1980 St Albans City and District Council election

The 1980 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

1980 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13	6	59.1	24	37	64.9	21,518	49.6	–7.6
	Labour	5	3	22.7	6	11	19.3	11,653	26.9	+0.5
	Liberal	4	3	13.6	1	5	8.8	8,298	19.1	+7.4
	Independent	1		4.5	2	3	5.3	1,892	4.4	+0.9
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	N/A	N/A	–1.2

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Rigby	1,104	49.0
	Conservative	S. Davies*	731	32.4
	Labour	R. Protz	419	18.6
Majority			373	16.5
Turnout			2,254	47.5
Registered electors			4,750
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Batchwood

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Ramsden	889	46.6
	Conservative	B. Eyles*	623	32.7
	Liberal	L. Coates	395	20.7
Majority			266	13.9
Turnout			1,907	39.5
Registered electors			4,827
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Clarence

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Wheeldon*	1,092	54.0
	Labour	A. Kirby	507	25.1
	Liberal	J. Mason	424	21.0
Majority			585	28.9
Turnout			2,023	46.8
Registered electors			4,319
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colney Heath

There is an error for this election result in the source material where the result from London Colney is duplicated in the place of Colney Heath's result. The outcome of the election was a Liberal hold.

Cunningham

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Donald	842	37.3
	Conservative	A. Hill*	736	32.6
	Labour	J. Brown	677	30.0
Majority			106	4.7
Turnout			2,255	47.3
Registered electors			4,772
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Harpenden East

Harpenden East (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Morrell*	1,150	52.0
	Conservative	D. Lloyd	1,127	51.0
	Labour	C. Mathews	534	24.2
	Liberal	C. Clark	527	23.8
	Labour	R. Collins	498	22.5
Turnout			2,211	43.8
Registered electors			5,049
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Harpenden North

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Wood*	1,331	59.0
	Labour	H. Holmes	515	22.8
	Liberal	D. Collins	410	18.2
Majority			816	36.2
Turnout			2,256	39.4
Registered electors			5,721
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South

Harpenden South (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K. Jenkins*	1,358	57.4
	Conservative	K. Nash	1,167	49.4
	Independent	L. Freitag	418	17.7
	Liberal	P. De Fraitas	365	15.4
	Labour	K. Griffin	221	9.3
	Labour	J. Ryan	181	7.7
Turnout			2,364	48.0
Registered electors			4,924
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Harpenden West

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Tarry*	1,466	69.9
	Liberal	T. Woodhead	432	20.6
	Labour	J. McKrell	199	9.5
Majority			1,034	49.3
Turnout			2,097	40.9
Registered electors			5,123
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney

London Colney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Macmillan	1,185	60.0
	Conservative	J. Smee*	789	40.0
Majority			396	20.0
Turnout			1,974	71.9
Registered electors			2,744
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Marshallwick North

Marshallwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pattison	936	51.6
	Liberal	G. Churchard	451	24.9
	Labour	P. Landman	427	23.5
Majority			485	26.7
Turnout			1,814	40.8
Registered electors			4,451
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marshallwick South

Marshallwick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Turner*	1,173	52.7
	Liberal	H. Lowe	697	31.3
	Labour	D. Allan	356	16.0
Majority			476	21.4
Turnout			2,226	44.2
Registered electors			5,033
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Street

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Griffin	662	39.9
	Conservative	D. Allen	633	38.2
	Conservative	K. Hill	632	38.1
	Liberal	J. Allen	573	34.5
	Labour	D. Goodchild	365	22.0
	Labour	R. Fricker	291	17.5
Turnout			1,659	39.0
Registered electors			4,254
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Redbourn

Redbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Bailey	875	56.0
	Conservative	S. Russell*	688	44.0
Majority			187	12.0
Turnout			1,563	34.9
Registered electors			4,483
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Carr*	1,058	58.4
	Conservative	K. Davies	538	29.7
	Liberal	G. Woollatt	217	12.0
Majority			520	28.7
Turnout			1,813	39.5
Registered electors			4,585
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Peters

St. Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Fowler	663	35.6
	Conservative	E. Banbury	489	26.3
	Independent	R. Rayment*	391	21.0
	Liberal	P. Thompson	317	17.0
Majority			174	9.4
Turnout			1,860	40.5
Registered electors			4,590
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St. Stephens

St. Stephens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Nowell*	1,335	57.6
	Labour	K. Morcom	555	24.0
	Liberal	M. Barron	426	18.4
Majority			780	33.7
Turnout			2,316	41.2
Registered electors			5,617
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Hewitt*	1,549	72.4
	Labour	D. Partridge	590	27.6
Majority			959	44.8
Turnout			2,139	41.6
Registered electors			5,140
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Evans	1,186	54.2
	Liberal	N. Clements	456	20.8
	Labour	A. Latchford	338	15.4
	Independent	S. Whittaker	208	9.5
Majority			730	33.4
Turnout			2,188	47.6
Registered electors			4,600
	Conservative hold		Swing