1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1984. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	39	-8
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	21	+6
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal	3	+2
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative hold

Ward results

Altrincham (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. R. Finch	1,472	24.0	−5.2
	Conservative	C. S. Gordon*	1,323	21.6	−10.0
	Labour	G. H. Mountain	1,156	18.8	+37.6
	Labour	G. R. Scott	1,102	18.0	+36.0
	Liberal	M. C. Booth	593	9.7	−27.4
	Liberal	H. M. Hughes	490	8.0	−30.8
Majority			167	2.7	−3.8
Turnout			6,136	39.8	−29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. S. Hall*	2,473	60.5	−4.2
	Liberal	R. B. Slack	1,022	25.0	+3.3
	Labour	A. D. Johnson	592	14.5	+0.9
Majority			1,451	35.5	−7.5
Turnout			4,087	46.9	−30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. B. Dolan	1,470	44.1	+13.8
	Conservative	A. K. Davies	1,363	40.9	−4.7
	Liberal	B. Gaylard	499	15.0	−9.1
Majority			107	3.2	−12.0
Turnout			3,332	42.0	−35.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Ludlam*	2,107	52.5	−11.3
	Liberal	C. A. Bearfield	1,401	34.9	+8.8
	Labour	J. Shaw	507	12.6	+2.5
Majority			706	17.6	+3.3
Turnout			4,015	50.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. D. Paul*	2,067	80.4	+18.7
	Conservative	I. S. Balcombe	334	13.0	−25.3
	Liberal	B. Wilson	169	6.6	+6.6
Majority			1,733	67.4	+44.0
Turnout			2,570	36.4	−33.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Lloyd*	2,241	66.7	+15.3
	Conservative	J. T. Lamb	1,119	33.3	−2.9
Majority			1,122	33.4	+30.3
Turnout			3,360	43.2	−16.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Eadie*	1,408	43.6	−7.1
	Labour	L. M. Seex	1,311	40.6	+7.9
	Liberal	T. M. Owen	512	15.8	−0.9
Majority			97	3.0	−15.0
Turnout			3,231	42.4	−37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Stringer	1,411	38.7	−0.6
	Conservative	D. P. Harding*	1,378	37.8	+37.8
	Liberal	L. O'Rourke	856	23.5	−37.2
Majority			33	0.9	−20.5
Turnout			3,645	44.5	−30.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Flixton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick*	1,403	38.2	−15.1
	Labour	J. D. Brown	1,245	33.9	+3.5
	Liberal	D. E. Earl	1,183	32.2	+15.9
Majority			158	4.3	−18.6
Turnout			3,673	48.8	−32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Godwin*	2,596	69.2	−0.1
	Liberal	C. G. Ball	852	22.7	+4.2
	Labour	R. A. Tully	305	8.1	−4.1
Majority			1,744	46.5	−4.3
Turnout			3,753	43.4	−35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. E. Cottam*	2,252	62.7	+21.6
	Conservative	J. A. Schofield	1,341	37.3	−7.2
Majority			911	25.4	+22.0
Turnout			3,593	46.9	−25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst*	2,306	51.9	−2.5
	Liberal	E. Critchlow	1,188	26.7	−2.2
	Labour	H. Pollard	951	21.4	+4.7
Majority			1,118	25.2	−0.4
Turnout			4,445	46.6	−32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Pyper*	1,981	65.0	+13.3
	Conservative	W. P. Coates	1,027	33.7	−5.3
	Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain	E. H. Hook	40	1.3	+0.3
Majority			954	31.3	+18.6
Turnout			3,048	42.9	−32.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. J. Golding	1,459	42.4	+0.7
	Conservative	J. R. Sutton*	1,218	35.4	−3.6
	Labour	R. J. Ellis	762	22.2	+2.9
Majority			241	7.0	+4.3
Turnout			3,439	43.1	−32.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Brotherton	1,780	50.9	+4.5
	Conservative	R. Maley	1,072	30.6	−8.1
	Liberal	A. C. Halliday	647	18.5	+3.6
Majority			708	20.2	+12.5
Turnout			3,499	44.4	−30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Martins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Hadley	2,286	60.5	+31.7
	Conservative	T. Almond*	1,493	39.5	−7.8
Majority			793	21.0	+2.5
Turnout			3,779	41.7	−33.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Reid	1,952	54.6	+19.7
	Conservative	C. Warbrick*	1,623	45.4	−8.4
Majority			329	9.2	−9.7
Turnout			3,575	43.3	−34.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Talbot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan*	2,192	74.4	+17.9
	Conservative	B. M. Dirikis	754	25.6	−9.3
Majority			1,438	48.8	+27.3
Turnout			2,946	39.1	−29.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hall*	1,590	43.7	−6.9
	Liberal	M. R. Farnsworth	1,309	36.0	−13.4
	Labour	E. Axon	739	20.3	+20.3
Majority			281	7.7	+6.4
Turnout			3,638	41.2	−35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Horner	1,686	52.2	+25.1
	Conservative	R. V. Royle-Higginson*	1,546	47.8	−3.0
Majority			140	4.3	−19.5
Turnout			3,232	42.2	−35.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Bowker	1,495	36.5	+16.4
	Conservative	A. R. Weedall*	1,382	33.8	−14.9
	Labour	R. J. Short	1,215	29.7	−1.5
Majority			113	2.8	−0.5
Turnout			4,092	50.2	+15.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing