1980 City of Lincoln Council election

Election held in City of Lincoln Council in 1980

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1 May 1980

1982 →

11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Democratic Labour
Last election	21	9	3
Seats before	21	10	2
Seats won	4	7	0
Seats after	17	16	0
Seat change	4	6	2
Popular vote	8,758	9,986	1,842
Percentage	37.9%	43.3%	8.0%

Map showing the results the 1980 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1980 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 1 May 1980. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the candidates who polled third at the all out election of 1979. The Conservative Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

1980 City of Lincoln Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	4	6	0	6	63.6	43.3	9,986
	Conservative	7	0	4	4	36.4	37.9	8,758
	Democratic Labour	0	0	2	2	0.0	8.0	1,842
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	10.4	2,399
	Ecology	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	96
Total		11						23,081

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Robertson	1,066	50.8%
	Conservative	J. Frost	567	27.0%
	Democratic Labour	C. Sanderson	235	11.2%
	Liberal	Feeney	232	11.0%
Turnout				40.1%
	Labour gain from Democratic Labour

Birchwood

Boultham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wright	823	45.4%
	Conservative	Colam	567	31.3%
	Liberal	Templeman	424	23.4%
Turnout				46.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boultham

Boultham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ralph Toofany	877	41.6%
	Conservative	B. Stanton	698	33.1%
	Democratic Labour	H. Buttery	293	13.9%
	Liberal	Raisen	187	8.9%
	Ecology	C. Moulton	52	2.5%
Turnout				42.9%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bracebridge

Bracebridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Roe	988	46.1%
	Labour	S. Close	876	40.9%
	Liberal	J. Gill	280	13.1%
Turnout				40.5%
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Carholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Ireland	1,180	51.2%
	Democratic Labour	L. Wells	801	34.8%
	Labour	D. Smith	323	14.0%
Turnout				42.1%
	Conservative hold

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Chambers	1,060	43.4%
	Labour	Townrow	994	40.7%
	Liberal	F. Goulding	272	11.1%
	Democratic Labour	Barnes	118	4.8%
Turnout				48.2%
	Conservative hold

Longdales

Longdales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Miller	934	44.1%
	Conservative	R. Long	856	40.4%
	Liberal	Turver	216	10.2%
	Democratic Labour	L. Davis	113	5.3%
Turnout				42.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Minster

Minster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Horn	1,220	46.9%
	Labour	J. Ward	1,078	41.4%
	Liberal	Hoyes	304	11.7%
Turnout				44.1%
	Conservative hold

Moorland

Moorland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Baldock	921	50.7%
	Conservative	A. Parker	897	49.3%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Plant	577	30.1%
	Liberal	P. Taylor	484	25.2%
	Democratic Labour	F. Allen	422	22.0%
	Conservative	J. Kay	393	%20.5
	Ecology	Camidge	44	2.3%
Turnout				39.4%
	Labour gain from Democratic Labour

Tritton

Tritton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Hubbard	1,039	60.8%
	Democratic Labour	Phillips	338	19.8%
	Conservative	Burgess	332	19.4%
Turnout				39.3%
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 1980". The Elections Centre.
^ "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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