1983 Bath City Council election#Newbridge
{{Short description|1983 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1983 Bath City Council election
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| election_date = {{Start date|1983|05|05|df=y}}
| previous_election = 1982 Bath City Council election
| previous_year = 1982
| next_election = 1984 Bath City Council election
| next_year = 1984
| seats_for_election= 18 of 48 seats (one third plus two vacant seats) to Bath City Council
| majority_seats = 25
| image1 =
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats_before1 = 33
| seats1 = 12
| seats_after1 = 33
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote1 = 15,563
| percentage1 = 45.6%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 1.4%
| image2 =
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats_before2 = 11
| seats2 = 5
| seats_after2 = 11
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote2 = 9,114
| percentage2 = 26.7%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 5.6%
| image3 =
| party3 = SDP–Liberal Alliance
| seats_before3 = 4
| seats3 = 1
| seats_after3 = 4
| seat_change3 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote3 = 8,451
| percentage3 = 24.8%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 7.6%
| map_image = Bath UK local election 1983 map.svg
| map_caption = Map showing the results of the 1983 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing SDP–Liberal Alliance.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Conservative
| after_election = Conservative
}}
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
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = Bath City Council election, 1983}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 12
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*12/18 round 1}}
|other seats = 21
|total seats = 33
|total seats % = {{#expr: 100*33/48 round 1}}
|votes = 15,563
|votes % = 45.6
|plus/minus = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{#expr: 45.6-44.2}}%}}
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 5
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*5/18 round 1}}
|other seats = 6
|total seats = 11
|total seats % = {{#expr: 100*11/48 round 1}}
|votes = 9,114
|votes % = 26.7
|plus/minus = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{#expr: 26.7-21.1}}%}}
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|seats = 1
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*1/18 round 1}}
|other seats = 3
|total seats = 4
|total seats % = {{#expr: 100*4/48 round 1}}
|votes = 8,451
|votes % = 24.8
|plus/minus = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{#expr: 32.4-24.8}}%}}
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 596
|votes % = 1.7
|plus/minus = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{#expr: 1.7-1.0}}%}}
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Ecology Party
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 419
|votes % = 1.2
|plus/minus = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{#expr: 1.5-1.2}}%}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
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=
{{Election box begin | title=Abbey{{cite web|title=Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994|url= http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bath-1973-1994.pdf |publisher=The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) |accessdate=26 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elgar Spencer Jenkins *
|votes = 1,021
|percentage = 58.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Phillips
|votes = 298
|percentage = 17.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = C. Hussey
|votes = 298
|percentage = 17.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = T. Oswald-Bannister
|votes = 67
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = P. Elcock
|votes = 52
|percentage = 3.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 723
|percentage = 41.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 40.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,294
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bathwick=
{{Election box begin | title=Bathwick}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. O'Donovan *
|votes = 1,338
|percentage = 67.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = G. Abbott
|votes = 414
|percentage = 21.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Mosley
|votes = 223
|percentage = 11.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 924
|percentage = 46.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 42.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,703
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bloomfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Bloomfield}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Jack Trevor Snook *
|votes = 977
|percentage = 44.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Dowling
|votes = 641
|percentage = 29.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = J. McNeilage
|votes = 585
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 336
|percentage = 15.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 52.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,186
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Combe Down=
{{Election box begin | title=Combe Down}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Leila Margaret Wishart
|votes = 1,077
|percentage = 51.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = G. Mayer
|votes = 708
|percentage = 33.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Meads
|votes = 307
|percentage = 14.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 369
|percentage = 17.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 50.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,181
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kingsmead=
{{Election box begin | title=Kingsmead}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Atkinson *
|votes = 842
|percentage = 51.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Macrae
|votes = 429
|percentage = 26.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = A. Pearce
|votes = 356
|percentage = 21.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 413
|percentage = 25.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 40.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,990
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lambridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Lambridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H. McDermid *
|votes = 795
|percentage = 46.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = A. Kerslake
|votes = 597
|percentage = 26.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Hannam
|votes = 314
|percentage = 18.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 198
|percentage = 11.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 55.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,099
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lansdown=
{{Election box begin | title=Lansdown}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne Maureen McDonagh *
|votes = 1,367
|percentage = 65.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = Margaret Ann Roper
|votes = 486
|percentage = 23.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Crawley
|votes = 242
|percentage = 11.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 881
|percentage = 42.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 52.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,971
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lyncombe=
{{Election box begin | title=Lyncombe}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian James Hamlen *
|votes = 1,337
|percentage = 58.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = G. Lambert
|votes = 418
|percentage = 18.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Haigh
|votes = 337
|percentage = 14.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = Don Grimes
|votes = 180
|percentage = 7.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 919
|percentage = 40.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 50.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,524
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Newbridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Newbridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = C. Mundy
|votes = 1,139
|percentage = 56.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = B. Durand
|votes = 409
|percentage = 20.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Miles
|votes = 273
|percentage = 13.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = M. Beechinor
|votes = 198
|percentage = 9.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 730
|percentage = 36.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 47.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,281
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Oldfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Oldfield}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Pearce
|votes = 917
|percentage = 42.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Wheadon
|votes = 646
|percentage = 29.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = Marian Hammond
|votes = 619
|percentage = 28.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 271
|percentage = 12.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 51.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,256
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Southdown=
{{Election box begin | title=Southdown}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Weston *
|votes = 647
|percentage = 37.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = C. South
|votes = 618
|percentage = 36.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Sykes
|votes = 444
|percentage = 26.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29
|percentage = 1.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 46.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,660
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Twerton=
{{Election box begin | title=Twerton (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alec Louis Ricketts *
|votes = 1,075
|percentage = 63.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = L. Harrington
|votes = 965
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Popham
|votes = 308
|percentage = 18.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = B. Potter
|votes = 305
|percentage = 18.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Mill
|votes = 268
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = J. Marigold
|votes = 196
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 42.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,995
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Walcot=
{{Election box begin | title=Walcot}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Howard William Routledge *
|votes = 711
|percentage = 40.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Linden
|votes = 580
|percentage = 32.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = G. Plumbridge
|votes = 484
|percentage = 27.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 131
|percentage = 7.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 47.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,732
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Westmoreland=
{{Election box begin | title=Westmoreland}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Book
|votes = 912
|percentage = 48.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Buchanan
|votes = 646
|percentage = 34.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = E. Bennett
|votes = 341
|percentage = 18.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 266
|percentage = 14.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 46.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,070
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Weston=
{{Election box begin | title=Weston}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = John James Malloy *
|votes = 1,127
|percentage = 45.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = T. Broadwith
|votes = 1,041
|percentage = 41.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = T. Murphy
|votes = 334
|percentage = 13.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 86
|percentage = 3.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 59.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,220
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Widcombe=
{{Election box begin | title=Widcombe (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Cross *
|votes = 812
|percentage = 41.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = C. Patterson
|votes = 794
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = D. Collyer
|votes = 346
|percentage = 17.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Evans
|votes = 342
|percentage = 17.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. West
|votes = 278
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = A. Bennett
|votes = 273
|percentage = 14.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance
|candidate = John Ozimek
|votes = 217
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = R. Carder
|votes = 172
|percentage = 8.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 49.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,924
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}