| Election Name: | 1980 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1982 Basildon District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 1 May 1980 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 19,298 |
| Percentage1: | 45.8% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 16 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,961 |
| Percentage2: | 33.2% |
| Party3: | Residents Association |
| Last Election3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,073 |
| Percentage3: | 12.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 1980 Basildon District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. 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 finished third in each ward in the all-out election of 1979. The council remained under no overall control.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 14| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 42,094| style="text-align: right;" |