1980 United Kingdom local elections

none 1980 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1979 United Kingdom local elections 1979 1981 United Kingdom local elections 1981 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 103 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts 1 May 1980 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher(cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 6 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 40% 601 19,238 484 Prime Minister James Callaghan (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Labour Party (UK) 42% 8,011 601 David Steel 1985 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Steel 7 July 1976 Liberal Party (UK) 13% 1,149 90 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1980.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1980 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3RzAyel9aUWRsRzQ/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 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. 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 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 DetailsBolton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBradford ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCalderdale ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCoventry ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLiverpool ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRochdale ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRotherham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSheffield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWigan ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council 19 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails 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. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) gainDetailsAmber Valley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlackburn No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChorley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsColchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCraven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Grimsby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHart Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHereford No overall control Liberal Party (UK) gainDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsLincoln Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control Independent politician gainDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPendle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPenwith Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPreston Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPurbeck Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsScunthorpe Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Albans Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSwale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTamworth Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThurrock No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWinchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoodspring Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Scotland District councils 1980 Scottish local elections Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsAngus Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsArgyll Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBanff and Buchan Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsBerwickshire Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservative Party holdDetailsCaithness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsClackmannan Scottish National Party Scottish Labour gainDetailsClydebank No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsClydesdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth Scottish National Party Scottish Labour gainDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCunninghame No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsDumbarton No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsDundee No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsDunfermline Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Kilbride No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsEast Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEastwood Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsEdinburgh Scottish Conservatives No overall control gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFalkirk Scottish National Party Scottish Labour gainDetailsGlasgow No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsGordon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHamilton Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverclyde Scottish Liberal Party Scottish Labour gainDetailsInverness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsKincardine and Deeside Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKirkcaldy No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsKyle and Carrick No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsLochaber Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMidlothian No overall control Scottish Labour Party gainDetailsMonklands Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMoray Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMotherwell Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsNairn Independent (politician) Independent politician holdDetailsNithsdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth East Fife Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsPerth and Kinross Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsRenfrewDetailsRoss and Cromarty Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRoxburgh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSkye and Lochalsh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStewartry Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStirling No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsStrathkelvin No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsSutherland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTweeddale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lothian No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsWigtown Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails References Notes Sources Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Local elections