| Election Name: | 1987 Bath City Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Bath City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1988 Bath City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of 48 seats (one third plus one vacant seat) to Bath City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Image1: | Con |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,053 |
| Percentage1: | 40.0% |
| Swing1: | 4.0% |
| Party2: | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,993 |
| Percentage2: | 37.2% |
| Swing2: | 0.9% |
| Image3: | Lab |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 12 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,885 |
| Percentage3: | 21.0% |
| Swing3: | 6.7% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 1987 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 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 Walcot due to an extra vacancy occurring.
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1983, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1986 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.