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1980 Bath City Council election

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18 of 48 seats (one third plus two vacant seats) 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 33 14 1 Seats won 13 5 0 Seats after 33 14 1 Seat change Popular vote 14,372 10,490 3,678 Percentage 48.2% 35.2% 12.3% Swing 1.9% 4.2% 4.2%
Map showing the results of the 1980 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative and Red showing Labour.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1980 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 1980 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 Lyncombe and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring.

Results summary

Bath City Council election, 1980
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13		72.2%	20	33	68.8%	14,372	48.2%	1.5%
	Labour	5		27.8%	9	14	29.2%	10,490	35.2%	4.2%
	Liberal	0		0%	1	1	2.1%	3,678	12.3%	4.2%
	Ecology	0		0%	0	0	0%	1,173	3.9%	0.5%
	World Government	0		0%	0	0	0%	102	0.3%	N/A

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 1979 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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