| Election Name: | 1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1982 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Seats For Election: | 22 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Jonathan Taylor |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Jonathan Taylor |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 47 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 39 |
| Popular Vote1: | 32,328 |
| Percentage1: | 41.9% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 20 |
| Popular Vote2: | 31,203 |
| Percentage2: | 40.4% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 13,675 |
| Percentage3: | 17.7% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1984. Boundary changes were implemented for these elections, however, these changes were not sufficient for the whole council to be re-elected.[1] The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 32,328 (41.9%) | 3.5 | 9 (40.9%) | 8 | 39 (61.9%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 31,203 (40.4%) | 9.5 | 11 (50.0%) | 6 | 20 (31.7%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 13,675 (17.7%) | 6.0 | 2 (9.1%) | 2 | 4 (6.3%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 40 (0.0%) | 0.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 20 | 4 | 39 |