1980 City of Glasgow District Council election

The 1980 City of Glasgow District Council election took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. This was the third election to the City of Glasgow District Council.

1980 City of Glasgow
District Council election

1 May 1980
All 72 seats to City of Glasgow District Council 37 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 30 25 1 Seats won 58 11 3 Seat change 28 15 2 Popular vote 139,471 55,816 14,712 Percentage 54.7% 21.9% 5.8%
Council Leader before election No overall control Elected Council Leader Labour

Aggregate results

1980 City of Glasgow District Council election[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	58			28	80.6	54.7	139,471
	Conservative	11			14	15.3	21.9	55,816
	Liberal	3			2	4.2	5.8	14,712
	SNP	0			16	0.0	15.9	40,639
	Communist	0				0.0	0.9	2,325
	Independent	0				0.0	0.2	436
	Other parties	0				0.0	0.5	1,431

References

1. J. M. Bochel; D. T. Denver. "The Scottish District Elections 1980" (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 86–87.