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 Size: | 400px |
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.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | 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 |
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