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1979 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1979. One third of the council was up for election and the Council remained with no overall control.

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6 May 1980 (1980-05-06)

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1979. One third of the council was up for election and the Council remained with no overall control.

The election was held on the same day as the national general election, which is why the turnout was so much greater than normal.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Seats	±
Labour	42	+5
Liberal	30	-5
Conservative	27	0

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
19	6	1	+5	57%	41%	112,204
6	2	2	0	18%	31%	84,241
8	1	6	-5	24%	28%	76,890
0	0	0	0	0%	1%	1,855
0	0	0	0	0%	0.1%	362

***** - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	3,250	49%	−13%
	Liberal	2,465	37%	+27%
	Conservative	532	8%	−10%
	Communist	449	7%	−4
785
12,233
6,696	55%	+37%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	6,832	60%	+10%
	Liberal	2,671	24%	−18%
	Labour	1,806	16%	+8%
4,367
14,762
11,309	77%	+35%
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	4,839 *	60%	+3%
	Liberal	3,218	40%	+10%
1,621
10,894
8,057	74%	+38%
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,891	43%	+14%
	Conservative	3,022	34%	−5%
	Liberal	2,100	23%	−9%
869
12,667
9,-13	71%	+42%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,769	36%	+11%
	Conservative	2,571	33%	+5%
	Liberal	2,450	31%	−16%
198
12,722
7,790	61%	+35%
	Labour gain from Liberal	+8%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,648	47%	+5%
	Labour	2,865	37%	+1%
	Conservative	1,191	15%	−6%
783
11,901
7,704	65%	+41%
	Liberal hold	+5%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,612	42%	−4%
	Conservative	2,825	33%	−5%
	Labour	2,213	26%	+9%
787
12,099
8,650	71%	+36%
	Liberal hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	4,547	72%	+6%
	Conservative	913	14%	−13%
	Liberal	627	10%	+4%
	Communist	211	3%
3,634
11,519
6,298	55%	+38%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	7,425	51%	+2%
	Labour	3,768	26%	+11%
	Liberal	3,132	22%	−13%
3,657
20,190
14,510	72%	+38%
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	4,671	42%	0%
	Liberal	4,385	40%	−10%
	Labour	1,943	18%	+9%

286
14,983	73%	+36%
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,501	44%	0%
	Labour	2,881	37%	+4%
	Conservative	1,502	19%	−4%
620
10,850
7,884	73%	+38%
	Liberal hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,757	44%	+11%
	Conservative	2,144	25%	−11%
	Liberal	2,638	31%	+2%
1,119
11,866
8,539	72%	+46%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	4,380	46%	+4%
	Labour	2,635	27%	+12%
	Liberal	2,569	27%	−15%
1,745
12,866
9,584	74%	+35%
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,960	63%	+8%
	Liberal	696	15%	+5%
	Conservative	952	20%	−10%
	Communist	113	2%
2,008
7,388
4,721	64%	+41%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	6,382	58%	+8%
	Conservative	3,043	28%	+3%
	Liberal	1,557	14%	−11%
3,339
16,552
10,982	66%	+40%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,353	53%	+20%
	Labour	1,879	30%	−10%
	Conservative	1,112	18%	−9%
1,474
9,885
6,344	64%	+37%
	Liberal gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,951	47%	+16%
	Conservative	3,096	37%	−1%
	Liberal	1,318	16%	−15%
855
11,505
8,365	73%	+42%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	7,702	66%	+8%
	Conservative	2,647	23%	−1%
	Liberal	1,306	11%	−7%
5,055
18,720
11,655	62%	+48%
	Labour hold	+8%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	4,203	58%	+2%
	Liberal	1,483	20%	+9%
	Conservative	1,363	19%	−12%
	Communist	193	3%
2,720
12,154
7,242	60%	+40%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,828	66%	+17%
	Labour	1,082	25%	−8%
	Conservative	406	9%	−8%
1,746
6,426
4,316	67%	+39%
	Liberal hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,406	62%	+1%
	Labour	2,080	38%	+8%
1,326
8,320
5,486	66%	+41%
	Liberal hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,400	61%	−3%
	Liberal	1,574	28%	+20%
	Conservative	601	11%	−17%
1,826
8,190
5,575	68%	+49%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,202	38%	+19%
	Conservative	2,464	29%	−2%
	Liberal	2,374	28%	−12%
	Independent Liberal	362	4%	+2%
	Communist	109	1%
738
12,361
8,511	69%	+36%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	4,428	56%	+7%
	Labour	2,337	30%	−2%
	Conservative	1,023	13%	−5%
	Communist	91	1%	−1%
2,091
11,081
7,879	71%	+36%
	Liberal hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	6,654	59%	+9%
	Liberal	1,244	11%	−7%
	Conservative	3,317	30%	−3%
3,337
16,018
11,215	70%	+46%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,387	54%	+7%
	Liberal	910	15%	−5%
	Conservative	1,847	30%	−3%
	Communist	105	2%
1,540
9,090
6,249	69%	+41%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,258	47%	+7%
	Conservative	1,804	26%	−13%
	Labour	1,801	26%	+5%
1,454
9,954
6,863	69%	+37%
	Liberal hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	4,351	83%	−1%
	Liberal	355	7%	+2%
	Conservative	375	7%	−4%
	Communist	169	3%
3,976
8,820
5,250	60%	+43%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	6,081	65%	+17%
	Conservative	2,293	25%	0%
	Liberal	942	10%	+1%
3,788
14,232
9,316	65%	+46%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,864	37%	+5%
	Liberal	2,771	36%	−4%
	Conservative	2,157	28%	+1%
75
11,073
7,774	70%	+39%
	Labour gain from Liberal	+3.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,846	37%	+12%
	Liberal	2,871	35%	−8%
	Conservative	2,519	30%	−3%
4
11,591
8,265	71%	+40%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	5,644	65%	+12%
	Conservative	2,030	23%	+2%
	Liberal	814	9%	−10%
	Communist	230	3%	−3%
3,614
13,341
8,718	65%	+40%
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	8,345	61%	0%
	Labour	3,062	22%	+7%
	Liberal	2,386	17%	−7%
5,283
18,066
5,283	76%	+41%
	Conservative hold

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