1980 Sheffield City Council election explained

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.

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

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valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour6260
Conservatives2218
Liberal69
Communist00
S.D.P.00
National Front00
Total9087
Working majority