1980 Sheffield City Council election
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All 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 1 May 1980. The whole council was up for election, with the Attercliffe ward now merged into Darnall and Gleadless ward changed to Norton.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 60 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 68.9 | 52.9 | 85,603 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | 18 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 20.7 | 34.0 | 55,079 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 19,933 | +0.9 | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 938 | +0.2 | |
S.D.P. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 168 | N/A | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 88 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 62 | 60 | |||
Conservatives | 22 | 18 | |||
Liberal | 6 | 9 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | |||
S.D.P. | 0 | 0 | |||
National Front | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 90 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 34 | 33 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Danny George* | 4,487 | 65.9 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Cliff Godber* | 4,389 | |||
Conservative | Susan Batiste* | 4,377 | |||
Labour | D. Hutchinson | 2,315 | 34.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | G. Hague | 2,290 | |||
Labour | P. Reading | 2,231 | |||
Majority | 2,062 | 31.9 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,667 | 46.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Fisher* | 3,567 | 66.5 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Frank White | 3,557 | |||
Labour | John Marshall* | 3,547 | |||
Conservative | B. Lomas | 1,799 | 33.5 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | J. Young | 1,766 | |||
Conservative | R. Kelsey | 1,740 | |||
Majority | 1,748 | 33.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,366 | 36.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Price* | 2,570 | 75.8 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Bill Michie* | 2,510 | |||
Labour | George Wilson* | 2,452 | |||
Conservative | Victoria Sellers | 819 | 24.1 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 756 | |||
Conservative | John Chapman | 739 | |||
Majority | 1,633 | 51.7 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,389 | 30.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irvine Patnick* | 2,438 | 50.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Graham Cheetham* | 2,406 | |||
Conservative | Marvyn Moore* | 2,381 | |||
Liberal | Martin Hayes-Allen | 1,211 | 25.0 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Joan Brown* | 1,197 | 24.7 | −6.5 | |
Labour | J. Relton | 1,160 | |||
Liberal | E. Huntley | 1,138 | |||
Labour | T. Treffry | 1,130 | |||
Liberal | J. Holmes | 1,082 | |||
Majority | 1,170 | 25.3 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,846 | 37.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Butler* | 3,002 | 51.4 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Johnson* | 2,713 | |||
Liberal | David Johnson | 2,678 | |||
Labour | F. Woodbine* | 2,286 | 39.1 | −5.2 | |
Labour | B. Bush | 2,180 | |||
Labour | G. Machin | 2,073 | |||
Conservative | Moira Hattersley | 428 | 7.3 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Colin Barnsley | 421 | |||
Conservative | I. Dudley | 417 | |||
Communist | Stephen Howell | 123 | 2.1 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 392 | 12.3 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 5839 | 43.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reg Munn* | 3,222 | 75.0 | +0.1 | |
Labour | David Skinner* | 3,152 | |||
Labour | Peter Horton* | 3,146 | |||
Conservative | Katherine Pinder | 712 | 16.5 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | A. Saunders | 697 | |||
Conservative | Ian Saunders | 681 | |||
Liberal | Christopher Fenn | 241 | 5.6 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | E. Fenn | 238 | |||
Communist | J. Hudson | 122 | 2.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 2,434 | 58.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,297 | 29.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Chadwick* | 4,334 | 61.0 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Griffiths* | 4,010 | |||
Liberal | Roger Wilson | 3,595 | |||
Labour | Tom Steel | 2,207 | 31.1 | +2.6 | |
Labour | G. Birch | 2,022 | |||
Labour | Lawrence Kingham | 2,007 | |||
Conservative | E. Holmes | 556 | 7.8 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | F. Meakin | 536 | |||
Conservative | D. Meakin | 523 | |||
Majority | 1,388 | 29.9 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,097 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Prince* | 3,096 | 62.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | David Brown* | 3,081 | |||
Labour | George Munn* | 3,009 | |||
Conservative | Colin Cavill | 1,264 | 25.6 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 1,238 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy Kennedy | 1,237 | |||
Liberal | Dennis Boothroyd | 577 | 11.7 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | M. Francis | 576 | |||
Liberal | Michael Ogden | 512 | |||
Majority | 1,745 | 37.1 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,937 | 34.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Heslop* | 4,737 | 63.9 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Pat Santhouse* | 4,653 | |||
Conservative | Jack Thompson* | 4,473 | |||
Labour | Angela Smith | 1,965 | 26.5 | −6.5 | |
Labour | Win Francis | 1,963 | |||
Labour | A. Lyne | 1,926 | |||
Liberal | C. Holmes | 713 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Edward Mullin | 578 | |||
Liberal | T. Robinson | 567 | |||
Majority | 2,508 | 37.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,415 | 46.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Dunsmore* | 4,959 | 69.8 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | John Neill* | 4,899 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Freeman | 4,844 | |||
Labour | D. Lyons | 1,125 | 15.8 | −0.9 | |
Labour | D. Payne | 1,100 | |||
Labour | L. Skinner | 1,085 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Fawthrop | 1,020 | 14.3 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | P. Cruickshank | 980 | |||
Liberal | J. Laming | 973 | |||
Majority | 3,719 | 54.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,104 | 46.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts* | 4,448 | 81.1 | +13.6 | |
Labour | Terry Butler* | 4,218 | |||
Labour | Joan Barton* | 4,174 | |||
Conservative | Lorna Banham | 657 | 12.0 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | H. Bailey | 648 | |||
Conservative | B. Tomlinson | 620 | |||
Liberal | B. Goodison | 434 | 7.9 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | K. Howson | 376 | |||
Liberal | G. Trickett* | 354 | |||
Majority | 3,517 | 69.1 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,481 | 39.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 4,485 | 67.3 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | R. Hobson* | 4,365 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Wragg* | 4,357 | |||
Labour | Dennis Brown | 1,368 | 20.5 | −9.9 | |
Labour | E. Ellis | 1,359 | |||
Labour | A. Bacon | 1,314 | |||
Liberal | Jean Mason | 812 | 12.2 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | G. Jacobs | 761 | |||
Liberal | A. Tonge | 738 | |||
Majority | 2,989 | 46.8 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,665 | 47.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Nicholls* | 3,595 | 70.3 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Elsie Smith* | 3,576 | |||
Labour | Janet Fiore | 3,511 | |||
Conservative | Bernard Kennedy | 1,514 | 29.6 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 1,459 | |||
Conservative | J. Dunsmore | 1,402 | |||
Majority | 1,997 | 40.7 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,109 | 36.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Winifred Golding* | 3,948 | 59.0 | +2.2 | |
Labour | John Senior* | 3,932 | |||
Labour | Donald Lemons | 3,842 | |||
Conservative | Sid Cordle | 2,144 | 32.0 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | G. Dyer | 2,100 | |||
Conservative | Maisie Hyatt | 1,978 | |||
Liberal | Donald Smith | 457 | 6.8 | −2.1 | |
Communist | Neville Taylor | 145 | 2.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,698 | 27.0 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,694 | 42.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Meade | 3,879 | 53.3 | +1.9 | |
Labour | D. Morgan | 3,666 | |||
Labour | Gordon Mills | 3,658 | |||
Conservative | William Travis | 3,400 | 46.7 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | A. Banham* | 3,383 | |||
Conservative | A. Slack | 3,342 | |||
Majority | 258 | 6.6 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,279 | 48.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Thomas* | 3,853 | 59.8 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Mike Bower* | 3,772 | |||
Labour | Steve Jones | 3,768 | |||
Conservative | G. Bolton | 2,076 | 32.2 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | P. Cavanagh | 1,914 | |||
Conservative | D. Clover | 1,844 | |||
Liberal | H. Wallace | 510 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | A. Eggleston | 440 | |||
Majority | 1,692 | 27.6 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,439 | 41.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dora Fitter* | 3,194 | 76.1 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Colin Radcliffe* | 3,076 | |||
Labour | Gerald Bermingham | 2,974 | |||
Conservative | George Booth | 595 | 14.2 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Roger Barnsley | 510 | |||
Conservative | Pat Barnsley | 467 | |||
Liberal | Jacqueline Butler | 260 | 6.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Philip Taylor | 213 | |||
Communist | John Hukin | 147 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 2,379 | 61.9 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,196 | 30.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Walton* | 3,626 | 71.9 | +2.5 | |
Labour | S. Dootson* | 3,529 | |||
Labour | Mary Anne Foulds* | 3,493 | |||
Conservative | G. Ranson | 1,413 | 28.0 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | L. Napier | 1,332 | |||
Conservative | A. O'Donnell | 1,315 | |||
Majority | 2,080 | 43.9 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,039 | 34.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Connie Dodson* | 3,231 | 53.7 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Verhaert* | 3,171 | |||
Conservative | Christine Smith* | 3,152 | |||
Labour | Albert Richardson* | 2,175 | 36.2 | +1.9 | |
Labour | E. Sargent | 2,100 | |||
Labour | Marilyn Tsiorvas | 2,079 | |||
Liberal | K. Salt | 605 | 10.0 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | I. Johnson | 586 | |||
Liberal | Patrick Smith | 564 | |||
Majority | 977 | 17.5 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,011 | 42.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Barton* | 3,465 | 77.1 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Philip Moscrop* | 3,438 | |||
Labour | Alan Wigfield* | 3,364 | |||
Conservative | D. Housley | 896 | 19.9 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Mort | 881 | |||
Conservative | Edith Bush | 877 | |||
Communist | Paul Mackey | 132 | 2.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,468 | 57.2 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,493 | 35.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Enid Hattersley* | 3,274 | 70.8 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Harold Lambert* | 3,265 | |||
Labour | John Laurent | 3,091 | |||
Conservative | J. Elliss | 1,179 | 25.5 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Makin | 1,177 | |||
Conservative | J. Dero | 1,157 | |||
S.D.P. | K. Bell | 168 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 1,912 | 45.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,621 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Fidler* | 3,720 | 61.6 | +7.2 | |
Labour | B. Glenn* | 3,685 | |||
Labour | Sam Wall* | 3,472 | |||
Conservative | L. Moir | 1,823 | 30.2 | −6.5 | |
Conservative | Maureen Neill | 1,803 | |||
Conservative | J. Ormerod | 1,761 | |||
Liberal | Robert Mumford | 497 | 8.2 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 1,649 | 31.4 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,040 | 43.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Burrows | 3,201 | 74.6 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Helen Jackson | 3,017 | |||
Labour | J. Coulby | 2,997 | |||
Conservative | Frank Brookes | 1,001 | 23.3 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 911 | |||
Conservative | P. Stafford | 882 | |||
National Front | R. Crookes | 88 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 2,200 | 51.3 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,290 | 33.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jones* | 3,752 | 84.2 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Phillip Grisdale* | 3,678 | |||
Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 3,559 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Hutton | 578 | 13.0 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Margaret Beatson | 569 | |||
Conservative | Ian Beatson | 561 | |||
Communist | R. Paulucy | 125 | 2.8 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 2,981 | 71.2 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,455 | 31.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Butler | 2,630 | 64.6 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Howard Knight* | 2,622 | |||
Labour | Alf Wood* | 2,599 | |||
Conservative | W. Price | 1,293 | 31.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 1,238 | |||
Conservative | T. Thompson | 1,225 | |||
Communist | Brian Turley | 144 | 3.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,306 | 32.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,067 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Howard* | 2,950 | 38.9 | −0.3 | |
Labour | F. Rodgers* | 2,758 | |||
Labour | Harry Hanwell | 2,700 | |||
Conservative | Sylvia Cowley* | 2,651 | 35.0 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | D. Warren | 2,635 | |||
Conservative | E. Vawser | 2,228 | |||
Liberal | Philip Howson | 1,974 | 26.0 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | P. Weston | 1,851 | |||
Liberal | M. Travis | 1,774 | |||
Majority | 49 | 3.9 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,575 | 44.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Blunkett* | 3,606 | 87.7 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Sandra Davies* | 3,276 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Podlesny* | 3,275 | |||
Conservative | Derek Eastwood | 503 | 12.2 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Hedley Oldfield | 472 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Oldfield | 444 | |||
Majority | 2,772 | 75.5 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,109 | 32.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | A. Cooke* | 3,286 | 52.2 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | M. Heraty | 2,504 | |||
Liberal | June Hibberd | 2,434 | |||
Labour | Anthony Sweeney* | 1,540 | 24.5 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | N. Horton | 1,464 | 23.3 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Barrie Jones | 1,334 | |||
Conservative | R. Homer | 1,303 | |||
Labour | S. Donoghue | 1,280 | |||
Labour | E. Guest | 1,222 | |||
Majority | 894 | 27.7 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,290 | 54.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Billings* | 3,829 | 65.9 | +4.5 | |
Labour | William Owen* | 3,752 | |||
Labour | Paul Wood* | 3,713 | |||
Conservative | P. Booler | 1,977 | 34.0 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | G. Parkin | 1,937 | |||
Conservative | M. Rogers | 1,905 | |||
Majority | 1,736 | 31.9 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,806 | 42.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |