Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1981

7 May 1981

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	35	34	1
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 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the election resulted in the Labour Party regaining 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
	Arnold Central	Conservative	R. Griffin	2,531
	Arnold East	Labour	T. Lee	1,717
	Arnold West	Conservative	L. Pollard	2,091
	Balderton	Conservative	W. Keeton	2,084
	Beeston North	Conservative	J. Dwan	1,637
	Beeston South	Labour	M. Warner	1,700
	Bingham	Conservative	G. Wade	2,632
	Blidworth	Labour	L. Jones	2,413
	Blyth & Harworth	Labour	L. Hince	3,071
	Bramcote & Stapleford East	Conservative	C. Cooper	2,371
	Calverton	Labour	A. Palmer	1,877
	Carlton Central	Labour	G. Skinner	1,708
	Carlton East	Conservative	H. Stanley	2,266
	Carlton South	Labour	G. Niasbitt	2,621
	Carlton West	Conservative	B. Noble	1,927
	Caunton	Conservative	A. Stewart	2,842
	Chilwell	Conservative	E. Hudson	2,406
	Collingham	Conservative	E. Yates	1,955
	Cotgrave	Conservative	D. Jeffreys	1,882
	East Leake	Conservative	D. Langham	2,615
	Eastwood & Brinsley	Labour	D. Pettitt	2,901
	Greasley & Nuthall	Conservative	C. Minkley	2,494
	Hucknall East	Residents' association	E. Morley	2,529
	Hucknall West	Labour	D. Philby	2,140
	Keyworth	Conservative	S. Pattinson	2,724
	Kimberley & Trowell	Labour	M. McDougall	1,842
	Kirkby-in-Ashfield North	Labour	J. Thierry	3,139
	Kirkby-in-Ashfield South	Labour	P. Lewis	2,928
	Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook	Labour	K. Williams	2,080
	Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town	Labour	P. Turnbull-Edmonds	1,959
	Mansfield - Northfield & Manor	Labour	B. Whitelaw	2,020
	Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst	Labour	G. Foster	1,480
	Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill	Conservative	E. Cheesewright	2,205
	Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill	Labour	W. Morris	2,136
	Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood	Labour	F. Warsop	1,791
	Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring	Labour	C. Winterton	1,567
	Misterton	Conservative	F. Rudder	1,742
	Newark North	Conservative	V. Dobson	1,603
	Newark South	Labour	C. Bromfield	1,950
	Newstead	Conservative	P. Read	1,754
	Nottingham - Abbey	Conservative	M. Whittaker	1,939
	Nottingham - Aspley	Labour	W. Case	1,970
	Nottingham - Basford	Labour	J. Heppell	1,875
	Nottingham - Beechdale	Labour	W. Churchill	1,618
	Nottingham - Bestwood Park	Labour	F. Higgins	2,082
	Nottingham - Bilborough	Labour	M. Cowan	1,519
	Nottingham - Bridge	Labour	M. Yuill	2,430
	Nottingham - Bulwell East	Labour	S. Tipping	1,628
	Nottingham - Bulwell West	Labour	F. Riddell	2,375
	Nottingham - Byron	Labour	V. Bell	2,542
	Nottingham - Clifton East	Labour	V. Lloyd	1,599
	Nottingham - Clifton West	Labour	G. Dobson	1,899
	Nottingham - Greenwood	Conservative	R. Tuck	1,593
	Nottingham - Lenton	Labour	M. Aslam	1,641
	Nottingham - Manvers	Labour	G. Edwards	2,010
	Nottingham - Mapperley	Conservative	E. Chambers	1,665
	Nottingham - Portland	Labour	R. Howard	1,885
	Nottingham - Radford	Labour	I. Clark	2,615
	Nottingham - Robin Hood	Labour	M. Wain	1,480
	Nottingham - Sherwood	Conservative	J. Jenkin-Jones	1,716
	Nottingham - St. Anns	Labour	F. Price	1,762
	Nottingham - Strelley	Labour	E. Hoskin	1,616
	Nottingham - Trent	Labour	G. Chambers	1,443
	Nottingham - Wilford	Labour	A. Slater	1,639
	Nottingham - Wollaton	Conservative	M. Spungin	2,708
	Ollerton	Labour	S. Smedley	3,601
	Radcliffe-on-Trent	Conservative	F. Hobson	1,573
	Retford North	Labour	C. Grove	1,445
	Retford South	Labour	E. Carter	1,502
	Ruddington	Conservative	R. Dickson	1,920
	Rufford	Labour	M. Gray	2,965
	Selston	Labour	R. Kirk	2,640
	Southwell	Conservative	B. Haigh	3,323
	Stapleford North & West	Labour	G. Miller	2,494
	Sutton-in-Ashfield Central	Labour	W. Shaw	2,173
	Sutton-in-Ashfield East	Labour	J. Varley	1,911
	Sutton-in-Ashfield North	Labour	J. Anthony	2,161
	Sutton-in-Ashfield West	Labour	M. Lee	2,253
	Toton & Attenborough	Conservative	G. Bottomely	1,824
	Tuxford	Conservative	W. Pringle	2,338
	Warsop	Labour	F. Taylor	2,783
	West Bridgford East	Conservative	F. Woodward	2,122
	West Bridgford South	Conservative	P. Wright	2,250
	West Bridgford West	Conservative	B. Fairs	2,037
	Worksop East	Labour	F. Groves	2,105
	Worksop North & Carlton	Labour	A. Burton	2,189
	Worksop South East & Welbeck	Labour	W. Bloomer	2,245
	Worksop West	Labour	G. Williams	2,208

References

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

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