1981 Humberside County Council election

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1981 Humberside County Council election
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  1977 7 May 1981 1985  

All 75 seats to Humberside County Council
38 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won42321
Popular vote114,31892,60237,061
Percentage44.74%36.24%14.50%

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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 divisionPartyCouncillorVotes
Beverley Rural Conservative A. Pollard2,033
Boothferry West Labour D. Rose1,855
Bottesford Conservative H. Fletcher1,741
Bridlington North Conservative D. TarranUnopposed
Bridlington Old Town Conservative D. Connelly1,461
Bridlington South Conservative I. Macdonald1,905
Cleethorpes - Croft Baker Labour R. Neal1,137
Cleethorpes - Haverstoe Conservative A. Turner1,776
Cleethorpes - Park Labour J. Hoyle1,894
Cottingham North Conservative J. West2,194
Cottingham South Conservative G. Stroud1,550
Dale Conservative A. Langdale1,972
Driffield & Rural Liberal P. Redshaw1,539
East Wolds & Coastal Conservative D. Duke1,810
Ermine Labour D. Poirer2,641
Ferry (Glanford) Labour J. Mumby1,411
Goole Labour D. Brown2,280
Grimsby - Freshney Labour J. Sterling1,675
Grimsby - Heneage Labour M. Parker2,144
Grimsby - Marsh Labour V. Burgess2,071
Grimsby - North East Labour F. Franklin2,143
Grimsby - Park Conservative S. Blackbourn2,047
Grimsby - Scartho Conservative M. Rudkin2,202
Grimsby - South Labour W. Wilkins2,466
Grimsby - Yarborough Labour R. Buckley2,405
Haven Conservative R. Huss1,946
Hessle Labour J. Ainsworth1,759
Howdenshire Conservative L. Clayton2,487
Humberston Conservative M. Field1,939
Immingham Labour E. Blackband2,084
Kingston upon Hull - Alexandra Labour M. Wheaton2,449
Kingston upon Hull - Avenue Labour C. Sargeson1,475
Kingston upon Hull - Bellfield Labour T. Geraghty2,838
Kingston upon Hull - Bilton Grange Labour C. Brady2,888
Kingston upon Hull - Derringham Labour F. Moore2,292
Kingston upon Hull - Drypool Labour A. Fee2,397
Kingston upon Hull - East Bransholme Labour N. Kendrew2,333
Kingston upon Hull - East Ella Labour E. Walgate1,552
Kingston upon Hull - East Park Labour S. Salingar1,746
Kingston upon Hull - Endike Labour G. Templeman2,940
Kingston upon Hull - Ferry Labour J. Considine2,083
Kingston upon Hull - Inglemire Conservative L. Hall1,418
Kingston upon Hull - Longhill Labour N. Stephenson3,048
Kingston upon Hull - Marfleet Labour H. Whatling2,443
Kingston upon Hull - Myton Labour M. Smith2,550
Kingston upon Hull - Newington Labour G. Chapman1,933
Kingston upon Hull - Newland Labour E. Tarlton1,945
Kingston upon Hull - Orchard Park Labour H. Dalton3,173
Kingston upon Hull - Park Labour K. Robinson2,011
Kingston upon Hull - Pickering Labour J. Pearlman3,136
Kingston upon Hull - St. Andrews Labour R. Wallis1,976
Kingston upon Hull - Sutton Labour W. Haughey1,922
Kingston upon Hull - West Bransholme Labour L. Bird1,695
Mid Boothferry Conservative D. Haynes1,761
Mid Holderness Conservative R. Croft1,790
Minster Labour A. Dobson1,632
North Holderness Conservative D. Southwick1,927
Pocklington Provincial Conservative N. Knight1,574
Ridge Conservative T. Atherton1,620
Scunthorpe - Ashby Labour A. Bryan1,978
Scunthorpe - Brumby Labour V. Wilson1,896
Scunthorpe - Crosby & Park Labour W. Martin1,910
Scunthorpe - Frodingham & Town Labour D. Spooner2,004
Scunthorpe - Kingsway Conservative H. Lewis1,929
Scunthorpe - Lincoln Gardens Labour J. Sturman2,052
South Axholme Conservative D. Stewart2,111
South Hunsley Conservative A. Ramshaw2,277
South East Holderness Conservative R. Armitage1,609
South West Holderness Conservative H. Procter1,348
St. Marys Conservative T. Martin1,841
Tranby Conservative C. Sonley2,339
Wold Conservative G. Appleyard1,968
Wold Parishes Conservative V. McCracken1,936
Wolds Weighton Conservative K. Wilson1,821
Wolfreton Conservative E. Eaton1,684

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References

  1. 1 2 "Humberside County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 October 2016.