1981 West Yorkshire County Council election

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The final elections to West Yorkshire County Council were held in May 1981. Labour continued their majority control.

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Ward Results

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

Leeds Ward Results

[2]

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
Majority1551.4
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
Majority5898.9
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
Majority3,26743.0
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
Majority63110.3
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
Majority1,32337.2
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
Majority1,97722.8
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
Majority3864.3
Turnout 9,01740.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Leeds No. 5 City and Woodhouse [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irene Ruby Levy2,34657.5
Conservative R. Simpson65716.1
Liberal Elizabeth Bee75118.4
Ecology Roger D Boyle1754.3
Communist J.M. Rodgers1483.6
Majority1,59539.1
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
Majority2,82628.1
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
Majority92211.7
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
Majority3,66748.4
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
Majority1,09918.1
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
Majority1401.7
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
Majority82113.5
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
Majority93413.5
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
Majority3,99160.1
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
Majority2,69645.8
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
Majority1,55431.3
Turnout 4,96340.6
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 15 Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour St John Binns3,40577.9
Conservative Anthony J. Larvin4349.9
Liberal Shirley Ward53412.2
Majority2,87165.7
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
Majority58312.6
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
Majority6048.6
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
Majority2,59642.7
Turnout 6,07337.4
Labour hold Swing
Leeds No. 17 Osmondthorpe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John M. Sully2,90968.7
Conservative Jean Higham70914.6
Liberal Anne Weatherley61916.7
Majority2,20051.9
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
Majority94011.3
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
Majority1412.1
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
Majority971.6
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
Majority3,20941.2
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
Majority2,76258.9
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
Majority1,85741.0
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
Majority1,49429.7
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
Majority4,27152.3
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
Majority91016.2
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
Majority247
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

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References

  1. ↑ Local Elections Handbook 1981Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1981. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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