1988 Bath City Council election (original) (raw)
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1988 UK local government election
1988 Bath City Council election
| ← 1987 5 May 1988 (1988-05-05) 1990 → |
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| 16 of 48 seats (one third) to Bath City Council24 seats needed for a majority |
First party Second party Third party Con SLD Lab Party Conservative SLD Labour Seats before 24 16 8 Seats won 11 1 4 Seats after 26 14 8 Seat change  2  2  Popular vote 13,741 7,882 8,546 Percentage 42.7% 24.5% 26.6% Swing 2.7% 12.7% 5.6% |
 Map showing the results of the 1988 Bath City Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Social and Liberal Democrats. |
| Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative |
The 1988 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1988 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.
| Bath City Council election, 1988 | |||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | ||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | |
| Conservative | 11 | 2 |
68.8 | 15 | 26 | 54.2 | 13,741 | 42.7 | |
| Labour | 4 | |
25 | 4 | 8 | 16.7 | 8,546 | 26.6 | |
| SLD | 1 | 2 |
6.3 | 13 | 14 | 29.2 | 7,882 | 24.1 | |
| Green | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,003 | 6.2 |
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1984, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1987 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.