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1980 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The 1980 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 1 May 1980, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.

The 1980 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 1 May 1980, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.

The election saw Labour take the largest share of the vote, winning two seats from the Conservatives, but the Conservatives retained their majority on the council.

The overall results were as follows:

1980 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Labour	8	2	47.1	6	14	28.0	13,923	47.7	+13.9
Conservative	8	2	47.1	24	32	64.0	12,306	42.2	-9.8
Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,096	3.8	-0.9
Ratepayers	0		0.0	2	2	4.0	777	2.7	-0.9
Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	595	2.0	+1.0
Independent	1		5.9	1	2	4.0	438	1.5	-3.1
National Front	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	59	0.2	0.0

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Conservative	685	62.2	−1.1
	Labour	416	37.8	+1.1
	53.2
2,068
	Conservative hold	-1.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,305	56.5	+18.7
	Conservative	798	34.6	−8.3
	Ecology	205	8.9	+8.9
	45.8
5,039
	Labour hold	+13.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	438	59.3	+7.2
	Conservative	163	22.1	−11.6
	Labour	137	18.6	+7.7
	42.3
1,745
	Independent hold	+9.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,013	52.9	+8.1
	Conservative	902	47.1	−3.7
	44.0
4,352
	Labour gain from Conservative	+5.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,361	66.7	−5.1
	Labour	480	23.5	−4.7
	Ecology	200	9.8	+9.8
	41.1
4,966
	Conservative hold	-0.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,291	69.5	+16.6
	Conservative	508	27.3	−11.2
	National Front	59	3.2	−5.4
	41.8
4,445
	Labour hold	+13.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	965	83.6	+4.5
	Labour	189	16.4	−4.5
	41.0
2,815
	Conservative hold	+4.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,202	52.1	+21.5
	Ratepayers	777	33.7	−7.9
	Liberal	252	10.9	+10.9
	Ecology	77	3.3	+3.3
	44.0
5,245
	Labour hold	+14.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	888	58.5	−1.4
	Labour	630	41.5	+23.6
	49.6
3,060
	Conservative hold	-12.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,238	61.9	+16.8
	Conservative	763	38.1	−4.3
	49.0
4,084
	Labour hold	+10.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,348	64.4	+1.9
	Conservative	746	35.6	−1.9
	42.7
4,904
	Labour hold	+1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,432	70.9	+25.8
	Conservative	475	23.5	−31.4
	Ecology	113	5.6	+5.6
	48.4
4,174
	Labour gain from Conservative	+28.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,329	57.1	−9.4
	Labour	997	42.8	+9.4
	57.1
4,074
	Conservative hold	-9.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,216	54.8	+15.5
	Conservative	808	36.4	−7.3
	Liberal	197	8.9	−8.1
	57.0
3,896
	Labour hold	+11.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	863	61.3	+3.1
	Labour	301	21.4	+0.9
	Liberal	243	17.3	−4.0
	37.3
3,772
	Conservative hold	+1.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	698	42.7	−9.2
	Labour	533	32.6	+7.3
	Liberal	404	24.7	+1.9
	37.3
4,383
	Conservative hold	-8.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	354	64.5	−5.4
	Labour	195	35.5	+5.4
	49.5
1,109
	Conservative hold	-5.4

Three by-elections were held on 19 March 1981. The by-election in Letchworth South West ward was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Bob Saunders. The two by-elections in Letchworth South East ward were triggered by the death of Conservative councillor John Yates and the resignation of Labour councillor Rod Playford. The Conservatives retained the Letchworth South West seat, but Labour won both Letchworth South East seats.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	1,261	42.1	−28.8
Labour	1,123
Conservative	898	30.0	+6.5
Conservative	860
Liberal	836	27.9	+27.9
Labour hold	-17.7
Labour gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	977	44.0	−21.8
Liberal	640	28.8	+28.8
Labour	602	27.1	−22.2
Conservative hold	-25.3

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