1980 Stevenage Borough Council election

1980 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1979 1 May 1980 1982 →
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1980 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1980 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 1 May 1980. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Quick facts 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	13	1	0	1	100.0	60.8	12,484
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	27.9	5,725
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	11.3	2,314
Total		13						20,523

	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Woodward	1,244	72.4%
	Conservative	L. Jordan	344	20.0%
	Liberal	M. Reynolds	131	7.6%
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Cullen	1,239	67.5%
	Conservative	C. Aylin	464	25.3%
	Liberal	R. Edwards	133	7.2%
Turnout				43.4%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Vale	976	71.7%
	Conservative	P. Howard-Tripp	277	20.3%
	Liberal	J. Meacham	109	8.0%
Turnout				39.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Schofield	875	51.5%
	Conservative	H. Gladwin	539	31.7%
	Liberal	E. Brook	284	16.7%
Turnout				36.5%
	Labour hold

1980 Stevenage Borough Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell Plash

Chells

Longmeadow

Martins Wood

Mobbsbury

Monkswood

Old Stevenage

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Wilkinson	919	57.6%
	Conservative	A. Hurst	459	28.8%
	Liberal	S. Booth	217	13.6%
Turnout				40.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Turnock	928	62.1%
	Conservative	K. Clewer	412	27.6%
	Liberal	I. Hargreaves	154	10.3%
Turnout				43.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Dunnel	633	57.4%
	Conservative	A. Mann	333	30.2%
	Liberal	G. Robbins	137	12.4%
Turnout				41.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Morris	1,135	50.3%
	Conservative	D. Eaton	894	39.6%
	Liberal	S. Booth	228	10.1%
Turnout				45.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Campbell	972	60.1%
	Conservative	M. Russell	466	28.8%
	Liberal	L. Atkins	179	11.1%
Turnout				41.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Munden	861	57.1%
	Conservative	H. Grant	516	34.2%
	Liberal	P. Selley	130	8.6%
Turnout				39.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Fowler	857	58.0%
	Conservative	S. Woods	388	26.3%
	Liberal	C. Cuthbert	232	15.7%
Turnout				39.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Johnson	879	71.5%
	Conservative	T. Byrne	241	19.6%
	Liberal	G. Reynolds	110	8.9%
Turnout				51.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Robbins	966	59.3%
	Conservative	G. Hook	548	33.7%
	Liberal	L. Peal	114	7.0%
Turnout				35.1%
	Labour hold