- Manchester Council election, 1980
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Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1982, due to the boundary changes and "all-out" elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 1980 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Labour 30 9 0 +9 85.7 57.0 75,837 +6.3% Conservative 4 0 10 -10 11.4 32.1 42,744 -5.5% Liberal 1 1 0 +1 2.8 10.2 13,624 -1.0% Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 321 +0.1% Ecology 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 295 -0.1% Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 145 -0.0% Socialist Workers 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 75 +0.0% After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party Seats +/- Labour 72 +9 Conservative 23 -10 Liberal 4 +1 Labour hold Ward results
Alexandra Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative T. E. Murphy 2,502 48.2 -10.6 Labour R. B. Walters 1,823 35.1 -6.1 Liberal M. A. Plesch 862 16.6 +16.6 Majority 679 13.1 -4.6 Turnout 5,187 43.0 -29.3 Conservative hold Swing -2.2 Ardwick Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour F. Dale* 2,436 81.4 +22.9 Conservative G. Taylor 441 14.7 -18.8 Liberal J. Spittle 114 3.8 -4.2 Majority 1,995 66.7 +41.7 Turnout 2,991 29.2 -33.1 Labour hold Swing +20.8 Baguley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour A. Burns* 3,754 65.8 +11.3 Conservative M. Malbon 1,698 29.8 -7.4 Liberal P. G. Willams 251 4.4 -3.9 Majority 2,056 36.1 +18.8 Turnout 5,703 41.4 -31.4 Labour hold Swing +9.3 Barlow Moor Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour J. T. Maguire 1,835 48.1 +6.1 Conservative B. Moore* 1,590 41.7 -4.2 Liberal J. R. Marsden 364 9.5 -2.6 Independent M. G. Gibson 25 0.7 +0.7 Majority 245 6.4 +2.5 Turnout 3,814 37.2 -30.8 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.1 Beswick (2 vacancies) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour J. Flanagan* 2,061 81.6 +0.1 Labour M. Harrison 1,898 Independent W. C. Carman 208 8.2 +8.2 Conservative C. Hare 148 5.8 -12.7 Conservative R. Plant 121 Liberal K. Parkinson 109 4.3 +4.3 Majority 1,690 73.4 +10.4 Turnout 2,526 34.1 -27.1 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing -4.0 Blackley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour W. Risby* 2,910 61.0 +12.7 Conservative H. P. Cummins 1,659 34.8 -9.0 Liberal N. Towers 201 4.2 -3.7 Majority 1,251 26.2 +21.7 Turnout 4,770 42.9 -31.9 Labour hold Swing +10.8 Bradford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour W. Egerton* 2,691 70.0 +6.1 Conservative L. Hockey 981 25.5 -5.1 Liberal L. Towers 172 4.5 -1.0 Majority 1,710 44.5 +11.3 Turnout 3,844 32.6 -37.1 Labour hold Swing +5.6 Brooklands Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour K. Barnes 3,285 56.9 +8.8 Conservative G. Fitzsimons* 2,231 38.6 -5.1 Liberal G. Dulson 260 4.5 -3.7 Majority 1,054 18.2 +13.8 Turnout 5,776 46.0 -28.9 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.9 Burnage Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour G. J. Martin 2,503 49.8 +6.7 Conservative R. Nicholson 2,045 40.7 -5.6 Liberal C. Dowse 474 9.4 -1.2 Majority 458 9.1 +5.9 Turnout 5,022 44.1 -30.5 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.1 Charlestown Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour N. Morris* 2,608 62.2 +11.0 Conservative C. Maffei 1,348 32.1 -8.0 Liberal J. Mawson 239 5.7 -3.0 Majority 1,260 30.0 +18.8 Turnout 4,195 42.9 -33.8 Labour hold Swing +9.5 Cheetham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour D. G. Ford* 1,785 71.6 +5.5 Conservative K. Taylor 613 24.6 -3.8 Liberal R. A. Bell 94 3.8 -1.7 Majority 1,172 47.0 +9.3 Turnout 2,492 34.4 -31.1 Labour hold Swing +4.6 Chorlton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative M. Vince* 2,267 47.1 -3.9 Labour H. Brown 2,067 43.0 +7.2 Liberal J. Commons 421 8.8 -4.4 Communist B. E. Struszckak 54 1.1 +1.1 Majority 200 4.2 -11.0 Turnout 4,809 43.7 -32.2 Conservative hold Swing +5.5 Collegiate Church Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour J. Bradley 894 77.5 +13.9 Conservative P. Snell 192 16.7 -11.0 Liberal I. Wilde 67 5.8 -3.0 Majority 702 60.9 +25.0 Turnout 1,153 26.4 -27.4 Labour hold Swing +12.4 Crossacres Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour K. Lim 3,463 70.4 +10.3 Conservative A. Spencer 956 19.4 -5.9 Liberal J. Southward 500 10.2 -4.4 Majority 2,507 51.0 +16.2 Turnout 4,919 36.9 -33.6 Labour hold Swing +8.1 Crumpsall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour N. W. Harrison 2,230 50.8 +8.1 Conservative W. L. Clapham* 1,919 43.7 -3.3 Liberal K. Osbourne 238 5.4 -5.0 Majority 311 7.1 +2.8 Turnout 4,387 38.8 -32.7 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.7 Didsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. Duke* 3,082 59.2 +2.8 Labour N. Siddiqi 1,080 20.7 -4.8 Liberal G. Shaw 1,045 20.1 +2.0 Majority 2,002 38.4 +7.4 Turnout 5,207 41.2 -35.6 Conservative hold Swing +3.8 Gorton North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour C. Brierley 2,729 75.3 +12.1 Conservative C. H. T. Webb 736 20.3 -9.8 Liberal J. M. Hodgson 161 4.4 -2.3 Majority 1,993 55.0 +21.9 Turnout 3,626 42.7 -30.5 Labour hold Swing +10.9 Gorton South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour D. Barker* 2,207 67.9 +6.8 Conservative D. Heywood 925 28.5 -3.3 Liberal J. Rhodes 118 3.6 -3.6 Majority 1,282 39.4 +10.1 Turnout 3,250 37.5 -33.4 Labour hold Swing +5.0 Harpurhey (2 vacancies) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour A. Lister 1,463 61.0 -3.6 Labour H. Reid* 1,433 Conservative J. Harding 511 21.3 -8.0 Conservative F. Meaden 449 Liberal J. Ashley 425 17.7 +11.6 Liberal T. M. Broderick 387 Majority 922 39.7 +4.4 Turnout 4,668 37.4 -28.0 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing +2.2 Hulme Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour T. Thomas* 2,008 73.8 +5.2 Liberal P. Thompson 329 12.1 +1.5 Conservative N. P. Shand 295 10.8 -7.6 Independent D. S. Redford 88 3.2 +3.2 Majority 1,679 61.7 +11.5 Turnout 2,720 29.3 -32.3 Labour hold Swing +1.8 Levenshulme Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal H. Smith 2,105 40.2 +3.6 Labour R. M. Pilkington 1,962 37.5 +3.4 Conservative W. Carlton* 1,171 22.4 -6.9 Majority 143 2.7 +0.2 Turnout 5,238 42.2 -30.0 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.1 Lightbowne Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour A. D. Kelly 2,632 61.0 +5.8 Conservative G. Cleworth* 1,459 33.8 -1.5 Liberal B. V. Roberts 224 5.2 -4.2 Majority 1,173 27.2 +7.3 Turnout 4,315 41.3 -33.5 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.6 Lloyd Street Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour K. McKeon* 2,679 69.2 +13.2 Conservative R. E. Bevan 1,035 26.7 -8.4 Liberal E. Thompson 156 4.0 -2.8 Majority 1,644 42.5 +21.6 Turnout 3,870 33.0 -36.3 Labour hold Swing +10.8 Longsight Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour R. W. Ford* 1,905 58.8 -1.5 Conservative A. Malpas 974 30.1 -1.2 Liberal M. Amin 269 8.3 -0.1 Communist M. Cowie 91 2.8 +2.8 Majority 931 28.7 -0.4 Turnout 3,239 33.0 -33.8 Labour hold Swing +0.1 Miles Platting Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour R. Latham* 1,905 90.3 +13.5 Conservative A. E. Halliday 148 7.0 -10.7 Liberal P. Bailey 57 2.7 -2.8 Majority 1,757 83.3 +24.2 Turnout 2,110 31.1 -30.9 Labour hold Swing +12.1 Moss Side Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour H. Paget* 1,626 75.9 +8.4 Conservative J. M. Goldsby 349 16.3 -6.5 Liberal L. Ford 167 7.8 -1.9 Majority 1,277 59.6 +14.9 Turnout 2,142 30.2 -33.3 Labour hold Swing +7.4 Moston Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour D. Shaw 2,788 52.0 +5.7 Conservative K. E. Goulding* 2,310 43.1 -0.8 Liberal J. Cookson 265 4.9 -4.9 Majority 478 8.9 +6.4 Turnout 5,363 45.2 -32.0 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.2 Newton Heath Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour C. Tomlinson* 2,549 64.4 +4.0 Conservative A. E. Walsh 1,190 30.1 -5.8 Liberal V. Towers 221 5.6 +1.9 Majority 1,359 34.3 +9.8 Turnout 3,960 38.4 -32.0 Labour hold Swing +4.9 Northenden Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour R. A. Reddington 2,964 53.5 +7.9 Conservative C. H. Box* 2,089 37.7 -5.6 Liberal J. Holland 487 8.8 -1.1 Majority 875 15.8 +13.5 Turnout 5,540 46.2 -28.9 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.7 Old Moat Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour A. C. Thomas 1,827 44.0 +2.6 Conservative W. H. Aikman* 1,551 37.3 -2.4 Liberal C. Adamson 776 18.7 -0.2 Majority 276 6.6 +4.9 Turnout 4,154 42.1 -30.4 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.5 Rusholme Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour J. Nicholson 2,537 51.3 +9.0 Conservative K. Ollerenshaw* 1,765 35.7 -5.2 Liberal D. Senior 352 7.1 -2.6 Ecology D. Dalton 295 6.0 -1.1 Majority 772 15.6 +14.3 Turnout 4,949 34.2 -31.6 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.1 Withington Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative J. M. Jacobs 1,762 34.7 -1.3 Liberal J. Edwards 1,709 33.6 -5.3 Labour W. M. Jameson 1,610 31.7 +6.6 Majority 53 1.0 -1.8 Turnout 5,081 45.6 -27.7 Conservative hold Swing +2.0 Woodhouse Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour T. Farrell* 3,021 70.4 +8.9 Conservative J. A. Graham 802 18.7 -7.9 Liberal L. Griffiths 392 9.1 -2.8 Socialist Workers J. N. Taylor 75 1.7 +1.7 Majority 2,219 51.7 +16.8 Turnout 4,290 40.1 -31.5 Labour hold Swing +8.4 References
- ^ "Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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