1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election

Last updated
1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election
County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg
  1977 7 May 1981 1985  

All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
45 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative RA
Seats before20662
Seats won55321
Seat changeIncrease2.svg35Decrease2.svg34Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote150,910121,6755,504
Percentage46.95%37.85%1.71%

Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1981.png
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]

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, sometimes informally called the Tories, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 4 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 11 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.

Residents' associations are organisations formed by groups of people from a specific geographic community who come together to address issues within their local area and act as a voice for their local community. In one form or another they have existed since the mid nineteenth century. In many cases they were founded within newer communities, for example as new settlements were built in British Commonwealth countries, and in the UK many residents' associations were formed by the newcomer-residents of the housing estates that proliferated between the World Wars.

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]

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward-population counts can vary substantially. As at the end of 2014 there were 9,456 electoral wards/divisions in the UK.

Electoral DivisionPartyCouncillorVotes
Arnold Central Conservative R. Griffin2,531
Arnold East Labour T. Lee1,717
Arnold West Conservative L. Pollard2,091
Balderton Conservative W. Keeton2,084
Beeston North Conservative J. Dwan1,637
Beeston South Labour M. Warner1,700
Bingham Conservative G. Wade2,632
Blidworth Labour L. Jones2,413
Blyth & Harworth Labour L. Hince3,071
Bramcote & Stapleford East Conservative C. Cooper2,371
Calverton Labour A. Palmer1,877
Carlton Central Labour G. Skinner1,708
Carlton East Conservative H. Stanley2,266
Carlton South Labour G. Niasbitt2,621
Carlton West Conservative B. Noble1,927
Caunton Conservative A. Stewart2,842
Chilwell Conservative E. Hudson2,406
Collingham Conservative E. Yates1,955
Cotgrave Conservative D. Jeffreys1,882
East Leake Conservative D. Langham2,615
Eastwood & Brinsley Labour D. Pettitt2,901
Greasley & Nuthall Conservative C. Minkley2,494
Hucknall East Residents' association E. Morley2,529
Hucknall West Labour D. Philby2,140
Keyworth Conservative S. Pattinson2,724
Kimberley & Trowell Labour M. McDougall1,842
Kirkby-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Thierry3,139
Kirkby-in-Ashfield South Labour P. Lewis2,928
Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook Labour K. Williams2,080
Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town Labour P. Turnbull-Edmonds1,959
Mansfield - Northfield & Manor Labour B. Whitelaw2,020
Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst Labour G. Foster1,480
Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill Conservative E. Cheesewright2,205
Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill Labour W. Morris2,136
Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood Labour F. Warsop1,791
Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring Labour C. Winterton1,567
Misterton Conservative F. Rudder1,742
Newark North Conservative V. Dobson1,603
Newark South Labour C. Bromfield1,950
Newstead Conservative P. Read1,754
Nottingham - Abbey Conservative M. Whittaker1,939
Nottingham - Aspley Labour W. Case1,970
Nottingham - Basford Labour J. Heppell1,875
Nottingham - Beechdale Labour W. Churchill1,618
Nottingham - Bestwood Park Labour F. Higgins2,082
Nottingham - Bilborough Labour M. Cowan1,519
Nottingham - Bridge Labour M. Yuill2,430
Nottingham - Bulwell East Labour S. Tipping1,628
Nottingham - Bulwell West Labour F. Riddell2,375
Nottingham - Byron Labour V. Bell2,542
Nottingham - Clifton East Labour V. Lloyd1,599
Nottingham - Clifton West Labour G. Dobson1,899
Nottingham - Greenwood Conservative R. Tuck1,593
Nottingham - Lenton Labour M. Aslam1,641
Nottingham - Manvers Labour G. Edwards2,010
Nottingham - Mapperley Conservative E. Chambers1,665
Nottingham - Portland Labour R. Howard1,885
Nottingham - Radford Labour I. Clark2,615
Nottingham - Robin Hood Labour M. Wain1,480
Nottingham - Sherwood Conservative J. Jenkin-Jones1,716
Nottingham - St. Anns Labour F. Price1,762
Nottingham - Strelley Labour E. Hoskin1,616
Nottingham - Trent Labour G. Chambers1,443
Nottingham - Wilford Labour A. Slater1,639
Nottingham - Wollaton Conservative M. Spungin2,708
Ollerton Labour S. Smedley3,601
Radcliffe-on-Trent Conservative F. Hobson1,573
Retford North Labour C. Grove1,445
Retford South Labour E. Carter1,502
Ruddington Conservative R. Dickson1,920
Rufford Labour M. Gray2,965
Selston Labour R. Kirk2,640
Southwell Conservative B. Haigh3,323
Stapleford North & West Labour G. Miller2,494
Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Labour W. Shaw2,173
Sutton-in-Ashfield East Labour J. Varley1,911
Sutton-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Anthony2,161
Sutton-in-Ashfield West Labour M. Lee2,253
Toton & Attenborough Conservative G. Bottomely1,824
Tuxford Conservative W. Pringle2,338
Warsop Labour F. Taylor2,783
West Bridgford East Conservative F. Woodward2,122
West Bridgford South Conservative P. Wright2,250
West Bridgford West Conservative B. Fairs2,037
Worksop East Labour F. Groves2,105
Worksop North & Carlton Labour A. Burton2,189
Worksop South East & Welbeck Labour W. Bloomer2,245
Worksop West Labour G. Williams2,208

Related Research Articles

2009 Nottinghamshire County Council election

Elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

1981 United Kingdom local elections

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1981. The results were a mid-term setback for the Conservative government, which lost 1,193 seats, leaving them with 10,545 councillors. The projected share of the vote was more respectable for the government, however: Labour 41%, Conservatives 38%, Liberals 17%. This was in spite of opinion polls showing a much wider Labour lead over the Conservatives. These were the first elections to be contested by Labour under the leadership of Michael Foot, who had succeeded James Callaghan in late 1980.

2013 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The Nottinghamshire County Council Election took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 67 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in the City of Nottingham, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Labour Party won a narrow majority of one seat, gaining overall control from the Conservative Party who had controlled the council since the 2009 election.

2017 Essex County Council election

Elections to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election

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.

1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. 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 fifty seats. The Conservatives won thirty-four councillors and the Social and Liberal Democrats won four seats.

1993 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The 1993 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 6 May 1993. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, increasing its number of councillors to fifty-eight. The Conservatives suffered a net loss of ten seats and won twenty-four councillors. The Liberal Democrats won six seats.

2005 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The 2005 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party retaining its control of the council.

2017 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The 2017 Nottinghamshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The whole council of 66 councillors was elected for a four-year term spanning 56 electoral divisions, a minority of which return two councillors. The voting system used is first-past-the-post.

2017 Kent County Council election

The 2017 Kent County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 81 councillors were elected, from 72 electoral divisions, each of which returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

2017 Northumberland County Council election

The 2017 Northumberland County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 67 councillors were elected from 66 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.

The 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, which won 66 of the 89 seats on the county council. The Labour Party won just 20 seats, compared to 54 at the previous election.

1981 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1981 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 42 seats.

1985 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council with a majority of 1, winning 39 seats.

1989 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1989 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council and winning the same number of seats as the previous election in 1985, with 39 seats.

1997 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1997 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997, the same day as the general election. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party making significant gains and regaining control of the council, winning 42 seats.

2001 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 2001 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 June 2001, the same day as the general election. Boundary changes to the electoral divisions of the county took effect at this election, with the number of seats increased by 1. The whole council of 77 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 49 seats.

1981 Humberside County Council election

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.

2019 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

References

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