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1981 Lancashire County Council election

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1981 Lancashire County Council Election
← 1977 7 May 1981 (1981-05-07) 1985 →
All 99 seats on Lancashire County Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 12 seats, 28.0 % 83 seats, 61.7 % 1 seat, 6.8 %
Seats after 53 38 6
Seat change Increase 41 Decrease 45 Increase 5
Popular vote 191,885 184,410 42,304
Percentage 44.4 % 42.7 % 9.8 %
Swing Increase 16.4 ppt Decrease 19.0 ppt Increase 3.0 ppt
Leader before election


Conservative

Elected Leader


Labour

Elections were held to Lancashire County Council as part of the wider 1981 United Kingdom local elections and under new division boundaries.[1] Any multi-member wards were abolished and each of 99 wards returned one councillor in this election. The election saw a significant Labour recovery from the previous, along with a Conservative fall, leading Labour to gain control of the council for the first time in its history.

Results[edit]

1981 Lancashire County Council elections
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 53 Increase 41 53.5 53 53.5 191,885 44.4 Increase 16.4
  Conservative 38 Decrease 45 38.4 38 38.4 184,410 42.7 Decrease 19.0
  Liberal 6 Increase 5 6.1 6 6.1 42,304 9.8 Increase 3.0
style="width: 3px; background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color;" |   [[Residents Association|Template:Residents Association/meta/shortname]] 2 Increase 2 2.0 2 2.0 8,347 1.9 Increase 1.7
  Independent 0 Steady 0 0 0 3,824[n 1] 0.9 Decrease 0.2
  Workers Revolutionary 0 NEW 0 0 0 473 0.1 NEW
  Green 0 NEW 0 0 0 369[n 2] 0.1 NEW
  SDP 0 NEW 0 0 0 357 0.1 NEW
  National Front 0 Steady 0 0 0 109 0.0 Decrease 1.7
  Communist 0 Steady 0 0 0 85 0.0 Decrease 2.4
Template:Parliament diagram
Party Seats
style="background-color:#DC241f;" width=10px | "| Labour 53
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px | "| Conservatives 38
style="background-color:#ffd700;" width=10px | "| Liberals 6
style="background-color:#DDDDDD;" width=10px | "| Residents 2

Ward Results[edit]

Accrington Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Westall 1950 66.6 N/A[n 3]
Conservative W. Parkinson 621 21.2
SDP J. Pickup 357 12.2
Majority 1329 45.4
Accrington South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Keeley 2522 61.0
Conservative M. Martin 1613 39.0
Majority 909 22.0
Alexandra & Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour P. Hall 1973 57.2
Conservative K. Hancock 1476 42.8
Majority 497 14.4
Amounderness
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative E. Mallalieu 1982 53.7
Labour W. Jones 1227 33.2
Liberal D. Penswick 484 13.1
Majority 755 20.4
Anchorsholme & Norbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative L. Broughton 2382 52.1
Labour R. Lewis 914 20.0
Liberal O. Driver 848 18.6
style="background-color: Template:Residents association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Residents association|Template:Residents association/meta/shortname]] J. Berry 424 9.3
Majority 1468 32.1
Bacup
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour P. Navin 2471 56.4
Conservative D. Wood 1911 43.6
Majority 560 12.8
Bank Top & Brookhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour L. Proos 3161 84.0
Conservative D. Harwood 604 16.0
Majority 2557 67.9
Billinge & Revidge
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative D. Murray 2498 67.0
Labour S. Harrington 1229 33.0
Majority 1269 34.0
Bispham & Ingthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative T. Percival 2071 46.9
Labour D. Wheeldon 1664 37.7
Liberal M. Cotton 679 15.4
Majority 407 9.2
Brownhill & Pleckgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour M. Higginson 2071 43.1
Conservative T. Marsden 1880 39.2
Liberal F. Beetham 850 17.7
Majority 191 4.0
Brunswick & Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Kirton 2561 61.6
Conservative M. Smith 1596 38.4
Majority 965 23.2
Burnley Central East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour F. Booth 3420 76.5
Conservative L. Bullock 1051 23.5
Majority 2369 53.0
Burnley Central West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Maekin 2938 57.2
Conservative M. Tate 2194 42.8
Majority 744 14.5
Burnley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour I. Cooney 2809 52.5
Conservative F. Brown 1514 28.3
Liberal J. Davey 1030 19.2
Majority 1295 24.2
Burnley Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Platt 2469 53.3
Conservative J. Wyld 2165 46.7
Majority 304 6.6
Burnley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Keller 2850 63.9
Conservative J. Howarth 781 17.5
Liberal S. Parksinson 765 17.1
Workers Revolutionary R. Waring 65 1.5
Majority 2069 46.4
Burnley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Entwistle 2883 53.1
Conservative J. Brown 2546 46.9
Majority 337 6.2
Cathedral & Green Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour H. White 3119 83.4
Conservative M. Tappenden-Cousins 619 16.6
Majority 2500 66.9
Chorley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Yates 2918 61.2
Conservative A. Crompton 1348 28.3
Liberal C. Jones 503 10.5
Majority 1570 32.9
Chorley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Glynn 1777 44.7
Labour R. Hubbold 1486 37.4
Liberal F. Wilson 708 17.8
Majority 291 7.3
Chorley Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative M. Case 2362 49.3
Labour J. Nuttall 1688 35.3
Liberal R. Yates 583 12.2
Green E. Coulston 155 3.2
Majority 674 14.1
Chorley Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative A. Ambrose 2647 54.5
Labour F. Higson 1859 38.3
style="background-color: Template:Independent ratepayer/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Independent ratepayer|Template:Independent ratepayer/meta/shortname]] G. Butler 348 7.2
Majority 788 7.2
Chorley Rural West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Moorcroft 2734 61.0
Labour L. Fishman 1750 39.0
Majority 984 21.9
Chorley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour P. Deady 3704 72.6
Conservative S. Freeland 1395 27.4
Majority 2309 45.3
Church & Accrington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour L. Dickinson 3105 62.3
Conservative H. Taylor 1879 37.7
Majority 1226 24.6
Cleveleys
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative F. Townend 2346 64.9
Labour S. Delaney 809 22.4
Liberal J. Simpson 460 12.7
Majority 1537 42.5
Clifton & Marton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Turton 2401 54.2
Conservative J. Metcalf 2029 45.8
Majority 372 8.4
Clitheroe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative C. Chatburn 1780 41.9
Labour W. Maunders 1297 30.5
Liberal C. Hopwood 1170 27.5
Majority 483 11.4
Colne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal A. Greaves 2739 48.1
Conservative A. Fraser 1545 27.2
Labour H. Simpson 1406 24.7
Majority 1194 21.0
Darwen South & Turton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal C. Grills 2229 57.4
Conservative W. Birch 1654 42.6
Majority 575 14.8
Earcroft & West Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative A. Bland 1786 53.8
Labour A. Emery 1536 46.2
Majority 250 7.5
Ewood & Higher Croft
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Bury 2714 78.1
Conservative P. Hough 762 21.9
Majority 1952 56.2
Foxhall & Talbot
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Allcock 1493 46.3
Conservative J. Battersby 1301 40.3
Liberal C. Penswick 431 13.4
Majority 192 6.0
Fylde East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R. Spencer 2117 52.4
style="background-color: Template:Residents association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Residents association|Template:Residents association/meta/shortname]] J. Payne 1103 27.3
Labour P. Simpson 821 20.3
Majority 1014 25.1
Fylde West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative G. Bradley 1997 57.1
Independent G. Bamber 1034 29.6
Labour L. Dixon 464 13.3
Majority 963 27.6
Garstang
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative M. Fitzherbert-Brockholes 2728 68.9
Liberal J. Busby 825 20.8
Labour B. Moreland 406 10.3
Majority 1903 48.1
Great Harwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Slynn 2433 56.1
Conservative J. Hall 1904 43.9
Majority 529 12.2
Greenlands & Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R. Jacobs 1842 45.9
Liberal A. Heyworth 1117 27.8
Labour J. Readman 951 23.7
Green M. Palmer 105 2.6
Majority 725 18.1
Haslingden
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Hatton 3346 54.4
Conservative G. Woodcock 2805 45.6
Majority 541 8.8
Hawes Side & Tyldesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. McCrae 2090 52.8
Conservative H. Hunt 1868 47.2
Majority 222 5.6
Hesketh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Aspden 2482 54.1
Conservative E. Funk 1412 30.8
Liberal J. Rogers 696 15.2
Majority 1070 23.3
Heysham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R. Quick 2296 43.4
Labour A. Garbett 2022 38.3
Liberal H. Steel 967 18.3
Majority 274 5.2
Highfield & Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour F. Jackson 1907 51.4
Conservative G. Heap 1800 48.6
Majority 107 2.9
Hillhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative C. Ashworth 2018 48.6
Labour W. Goldsmith 1752 42.2
Liberal N. Scullion 378 9.1
Majority 266 6.4
Lancaster City
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. Clark 2312 57.6
Conservative D. Skyes 1699 42.4
Majority 613 15.3
Lancaster East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. Henig 3221 69.7
Conservative A. Morris 1401 30.3
Majority 1820 39.4
Lancaster Rural Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative W. Brown 2223 56.4
Liberal R. Fenton 1200 30.5
Labour S. Robertson 516 13.1
Majority 1023 26.0
Lancaster Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative M. Bates 2266 53.5
Liberal P. Wooff 1130 26.7
Labour R. Rye 837 19.8
Majority 1136 26.8
Lancaster Rural South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative P. Entwistle 2123 40.5
Liberal D. Hardy 1603 30.6
Labour J. Yates 1517 28.9
Majority 1136 26.8
Layton & Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour S. Wright 2172 49.0
Conservative M. Laye 1451 32.8
Liberal B. Morris 697 15.7
National Front A. Hanson 109 2.5
Majority 721 16.3
Longridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative D. Coulston 3080 72.7
Labour D. Roebuck 1154 27.3
Majority 1926 45.5
Lytham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
style="background-color: Template:Residents association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Residents association|Template:Residents association/meta/shortname]] J. Wilding 1941 43.8
Conservative G. Caldwell 1771 40.0
Labour N. Horridge 721 16.3
Majority 170 3.8
Marine
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour N. Walsh 1974 48.9
Conservative K. Storey 1338 33.2
style="background-color: Template:Independent social democrat/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Independent social democrat|Template:Independent social democrat/meta/shortname]] S. Bate 722 17.9
Majority 636 15.8
Morecambe East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative G. Robinson 2833 65.5
Labour J. O'Donnell 1492 34.5
Majority 1341 31.0
Morecambe West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Stanley 2139 51.9
Conservative K. Brook 1985 48.1
Majority 154 3.7
Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. French 3499 63.4
Conservative D. Rigby 1197 21.7
Liberal P. Berry 823 14.9
Majority 2302 41.7
Ormskirk
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative H. Ballance 2578 53.6
Labour A. Williams 2234 46.4
Majority 344 7.1
Oswaldtwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Neville 2112 47.4
Conservative T. Renshaw 1940 43.6
Independent I. Marsden 401 9.0
Majority 172 3.9
Pendle East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal W. Sargeant 2004 47.0
Conservative W. Blackham 1452 34.0
Labour R. Dobney 809 19.0
Majority 552 12.9
Pendle South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour N. Taylor 3034 51.3
Liberal J. White 1568 26.5
Conservative C. Kemp 1314 22.2
Majority 1466 24.8
Pendle West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative K. Sumner-Clough 2407 49.7
Labour K. Shore 1675 34.6
Liberal D. Hewitt 759 15.7
Majority 732 15.1
Poulton-Le-Fylde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative V. Scrine 2763 58.6
Labour M. Wheatley 1242 26.4
style="background-color: Template:Independent conservative/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Independent conservative|Template:Independent conservative/meta/shortname]] F. Lofthouse 707 15.0
Majority 1521 32.3
Preston Central East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Nelson 3374 72.0
Conservative G. Wilkins 1311 28.0
Majority 2063 44.0
Preston Central West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour I. Short 2081 44.0
Conservative J. McGrath 2063 43.6
Liberal J. Hanney 585 12.4
Majority 18 0.4
Preston East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Farrington 3558 76.7
Conservative P. Worrall 1079 23.3
Majority 2479 53.5
Preston North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative M. Horam 2473 62.0
Liberal B. Moore 872 21.9
Labour A. Richardson 643 16.1
Majority 1601 40.1
Preston Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative T. Croft 3441 75.6
Labour Oldcorn H. 1108 24.4
Majority 2333 51.3
Preston Rural West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative P. Clegg 2066 48.1
Labour H. Parker 1149 26.8
Liberal J. Wright 1078 25.1
Majority 917 21.4
Preston South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Wegg 3216 75.3
Conservative J. Bosson 910 21.3
Workers Revolutionary V. Stephens 146 3.4
Majority 2306 54.0
Preston South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour F. McGrath 2948 62.0
Conservative E. Kerr 1016 21.4
Liberal P. Hulse 794 16.7
Majority 1932 40.6
Preston West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Higney 2329 48.1
Conservative A. Scarsbrook 1729 35.7
Liberal A. Carmichael 786 16.2
Majority 600 12.4
Queens Park & Shadsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Smith 2439 70.6
Liberal H. Dickinson 531 15.4
Conservative A. Salmon 485 14.0
Majority 1908 55.2
Ribble Valley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Watson 3163 74.4
Labour A. Barton 1090 25.6
Majority 2073 48.7
Ribble Valley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative G. Nickson 2413 68.0
Labour D. Alber 589 16.6
Independent F. Ellis 546 15.4
Majority 1824 51.4
Rishton Clayton Altham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour S. Mercer 2351 50.1
Conservative P. Galbraith 2341 49.9
Majority 10 0.2
Rossendale East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour P. Coward 2340 54.9
Conservative A. King 1919 45.1
Majority 421 9.9
Rossendale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Bland 2938 56.9
Conservative M. Ingham 2227 43.1
Majority 711 13.8
Skelmersdale Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour L. Ellman 2556 90.7
Workers Revolutionary J. Simons 262 9.3
Majority 2294 81.4
Skelmersdale East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Prunty 2709 59.5
Conservative T. Baxter 1761 38.7
Communist T. Aldridge 85 1.9
Majority 948 20.8
Skelmersdale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Cheetham 2690 81.8
Conservative S. Huyton 598 18.2
Majority 2092 63.6
Skerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Jones 3271 68.1
Conservative J. Taylor 1531 31.9
Majority 1740 36.2
South Ribble Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour M. Lyons 1854 54.2
Conservative R. Charnley 1568 45.8
Majority 286 8.4
South Ribble East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Sharratt 2029 53.3
Conservative R. Welham 1781 46.7
Majority 248 6.5
South Ribble North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Davies 2501 52.8
Conservative G. Woods 2232 47.2
Majority 269 5.7
South Ribble North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative W. Winn 2987 68.7
Labour D. King 1359 31.3
Majority 1628 37.5
South Ribble South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal N. Orrell 2438 46.6
Labour L. Day 1467 28.0
Conservative W. Jackson 1263 24.1
Independent W. Lamb 66 1.3
Majority 971 18.6
South Ribble South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal N. Orrell 2438 46.6
Labour L. Day 1467 28.0
Conservative W. Jackson 1263 24.1
Independent W. Lamb 66 1.3
Majority 971 18.6
South Ribble South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Haigh 3448 67.2
Conservative R. Smith 891 17.4
Liberal D. Golden 795 15.5
Majority 2557 58.9
South Ribble West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Jenksinson 2080 59.3
Liberal M. Roper 982 28.0
Labour G. Nicholson 446 12.7
Majority 1098 31.3
Squires Gate & Waterloo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative D. Hanson 2191 65.6
Labour G. Cotton 1147 34.4
Majority 1044 31.3
St Annes North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
style="background-color: Template:Residents association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Residents association|Template:Residents association/meta/shortname]] J. Lane 2897 58.1
Conservative J. Gouldbourn 1565 31.4
Labour A. Calder 333 6.7
Green G. Dawson 109 2.2
National Front W. Smith 80 1.6
Majority 1332 26.7
St Annes South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative T. Carter 2003 44.6
style="background-color: Template:Residents association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Residents association|Template:Residents association/meta/shortname]] J. Parkinson 1982 44.1
Labour B. Cowap 506 11.3
Majority 31 0.5
Sudell & Sunnyhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal P. Browne 1719 44.3
Labour G. Toole 1267 33.4
Conservative R. Wood 808 21.3
Majority 452 11.9
West Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal D. Whipp 2904 42.4
Conservative J. Maisey 2137 31.2
Labour R. Macsween 1813 26.5
Majority 767 11.2
West Lancashire East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Aspinwall 3165 62.7
Labour R. Lennon 1881 37.3
Majority 1284 25.4
West Lancashire North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative S. Taylor 2899 73.1
Labour P. Wynn 1066 26.9
Majority 1833 46.2
West Lancashire South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R. Kirby 2889 77.6
Labour B. Brown 833 22.4
Majority 2056 55.2
Whitworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Kershaw 2120 51.5
Conservative M. Crabtree 1998 48.5
Majority 122 3.0
Wyre Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative D. Elletson 2523 56.1
Liberal L. Moat 1574 35.0
Labour H. Brooke 401 8.9
Majority 949 21.1

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Includes alternate independent labels: Independent ratepayers', independent social democrat, independent conservative.
  2. ↑ As Ecology Party.
  3. ↑ Boundary changes.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/43

External links[edit]

  1. REDIRECT Template:1981 United Kingdom local elections


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