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1980 Sheffield City Council election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1980 Sheffield City Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 1979 Sheffield City Council election |
| previous_year | 1979 |
| next_election | 1982 Sheffield City Council election |
| next_year | 1982 |
| seats_for_election | All 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| majority_seats | 44 |
| election_date | 1 May 1980 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 60 |
| seat_change1 | 1 |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 18 |
| seat_change2 | 4 |
| party3 | Liberal Party (UK) |
| seats3 | 9 |
| seat_change3 | 3 |
| map_image | Sheffield UK local election 1980 map.png |
| map_size | 400px |
| map_caption | Map showing the results of the 1980 Sheffield City Council elections. |
| title | Majority party |
| posttitle | Majority party after election |
| before_election | Labour Party (UK) |
| 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
|seats % = 68.9 |votes % = 52.9 |plus/minus = +0.1 |seats % = 20.7 |votes % = 34.0 |plus/minus = -1.3 |seats % = 10.3 |votes % = 12.3 |plus/minus = +0.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = +0.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = 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 Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Communist Party of Great Britain}}; width: 3px;" | Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;" | National Front (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 90 | 87 | Working majority | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 62 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| Conservatives | 22 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberal | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S.D.P. | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| National Front | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
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