1981 Merseyside County Council election
1981 Merseyside County Council election
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All 99 seats to Merseyside County Council 50 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 36.9% ( 1.3%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
1 Election results
1.1 Overall election result
1.2 Results by borough
1.2.1 Knowsley
1.2.2 Liverpool
1.2.3 Sefton
1.2.4 St Helens
1.2.5 Wirral
2 Notes
3 References
Election results[edit]
Overall election result[edit]
Overall result compared with 1977.
| Merseyside County Council election, 1981 | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Net | % of total | % | № | Net % | |||||||||
Labour | 97 | 57 | 51 | 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]
Results by borough[edit]
Knowsley[edit]
| Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Knowsley) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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[edit]
| Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Liverpool) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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[edit]
| Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Sefton) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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[edit]
| Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (St Helens) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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[edit]
| Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Wirral) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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[edit]
References[edit]
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(1980 ←)  1981 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1982) | |
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County councils (England) |
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County councils (Wales) |
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| Metropolitan counties |
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| Unicameral area |
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District councils (Northern Ireland) |
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| Sui generis |
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 Local elections in Merseyside | |
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| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
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| Liverpool City Council |
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| Mayor of Liverpool |
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| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council |
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| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council |
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| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
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| Liverpool School Board |
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| Merseyside County Council |
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| Liverpool City Region Mayor |
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