Humberside County Council election, 1981

Humberside County Council election, 1981

7 May 1981

All 75 seats to Humberside County Council 38 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Seats won 42 32 1 Popular vote 114,318 92,602 37,061 Percentage 44.74% 36.24% 14.50%

Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Labour

The 1981 Humberside County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of 75 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Labour Party regaining control of the council from the Conservative Party, winning 42 seats.^[1]

Humberside was a created as a non-metropolitan county in England by the Local Government Act 1972, with the first elections to the county council taking place in 1973. It was abolished on 1 April 1996 and replaced by East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.^[1]

References

(1980 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1981 (→ 1982)
County council elections (England)	Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Wiltshire
County council elections (Wales)	Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
Metropolitan county elections	Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire Tyne and Wear West Midlands West Yorkshire
Unicameral area	Greater London
District councils (Northern Ireland)	Northern Irish District councils Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Down Dungannon Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Londonderry Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane
Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

Council elections in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Hull City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Humberside County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Boothferry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
East Yorkshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Holderness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
East Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Council elections in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Boston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
East Lindsey District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
City of Lincoln Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
North East Lincolnshire Council	1995 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
North Kesteven District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
North Lincolnshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
South Holland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
South Kesteven District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
West Lindsey District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015
Former councils Holland County Council 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished Humberside County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished Kesteven County Council 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished Lindsey County Council 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished Boothferry Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Cleethorpes Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Glanford Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Great Grimsby Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished Scunthorpe Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes