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1981 Humberside County Council election
← 1977 7 May 1981 1985 →
All 75 seats to Humberside County Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won 42 32 1
Popular vote 114,318 92,602 37,061
Percentage 44.74% 36.24% 14.50%
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Labour

The 1981 Humberside County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May. Following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions, the whole council of 75 members was up for election. The Labour Party regained control of the council from the Conservative Party, winning 42 seats.[1]

Humberside was a created as a non-metropolitan county in England by the Local Government Act 1972, with the first elections to the county council taking place in 1973. It was abolished on 1 April 1996 and replaced by East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[1]

Electoral Division Party Councillor Votes
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Beverley Rural Conservative A. Pollard 2,033
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Boothferry West Labour D. Rose 1,855
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bottesford Conservative H. Fletcher 1,741
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bridlington North Conservative D. Tarran Unopposed
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bridlington Old Town Conservative D. Connelly 1,461
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bridlington South Conservative I. Macdonald 1,905
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cleethorpes - Croft Baker Labour R. Neal 1,137
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cleethorpes - Haverstoe Conservative A. Turner 1,776
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cleethorpes - Park Labour J. Hoyle 1,894
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cottingham North Conservative J. West 2,194
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cottingham South Conservative G. Stroud 1,550
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Dale Conservative A. Langdale 1,972
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Driffield & Rural Liberal P. Redshaw 1,539
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | East Wolds & Coastal Conservative D. Duke 1,810
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ermine Labour D. Poirer 2,641
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ferry (Glanford) Labour J. Mumby 1,411
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Goole Labour D. Brown 2,280
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - Freshney Labour J. Sterling 1,675
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - Heneage Labour M. Parker 2,144
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - Marsh Labour V. Burgess 2,071
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - North East Labour F. Franklin 2,143
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - Park Conservative S. Blackbourn 2,047
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - Scartho Conservative M. Rudkin 2,202
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - South Labour W. Wilkins 2,466
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grimsby - Yarborough Labour R. Buckley 2,405
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Haven Conservative R. Huss 1,946
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hessle Labour J. Ainsworth 1,759
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Howdenshire Conservative L. Clayton 2,487
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Humberston Conservative M. Field 1,939
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Immingham Labour E. Blackband 2,084
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Alexandra Labour M. Wheaton 2,449
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Avenue Labour C. Sargeson 1,475
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Bellfield Labour T. Geraghty 2,838
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Bilton Grange Labour C. Brady 2,888
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Derringham Labour F. Moore 2,292
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Drypool Labour A. Fee 2,397
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - East Bransholme Labour N. Kendrew 2,333
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - East Ella Labour E. Walgate 1,552
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - East Park Labour S. Salingar 1,746
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Endike Labour G. Templeman 2,940
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Ferry Labour J. Considine 2,083
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Inglemire Conservative L. Hall 1,418
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Longhill Labour N. Stephenson 3,048
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Marfleet Labour H. Whatling 2,443
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Myton Labour M. Smith 2,550
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Newington Labour G. Chapman 1,933
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Newland Labour E. Tarlton 1,945
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Orchard Park Labour H. Dalton 3,173
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Park Labour K. Robinson 2,011
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Pickering Labour J. Pearlman 3,136
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - St. Andrews Labour R. Wallis 1,976
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - Sutton Labour W. Haughey 1,922
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kingston upon Hull - West Bransholme Labour L. Bird 1,695
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mid Boothferry Conservative D. Haynes 1,761
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mid Holderness Conservative R. Croft 1,790
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Minster Labour A. Dobson 1,632
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | North Holderness Conservative D. Southwick 1,927
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Pocklington Provincial Conservative N. Knight 1,574
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ridge Conservative T. Atherton 1,620
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Scunthorpe - Ashby Labour A. Bryan 1,978
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Scunthorpe - Brumby Labour V. Wilson 1,896
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Scunthorpe - Crosby & Park Labour W. Martin 1,910
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Scunthorpe - Frodingham & Town Labour D. Spooner 2,004
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Scunthorpe - Kingsway Conservative H. Lewis 1,929
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Scunthorpe - Lincoln Gardens Labour J. Sturman 2,052
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | South Axholme Conservative D. Stewart 2,111
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | South Hunsley Conservative A. Ramshaw 2,277
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | South East Holderness Conservative R. Armitage 1,609
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | South West Holderness Conservative H. Procter 1,348
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | St. Marys Conservative T. Martin 1,841
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tranby Conservative C. Sonley 2,339
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Wold Conservative G. Appleyard 1,968
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Wold Parishes Conservative V. McCracken 1,936
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Wolds Weighton Conservative K. Wilson 1,821
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Wolfreton Conservative E. Eaton 1,684

References

  1. ^ a b "Humberside County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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