1980 Harlow District Council election

English local election

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1 May 1980

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15 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	32	7	2
Seats won	14	1	0
Seats after	33	7	2
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	12,365	4,891	2,537
Percentage	62.3%	24.7%	12.8%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1980 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1980 Harlow District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Election result

1980 Harlow local election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	14	1	0	1	93.3	62.3	12,365
Conservative	1	0	0		6.7	24.7	4,891
Liberal	0	0	1	1	0.0	12.8	2,537
National Front	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	48

Ward results

Brays Grove

Brays Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Burnham	775	75.0%
	Conservative	M. Ashcroft	258	25.0%
Turnout				31.0%
	Labour hold

Great Parndon

Great Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Cave	837	61.4%
	Conservative	R. Weyers	412	30.2%
	Liberal	T. Owen	114	8.4%
Turnout				41.0%
	Labour hold

Hare Street and Town Centre

Hare Street and Town Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Hobbs	689	64.6%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	243	22.8%
	Liberal	A. Merryweather	135	12.7%
Turnout				35.1%
	Labour hold

Kingsmoor

Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Kent	863	53.9%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	617	38.5%
	Liberal	L. Swanton	122	7.6%
Turnout				35.2%
	Labour hold

Latton Bush

Latton Bush
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Edwards	1,172	68.8%
	Conservative	R. Brown	428	25.1%
	Liberal	C. Merryweather	104	6.1%
Turnout				40.2%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Little Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Condon	1,008	60.2%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	338	20.2%
	Liberal	P. Ramsay	329	19.6%
Turnout				38.5%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Mark Hall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Farr	967	69.0%
	Liberal	J. Mercer	435	31.0%
Turnout				59.6%
	Labour hold

Netteswell East

Netteswell East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Graham	741	68.0%
	Conservative	P. Harries	268	24.6%
	Liberal	D. Eldridge	81	7.4%
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold

Netteswell West

Netteswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Desormeaux	628	68.2%
	Conservative	F. Burgoyne	175	19.0%
	Liberal	W. Mitchell	118	12.8%
Turnout				37.3%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Dutton	1,166	50.3%
	Labour	S. Firth	1,151	49.7%
Turnout				51.0%
	Conservative hold

Passmores

Passmores
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	846	60.2%
	Conservative	C. Brown	340	24.2%
	Liberal	D. Filler	219	15.6%
Turnout				%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Passmores
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Phelps	907	73.2%
	Conservative	L. Crust	200	16.1%
	Liberal	S. Ward	132	10.7%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Stewards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Talbot	794	48.9%
	Liberal	J. Hewitt	608	37.4%
	Conservative	R. Cross	223	13.7%
Turnout				41.3%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Tye Green (2 seats)

Tye Green (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. James	987
	Labour	J. Ellis	964
	Conservative	E. Gibson	223
	Conservative	S. Tombs	195
	Liberal	L. Fuller	140
	Liberal	M. Ramsey	128
	National Front	C. Saunders	48
Turnout				35.9%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1980". The Elections Centre.
^ "Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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