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1980 Leeds City Council election

1980 UK local government election

1980 UK local government election

FieldValue
election_name1980 Leeds City Council election
countryEngland
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election1979
previous_year1979
next_election1982
next_year1982
seats_for_electionAll 99 seats on Leeds City Council
majority_seats50
election_date1 May 1980
leader1George Mudie
party1Labour Party (UK)
leaders_seat1Seacroft
seats162
seat_change118
popular_vote194,460
percentage143.7%
leader2Peter Sparling
party2Conservative Party (UK)
leaders_seat2Moortown
seats229
seat_change216
popular_vote274,442
percentage234.4%
map_imageLeeds1980.png
map_size300px
titleCouncil control
posttitleCouncil control after election
before_electionMinority administration
before_partyConservative
after_electionMajority administration
after_partyLabour

The 1980 Leeds City Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.

A full boundary review of Leeds's electoral wards increased the number of wards from 32 to 33, also increasing the number of councillors from 96 to 99. This prompted the entire council needing to be elected.

Boundary changes

The boundary changes added an extra ward to the existing 32 - increasing the councillor total by three to 99 - with just half the ward names surviving the changes:

Abolished:

  1. Armley and Castleton
  2. Beeston and Holbeck
  3. Burley
  4. Burmantofts and Richmond Hill
  5. Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall
  6. City and Woodhouse
  7. Cookridge and Weetwood
  8. Garforth North and Barwick
  9. Kippax and Swillington
  10. Gipton and Whinmoor
  11. Harehills and Roundhay
  12. Hunslet East and West
  13. Osmondthorpe
  14. Otley
  15. Stanningley
  16. Talbot

Created:

  1. Armley
  2. Barwick & Kippax
  3. Beeston
  4. Burmantofts
  5. Chapel Allerton
  6. City & Holbeck
  7. Cookridge
  8. Garforth & Swillington
  9. Harehills
  10. Hunslet
  11. North
  12. Otley & Wharfedale
  13. Richmond Hill
  14. Roundhay
  15. University
  16. Weetwood
  17. Whinmoor

Election result

The drop in Conservative support - which seen them set lows in vote share and seats won - allowed Labour to win record representation and comfortably regain control of the council from the Conservatives, with a 25-seat strong majority. Labour also managed highs in votes and vote share, once the previous year's totals are omitted for unrepresentatively high turnout (which were gained from coinciding with the general election that year).

The Liberals, who fielded their first full-slate of candidates, also achieved party records but were rewarded with fewer seats in the new landscape; their gains confined to Armley, Horsforth and Otley, looking unlikely to win the new seats replacing the formerly favourable seats for Hunslet and Pudsey.

Elsewhere, the Ecologists bettered their previous efforts with an increased outing, standing candidates in over a half of the wards, surpassing Liberal support in a number of them. Beyond the regular Communist slate, there was also another appearance from an Independent in Morley North, an Independent Liberal standing in Rothwell and the first appearance of a Residents Association by way of a candidate each in Headingley, Kirkstall and Weetwood.

|seats % = 62.6 |votes % = 43.7 |plus/minus = +2.5% |seats % = 29.3 |votes % = 34.4 |plus/minus = -4.1% |seats % = 8.1 |votes % = 18.0 |plus/minus = +0.2% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.7 |plus/minus = +1.2% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = +0.3% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +0.3% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = -0.0% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = +0.1%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Total9699Working majority
Labour4462
Conservatives4529
Liberals78

Ward results

References

References

  1. (2 May 1980). "District results: Leeds". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
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