The final elections to West Yorkshire County Council were held in May 1981. Labour continued their majority control.
The full results for all counties are available here: Local Elections Handbook 1981 [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Janet Ann Brown | 4,296 | 40.2 | ||
Conservative | John D. Atkinson | 4,141 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | K.P. Evans | 2,069 | 19.4 | ||
Ecology | R. Cresswell | 179 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 155 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 10,685 | 45.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | P.M. McCarthy | 3,196 | 48.3 | ||
Labour | A.R. Gunter | 2,607 | 39.4 | ||
Conservative | G. Broadbent | 762 | 11.5 | ||
Communist | J.A. Light | 57 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 589 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 6,622 | 38.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dennis Burrill Mathews | 4,883 | 64.2 | ||
Conservative | William Birch | 1,616 | 21.2 | ||
Liberal | J.W. Ellis | 1,011 | 13.3 | ||
National Front | P.A. Spink | 97 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 3,267 | 43.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,607 | 38.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael J. Meadowcroft | 3,043 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | Frank H. Watson | 2,412 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | L. Hargreaves | 691 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 631 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,146 | 41.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken J. Patterson | 2,026 | 57.0 | ||
Liberal | David A. Gazey | 703 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | H.B. Woodhead | 632 | 17.8 | ||
Ecology | R. Mitchell | 130 | 3.7 | ||
Communist | B. Jackson | 64 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 1,323 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,555 | 37.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret Grace Clay | 4,984 | 57.5 | ||
Labour | Pat J. Kelly | 3,007 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | K. Robinson | 600 | 6.9 | ||
National Front | B. Wadsworth | 72 | 0.8 | ||
Communist | M. Monkman | 102 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 1,977 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,624 | 44.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Alexander Charles (aka Alec) Wilson | 4,028 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard M. Barker | 3,642 | 18.4 | ||
Liberal | T.W.J. Garbett | 1,106 | 12.3 | ||
Ecology | H.J. Terry | 163 | 1.8 | ||
Communist | Lynette Willoughby | 78 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 386 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 9,017 | 40.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Irene Ruby Levy | 2,346 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | R. Simpson | 657 | 16.1 | ||
Liberal | Elizabeth Bee | 751 | 18.4 | ||
Ecology | Roger D Boyle | 175 | 4.3 | ||
Communist | J.M. Rodgers | 148 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 1,595 | 39.1 | |||
Turnout | 4077 | 28.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adrian J.A. Lodge | 5,346 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | Colin Burgon | 2,484 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Gardham | 2,032 | 20.0 | ||
Ecology | Claire Nash | 313 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 2,826 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 10,175 | 36.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tweddle | 3,813 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | L. Graham | 2,891 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal | B. Hutchinson | 827 | 10.5 | ||
Ecology | D.T. Corry | 338 | 4.4 | ||
Majority | 922 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 7896 | 43.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.D. Moynihan | 5,188 | 68.5 | ||
Conservative | J.C. Suttenstall | 1,521 | 20.1 | ||
Liberal | N.R. Mackie | 863 | 11.4 | ||
Majority | 3,667 | 48.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,572 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W.K. Hedley | 3,149 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | Annie Margaret McQueenie | 2,050 | 33.8 | ||
Liberal | Keith Cecil Norman | 869 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 1,099 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,068 | 40.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maisie Maria Eade | 3,631 | 43.1 | ||
Conservative | Gilbert Raymond Lax | 3,491 | 41.5 | ||
Liberal | Patricia Jean Arnold | 1,078 | 12.8 | ||
Ecology | Penelope Jane Sanders | 219 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 140 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 8,419 | 38.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Best | 2,828 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Sydney Pedley | 2,007 | 33.0 | ||
Liberal | M.J. Hipshon | 890 | 14.6 | ||
Ecology | Christine Rushworth | 214 | 3.5 | ||
Communist | Barry Cooper | 139 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 821 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,078 | 36.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J.P. Hopkinson | 3,275 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | L.W. Robinson | 2,341 | 34.0 | ||
Labour | E. Barlow | 1,131 | 16.4 | ||
Ecology | R. Price | 147 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 934 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 6894 | 41.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Gunnell | 5,057 | 76.1 | ||
Liberal | M. Day | 1,066 | 16.0 | ||
Conservative | T.R. Davies | 449 | 6.8 | ||
National Front | E. Morrison | 72 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 3,991 | 60.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,644 | 38.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Cooper | 3,985 | 67.7 | ||
Conservative | A.C. Taylor | 1,289 | 21.9 | ||
Liberal | Diane Philipa Hadwin | 613 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 2,696 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,887 | 41.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Selby | 2,997 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Albert A. Walkington | 1,443 | 29.1 | ||
Liberal | J. Ackrill | 523 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 1,554 | 31.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,963 | 40.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | St John Binns | 3,405 | 77.9 | ||
Conservative | Anthony J. Larvin | 434 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal | Shirley Ward | 534 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 2,871 | 65.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,327 | 31.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth T Davison | 2,166 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | D.M. Winter | 1,583 | 34.3 | ||
Liberal | Rosemary Judith Clay | 696 | 15.1 | ||
Ecology | K.M. Rushworth | 170 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 583 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,615 | 34.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Rose Middleton | 3,388 | 48.5 | ||
Conservative | G. Rogerson | 2,784 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal | Anne Kathryn Gilchrist | 818 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 604 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,990 | 39.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Darrington | 4,019 | 66.2 | ||
Conservative | S.D. Hodgson | 1,423 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal | Marrion Elisa Hirst | 631 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 2,596 | 42.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,073 | 37.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John M. Sully | 2,909 | 68.7 | ||
Conservative | Jean Higham | 709 | 14.6 | ||
Liberal | Anne Weatherley | 619 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 2,200 | 51.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,237 | 34.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Barry Peters | 4,052 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Clive J. Fox | 3,112 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | Audrey Joyce Slee | 841 | 10.1 | ||
Ecology | A. Marriot | 215 | 2.6 | ||
SDP | G.J. Malcolm | 109 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 940 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 8,329 | 55.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Gill | 2,743 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Neil G. Rhodes | 2,602 | 38.3 | ||
Liberal | A.R. Booker | 1,332 | 19.6 | ||
Ecology | N. A. Strudwick | 123 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 141 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,800 | 43.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew R Jarosz | 2,111 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | C. Critchley | 2,014 | 33.5 | ||
Liberal | D.N. Collins | 1,879 | 31.3 | ||
Majority | 97 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,004 | 41.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. H. Banks | 4,874 | 62.5 | ||
Conservative | D. Boynton | 1,665 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal | R.C James | 1,168 | 15.0 | ||
Communist | R Horsbrough | 90 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 3,209 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,797 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Len Hodgson | 3,450 | 73.6 | ||
Conservative | J.M. Suttenstall | 688 | 14.7 | ||
Liberal | A. Wood | 460 | 9.8 | ||
Communist | B.S. Wilson | 91 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 2,762 | 58.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,689 | 30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Sarah Cliff | 2,763 | 61.0 | ||
Conservative | A. Holmes | 906 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal | S. J. Gillien | 863 | 19.0 | ||
Majority | 1,857 | 41.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,532 | 35.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Bird | 2,622 | 52.1 | ||
Liberal | G. Macpherson | 1,128 | 22.4 | ||
Labour | J. W. Hall | 1,059 | 21.1 | ||
Ecology | S. Barnes | 219 | 4.4 | ||
Majority | 1,494 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,028 | 34.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne Brenda Garden | 5,504 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | I. K. Adams | 1,233 | 15.1 | ||
Liberal | June Cutliffe Scott | 942 | 11.5 | ||
Ecology | D. Rawson | 482 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 4,271 | 52.3 | |||
Turnout | 8,161 | 37.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Webster | 2,499 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Frank Stubley | 1,589 | 28.3 | ||
Liberal | W.T. Moss | 1,536 | 27.3 | ||
Majority | 910 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,624 | 38.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret Jones | ||||
Labour | |||||
Conservative | |||||
Majority | 247 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marie Stinson | ||||
Conservative | |||||
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Ecology | |||||
Majority | |||||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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