1980 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1980.[1][2] These were the first annual local elections for the new Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Though the Conservatives in government lost seats, the projected share of the vote was close: Labour Party 42%, Conservative Party 40%, Liberal Party 13%. Labour were still being led by the former prime minister James Callaghan, who resigned later in the year to be succeeded by Michael Foot.
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Labour gained 601 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,011. The Conservatives lost 484 seats, leaving them with 11,738 councillors. The Liberal Party gained 90 seats and finished with 1,149 councillors.
Changes in control of councils were as follows:
- Labour gain from no overall control: Amber Valley, Birmingham, Kirklees, Leeds, Peterborough, Rochdale, Walsall, Wolverhampton
- Labour gain from Conservative: Bolton, Bradford, Hyndburn, Oldham, Oxford, Preston, Tamworth, Worcester
- Conservative lose to no overall control: Calderdale, Daventry, Dudley, Great Yarmouth, Hastings, Rushmoor, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Weymouth and Portland
- Liberal gain from Conservative: Adur
- Independent gain from no overall control: Mole Valley
Summary of results
England
Metropolitan boroughs
Whole council
In 17 metropolitan boroughs the whole council was up for election.
In 17 boroughs there were new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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| Bolton ‡ | Conservative | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Bradford ‡ | Conservative | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Calderdale ‡ | Conservative | No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Coventry ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Doncaster ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Leeds ‡ | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Liverpool ‡ | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Rochdale ‡ | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Rotherham ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Sheffield ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| St Helens ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Stockport ‡ | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Tameside ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Trafford ‡ | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Walsall ‡ | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Wigan ‡ | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Wirral ‡ | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
‡ New ward boundaries
Third of council
19 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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| Barnsley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Birmingham | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Bury | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Dudley | Conservative | No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Gateshead | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Kirklees | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Knowsley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Manchester | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| North Tyneside | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Oldham | Conservative | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Salford | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Sandwell | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Sefton | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Solihull | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| South Tyneside | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Sunderland | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Wakefield | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Wolverhampton | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
District councils
In 103 districts one third of the council was up for election.
A further 59 councils had passed a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, requesting a system of elections by thirds. They could do so because they had had their new ward boundaries introduced at the 1979 elections.
‡ New ward boundaries
Scotland
District councils
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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| Aberdeen | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Angus | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Annandale and Eskdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Argyll | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Badenoch and Strathspey | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Banff and Buchan | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Bearsden and Milngavie | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Berwickshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Caithness | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Clackmannan | SNP | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Clydebank | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Clydesdale | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | SNP | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Cunninghame | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Dumbarton | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Dundee | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Dunfermline | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| East Kilbride | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| East Lothian | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Eastwood | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Edinburgh | Conservative | No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Falkirk | SNP | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Glasgow | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Gordon | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Hamilton | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Inverclyde | Liberal | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Inverness | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Kincardine and Deeside | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Kirkcaldy | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Kyle and Carrick | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Lochaber | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Midlothian | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Monklands | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Moray | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Motherwell | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Nairn | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Nithsdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| North East Fife | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Perth and Kinross | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Renfrew | Details | ||||
| Ross and Cromarty | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Roxburgh | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Skye and Lochalsh | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Stewartry | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Stirling | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Strathkelvin | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Sutherland | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Tweeddale | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| West Lothian | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
| Wigtown | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
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References
- Notes
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1980. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- Sources
- Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
- Vote 1999 BBC News
- Vote 2000 BBC News
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