1980 Adur District Council election

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1980 Adur District Council election
← 1979 1 May 1980 1982 →
One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Seats won 9 3 1
Seat change Increase3 Decrease4 Increase1
Adur UK local election 1980 map.png
Map showing the results of the 1980 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election

Conservative

 Majority party after election

Liberal

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Southwick Green ward, and no elections for the single-member ward St Marys. Overall turnout dropped to 48.7%.[1]

The election resulted in the Liberals gaining control of the council from the Conservatives.[2][3]

Election result[]

Adur District Council Election Result 1980[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal 9 3 0 +3 64.3 44.7 9,158 +9.4
  Conservative 3 0 4 -4 21.4 37.3 7,627 -7.8
  Labour 1 1 0 +1 7.1 14.0 2,858 -1.6
  Residents 1 0 0 0 7.1 4.0 826 +0.0

This resulted in the following composition of the council:[2]

Party Previous council New council
Liberal 17 20
Conservative 20 16
Independent Residents 2 2
Labour 0 1
Total 39 39
Working majority  1   1 

Ward results[]

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (4050)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Smith M. 958 62.7 +1.9
Liberal Wright G. Ms. 414 27.1 -0.5
Labour Snowden H. 155 10.2 -1.4
Majority 544 35.6 +2.4
Turnout 1,527 37.7 -42.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
Churchill (3758)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Denyer P. 1,010 54.5 +14.7
Conservative Chorlton S. 675 36.4 -10.1
Labour Hellenburgh S. Ms. 168 9.1 -4.6
Majority 335 18.1 +11.4
Turnout 1,853 49.3 -25.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.4
Cokeham (3597)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Spalding M. 957 59.0 +9.4
Conservative Lodge R. 536 33.0 -4.2
Labour Woods J. Ms. 130 8.0 -5.2
Majority 421 25.9 +13.6
Turnout 1,623 45.1 -34.2
Liberal hold Swing +6.8
Eastbrook (3666)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Whipp B. 748 41.3 -3.5
Conservative Sayers M. 617 34.1 -21.1
Liberal Dolding R. 445 24.6 +24.6
Majority 131 7.2 -3.2
Turnout 1,810 49.4 -16.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.8
Hillside (3904)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moore M. 718 41.4 -8.9
Labour Greig P. 602 34.7 +8.5
Liberal Easeman D. 415 23.9 +0.4
Majority 116 6.7 -17.4
Turnout 1,735 44.4 -38.0
Conservative hold Swing -8.7
Manor (3352)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cooper M. 880 53.2 -3.5
Conservative Lewis J. 683 41.3 -2.0
Labour Bridson J. Ms. 91 5.5 +5.5
Majority 197 11.9 -1.6
Turnout 1,654 49.3 -27.0
Liberal hold Swing -0.7
Marine (2589)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ��%
Residents Shephard P. 826 72.0 +6.8
Conservative Harding I. Ms. 259 22.6 -6.0
Labour Gibson C. 62 5.4 -0.8
Majority 567 49.4 +12.8
Turnout 1,147 44.3 -39.5
Residents hold Swing +6.4
Mash Barn (2947)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Deedman D. 869 67.1 +15.9
Conservative Chad R. 323 24.9 -12.0
Labour Harwood R. 104 8.0 -3.9
Majority 546 42.1 +27.9
Turnout 1,296 44.0 -28.8
Liberal hold Swing +13.9
Peverel (3171)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hall M. Ms. 760 59.6 +8.7
Conservative Prattley J. 375 29.4 -5.4
Labour Atkins H. Ms. 141 11.1 -3.3
Majority 385 30.2 +14.1
Turnout 1,276 40.2 -34.8
Liberal hold Swing +7.0
Southlands (3237)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robinson J. 797 57.5 +8.8
Conservative Osmond P. 364 26.3 -10.5
Labour Matthews M. Ms. 225 16.2 +1.6
Majority 433 31.2 +19.3
Turnout 1,386 42.8 -29.0
Liberal hold Swing +9.6
Southwick Green (3506)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal King M. 854 48.4 +20.9
Liberal Stanley A. 732
Conservative Sweet I. Ms. 717 40.6 -11.4
Conservative Hale D. 650
Labour Watson A. 193 10.9 -9.5
Majority 137 7.8 -16.7
Turnout 1,764 50.3 -21.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +16.1
St. Nicolas (3664)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gumbrell P. 806 49.0 -1.2
Liberal Attrill D. Ms. 702 42.7 +6.3
Labour Wright E. 136 8.3 -5.1
Majority 104 6.3 -7.6
Turnout 1,644 44.9 -30.9
Conservative hold Swing -3.7
Widewater (3987)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hammond D. 1,055 60.1 +15.3
Conservative Huber S. Ms. 596 34.0 -9.8
Labour Jacques W. 103 5.9 -5.5
Majority 459 26.2 +25.1
Turnout 1,754 44.0 -31.4
Liberal hold Swing +12.5

References[]

  1. ^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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