944 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Oldfield

Oldfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. Ashman * | 1,076 | 65.4 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Roy Gordon Hiscocks * | 1,065 | – | |
| | Labour | F. Gilbert * | 1,004 | – | |
| | Conservative | M. Beckett | 570 | 34.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | J. Cruickshank | 559 | – | |
| | Conservative | A. Campbell-Macinnes | 549 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 | +5.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,140 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Southdown

Southdown (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Padfield * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Labour | William Percy Johns * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Labour | F. Hobbs * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,339 | | |
| | 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) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Twerton

Twerton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond Charles Rosewarn * | 1,190 | 70.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts * | 905 | – | |
| | Labour | J. Halpin | 828 | – | |
| | Liberal | B. Potter | 503 | 29.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal | R. Ferris | 498 | – | |
| | Liberal | P. Webster | 437 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,851 | | |
| | 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) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Walcot

Walcot (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Humphrey Lyons * | 930 | 48.5 | +9.9 |
| | Conservative | R. Hall | 672 | – | |
| | Conservative | G. Organ | 666 | – | |
| | Liberal | G. Plumbridge * | 623 | 32.5 | –3.1 |
| | Liberal | D. Lush | 425 | – | |
| | Liberal | G. Whiteley | 409 | – | |
| | Labour | B. Smith | 364 | 19.0 | –6.8 |
| | Labour | D. Halpin | 361 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.8 | –5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,858 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Westmoreland

Westmoreland (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd * | 1,059 | 60.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | M. Baber | 1,016 | – | |
| | Labour | Denis Reginald Lovelace * | 999 | – | |
| | Conservative | J. Jones | 692 | 39.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,114 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Weston

Weston (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Vaughan * | 939 | 42.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | George Henry Hall | 934 | – | |
| | Conservative | C. Stebbings | 917 | – | |
| | Liberal | Brian Randall Pamplin | 788 | 35.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | J. Coates | 711 | – | |
| | Liberal | Adrian Pegg | 624 | – | |
| | Labour | C. Rolfe | 492 | 22.2 | |
| | Labour | D. Turner | 483 | – | |
| | Labour | G. Whitty | 454 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,008 | | |
| | 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) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Widcombe

Widcombe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jeannette Farley Hole * | 1,141 | 69.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | H. Cross | 1,088 | – | |
| | Conservative | D. Elliott * | 1,064 | – | |
| | Labour | C. Morgan | 495 | 30.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | P. Mason | 494 | – | |
| | Labour | J. Quin | 464 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,919 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal |