# 1980 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1982, due to the boundary changes and "all-out" elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1980 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 30 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 85.7 | 57.0 | 75,837 | +6.3% |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 11.4 | 32.1 | 42,744 | -5.5% |
| Liberal | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.8 | 10.2 | 13,624 | -1.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 321 | +0.1% |
| Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 295 | -0.1% |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 145 | -0.0% |
| Socialist Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75 | +0.0% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 72 | +9 |
| Conservative | 23 | -10 |
| Liberal | 4 | +1 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Alexandra

Alexandra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. E. Murphy | 2,502 | 48.2 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | R. B. Walters | 1,823 | 35.1 | −6.1 |
| | Liberal | M. A. Plesch | 862 | 16.6 | +16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 679 | 13.1 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,187 | 43.0 | −29.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Dale* | 2,436 | 81.4 | +22.9 |
| | Conservative | G. Taylor | 441 | 14.7 | −18.8 |
| | Liberal | J. Spittle | 114 | 3.8 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,995 | 66.7 | +41.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,991 | 29.2 | −33.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +20.8 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Burns* | 3,754 | 65.8 | +11.3 |
| | Conservative | M. Malbon | 1,698 | 29.8 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal | P. G. Willams | 251 | 4.4 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,056 | 36.1 | +18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,703 | 41.4 | −31.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.3 | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. T. Maguire | 1,835 | 48.1 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | B. Moore* | 1,590 | 41.7 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal | J. R. Marsden | 364 | 9.5 | −2.6 |
| | Independent | M. G. Gibson | 25 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 6.4 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,814 | 37.2 | −30.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.1 | |

### Beswick

Beswick (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Flanagan* | 2,061 | 81.6 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | M. Harrison | 1,898 | | |
| | Independent | W. C. Carman | 208 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | C. Hare | 148 | 5.8 | −12.7 |
| | Conservative | R. Plant | 121 | | |
| | Liberal | K. Parkinson | 109 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,690 | 73.4 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,526 | 34.1 | −27.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Risby* | 2,910 | 61.0 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | H. P. Cummins | 1,659 | 34.8 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal | N. Towers | 201 | 4.2 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,251 | 26.2 | +21.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,770 | 42.9 | −31.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Egerton* | 2,691 | 70.0 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | L. Hockey | 981 | 25.5 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal | L. Towers | 172 | 4.5 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,710 | 44.5 | +11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,844 | 32.6 | −37.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Barnes | 3,285 | 56.9 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | G. Fitzsimons* | 2,231 | 38.6 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal | G. Dulson | 260 | 4.5 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,054 | 18.2 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,776 | 46.0 | −28.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.9 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. J. Martin | 2,503 | 49.8 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | R. Nicholson | 2,045 | 40.7 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal | C. Dowse | 474 | 9.4 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 458 | 9.1 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,022 | 44.1 | −30.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Morris* | 2,608 | 62.2 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | C. Maffei | 1,348 | 32.1 | −8.0 |
| | Liberal | J. Mawson | 239 | 5.7 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,260 | 30.0 | +18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,195 | 42.9 | −33.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.5 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. G. Ford* | 1,785 | 71.6 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | K. Taylor | 613 | 24.6 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal | R. A. Bell | 94 | 3.8 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,172 | 47.0 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,492 | 34.4 | −31.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Vince* | 2,267 | 47.1 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | H. Brown | 2,067 | 43.0 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal | J. Commons | 421 | 8.8 | −4.4 |
| | Communist | B. E. Struszckak | 54 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 200 | 4.2 | −11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,809 | 43.7 | −32.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Bradley | 894 | 77.5 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | P. Snell | 192 | 16.7 | −11.0 |
| | Liberal | I. Wilde | 67 | 5.8 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 60.9 | +25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,153 | 26.4 | −27.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.4 | |

### Crossacres

Crossacres :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Lim | 3,463 | 70.4 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | A. Spencer | 956 | 19.4 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal | J. Southward | 500 | 10.2 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,507 | 51.0 | +16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,919 | 36.9 | −33.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. W. Harrison | 2,230 | 50.8 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | W. L. Clapham* | 1,919 | 43.7 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal | K. Osbourne | 238 | 5.4 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 311 | 7.1 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,387 | 38.8 | −32.7 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.7 | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Duke* | 3,082 | 59.2 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | N. Siddiqi | 1,080 | 20.7 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal | G. Shaw | 1,045 | 20.1 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,002 | 38.4 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,207 | 41.2 | −35.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Brierley | 2,729 | 75.3 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | C. H. T. Webb | 736 | 20.3 | −9.8 |
| | Liberal | J. M. Hodgson | 161 | 4.4 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,993 | 55.0 | +21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,626 | 42.7 | −30.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.9 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Barker* | 2,207 | 67.9 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | D. Heywood | 925 | 28.5 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal | J. Rhodes | 118 | 3.6 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,282 | 39.4 | +10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,250 | 37.5 | −33.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Lister | 1,463 | 61.0 | −3.6 |
| | Labour | H. Reid* | 1,433 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Harding | 511 | 21.3 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | F. Meaden | 449 | | |
| | Liberal | J. Ashley | 425 | 17.7 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal | T. M. Broderick | 387 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 922 | 39.7 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,668 | 37.4 | −28.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Thomas* | 2,008 | 73.8 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal | P. Thompson | 329 | 12.1 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | N. P. Shand | 295 | 10.8 | −7.6 |
| | Independent | D. S. Redford | 88 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,679 | 61.7 | +11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,720 | 29.3 | −32.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | H. Smith | 2,105 | 40.2 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | R. M. Pilkington | 1,962 | 37.5 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | W. Carlton* | 1,171 | 22.4 | −6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 2.7 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,238 | 42.2 | −30.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.1 | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. D. Kelly | 2,632 | 61.0 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | G. Cleworth* | 1,459 | 33.8 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal | B. V. Roberts | 224 | 5.2 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,173 | 27.2 | +7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,315 | 41.3 | −33.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.6 | |

### Lloyd Street

Lloyd Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. McKeon* | 2,679 | 69.2 | +13.2 |
| | Conservative | R. E. Bevan | 1,035 | 26.7 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal | E. Thompson | 156 | 4.0 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,644 | 42.5 | +21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,870 | 33.0 | −36.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. W. Ford* | 1,905 | 58.8 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | A. Malpas | 974 | 30.1 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal | M. Amin | 269 | 8.3 | −0.1 |
| | Communist | M. Cowie | 91 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 931 | 28.7 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,239 | 33.0 | −33.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Latham* | 1,905 | 90.3 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | A. E. Halliday | 148 | 7.0 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal | P. Bailey | 57 | 2.7 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,757 | 83.3 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,110 | 31.1 | −30.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.1 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Paget* | 1,626 | 75.9 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | J. M. Goldsby | 349 | 16.3 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal | L. Ford | 167 | 7.8 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,277 | 59.6 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,142 | 30.2 | −33.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Shaw | 2,788 | 52.0 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | K. E. Goulding* | 2,310 | 43.1 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal | J. Cookson | 265 | 4.9 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 8.9 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,363 | 45.2 | −32.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Tomlinson* | 2,549 | 64.4 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | A. E. Walsh | 1,190 | 30.1 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal | V. Towers | 221 | 5.6 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,359 | 34.3 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,960 | 38.4 | −32.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. A. Reddington | 2,964 | 53.5 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | C. H. Box* | 2,089 | 37.7 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal | J. Holland | 487 | 8.8 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 875 | 15.8 | +13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,540 | 46.2 | −28.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. C. Thomas | 1,827 | 44.0 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | W. H. Aikman* | 1,551 | 37.3 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal | C. Adamson | 776 | 18.7 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 6.6 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,154 | 42.1 | −30.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.5 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Nicholson | 2,537 | 51.3 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | K. Ollerenshaw* | 1,765 | 35.7 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal | D. Senior | 352 | 7.1 | −2.6 |
| | Ecology | D. Dalton | 295 | 6.0 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 772 | 15.6 | +14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,949 | 34.2 | −31.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.1 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. M. Jacobs | 1,762 | 34.7 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal | J. Edwards | 1,709 | 33.6 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | W. M. Jameson | 1,610 | 31.7 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 1.0 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,081 | 45.6 | −27.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Farrell* | 3,021 | 70.4 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | J. A. Graham | 802 | 18.7 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal | L. Griffiths | 392 | 9.1 | −2.8 |
| | Socialist_Workers_Party_(Britain) | J. N. Taylor | 75 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,219 | 51.7 | +16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,290 | 40.1 | −31.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

## By-elections between 1980 and 1982

Gorton South By-Election 25 September 1980 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Sadler | 1,708 | 67.0 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Doris Heywood | 531 | 20.8 | −7.7 |
| | Liberal | David Senior | 309 | 12.1 | +8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,177 | 46.2 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,548 | 32.3 | −5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
Blackley By-Election 2 April 1981 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Chadwick | 2,287 | 61.5 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Hall | 922 | 24.8 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal | John Cookson | 510 | 13.7 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,365 | 36.7 | +10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,719 | 33.4 | −9.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.2 | |
Old Moat By-Election 9 July 1981 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Aikman | 1,198 | 37.9 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Paula Sadler | 1,104 | 34.9 | −9.1 |
| | Liberal | Colin Dowse | 860 | 27.2 | +8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 3.0 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,162 | 32.0 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 | |