1980 St Albans City and District Council election
# 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 | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | B. Rigby | 1,104 | 49.0 |
| | Conservative | S. Davies* | 731 | 32.4 |
| | Labour | R. Protz | 419 | 18.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 16.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,254 | 47.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,750 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Batchwood

Batchwood :

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

### Clarence

Clarence :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | R. Wheeldon* | 1,092 | 54.0 |
| | Labour | A. Kirby | 507 | 25.1 |
| | Liberal | J. Mason | 424 | 21.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 585 | 28.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,023 | 46.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,319 | |
| | Conservative hold | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | R. Donald | 842 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative | A. Hill* | 736 | 32.6 |
| | Labour | J. Brown | 677 | 30.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,255 | 47.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,772 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Harpenden East

Harpenden East (2 seats due to by-election) :

| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,211 | 43.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,049 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Harpenden North

Harpenden North :

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

### Harpenden South

Harpenden South (2 seats due to by-election) :

| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,364 | 48.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,924 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Harpenden West

Harpenden West :

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

### London Colney

London Colney :

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

### Marshallwick North

Marshallwick North :

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

### Marshallwick South

Marshallwick South :

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

### Park Street

Park Street :

| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,659 | 39.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,254 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Redbourn

Redbourn :

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

### Sopwell

Sopwell :

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

### St. Peters

St. Peters :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 174 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,860 | 40.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,590 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### St. Stephens

St. Stephens :

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

### Verulam

Verulam :

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

### Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead :

| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 730 | 33.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,188 | 47.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,600 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
