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1980 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1980.
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6 May 1980 (1980-05-06)
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1980.
Following boundary changes, the entire council was up for election (3 Councillors for each ward). The candidates with the highest number of votes in each ward were elected until 1984, the candidates with the second highest number of votes were elected until 1983 and the candidates with the third highest number of votes were elected until 1982.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party Seats;
Labour 40 Liberal 38 Conservative 21
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
40 38% 36% 51,649 38 40% 33% 47,536 21 21% 29% 42,512 0 0% 1.0% 1,473 0 0% 0.6% 821 0 0% 0.2% 308
***** - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Liberal 2,040 54% N/A Liberal 1,696 46% Liberal 1,692 46% Labour 1,308 36% Labour 1,301 36% Labour 1,292 36% Communist 311 8% Conservative 132 3% Conservative 116 3% Conservative 107 3% 732 10,455 3,791 36%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,271 45% Liberal 2,266 45% Liberal 2,054 41% Conservative 2,011 40% Conservative 1,950 39% Conservative 1,926 38% Labour 841 17% Labour 771 15% Labour 742 15% 260 13,245 5,062 38%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 3,169 61% Conservative 2,266 61% Conservative 3,135 60% Labour 1,092 21% Labour 1,079 21% Labour 1,006 19% Liberal 932 18% Liberal 930 18% Liberal 831 16% 2,077 12,660 5,193 41%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,660 36% Liberal 1,587 34% Liberal 1,570 34% Liberal 1,559 34% Conservative 1,500 32% Conservative 1,465 32% Labour 1,373 30% Labour 1,302 28% Labour 1,286 28% 73 12,809 4,620 36%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,678 37% Labour 1,580 35% Labour 1,536 34% Liberal 1,508 33% Liberal 1,506 33% Labour 1,463 32% Conservative 1,250 27% Conservative 1,166 25% Conservative 1,049 23% Communist 143 3% 170 12,446 4,579 37%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,367 57% Liberal 2,318 56% Liberal 2,173 52% Labour 1,307 31% Labour 1,187 29% Labour 1,166 28% Conservative 484 12% Conservative 376 9% Conservative 342 8% 1,060 11,928 4,158 35%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,066 42% Liberal 1,847 37% Liberal 1,766 36% Conservative 1,474 30% Labour 1,448 29% Labour 1,427 29% Labour 1,427 Conservative 1,416 29% Conservative 1,395 28% 592 13,688 4,941 36%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 2,938 50% Conservative 2,896 50% Conservative 2,881 49% Liberal 2,069 35% Liberal 1,964 34% Liberal 1,927 33% Labour 830 14% Labour 807 14% Labour 773 13% 869 13,663 5,837 43%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 3,266 44% Liberal 3,231 44% Conservative 3,148 43% Conservative 3,044 41% Liberal 2,859 39% Liberal 2,832 38% Labour 886 12% Labour 878 12% Labour 857 12% 35 15,000 7,383 49%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,745 54% Liberal 2,517 50% Liberal 2,388 47% Labour 1,750 34% Labour 1,738 34% Labour 1,712 34% Conservative 587 12% Conservative 583 11% Conservative 560 11% 995 13,768 5,082 37%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,961 40% Liberal 1,929 39% Labour 1,734 35% Labour 1,719 35% Liberal 1,684 34% Labour 1,614 33% Conservative 1,223 25% Conservative 1,043 21% Conservative 1,032 21% 227 13,531 4,918 36%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 2,656 53% Conservative 2,626 52% Conservative 2,607 52% Labour 1,289 26% Labour 1,109 22% Liberal 1,089 22% Labour 1,064 21% Liberal 1,035 21% Liberal 1,018 20% 1,367 13,040 5,034 39%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,929 44% Liberal 1,881 43% Liberal 1,734 39% Labour 1,684 38% Labour 1,606 36% Labour 1,490 34% Conservative 689 16% Conservative 675 15% Conservative 650 15% Communist 110 2.5% 245 11,800 4,412 37%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,469 67% Labour 2,432 66% Labour 2,394 65% Conservative 940 26% Conservative 921 25% Conservative 805 22% Liberal 271 7% Liberal 254 7% Liberal 183 5% 1,529 11,893 3,680 31%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,530 68% Labour 1,347 60% Labour 1,306 58% Liberal 451 20% Liberal 437 19% Liberal 415 18% Conservative 195 9% Conservative 116 5% Communist 83 3.7% 1,079 10,870 2,259 21%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,026 50% Labour 1,812 45% Labour 1,804 45% Conservative 1,260 31% Conservative 1,170 29% Conservative 1,087 27% Liberal 741 18% Liberal 719 18% Liberal 709 18% 766 11,893 4,027 34%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,181 76% Labour 2,112 73% Labour 1,978 69% Conservative 456 16% Conservative 434 15% Conservative 413 14% Liberal 245 9% Liberal 231 8% Liberal 199 7% 1,725 12,029 2,882 24%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,910 52% Labour 1,805 49% Labour 1,649 45% Liberal 1,162 32% Liberal 969 26% Liberal 921 25% Conservative 478 13% Conservative 442 12% Conservative 441 12% Communist 10 3.4% 748 11,964 3,674 31%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 3,464 55% Conservative 3,443 54% Conservative 3,312 52% Liberal 1,268 20% Liberal 1,203 19% Liberal 1,149 18% Ind. Conservative 821 13% Labour 791 12% Labour 737 12% Labour 700 11% 2,196 12,305 6,344 52%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,806 71% Liberal 2,637 67% Liberal 2,567 65% Labour 737 19% Labour 724 18% Labour 707 18% Conservative 408 10% Conservative 401 10% Conservative 360 9% 2,069 12,254 3,951 32%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,855 65% Labour 1,692 59% Labour 1,399 49% Liberal 491 17% Liberal 481 17% Liberal 444 16% Conservative 416 15% Conservative 407 14% Conservative 355 12% People's 96 3.4% People's 95 3.3% People's 90 3.1% 1,364 11,308 2,858 25%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,003 69% Labour 1,979 * 68% Labour 1,894 65% Conservative 522 18% Conservative 486 17% Conservative 458 16% Liberal 239 8% Liberal 213 7% Liberal 212 7% Communist 148 5.1% 1,481 9,365 2,912 31%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,743 36% Liberal 1,725 36% Liberal 1,603 33% Liberal 1,586 33% Labour 1,514 31% Labour 1,405 29% Conservative 1,053 22% Conservative 1,022 21% Conservative 931 19% Independent Liberal 308 6.4% Independent Liberal 293 6.1% Communist 127 2.6% 18 12,292 4,829 39%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 3,471 67% Liberal 3,461 67% Liberal 3,202 62% Labour 1,164 22% Labour 1,131 22% Labour 1,034 20% Conservative 405 7.8% Conservative 403 7.8% Conservative 394 7.6% Communist 151 2.9% 2,307 11,719 5,191 44%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,884 62% Labour 2,587 56% Labour 2,374 51% Conservative 1,067 23% Conservative 887 19% Conservative 848 18% Liberal 665 14% Liberal 508 11% Liberal 482 10% 1,817 12,054 4,616 38%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,351 56% Labour 2,089 50% Labour 2,039 49% Conservative 1,319 32% Conservative 1,280 31% Conservative 1,249 30% Liberal 301 7.2% Liberal 291 7.0% Liberal 277 6.6% Communist 199 4.8% 1,032 12,745 4,170 33%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,130 56% Liberal 2,046 54% Liberal 1,949 51% Labour 1,391 37% Labour 1,240 33% Labour 1,239 33% Conservative 285 7.5% Conservative 234 6.1% Conservative 129 3.4% 739 11,095 3,806 34%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,005 75% Labour 1,877 70% Labour 1,833 69% Conservative 524 20% Conservative 409 15% Conservative 407 15% Liberal 134 5.0% Liberal 130 4.9% Liberal 122 4.6% 1,871 10,168 2,663 26%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,467 47% Liberal 2,147 41% Liberal 2,210 42% Labour 1,414 27% Conservative 1,362 26% Labour 1,311 25% Labour 1,186 23% Conservative 1,083 21% Conservative 1,077 21% 1,053 12,449 5,243 42%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,923 54% Labour 1,882 53% Labour 1,863 53% Conservative 999 28% Conservative 988 28% Conservative 931 26% Liberal 625 18% Liberal 622 18% Liberal 620 17% 924 10,501 3,547 34%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,726 76% Labour 1,668 73% Labour 1,657 73% Liberal 385 17% Liberal 352 15% Liberal 301 13% Conservative 88 3.4% Conservative 80 3.5% Conservative 77 3.4% Communist 77 3.4% 1,341 9,306 2,276 24%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,849 38% Conservative 1,811 37% Conservative 1,681 35% Liberal 1,525 31% Labour 1,486 31% Liberal 1,447 30% Liberal 1,393 29% Labour 1,386 29% Labour 1,345 28% 324 13,086 4,860 37%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 3,883 72% Conservative 3,798 71% Conservative 3,770 70% Labour 1,010 19% Labour 998 19% Labour 923 17% Liberal 469 9% Liberal 438 8% Liberal 423 8% 2,873 12,808 5,362 42%
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