1981 Merseyside County Council election

The 1981 Merseyside County Council election took place on 7 May to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Main article: 1981 United Kingdom local elections
1981 Merseyside County Council election
7 May 1981 (1981-05-07)
All 99 seats
to Merseyside County Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.9% (1.3%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 26 seats,
27.4%		 67 seats,
55.1%		 6 seats,
16.3%
Seats before 26 67 6
Seats won 57 27 15
Seat change 31 40 9
Popular vote 190,757 122,050 100,218
Percentage 45.8% 29.3% 24.1%
Swing 18.4% 25.8% 7.8%
Control of Council before election

Conservative

 Control of Council after election

Labour

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1977.

Merseyside County Council election, 1981
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Labour 97 57 31 57.6 45.8 190,757 18.4
Conservative 99 27 40 27.3 29.3 122,050 25.8
Liberal 88 15 9 15.2 24.1 100,218 7.8
Residents 2 0 0.0 0.4 1,728 N/A
Ecology 2 0 0.0 0.1 585 N/A
Communist 7 0 0.0 0.1 545 0.5
British Democratic 2 0 0.0 0.1 264 N/A
Independent 1 0 0.0 0.0 184 0.1
Independent Liberal 1 0 0.0 0.0 61

[1]

Knowsley
Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Knowsley)
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Labour 11 10 3 90.9 68.5 27,110 23.7
Conservative 11 1 3 9.1 18.6 7,350 29.9
Liberal 9 0 0.0 13.0 5,136 9.6

[1]

Turnout: 31.9% (2.1%)

Liverpool
Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Liverpool)
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Labour 36 21 11 58.3 46.9 67,144 18.7
Liberal 36 8 5 22.2 30.9 44,273 7.4
Conservative 36 7 16 19.4 21.7 31,057 25.3
Communist 7 0 0.0 0.4 545 0.5
Independent Liberal 1 0 0.0 0.0 61 0.1

[1]

Turnout: 37.1% (3.2%)

Sefton
Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Sefton)
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Conservative 19 9 6 47.4 38.1 31,108 25.6
Labour 17 6 3 31.6 34.4 28,070 14.2
Liberal 15 4 3 21.1 24.8 20,190 10.1
Residents 2 0 0.0 2.1 1,728 N/A
Ecology 1 0 0.0 0.6 474 N/A

[1]

Turnout: 36.6% (2.6)

St Helens
Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (St Helens)
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Labour 11 9 6 81.8 56.8 28,191 20.4
Conservative 11 2 6 18.2 26.6 13,172 31.4
Liberal 8 0 0.0 16.2 8,061 10.6
Independent 1 0 0.0 0.4 184 N/A

[1]

Turnout: 35.7% (1.6%)

Wirral
Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Wirral)
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Net % of total % № Net %
Labour 22 11 8 50.0 39.2 40,242 18.1
Conservative 22 8 9 36.4 38.4 39,363 22.0
Liberal 20 3 1 13.6 22.0 22,558 4.0
British Democratic 2 0 0.0 0.3 264 N/A
Ecology 1 0 0.0 0.1 111 N/A

[1]

Turnout: 39.9% (1.9%)

Notes

    References
    1. "Local Election Summaries 1981". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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