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1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election
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All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
45 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative RA
Seats before 20 66 2
Seats won 55 32 1
Seat change Increase35 Decrease34 Decrease1
Popular vote 150,910 121,675 5,504
Percentage 46.95% 37.85% 1.71%
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 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May. Following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions, the whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election. The Labour Party regained control from the Conservatives, winning fifty-five seats. The Conservatives won thirty-two councillors and one Residents' association councillor was elected in the Hucknall East division.[1][2]

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.[2]

Electoral Division Party Councillor Votes
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arnold Central Conservative R. Griffin 2,531
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arnold East Labour T. Lee 1,717
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arnold West Conservative L. Pollard 2,091
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Balderton Conservative W. Keeton 2,084
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Beeston North Conservative J. Dwan 1,637
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Beeston South Labour M. Warner 1,700
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bingham Conservative G. Wade 2,632
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Blidworth Labour L. Jones 2,413
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Blyth & Harworth Labour L. Hince 3,071
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bramcote & Stapleford East Conservative C. Cooper 2,371
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Calverton Labour A. Palmer 1,877
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton Central Labour G. Skinner 1,708
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton East Conservative H. Stanley 2,266
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton South Labour G. Niasbitt 2,621
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton West Conservative B. Noble 1,927
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Caunton Conservative A. Stewart 2,842
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chilwell Conservative E. Hudson 2,406
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Collingham Conservative E. Yates 1,955
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cotgrave Conservative D. Jeffreys 1,882
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | East Leake Conservative D. Langham 2,615
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eastwood & Brinsley Labour D. Pettitt 2,901
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Greasley & Nuthall Conservative C. Minkley 2,494
bgcolor="Template:Residents' association/meta/color" | Hucknall East Residents' association E. Morley 2,529
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hucknall West Labour D. Philby 2,140
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Keyworth Conservative S. Pattinson 2,724
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kimberley & Trowell Labour M. McDougall 1,842
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kirkby-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Thierry 3,139
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kirkby-in-Ashfield South Labour P. Lewis 2,928
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook Labour K. Williams 2,080
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town Labour P. Turnbull-Edmonds 1,959
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Northfield & Manor Labour B. Whitelaw 2,020
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst Labour G. Foster 1,480
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill Conservative E. Cheesewright 2,205
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill Labour W. Morris 2,136
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood Labour F. Warsop 1,791
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring Labour C. Winterton 1,567
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Misterton Conservative F. Rudder 1,742
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Newark North Conservative V. Dobson 1,603
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Newark South Labour C. Bromfield 1,950
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Newstead Conservative P. Read 1,754
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Abbey Conservative M. Whittaker 1,939
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Aspley Labour W. Case 1,970
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Basford Labour J. Heppell 1,875
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Beechdale Labour W. Churchill 1,618
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bestwood Park Labour F. Higgins 2,082
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bilborough Labour M. Cowan 1,519
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bridge Labour M. Yuill 2,430
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bulwell East Labour S. Tipping 1,628
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bulwell West Labour F. Riddell 2,375
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Byron Labour V. Bell 2,542
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Clifton East Labour V. Lloyd 1,599
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Clifton West Labour G. Dobson 1,899
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Greenwood Conservative R. Tuck 1,593
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Lenton Labour M. Aslam 1,641
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Manvers Labour G. Edwards 2,010
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Mapperley Conservative E. Chambers 1,665
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Portland Labour R. Howard 1,885
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Radford Labour I. Clark 2,615
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Robin Hood Labour M. Wain 1,480
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Sherwood Conservative J. Jenkin-Jones 1,716
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - St. Anns Labour F. Price 1,762
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Strelley Labour E. Hoskin 1,616
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Trent Labour G. Chambers 1,443
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Wilford Labour A. Slater 1,639
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Wollaton Conservative M. Spungin 2,708
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ollerton Labour S. Smedley 3,601
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Radcliffe-on-Trent Conservative F. Hobson 1,573
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Retford North Labour C. Grove 1,445
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Retford South Labour E. Carter 1,502
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ruddington Conservative R. Dickson 1,920
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rufford Labour M. Gray 2,965
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Selston Labour R. Kirk 2,640
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Southwell Conservative B. Haigh 3,323
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stapleford North & West Labour G. Miller 2,494
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Labour W. Shaw 2,173
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield East Labour J. Varley 1,911
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Anthony 2,161
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield West Labour M. Lee 2,253
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Toton & Attenborough Conservative G. Bottomely 1,824
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tuxford Conservative W. Pringle 2,338
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Warsop Labour F. Taylor 2,783
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | West Bridgford East Conservative F. Woodward 2,122
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | West Bridgford South Conservative P. Wright 2,250
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | West Bridgford West Conservative B. Fairs 2,037
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop East Labour F. Groves 2,105
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop North & Carlton Labour A. Burton 2,189
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop South East & Welbeck Labour W. Bloomer 2,245
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop West Labour G. Williams 2,208

References

  1. ^ "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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