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1979 Bath City Council election

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.

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.

Bath City Council election, 1979
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%

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.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,507	57.0
	Independent	761	28.8
	Independent	377	14.3
746	28.2
	68.4
3,867
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,032	57.9
	Liberal	978	27.9
	Labour	499	14.2
1,054	30.0
	69.9
5,020
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,726	52.4
	Labour	1,565	47.6
161	4.8
	79.6
4,137
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,647	50.9
	Liberal	807	24.9
	Labour	782	24.2
840	26.0
	78.4
4,126
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,409	49.5
	Labour	685	24.1
	Liberal	510	17.9
	Ecology	240	8.4
724	25.4
	71.3
3,989
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,235	52.0
	Labour	662	27.9
	Liberal	477	20.1
573	24.1
	78.2
3,036
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,764	57.2
	Liberal	826	26.8
	Labour	492	16.0
938	30.4
	81.8
3,769
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,072	59.6
	Ecology	848	24.4
	Labour	559	16.1
1,224	35.2
	76.8
4,532
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,625	53.0
	Liberal	953	31.1
	Labour	487	15.9
672	21.9
	76.3
4,019
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,163	67.0
	Conservative	1,065	33.0
1,098	34.0
	76.0
4,247
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,297	49.5
	Conservative	732	27.9
	Liberal	590	22.5
565	21.6
	77.6
3,375
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,718	58.2
	Conservative	639	21.6
	Liberal	596	20.2
1,079	36.6
	73.1
3,972
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,144	41.5
	Liberal	830	30.1
	Labour	781	28.3
314	11.4
	69.6
3,956
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,046	63.3
	Conservative	1,186	36.7
860	26.6
	78.8
4,099
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	1,452	42.7
	Conservative	1,391	40.9
	Labour	560	16.5
61	1.8
	81.4
4,180
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,519	52.5
	Labour	789	27.3
	Ecology	586	20.2
730	25.2
	74.1
3,907
	Conservative hold

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