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.
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14 out of 43 seats to Welwyn Hatfield District Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 34,450, 50.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Council composition following the election. |
Summary
editElection result
edit1980 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election | ||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 10 February 2023.