1981 Wiltshire County Council election

1981 Wiltshire County Council election

7 May 1981

Party Conservative Labour Liberal   Party Independent

The County of Wiltshire within England

Party before election Conservative Elected Party Conservative

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of seventy-four members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning forty seats. Labour ended with twenty county councillors, the Liberals twelve, and Independents two, including one Ratepayer.^[1]

Election result

Result of Wiltshire County Council election, 1981^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40				54.1
	Liberal	20				27.0
	Labour	12				16.2
	Independent	2				2.7

References

1. 'Declarations from the county councils' in The Times of London, issue 60923 dated Saturday, 9 May 1981, p. 4

External links

• Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk