1980 handbook
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: 1980 local elections
21 wards with results. Council page
Before (end of 1979)
Not known.
After (end of 1980)
Not known.
Ward results
Adwick1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| B. Cassley | Labour | 2,853 |
| P. Seccombe | LIB | 1,245 |
Armthorpe1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| G. Henson | Labour | 2,099 |
| W. Sharp | RES | 734 |
| J. Armstrong | LIB | 401 |
Askern1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| W. Gillies | Labour | 1,209 ✓ |
| J. Hollies | TRUE LAB | 812 |
| A. Hodges | Conservative | 757 |
| E. Creswell | Ind Lab | 532 |
| L. Arundel | LIB | 109 |
Balby1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| G. Ambler | Labour | 2,341 |
| Mathers T. | Conservative | 1,128 |
| R. Maher | LIB | 372 |
Bentley Central1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| B. Roberts | Labour | 2,812 |
| G. Broadhead | LIB | 659 |
Bentley North Road1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| D. Murdoch | Labour | 2,510 |
| D. Heath | LIB | 806 |
Bessacarr1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| E. Bailey | Conservative | 2,488 |
| B. Marshall | Labour | 1,927 |
| R. Lyell | LIB | 275 |
Central1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| R. Williamson | Labour | 1,971 ✓ |
| J. Porter | Conservative | 919 |
| W. Shipley | LIB | 190 |
| M. Golding | Independent | 147 |
Conisbrough1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| J. Macfarlane | Labour | 2,622 |
| J. Nicholson | LIB | 520 |
Edlington & Warmsworth1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| E. Adams | Labour | 2,021 ✓ |
| R. Fisher | Conservative | 464 |
| M. Gore | T&R | 379 |
| J. Bradley | LIB | 326 |
Hatfield1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| J. Meredith | Labour | 1,603 |
| P. Moore | Conservative | 1,453 |
| A. Davidson | LIB | 221 |
Intake1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| E. Jones | Labour | 2,159 |
| E. Nundy | Conservative | 1,539 |
| A. Garnett | LIB | 224 |
Mexborough1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| T. Roebuck | Ind Lab | 2,401 ✓ |
| C. Senior | Labour | 1,211 |
| J. Wademan | Conservative | 657 |
| J. Hurst | LIB | 331 |
Richmond1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| R. Luffman | Labour | 2,009 |
| B. Dawson | Conservative | 1,488 |
| D. Lange | LIB | 491 |
Rossington1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| J. Quinn | Labour | 1,832 |
| V. Fairhead | LIB | 934 |
| T. Wilde | COMM | 434 |
South East3 seats · turnout 38.6%
| D. Riley | Conservative | 2,769 |
| P. Dawson | Conservative | 2,681 |
| M. Speakman | Conservative | 2,655 |
| M. Calton | Labour | 905 |
| M. Felse | Labour | 861 |
| F. Mowforth | Labour | 861 |
| F. Simpson | LIB | 382 |
| A. Strawson | LIB | 343 |
| W. Thiede | LIB | 250 |
Southern Parks1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| E. Simpson | LIB | 2,079 |
| G. Buckenham | Conservative | 1,592 |
| R. Warren | Labour | 611 |
Stainforth1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| R. Stockhill | Labour | 1,908 ✓ |
| C. Peckham | Conservative | 1,466 |
| R. Turner | Independent | 1,322 |
| R. Gittings | LIB | 119 |
Thorne1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| B. Moyle | Labour | 2,211 ✓ |
| L. Pickersgill | Independent | 1,161 |
| J. Roe | Conservative | 551 |
| B. Thompson | LIB | 119 |
Town Field1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| R. Penketh | Conservative | 1,976 |
| D. Thomson | Labour | 1,379 |
| J. Wilkins | LIB | 235 |
Wheatley1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| M. Hepworth | Labour | 2,231 |
| R. Saunders | Conservative | 1,621 |
| M. Forde | LIB | 348 |
