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1985 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
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 55 32
Seats won 48 37
Seat change Decrease7 Increase5
Popular vote 133,761 124,618
Percentage 40.29% 37.53%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Alliance Independent
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 69,511 2,469
Percentage 20.93% 0.74%
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

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning forty-eight seats. The Conservatives won thirty-seven councillors and the SDP–Liberal Alliance made gains in terms of percentage vote share, but won just two seats. An Independent councillor was elected in the Retford North 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. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]

Electoral Division Party Councillor Votes
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arnold Central Conservative R. Griffin 2,343
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arnold East Conservative T. Roach 1,916
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arnold West Conservative A. Dalton 1,870
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Balderton Conservative W. Keeton 2,317
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Beeston North Conservative J. Dwan 1,504
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Beeston South Labour M. Warner 1,715
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bingham Conservative K. Thompson 2,659
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Blidworth Labour L. Jones 1,999
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Blyth & Harworth Labour T. Nicholson 2,117
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bramcote & Stapleford East Conservative M. Cornish 2,256
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Calverton Conservative E. Collin 1,793
bgcolor="Template:SDP–Liberal Alliance/meta/color" | Carlton Central SDP–Liberal Alliance R. Poynter 2,161
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton East Conservative H. Stanley 2,412
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton South Conservative P. Read 1,940
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Carlton West Conservative B. Noble 1,776
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Caunton Conservative R. Tow 2,643
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chilwell Conservative E. Hudson 1,945
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Collingham Conservative E. Yates 1,880
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cotgrave Conservative D. Jeffreys 2,220
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | East Leake Conservative D. Lingham 2,401
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eastwood & Brinsley Labour D. Pettitt 2,143
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Greasley & Nuthall Conservative C. Minkley 2,703
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hucknall East Labour W. Whitehouse 2,312
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hucknall West Labour D. Philby 2,463
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Keyworth Conservative S. Pattinson 2,698
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kimberley & Trowell Conservative A. Briggs 2,070
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kirkby-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Thierry 2,159
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kirkby-in-Ashfield South Labour G. Young 2,074
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook Labour K. Williams 1,815
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town Labour P. Turnbull-Edmunds 1,765
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Northfield & Manor Labour B. Whitelaw 1,621
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst Labour T. Butler 1,147
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill Conservative E. Cheesewright 2,024
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill Labour W. Morris 1,497
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood Labour F. Warsop 1,592
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring Labour C. Winterton 1,539
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Misterton Conservative G. Berry 2,700
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Newark North Conservative V. Dobson 1,670
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Newark South Labour C. Bromfield 1,778
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Newstead Conservative L. Kelly 1,783
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Abbey Conservative M. Whittaker 1,855
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Aspley Labour F. Price 1,701
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Basford Labour J. Heppell 1,996
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Beechdale Labour W. Churchill 1,882
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bestwood Park Labour W. Higgins 1,889
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bilborough Labour M. Cowan 1,263
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bridge Labour A. Mullender 2,594
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bulwell East Labour S. Tipping 1,728
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Bulwell West Labour F. Riddell 1,963
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Byron Labour V. Bell 2,065
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Clifton East Labour A. Palmer 1,603
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Clifton West Labour G. Dobson 1,861
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Greenwood Conservative R. Tuck 1,746
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Lenton Labour M. Aslam 2,114
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Manvers Labour A. Simpson 2,095
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Mapperley Conservative E. Chambers 1,621
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Portland Labour D. Woodward 1,250
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Radford Labour I. Clark 2,464
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Robin Hood Conservative A. Shaftoe 1,571
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Sherwood Conservative J. Jenkin-Jones 1,685
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - St. Anns Labour M. Riasat 1,952
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Strelley Labour E. Hoskin 1,511
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Trent Labour R. Stenson 1,480
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Wilford Conservative J. Armstrong-Holmes 1,657
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nottingham - Wollaton Conservative J. Hayes 2,647
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ollerton Labour S. Smedley 3,161
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Radcliffe-on-Trent Conservative F. Hobson 1,874
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Retford North Independent A. Wright 1,641
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Retford South Labour S. Clark 1,777
bgcolor="Template:SDP–Liberal Alliance/meta/color" | Ruddington SDP–Liberal Alliance S. Bennett 2,042
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rufford Labour M. Gray 2,251
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Selston Labour J. Taylor 1,793
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Southwell Conservative T. Butcher 3,422
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stapleford North & West Labour G. Miller 2,266
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Labour W. Shaw 1,643
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield East Labour T. Barsby 1,837
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Anthony 1,757
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sutton-in-Ashfield West Labour R. Walters 1,703
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Toton & Attenborough Conservative G. Bottomley 1,615
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tuxford Conservative J. Hempsall 2,194
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Warsop Labour F. Taylor 2,771
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | West Bridgford East Conservative B. Borrett 1,751
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | West Bridgford South Conservative P. Wright 2,226
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | West Bridgford West Conservative B. Fiars 1,856
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop East Labour F. Groves 2,291
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop North & Carlton Labour A. Burton 2,270
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop South East & Welbeck Labour S. Rolstone Unopposed
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Worksop West Labour A. Davison 1,825

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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