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1979 Bath City Council election

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16 of 48 seats (one third) to Bath City Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Lib Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats before 34 14 0 Seats won 11 4 1 Seats after 33 14 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 22,693 15,085 8,019 Percentage 46.7% 31.0% 16.5% Swing 3.7% 1.8% 2.9%
Map showing the results of the 1979 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Liberal.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1979 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as the general election and other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election.

Results summary

Bath City Council election, 1979
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	1	68.8%	22	33	68.8%	22,693	46.7%	3.7%
	Labour	4		25%	10	14	29.2%	15,085	31.0%	1.8%
	Liberal	1	1	6.3%	0	1	2.1%	8,019	16.5%	2.9%
	Ecology	0		0%	0	0	0%	1,674	3.4%	1.3%
	Independent	0		0%	0	0	0%	1,138	2.3%	1.3%

Ward results

Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1976, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1978 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

Abbey

Bathwick

Bloomfield

Combe Down

Kingsmead

Lambridge

Lansdown

Lyncombe

Newbridge

Oldfield

Southdown

Twerton

Walcot

Westmoreland

Weston

Widcombe

References

1. ^ "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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• 1979 English local elections
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