1980 Manchester City Council election

1980 Manchester City Council election
← 1979 1 May 1980 1982 →
35 of 99 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 50 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1980 election
Leader of the Council before election; Norman Morris; Labour	Leader of the Council after election ; Norman Morris; Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1982, due to the boundary changes and "all-out" elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	75,837 (57.0%)	6.3	30 (85.7%)	30 / 35	9	72 (72.8%)	72 / 99
Conservative Party	42,744 (32.1%)	5.5	4 (11.4%)	4 / 35	12	23 (23.2%)	23 / 99
Liberal Party	13,624 (10.2%)	1.0	1 (2.9%)	1 / 35	1	4 (4.0%)	4 / 99
Independent	321 (0.2%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Ecology	295 (0.2%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Communist	145 (0.1%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Socialist Workers	75 (0.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. E. Murphy	2,502	48.2	−10.6
	Labour	R. B. Walters	1,823	35.1	−6.1
	Liberal	M. A. Plesch	862	16.6	N/A
Majority			679	13.1	−4.6
Turnout			5,187	43.0	−29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Dale*	2,436	81.4	+22.9
	Conservative	G. Taylor	441	14.7	−18.8
	Liberal	J. Spittle	114	3.8	−4.2
Majority			1,995	66.7	+41.7
Turnout			2,991	29.2	−33.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Burns*	3,754	65.8	+11.3
	Conservative	M. Malbon	1,698	29.8	−7.4
	Liberal	P. G. Willams	251	4.4	−3.9
Majority			2,056	36.1	+18.8
Turnout			5,703	41.4	−31.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. T. Maguire	1,835	48.1	+6.1
	Conservative	B. Moore*	1,590	41.7	−4.2
	Liberal	J. R. Marsden	364	9.5	−2.6
	Independent	M. G. Gibson	25	0.7	+0.7
Majority			245	6.4	+2.5
Turnout			3,814	37.2	−30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Flanagan*	2,061	86.3	+4.8
	Labour	M. Harrison	1,898	79.5	−2.0
	Independent	W. C. Carman	208	8.7	N/A
	Conservative	C. Hare	148	6.2	−12.3
	Conservative	R. Plant	121	5.1	−13.4
	Liberal	K. Parkinson	109	4.6	N/A
Majority			1,690	70.8	+7.8
Turnout			2,388	34.1	−27.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Risby*	2,910	61.0	+12.7
	Conservative	H. P. Cummins	1,659	34.8	−9.0
	Liberal	N. Towers	201	4.2	−3.7
Majority			1,251	26.2	+21.7
Turnout			4,770	42.9	−31.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Egerton*	2,691	70.0	+6.1
	Conservative	L. Hockey	981	25.5	−5.1
	Liberal	L. Towers	172	4.5	−1.0
Majority			1,710	44.5	+11.3
Turnout			3,844	32.6	−37.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Barnes	3,285	56.9	+8.8
	Conservative	G. Fitzsimons*	2,231	38.6	−5.1
	Liberal	G. Dulson	260	4.5	−3.7
Majority			1,054	18.2	+13.8
Turnout			5,776	46.0	−28.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Martin	2,503	49.8	+6.7
	Conservative	R. Nicholson	2,045	40.7	−5.6
	Liberal	C. Dowse	474	9.4	−1.2
Majority			458	9.1
Turnout			5,022	44.1	−30.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Morris*	2,608	62.2	+11.0
	Conservative	C. Maffei	1,348	32.1	−8.0
	Liberal	J. Mawson	239	5.7	−3.0
Majority			1,260	30.0	+18.8
Turnout			4,195	42.9	−33.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. G. Ford*	1,785	71.6	+5.5
	Conservative	K. Taylor	613	24.6	−3.8
	Liberal	R. A. Bell	94	3.8	−1.7
Majority			1,172	47.0	+9.3
Turnout			2,492	34.4	−31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Vince*	2,267	47.1	−3.9
	Labour	H. Brown	2,067	43.0	+7.2
	Liberal	J. Commons	421	8.8	−4.4
	Communist	B. E. Struszckak	54	1.1	+1.1
Majority			200	4.2	−11.0
Turnout			4,809	43.7	−32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bradley	894	77.5	+13.9
	Conservative	P. Snell	192	16.7	−11.0
	Liberal	I. Wilde	67	5.8	−3.0
Majority			702	60.9	+25.0
Turnout			1,153	26.4	−27.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Lim	3,463	70.4	+10.3
	Conservative	A. Spencer	956	19.4	−5.9
	Liberal	J. Southward	500	10.2	−4.4
Majority			2,507	51.0	+16.2
Turnout			4,919	36.9	−33.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. W. Harrison	2,230	50.8	+8.1
	Conservative	W. L. Clapham*	1,919	43.7	−3.3
	Liberal	K. Osbourne	238	5.4	−5.0
Majority			311	7.1	+2.8
Turnout			4,387	38.8	−32.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.7

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Duke*	3,082	59.2	+2.8
	Labour	N. Siddiqi	1,080	20.7	−4.8
	Liberal	G. Shaw	1,045	20.1	+2.0
Majority			2,002	38.4	+7.4
Turnout			5,207	41.2	−35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Brierley	2,729	75.3	+12.1
	Conservative	C. H. T. Webb	736	20.3	−9.8
	Liberal	J. M. Hodgson	161	4.4	−2.3
Majority			1,993	55.0	+21.9
Turnout			3,626	42.7	−30.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.9

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Barker*	2,207	67.9	+6.8
	Conservative	D. Heywood	925	28.5	−3.3
	Liberal	J. Rhodes	118	3.6	−3.6
Majority			1,282	39.4	+10.1
Turnout			3,250	37.5	−33.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Lister	1,463	57.6	−7.0
	Labour	H. Reid*	1,433	56.5	−8.1
	Conservative	J. Harding	511	20.1	−9.2
	Conservative	F. Meaden	449	17.7	−11.6
	Liberal	J. Ashley	425	16.7	+10.6
	Liberal	T. M. Broderick	387	15.2	+9.1
Majority			922	36.3	+1.0
Turnout			2,538	37.4	−28.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Thomas*	2,008	73.8	+5.2
	Liberal	P. Thompson	329	12.1	+1.5
	Conservative	N. P. Shand	295	10.8	−7.6
	Independent	D. S. Redford	88	3.2	+3.2
Majority			1,679	61.7	+11.5
Turnout			2,720	29.3	−32.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Smith	2,105	40.2	+3.6
	Labour	R. M. Pilkington	1,962	37.5	+3.4
	Conservative	W. Carlton*	1,171	22.4	−6.9
Majority			143	2.7	+0.2
Turnout			5,238	42.2	−30.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. D. Kelly	2,632	61.0	+5.8
	Conservative	G. Cleworth*	1,459	33.8	−1.5
	Liberal	B. V. Roberts	224	5.2	−4.2
Majority			1,173	27.2	+7.3
Turnout			4,315	41.3	−33.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. McKeon*	2,679	69.2	+13.2
	Conservative	R. E. Bevan	1,035	26.7	−8.4
	Liberal	E. Thompson	156	4.0	−2.8
Majority			1,644	42.5	+21.6
Turnout			3,870	33.0	−36.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. W. Ford*	1,905	58.8	−1.5
	Conservative	A. Malpas	974	30.1	−1.2
	Liberal	M. Amin	269	8.3	−0.1
	Communist	M. Cowie	91	2.8	+2.8
Majority			931	28.7	−0.4
Turnout			3,239	33.0	−33.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Latham*	1,905	90.3	+13.5
	Conservative	A. E. Halliday	148	7.0	−10.7
	Liberal	P. Bailey	57	2.7	−2.8
Majority			1,757	83.3	+24.2
Turnout			2,110	31.1	−30.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Paget*	1,626	75.9	+8.4
	Conservative	J. M. Goldsby	349	16.3	−6.5
	Liberal	L. Ford	167	7.8	−1.9
Majority			1,277	59.6	+14.9
Turnout			2,142	30.2	−33.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Shaw	2,788	52.0	+5.7
	Conservative	K. E. Goulding*	2,310	43.1	−0.8
	Liberal	J. Cookson	265	4.9	−4.9
Majority			478	8.9	+6.4
Turnout			5,363	45.2	−32.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Tomlinson*	2,549	64.4	+4.0
	Conservative	A. E. Walsh	1,190	30.1	−5.8
	Liberal	V. Towers	221	5.6	+1.9
Majority			1,359	34.3	+9.8
Turnout			3,960	38.4	−32.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Alexandra

Ardwick

Baguley

Barlow Moor

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Brooklands

Burnage

Charlestown

Cheetham

Chorlton

Collegiate Church

Crossacres

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Hulme

Levenshulme

Lightbowne

Lloyd Street

Longsight

Miles Platting

Moss Side

Moston

Newton Heath

Northenden

Old Moat

Rusholme

Withington

Woodhouse Park

Gorton South, 25 September 1980

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Old Moat, 9 July 1981

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. A. Reddington	2,964	53.5	+7.9
	Conservative	C. H. Box*	2,089	37.7	−5.6
	Liberal	J. Holland	487	8.8	−1.1
Majority			875	15.8	+13.5
Turnout			5,540	46.2	−28.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. C. Thomas	1,827	44.0	+2.6
	Conservative	W. H. Aikman*	1,551	37.3	−2.4
	Liberal	C. Adamson	776	18.7	−0.2
Majority			276	6.6	+4.9
Turnout			4,154	42.1	−30.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Nicholson	2,537	51.3	+9.0
	Conservative	K. Ollerenshaw*	1,765	35.7	−5.2
	Liberal	D. Senior	352	7.1	−2.6
	Ecology	D. Dalton	295	6.0	−1.1
Majority			772	15.6	+14.3
Turnout			4,949	34.2	−31.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. M. Jacobs	1,762	34.7	−1.3
	Liberal	J. Edwards	1,709	33.6	−5.3
	Labour	W. M. Jameson	1,610	31.7	+6.6
Majority			53	1.0	−1.8
Turnout			5,081	45.6	−27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Farrell*	3,021	70.4	+8.9
	Conservative	J. A. Graham	802	18.7	−7.9
	Liberal	L. Griffiths	392	9.1	−2.8
	Socialist Workers	J. N. Taylor	75	1.7	+1.7
Majority			2,219	51.7	+16.8
Turnout			4,290	40.1	−31.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Sadler	1,708	67.0	−0.9
	Conservative	Doris Heywood	531	20.8	−7.7
	Liberal	David Senior	309	12.1	+8.5
Majority			1,177	46.2	+6.8
Turnout			2,548	32.3	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Chadwick	2,287	61.5	+0.5
	Conservative	Valerie Hall	922	24.8	−10.0
	Liberal	John Cookson	510	13.7	+9.5
Majority			1,365	36.7	+10.2
Turnout			3,719	33.4	−9.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Aikman	1,198	37.9	+0.6
	Labour	Paula Sadler	1,104	34.9	−9.1
	Liberal	Colin Dowse	860	27.2	+8.5
Majority			94	3.0	−3.6
Turnout			3,162	32.0	−10.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.8