|
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|
Bath
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|
gain
from LibDem
|
|
Don Foster
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
16,850 (31.2%)
|
|
8,828 (16.4%)
|
|
26,169 (48.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
2,142 ( 4.0%)
|
|
|
|
70,815
|
|
53,989 (76.2%)
|
|
Don Foster
|
|
Bath
|
|
2,009 ( 3.5%)
|
|
25,289 (43.4%)
|
|
4,761 ( 8.2%)
|
|
27,298 (46.9%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
874 ( 1.5%)
|
|
|
LibDem
|
|
70,277
|
|
58,222 (82.8%)
|
|
|
-12.2%
|
|
+8.2%
|
|
+1.6%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+2.5%
|
|
+0.8%
|
|
-6.6%
|
|
|
|
|
The beautiful and sophisticated spa city of Bath created a shock for the Conservative Party Chairman Chris Patten in 1992, just as his party was winning their fourth successive general election across the nation. It ousted him by nearly 4,000 votes, electing instead the Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster, and it was not long before Patten accepted the challenge of being Governor of Hong Kong in the run up to the Chinese takeover in summer 1997. This effectively keeps him out of the running for the general election this year as well.
Some Tory-inclined villages have been added to the Bath seat by the Boundary Commissioners since 1992, but these will not be sufficient to tip the balance away from the Liberal Democrats. In any case Don Foster has now established himself in this hilly, predominantly Georgian, city, and remains a strong favourite to retain Bath next time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,883
|
4.93
|
9.03
|
55
|
|
|
9,808
|
25.69
|
11.17
|
230
|
|
|
2,716
|
7.12
|
11.25
|
63
|
|
|
3,139
|
8.22
|
14.70
|
56
|
|
|
3,683
|
9.65
|
10.45
|
92
|
|
|
302
|
0.79
|
2.81
|
28
|
|
|
5,473
|
14.34
|
8.01
|
179
|
|
|
7,397
|
19.38
|
15.25
|
127
|
|
|
1,180
|
3.09
|
7.13
|
43
|
|
|
1,502
|
3.93
|
10.17
|
39
|
|
|
