1981 West Yorkshire County Council election

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The final elections to West Yorkshire County Council were held in May 1981. Labour regained majority control, which they held from 1973 to 1977, after four years of majority Conservative control. The elections which should have been held in 1985 were not held (in common with the other Metropolitan Counties and the Greater London Council) as the Act to abolish Metropolitan Counties had by then been passed. The term of the existing council and councillors was extended to 1 April 1986, to complete the job of passing the functions of the Council to the successor authorities.

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Ward Results

The full results for all counties are available here: Local Elections Handbook 1981 [1]

Leeds Ward Results

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Aireborough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Janet Ann Brown4,29640.2
Conservative John D. Atkinson4,14138.8
Labour K.P. Evans2,06919.4
Ecology R. Cresswell1791.7
Majority 1551.4
Turnout 10,68545.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing


Leeds No. 1 Armley and Castleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal P.M. McCarthy3,19648.3
Labour A.R. Gunter2,60739.4
Conservative G. Broadbent76211.5
Communist J.A. Light570.9
Majority 5898.9
Turnout 6,62238.7
Liberal hold Swing
Leeds No. 2 Beeston and Holbeck [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Burrill Mathews4,88364.2
Conservative William Birch1,61621.2
Liberal J.W. Ellis1,01113.3
National Front P.A. Spink971.3
Majority 3,26743.0
Turnout 7,60738.2
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 10 Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Michael J. Meadowcroft3,04349.5
Labour Frank H. Watson2,41239.2
Conservative L. Hargreaves69111.2
Majority 63110.3
Turnout 6,14641.2
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Leeds No. 14 Burley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken J. Patterson2,02657.0
Liberal David A. Gazey70319.8
Conservative H.B. Woodhead63217.8
Ecology R. Mitchell1303.7
Communist B. Jackson641.8
Majority 1,32337.2
Turnout 3,55537.6
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No.3 Burmantofts and Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Margaret Grace Clay4,98457.5
Labour Pat J. Kelly3,00734.7
Conservative K. Robinson6006.9
National Front B. Wadsworth720.8
Communist M. Monkman1020.8
Majority 1,97722.8
Turnout 5,62444.5
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Leeds No. 4 Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Alexander Charles (aka Alec) Wilson4,02857.5
Conservative Richard M. Barker3,64218.4
Liberal T.W.J. Garbett1,10612.3
Ecology H.J. Terry1631.8
Communist Lynette Willoughby780.9
Majority 3864.3
Turnout 9,01740.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Leeds No. 5 City and Woodhouse [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irene Ruby Levy2,34657.5
Liberal Elizabeth Bee75118.4
Conservative R. Simpson65716.1
Ecology Roger D Boyle1754.3
Communist J.M. Rodgers1483.6
Majority 1,59539.1
Turnout 407728.1
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 6 Cookridge and Weetwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian J.A. Lodge5,34652.5
Labour Colin Burgon 2,48424.1
Liberal Margaret Gardham2,03220.0
Ecology Claire Nash3133.1
Majority 2,82628.1
Turnout 10,17536.8
Conservative hold Swing
Garforth No. 1 North and Barwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tweddle3,81348.5
Labour L. Graham2,89136.7
Liberal B. Hutchinson82710.5
Ecology D.T. Corry3384.4
Majority 92211.7
Turnout 789643.5
Conservative hold Swing
Leeds No. 8 Gipton and Whinmoor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J.D. Moynihan5,18868.5
Conservative J.C. Suttenstall1,52120.1
Liberal N.R. Mackie86311.4
Majority 3,66748.4
Turnout 7,57231.2
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 11 Halton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W.K. Hedley3,14951.9
Labour Annie Margaret McQueenie2,05033.8
Liberal Keith Cecil Norman86914.3
Majority 1,09918.1
Turnout 6,06840.4
Conservative hold Swing
Leeds No. 9 Harehills and Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maisie Maria Eade3,63143.1
Conservative Gilbert Raymond Lax3,49141.5
Liberal Patricia Jean Arnold1,07812.8
Ecology Penelope Jane Sanders2192.6
Majority 1401.7
Turnout 8,41938.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Leeds No. 12 Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Best2,82846.5
Conservative Alan Sydney Pedley2,00733.0
Liberal M.J. Hipshon89014.6
Ecology Christine Rushworth2143.5
Communist Barry Cooper1392.3
Majority 82113.5
Turnout 6,07836.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Horsforth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J.P. Hopkinson3,27547.5
Conservative L.W. Robinson2,34134.0
Labour E. Barlow1,13116.4
Ecology R. Price1472.1
Majority 93413.5
Turnout 689441.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Leeds No. 7 Hunslet East and West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Gunnell5,05776.1
Liberal M. Day1,06616.0
Conservative T.R. Davies4496.8
National Front E. Morrison721.1
Majority 3,99160.1
Turnout 6,64438.7
Labour hold Swing
Garforth No. 2 Kippax and Swillington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Cooper3,98567.7
Conservative A.C. Taylor1,28921.9
Liberal Diane Philipa Hadwin61310.4
Majority 2,69645.8
Turnout 5,88741.6
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 13 Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Selby2,99760.4
Conservative Albert A. Walkington1,44329.1
Liberal J. Ackrill52310.5
Majority 1,55431.3
Turnout 4,96340.6
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 15 Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour St John Binns3,40577.9
Liberal Shirley Ward53412.2
Conservative Anthony J. Larvin4349.9
Majority 2,87165.7
Turnout 4,32731.6
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 16 Moortown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth T Davison2,16646.9
Labour D.M. Winter1,58334.3
Liberal Rosemary Judith Clay69615.1
Ecology K.M. Rushworth1703.7
Majority 58312.6
Turnout 4,61534.4
Conservative hold Swing
Morley No. 1 North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Rose Middleton3,38848.5
Conservative G. Rogerson2,78439.8
Liberal Anne Kathryn Gilchrist81811.7
Majority 6048.6
Turnout 6,99039.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Morley No. 2 South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Darrington4,01966.2
Conservative S.D. Hodgson1,42323.4
Liberal Marrion Elisa Hirst63110.4
Majority 2,59642.7
Turnout 6,07337.4
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 17 Osmondthorpe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John M. Sully2,90968.7
Conservative Jean Higham70916.7
Liberal Anne Weatherley61914.6
Majority 2,20051.9
Turnout 4,23734.1
Labour hold Swing
Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry Peters4,05248.6
Conservative Clive J. Fox3,11237.4
Labour Audrey Joyce Slee84110.1
Ecology A. Marriot2152.6
SDP G.J. Malcolm1091.3
Majority 94011.3
Turnout 8,32955.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Pudsey No. 1 North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Gill2,74340.3
Labour Neil G. Rhodes2,60238.3
Liberal A.R. Booker1,33219.6
Ecology N. A. Strudwick1231.8
Majority 1412.1
Turnout 6,80043.8
Conservative hold Swing
Pudsey No. 2 South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew R Jarosz2,11135.2
Conservative C. Critchley2,01433.5
Liberal D.N. Collins1,87931.3
Majority 971.6
Turnout 6,00441.0
Labour hold Swing
Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. H. Banks4,87462.5
Conservative D. Boynton1,66521.4
Liberal R.C James1,16815.0
Communist R Horsbrough901.2
Majority 3,20941.2
Turnout 7,79735.0
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 18 Seacroft [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Hodgson3,45073.6
Conservative J.M. Suttenstall68814.7
Liberal A. Wood4609.8
Communist B.S. Wilson911.9
Majority 2,76258.9
Turnout 4,68930
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 19 Stanningley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Sarah Cliff2,76361.0
Conservative A. Holmes90620.0
Liberal S. J. Gillien86319.0
Majority 1,85741.0
Turnout 4,53235.8
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 20 Talbot [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Bird2,62252.1
Liberal G. Macpherson1,12822.4
Labour J. W. Hall1,05921.1
Ecology S. Barnes2194.4
Majority 1,49429.7
Turnout 5,02834.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wetherby [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Brenda Garden5,50467.4
Labour I. K. Adams1,23315.1
Liberal June Cutliffe Scott94211.5
Ecology D. Rawson4825.9
Majority 4,27152.3
Turnout 8,16137.1
Conservative hold Swing
Leeds No. 21 Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Webster2,49944.4
Conservative Frank Stubley1,58928.3
Liberal W.T. Moss1,53627.3
Majority 91016.2
Turnout 5,62438.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Leeds Ward Casual Vacancies

Leeds No. 10 Bramley 8 Aug 1983 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Margaret Jones
Labour
Conservative
Majority 247
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Leeds No. 4 Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall 17 June 1984 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Stinson
Conservative
Alliance
Ecology
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Local Elections Handbook 1981Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1981. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Yorkshire Post


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