1980 Harlow District Council election

1980 Harlow District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1979 1 May 1980 1982 →
15 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1980 Harlow District Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1980 Harlow District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Quick facts 15 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council 23 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	14	1	0	1	93.3	62.3	12,365
Conservative	1	0	0		6.7	24.7	4,891
Liberal	0	0	1	1	0.0	12.8	2,537
National Front	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	48

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Burnham	775	75.0%
	Conservative	M. Ashcroft	258	25.0%
Turnout				31.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Cave	837	61.4%
	Conservative	R. Weyers	412	30.2%
	Liberal	T. Owen	114	8.4%
Turnout				41.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Hobbs	689	64.6%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	243	22.8%
	Liberal	A. Merryweather	135	12.7%
Turnout				35.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Kent	863	53.9%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	617	38.5%
	Liberal	L. Swanton	122	7.6%
Turnout				35.2%
	Labour hold

Election result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Edwards	1,172	68.8%
	Conservative	R. Brown	428	25.1%
	Liberal	C. Merryweather	104	6.1%
Turnout				40.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Condon	1,008	60.2%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	338	20.2%
	Liberal	P. Ramsay	329	19.6%
Turnout				38.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Farr	967	69.0%
	Liberal	J. Mercer	435	31.0%
Turnout				59.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Graham	741	68.0%
	Conservative	P. Harries	268	24.6%
	Liberal	D. Eldridge	81	7.4%
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Desormeaux	628	68.2%
	Conservative	F. Burgoyne	175	19.0%
	Liberal	W. Mitchell	118	12.8%
Turnout				37.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Dutton	1,166	50.3%
	Labour	S. Firth	1,151	49.7%
Turnout				51.0%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	846	60.2%
	Conservative	C. Brown	340	24.2%
	Liberal	D. Filler	219	15.6%
Turnout				%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Phelps	907	73.2%
	Conservative	L. Crust	200	16.1%
	Liberal	S. Ward	132	10.7%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Talbot	794	48.9%
	Liberal	J. Hewitt	608	37.4%
	Conservative	R. Cross	223	13.7%
Turnout				41.3%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. James	987
	Labour	J. Ellis	964
	Conservative	E. Gibson	223
	Conservative	S. Tombs	195
	Liberal	L. Fuller	140
	Liberal	M. Ramsey	128
	National Front	C. Saunders	48
Turnout				35.9%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold