The 1980 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, or simply Wirral Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseyside and one of 36 in the metropolit ...
in England.
This election was held on the same day as other
local elections
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.
The first third of the council was up for election to new boundaries.
Every councillor was assigned a new ward before the election took place.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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Ward results
Bebington
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Bidston
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Birkenhead
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Bromborough
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Clatterbridge
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Claughton
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Eastham
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Egerton
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Heswall
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Hoylake
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Leasowe
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Liscard
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Moreton
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New Brighton
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Oxton
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Prenton
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Royden
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Seacombe
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Thurstaston
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Tranmere
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Upton
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Wallasey
Notes
• ''italics'' denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
{{Merseyside elections
1980 English local elections
1980
1980s in Merseyside