1980 Hyndburn Borough Council election explained

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Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held in May 1980. 1980 was the second year of local elections on the new boundaries.^[1] One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council. Labour taking 8 seats from the Conservatives.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative (28-8=20)
• Labour (19+8=27)

Ward	1979 1st	1979 2nd	1979 3rd	1980
Next Up	1980	1982	1983	1984
Altham Parish	-	-	Con
Barnfield	Con	Lab	Lab	Lab
Baxenden	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Central	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
Church	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
Clayton	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Huncoat	Con	Lab	Con	Lab
Immanuel	Lab	Con	Con	Lab
Milnshaw	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Netherton	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
Overton	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Peel	Lab	Lab	Con	Lab
Rishton Eachill	Con	-	Con	Con
Rishton Norden	Con	Lab	-	Con
Spring Hill	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
St Andrews	Con	Con	Con	Lab
St Oswalds	Con	Con	Con	Con
Councillors
Labour Cllrs.	5	8	6	13
Cons Cllrs	11	7	10	3
% of the Vote'
Labour	46.6%			51.8%
Conservatives	55.0%			38.9%

Notes and References

1. Hyndburn Council election records. Hyndburn Council election records. May 1980.