1980 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

The 1980 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council's seats were up for election. Similar to the general trend of the local elections, Labour saw an increase in their share of the vote almost entirely at the expensive of the Conservatives. From this, Labour managed to increase their (previously razor-edge) majority control of the council. This marked the first election in Welwyn Hatfield's local elections that an independent candidate stood for a seat. They came third in the Welwyn South ward, below the Conservatives and Labour but beating the Liberals.

1980 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

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14 out of 43 seats to Welwyn Hatfield District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34,450, 50.7%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 22 seats, 45.0% 21 seats, 51.3% 0 seats, 3.6%
Seats before 22 21 0
Seats after 25 18 0
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 18,076 15,227 972
Percentage 52.5% 44.2% 2.8%
Swing Increase 7.5 Decrease 7.1 Decrease 0.8

Council composition following the election.

Summary

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Election result

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1980 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9   3 64.3 16 25 58.1 18,076 52.5 +7.5
  Conservative 5   3 35.7 13 18 41.9 15,227 44.2 –7.1
  Liberal 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 972 2.8 –0.8
  Independent 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 175 0.5 N/A

References

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  1. ^ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 10 February 2023.