Elections to

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of four in South Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of ...

were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election.

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retained control of the council.

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

By-elections between 1980 and 1982

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 1980 1980 English local elections

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1980s in South Yorkshire