Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1980

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1984. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Conservative	39	-8
Labour	21	+6
Liberal	3	+2
Conservative hold

Ward results

Altrincham (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. R. Finch	1,472	24.0	-5.2
	Conservative	C. S. Gordon*	1,323	21.6	-10.0
	Labour	G. H. Mountain	1,156	18.8	+37.6
	Labour	G. R. Scott	1,102	18.0	+36.0
	Liberal	M. C. Booth	593	9.7	-27.4
	Liberal	H. M. Hughes	490	8.0	-30.8
Majority			167	2.7	-3.8
Turnout			6,136	39.8	-29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. S. Hall*	2,473	60.5	-4.2
	Liberal	R. B. Slack	1,022	25.0	+3.3
	Labour	A. D. Johnson	592	14.5	+0.9
Majority			1,451	35.5	-7.5
Turnout			4,087	46.9	-30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. B. Dolan	1,470	44.1	+13.8
	Conservative	A. K. Davies	1,363	40.9	-4.7
	Liberal	B. Gaylard	499	15.0	-9.1
Majority			107	3.2	-12.0
Turnout			3,332	42.0	-35.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Ludlam*	2,107	52.5	-11.3
	Liberal	C. A. Bearfield	1,401	34.9	+8.8
	Labour	J. Shaw	507	12.6	+2.5
Majority			706	17.6	+3.3
Turnout			4,015	50.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. D. Paul*	2,067	80.4	+18.7
	Conservative	I. S. Balcombe	334	13.0	-25.3
	Liberal	B. Wilson	169	6.6	+6.6
Majority			1,733	67.4	+44.0
Turnout			2,570	36.4	-33.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Lloyd*	2,241	66.7	+15.3
	Conservative	J. T. Lamb	1,119	33.3	-2.9
Majority			1,122	33.4	+30.3
Turnout			3,360	43.2	-16.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Eadie*	1,408	43.6	-7.1
	Labour	L. M. Seex	1,311	40.6	+7.9
	Liberal	T. M. Owen	512	15.8	-0.9
Majority			97	3.0	-15.0
Turnout			3,231	42.4	-37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Stringer	1,411	38.7	-0.6
	Conservative	D. P. Harding*	1,378	37.8	+37.8
	Liberal	L. O'Rourke	856	23.5	-37.2
Majority			33	0.9	-20.5
Turnout			3,645	44.5	-30.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick*	1,403	38.2	-15.1
	Labour	J. D. Brown	1,245	33.9	+3.5
	Liberal	D. E. Earl	1,183	32.2	+15.9
Majority			158	4.3	-18.6
Turnout			3,673	48.8	-32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Godwin*	2,596	69.2	-0.1
	Liberal	C. G. Ball	852	22.7	+4.2
	Labour	R. A. Tully	305	8.1	-4.1
Majority			1,744	46.5	-4.3
Turnout			3,753	43.4	-35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. E. Cottam*	2,252	62.7	+21.6
	Conservative	J. A. Schofield	1,341	37.3	-7.2
Majority			911	25.4	+22.0
Turnout			3,593	46.9	-25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst*	2,306	51.9	-2.5
	Liberal	E. Critchlow	1,188	26.7	-2.2
	Labour	H. Pollard	951	21.4	+4.7
Majority			1,118	25.2	-0.4
Turnout			4,445	46.6	-32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Pyper*	1,981	65.0	+13.3
	Conservative	W. P. Coates	1,027	33.7	-5.3
	Communist	E. H. Hook	40	1.3	+0.3
Majority			954	31.3	+18.6
Turnout			3,048	42.9	-32.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. J. Golding	1,459	42.4	+0.7
	Conservative	J. R. Sutton*	1,218	35.4	-3.6
	Labour	R. J. Ellis	762	22.2	+2.9
Majority			241	7.0	+4.3
Turnout			3,439	43.1	-32.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Brotherton	1,780	50.9	+4.5
	Conservative	R. Maley	1,072	30.6	-8.1
	Liberal	A. C. Halliday	647	18.5	+3.6
Majority			708	20.2	+12.5
Turnout			3,499	44.4	-30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Hadley	2,286	60.5	+31.7
	Conservative	T. Almond*	1,493	39.5	-7.8
Majority			793	21.0	+2.5
Turnout			3,779	41.7	-33.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Reid	1,952	54.6	+19.7
	Conservative	C. Warbrick*	1,623	45.4	-8.4
Majority			329	9.2	-9.7
Turnout			3,575	43.3	-34.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan*	2,192	74.4	+17.9
	Conservative	B. M. Dirikis	754	25.6	-9.3
Majority			1,438	48.8	+27.3
Turnout			2,946	39.1	-29.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hall*	1,590	43.7	-6.9
	Liberal	M. R. Farnsworth	1,309	36.0	-13.4
	Labour	E. Axon	739	20.3	+20.3
Majority			281	7.7	+6.4
Turnout			3,638	41.2	-35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Horner	1,686	52.2	+25.1
	Conservative	R. V. Royle-Higginson*	1,546	47.8	-3.0
Majority			140	4.3	-19.5
Turnout			3,232	42.2	-35.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Bowker	1,495	36.5	+16.4
	Conservative	A. R. Weedall*	1,382	33.8	-14.9
	Labour	R. J. Short	1,215	29.7	-1.5
Majority			113	2.8	-0.5
Turnout			4,092	50.2	+15.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 2 May 1980", Trafford M.B.C.(1980).

(1979 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1980 (→ 1982)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

District councils (England)	Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Blackburn Brentwood Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby East Devon Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Hartlepool Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Hull Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oxford Pendle Penwith Preston Purbeck Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Wyre Forest York

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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