1980 Sheffield City Council election

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1 May 1980

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All 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Seats won	60	18	9
Seat change	1	4	3

Map showing the results of the 1980 Sheffield City Council elections.

Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

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

Sheffield Local Election Result 1980
	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

Beauchief
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

Birley
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

Brightside
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

Broomhill
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

Burngreave
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

Castle
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

Chapel Green
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

Darnall
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

Dore
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

Ecclesall
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

Firth Park
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

Hallam
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

Handsworth
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

Heeley
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

Hillsborough
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

Intake
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

Manor
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

Mosborough
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

Nether Edge
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

Nether Shire
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

Netherthorpe
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

Norton
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

Owlerton
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

Park
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

Sharrow
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

South Wortley
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

Southey Green
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

Stocksbridge
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

Walkley
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

References

^ "Sheffield Local Elections 1973–1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.

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