1980 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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

• Conservative (28-8=20)
• Labour (19+8=27)

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1980

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	8			81.3%	51.8%	12,944	+5.2%
	Conservative	3		8		18.7%	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%
	Spoilt						0.4%	96	0
	Totals	16					42.9%	24,984

Ward	1979 1st	1979 2nd	1979 3rd	1980
Next Up	1980	1982	1983	1984
Altham Parish	-	-	Con
Barnfield	Con	Lab	Lab	Lab
Baxenden	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Central	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
Church	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
Clayton	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Huncoat	Con	Lab	Con	Lab
Immanuel	Lab	Con	Con	Lab
Milnshaw	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Netherton	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
Overton	Con	Con	Con	Lab
Peel	Lab	Lab	Con	Lab
Rishton Eachill	Con	-	Con	Con
Rishton Norden	Con	Lab	-	Con
Spring Hill	Lab	Lab	Lab	Lab
St Andrews	Con	Con	Con	Lab
St Oswalds	Con	Con	Con	Con
Councillors
Labour Cllrs.	5	8	6	13
Cons Cllrs	11	7	10	3
% of the Vote'
Labour	46.6%			51.8%
Conservatives	55.0%			38.9%

Ward Results

Barnfield- electorate 3,017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Jones	783
	Conservative		464
	...	spoilt votes	3	...
Majority
Turnout			1,250	41.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Baxenden- electorate 3,539

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Eddleston	596
	Liberal		576
	Conservative		543
	...	spoilt votes	3	...
Majority
Turnout				48.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Central- electorate 3,950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Whitham	1,119
	Conservative		417
	...	spoilt votes	11	...
Majority
Turnout				39.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Church- electorate 4,843

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyliss Hargreaves	1,429
	Conservative		658
	...	spoilt votes	5	...
Majority
Turnout				43.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 4,180

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	PS Whitham	838
	Conservative		828
	Liberal		331
	...	spoilt votes	8	...
Majority
Turnout				48.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Huncoat - electorate 2,764

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Saville	696
	Conservative		694
	...	spoilt votes	1	...
Majority			2
Turnout				50.3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Immanuel - electorate 3,369

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Nuttall	704
	Conservative		658
	...	spoilt votes	2	...
Majority			46
Turnout				38.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Milnshaw - electorate 4,188

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham A. Ashworth	1,044
	Conservative		813
	...	spoilt votes	2	...
Majority
Turnout				44.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherton - electorate 3,714

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Gregory	1,058
	Conservative		722
	...	spoilt votes	5	...
Majority
Turnout				48.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton - electorate 4,518

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J D Marsh	910
	Conservative		897
	...	spoilt votes	2	...
Majority
Turnout				40.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peel - electorate 3,861

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Wallwork	1,111
	Conservative		603
	...	spoilt votes	5	...
Majority
Turnout				44.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rishton Eachill - electorate 2,102

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. D. Henry	482
	Labour		350
	Liberal		197
	...	spoilt votes	1	...
Majority
Turnout				49.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rishton Norden- electorate 2,538

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		652
	Labour		379
	Liberal		135
	...	spoilt votes	0	...
Majority
Turnout				45.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Hill - electorate 4,120

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cliff Westell	776
	Independent		690
	...	spoilt votes	42	...
Majority
Turnout				36.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's - electorate 3,238

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Newsham	642
	Conservative		626
	...	spoilt votes	3	...
Majority			16
Turnout				39.3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Oswald's - electorate 4,079

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bessie Margaret Sandiford	656
	Labour		509
	Independent		302
	...	spoilt votes	3	...
Majority
Turnout				36.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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