1980 St Albans City and District Council election
Appearance
The 1980 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]1980 St Albans City and District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 13 | ![]() |
59.1 | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 21,518 | 49.6 | –7.6 | |
Labour | 5 | ![]() |
22.7 | 6 | 11 | 19.3 | 11,653 | 26.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | 4 | ![]() |
13.6 | 1 | 5 | 8.8 | 8,298 | 19.1 | +7.4 | |
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
4.5 | 2 | 3 | 5.3 | 1,892 | 4.4 | +0.9 | |
Ind. Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | N/A | N/A | –1.2 |
Ward results
[edit]Ashley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | B. Rigby | 1,104 | 49.0 | ||
Conservative | S. Davies* | 731 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | R. Protz | 419 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 373 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,254 | 47.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,750 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Batchwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Ramsden | 889 | 46.6 | ||
Conservative | B. Eyles* | 623 | 32.7 | ||
Liberal | L. Coates | 395 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 266 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,907 | 39.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,827 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Clarence
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Wheeldon* | 1,092 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | A. Kirby | 507 | 25.1 | ||
Liberal | J. Mason | 424 | 21.0 | ||
Majority | 585 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,023 | 46.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,319 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Colney Heath
[edit]There is an error for this election result in the source material where the result from London Colney is duplicated in the place of Colney Heath's result. The outcome of the election was a Liberal hold.
Cunningham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | R. Donald | 842 | 37.3 | ||
Conservative | A. Hill* | 736 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | J. Brown | 677 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 106 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,255 | 47.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,772 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Harpenden East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | M. Morrell* | 1,150 | 52.0 | ||
Conservative | D. Lloyd | 1,127 | 51.0 | ||
Labour | C. Mathews | 534 | 24.2 | ||
Liberal | C. Clark | 527 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | R. Collins | 498 | 22.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,211 | 43.8 | |||
Registered electors | 5,049 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Harpenden North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. Wood* | 1,331 | 59.0 | ||
Labour | H. Holmes | 515 | 22.8 | ||
Liberal | D. Collins | 410 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 816 | 36.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,256 | 39.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,721 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harpenden South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | K. Jenkins* | 1,358 | 57.4 | ||
Conservative | K. Nash | 1,167 | 49.4 | ||
Independent | L. Freitag | 418 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal | P. De Fraitas | 365 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | K. Griffin | 221 | 9.3 | ||
Labour | J. Ryan | 181 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,364 | 48.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,924 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Harpenden West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Tarry* | 1,466 | 69.9 | ||
Liberal | T. Woodhead | 432 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | J. McKrell | 199 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 1,034 | 49.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,097 | 40.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,123 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
London Colney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Macmillan | 1,185 | 60.0 | ||
Conservative | J. Smee* | 789 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | 396 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,974 | 71.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,744 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Marshallwick North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Pattison | 936 | 51.6 | ||
Liberal | G. Churchard | 451 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | P. Landman | 427 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | 485 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,814 | 40.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,451 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Marshallwick South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Turner* | 1,173 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal | H. Lowe | 697 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | D. Allan | 356 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 476 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,226 | 44.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,033 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Park Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal | J. Griffin | 662 | 39.9 | ||
Conservative | D. Allen | 633 | 38.2 | ||
Conservative | K. Hill | 632 | 38.1 | ||
Liberal | J. Allen | 573 | 34.5 | ||
Labour | D. Goodchild | 365 | 22.0 | ||
Labour | R. Fricker | 291 | 17.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,659 | 39.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,254 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Redbourn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Bailey | 875 | 56.0 | ||
Conservative | S. Russell* | 688 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 187 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,563 | 34.9 | |||
Registered electors | 4,483 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sopwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Carr* | 1,058 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | K. Davies | 538 | 29.7 | ||
Liberal | G. Woollatt | 217 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 520 | 28.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,813 | 39.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,585 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Peters
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Fowler | 663 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | E. Banbury | 489 | 26.3 | ||
Independent | R. Rayment* | 391 | 21.0 | ||
Liberal | P. Thompson | 317 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 174 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,860 | 40.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,590 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
St. Stephens
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Nowell* | 1,335 | 57.6 | ||
Labour | K. Morcom | 555 | 24.0 | ||
Liberal | M. Barron | 426 | 18.4 | ||
Majority | 780 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,316 | 41.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,617 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Verulam
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Hewitt* | 1,549 | 72.4 | ||
Labour | D. Partridge | 590 | 27.6 | ||
Majority | 959 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,139 | 41.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,140 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wheathampstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Evans | 1,186 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal | N. Clements | 456 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | A. Latchford | 338 | 15.4 | ||
Independent | S. Whittaker | 208 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 730 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,188 | 47.6 | |||
Registered electors | 4,600 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 22 January 2023.