Events from 1980 in England

Incumbent

Further information: Politics of England

Events

• 5 October – Elisabeth blast furnace demolished at Bilston Steelworks marking the end of iron and steel production in the Black Country of England.

Births

• 10 April – Charlie Hunnam, actor & screenwriter
• 12 May – Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister

Deaths

• 29 April – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, film director (born 1899)