1980 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held in May 1980. [1] 1980 was the second year of local elections on the new boundaries. [1] One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council. Labour taking 8 seats from the Conservatives.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1980
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 13881.3%51.8%12,944+5.2%
  Conservative 3818.7%38.9%9,713-10.2%
  Liberal 5.0%1,239+2.6%
  National Front -0.5%
  Independent 4.0%992+3.0%
  Communist -0.1%
 Spoilt0.4%960
 Totals1642.9%24,984
Ward1979 1st 1979 2nd1979 3rd1980
Next Up1980198219831984
Altham Parish--Con
BarnfieldConLabLabLab
BaxendenConConConLab
CentralLabLabLabLab
ChurchLabLabLabLab
ClaytonConConConLab
HuncoatConLabConLab
ImmanuelLabConConLab
MilnshawConConConLab
NethertonLabLabLabLab
OvertonConConConLab
PeelLabLabConLab
Rishton EachillCon-ConCon
Rishton NordenConLab-Con
Spring HillLabLabLabLab
St AndrewsConConConLab
St OswaldsConConConCon
Councillors
Labour Cllrs.58613
Cons Cllrs117103
% of the Vote'
Labour46.6%51.8%
Conservatives55.0%38.9%

Ward Results

Barnfield- electorate 3,017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Les Jones783
Conservative 464
...spoilt votes3...
Majority
Turnout 1,25041.4%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Baxenden- electorate 3,539
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Eddleston596
Liberal 576
Conservative 543
...spoilt votes3...
Majority
Turnout 48.5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Central- electorate 3,950
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Basil Whitham1,119
Conservative 417
...spoilt votes11...
Majority
Turnout 39.2%
Labour hold Swing
Church- electorate 4,843
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phyliss Hargreaves1,429
Conservative 658
...spoilt votes5...
Majority
Turnout 43.2%
Labour hold Swing
Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 4,180
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour PS Whitham838
Conservative 828
Liberal 331
...spoilt votes8...
Majority
Turnout 48.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Huncoat - electorate 2,764
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eddie Saville696
Conservative 694
...spoilt votes1...
Majority2
Turnout 50.3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Immanuel - electorate 3,369
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B Nuttall704
Conservative 658
...spoilt votes2...
Majority46
Turnout 38.2%
Labour hold Swing
Milnshaw - electorate 4,188
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham A. Ashworth1,044
Conservative 813
...spoilt votes2...
Majority
Turnout 44.4%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Netherton - electorate 3,714
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F Gregory1,058
Conservative 722
...spoilt votes5...
Majority
Turnout 48.1%
Labour hold Swing
Overton - electorate 4,518
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J D Marsh910
Conservative 897
...spoilt votes2...
Majority
Turnout 40.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Peel - electorate 3,861
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W Wallwork1,111
Conservative 603
...spoilt votes5...
Majority
Turnout 44.5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Rishton Eachill - electorate 2,102
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. D. Henry482
Labour 350
Liberal 197
...spoilt votes1...
Majority
Turnout 49.0%
Conservative hold Swing
Rishton Norden- electorate 2,538
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 652
Labour 379
Liberal 135
...spoilt votes0...
Majority
Turnout 45.9%
Conservative hold Swing
Spring Hill - electorate 4,120
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cliff Westell776
Independent 690
...spoilt votes42...
Majority
Turnout 36.6%
Labour hold Swing
St. Andrew's - electorate 3,238
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Newsham642
Conservative 626
...spoilt votes3...
Majority16
Turnout 39.3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St Oswald's - electorate 4,079
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bessie Margaret Sandiford656
Labour 509
Independent 302
...spoilt votes3...
Majority
Turnout 36.0%
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hyndburn Council election records". Hyndburn Council election records. May 1980.