1981 Lancashire County Council election

1981 English local election April 2024 Events December 2023 December 2023 1981 Lancashire County Council Election Lancashire parliamentary 1977 Lancashire County Council election 1977 1981 5 7 y 1985 Lancashire County Council election 1985 All 99 seats on Lancashire County Council 50 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 12 seats, 28.0 % 53 41 191,885 44.4 % 16.4 ppt 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 83 seats, 61.7 % 38 45 184,410 42.7 % 19.0 ppt 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 1 seat, 6.8 % 6 5 42,304 9.8 % 3.0 ppt Leader Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Elections were held to Lancashire County Council as part of the wider 1981 United Kingdom local elections and under new division boundaries.The County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/43 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 1981 Lancashire County Council elections Labour Party (UK) 53 41 53.5 53 53.5 191,885 44.4 16.4 Conservative Party (UK) 38 45 38.4 38 38.4 184,410 42.7 19.0 Liberal Party (UK) 6 5 6.1 6 6.1 42,304 9.8 3.0 Residents Association 2 2 2.0 2 2.0 8,347 1.9 1.7 Independent politician 0 0 0 0 3,824indgroup n Includes alternate independent labels: Independent ratepayers', Independent Social Democrat, Independent conservative. 0.9 0.2 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 0 NEW 0 0 0 473 0.1 NEW Ecology Party 0 NEW 0 0 0 369 0.1 NEW Social Democratic Party (UK) 0 NEW 0 0 0 357 0.1 NEW National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 109 0.0 1.7 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 85 0.0 2.4 +53 38 6 2 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Independent politicianPartySeatsLabour53Conservatives38Liberals6Residents2 Ward results Accrington Central Labour Party (UK) C. Westall 1950 66.6 Conservative Party (UK) W. Parkinson 621 21.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Pickup 357 12.2 1,329 45.4 Labour Party (UK) Accrington South Labour Party (UK) D. Keeley 2522 61.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Martin 1613 39.0 909 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Alexandra & Victoria Labour Party (UK) P. Hall 1973 57.2 Conservative Party (UK) K. Hancock 1476 42.8 497 14.4 Labour Party (UK) Amounderness Conservative Party (UK) E. Mallalieu 1982 53.7 Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 1227 33.2 Liberal Party (UK) D. Penswick 484 13.1 755 20.4 Anchorsholme & Norbreck Conservative Party (UK) L. Broughton 2382 52.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Lewis 914 20.0 Liberal Party (UK) O. Driver 848 18.6 Residents Association J. Berry 424 9.3 1468 32.1 Bacup Labour Party (UK) P. Navin 2471 56.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Wood 1911 43.6 560 12.8 Labour Party (UK) Bank Top & Brookhouse Labour Party (UK) L. Proos 3161 84.0 Conservative Party (UK) D. Harwood 604 16.0 2557 67.9 Labour Party (UK) Billinge & Revidge Conservative Party (UK) D. Murray 2498 67.0 Labour Party (UK) S. Harrington 1229 33.0 1269 34.0 Labour Party (UK) Bispham & Ingthorpe Conservative Party (UK) T. Percival 2071 46.9 Labour Party (UK) D. Wheeldon 1664 37.7 Liberal Party (UK) M. Cotton 679 15.4 407 9.2 Brownhill & Pleckgate Labour Party (UK) M. Higginson 2071 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) T. Marsden 1880 39.2 Liberal Party (UK) F. Beetham 850 17.7 191 4.0 Labour Party (UK) Brunswick & Claremont Labour Party (UK) E. Kirton 2561 61.6 Conservative Party (UK) M. Smith 1596 38.4 965 23.2 Burnley Central East Labour Party (UK) F. Booth 3420 76.5 Conservative Party (UK) L. Bullock 1051 23.5 2369 53.0 Burnley Central West Labour Party (UK) J. Maekin 2938 57.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Tate 2194 42.8 744 14.5 Burnley North East Labour Party (UK) I. Cooney 2809 52.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Brown 1514 28.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Davey 1030 19.2 1295 24.2 Burnley Rural Labour Party (UK) C. Platt 2469 53.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wyld 2165 46.7 304 6.6 Burnley South West Labour Party (UK) J. Keller 2850 63.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Howarth 781 17.5 Liberal Party (UK) S. Parksinson 765 17.1 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) R. Waring 65 1.5 2069 46.4 Burnley West Labour Party (UK) J. Entwistle 2883 53.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Brown 2546 46.9 337 6.2 Cathedral & Green Bank Labour Party (UK) H. White 3119 83.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Tappenden-Cousins 619 16.6 2500 66.9 Chorley East Labour Party (UK) D. Yates 2918 61.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Crompton 1348 28.3 Liberal Party (UK) C. Jones 503 10.5 1570 32.9 Chorley North Conservative Party (UK) J. Glynn 1777 44.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Hubbold 1486 37.4 Liberal Party (UK) F. Wilson 708 17.8 291 7.3 Chorley Rural East Conservative Party (UK) M. Case 2362 49.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Nuttall 1688 35.3 Liberal Party (UK) R. Yates 583 12.2 Ecology Party E. Coulston 155 3.2 674 14.1 Chorley Rural North Conservative Party (UK) A. Ambrose 2647 54.5 Labour Party (UK) F. Higson 1859 38.3 Independent Ratepayer G. Butler 348 7.2 788 7.2 Chorley Rural West Conservative Party (UK) J. Moorcroft 2734 61.0 Labour Party (UK) L. Fishman 1750 39.0 984 21.9 Chorley West Labour Party (UK) P. Deady 3704 72.6 Conservative Party (UK) S. Freeland 1395 27.4 2309 45.3 Church & Accrington North Labour Party (UK) L. Dickinson 3105 62.3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Taylor 1879 37.7 1226 24.6 Cleveleys Conservative Party (UK) F. Townend 2346 64.9 Labour Party (UK) S. Delaney 809 22.4 Liberal Party (UK) J. Simpson 460 12.7 1537 42.5 Clifton & Marton Labour Party (UK) J. Turton 2401 54.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Metcalf 2029 45.8 372 8.4 Clitheroe Conservative Party (UK) C. Chatburn 1780 41.9 Labour Party (UK) W. Maunders 1297 30.5 Liberal Party (UK) C. Hopwood 1170 27.5 483 11.4 Colne Liberal Party (UK) A. Greaves 2739 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Fraser 1545 27.2 Labour Party (UK) H. Simpson 1406 24.7 1194 21.0 Darwen South & Turton Liberal Party (UK) C. Grills 2229 57.4 Conservative Party (UK) W. Birch 1654 42.6 575 14.8 Earcroft & West Rural Conservative Party (UK) A. Bland 1786 53.8 Labour Party (UK) A. Emery 1536 46.2 250 7.5 Ewood & Higher Croft Labour Party (UK) J. Bury 2714 78.1 Conservative Party (UK) P. Hough 762 21.9 1952 56.2 Foxhall & Talbot Labour Party (UK) E. Allcock 1493 46.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Battersby 1301 40.3 Liberal Party (UK) C. Penswick 431 13.4 192 6.0 Fylde East Conservative Party (UK) R. Spencer 2117 52.4 Residents Association J. Payne 1103 27.3 Labour Party (UK) P. Simpson 821 20.3 1014 25.1 Fylde West Conservative Party (UK) G. Bradley 1997 57.1 Independent politician G. Bamber 1034 29.6 Labour Party (UK) L. Dixon 464 13.3 963 27.6 Garstang Conservative Party (UK) M. Fitzherbert-Brockholes 2728 68.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. Busby 825 20.8 Labour Party (UK) B. Moreland 406 10.3 1903 48.1 Great Harwood Labour Party (UK) G. Slynn 2433 56.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hall 1904 43.9 529 12.2 Greenlands & Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) R. Jacobs 1842 45.9 Liberal Party (UK) A. Heyworth 1117 27.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Readman 951 23.7 Ecology Party M. Palmer 105 2.6 725 18.1 Haslingden Labour Party (UK) G. Hatton 3346 54.4 Conservative Party (UK) G. Woodcock 2805 45.6 541 8.8 Hawes Side & Tyldesley Labour Party (UK) J. McCrae 2090 52.8 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hunt 1868 47.2 222 5.6 Hesketh Labour Party (UK) J. Aspden 2482 54.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Funk 1412 30.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Rogers 696 15.2 1070 23.3 Heysham Conservative Party (UK) R. Quick 2296 43.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Garbett 2022 38.3 Liberal Party (UK) H. Steel 967 18.3 274 5.2 Highfield & Stanley Labour Party (UK) F. Jackson 1907 51.4 Conservative Party (UK) G. Heap 1800 48.6 107 2.9 Hillhouse Conservative Party (UK) C. Ashworth 2018 48.6 Labour Party (UK) W. Goldsmith 1752 42.2 Liberal Party (UK) N. Scullion 378 9.1 266 6.4 Lancaster City Labour Party (UK) R. Clark 2312 57.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Skyes 1699 42.4 613 15.3 Lancaster East Labour Party (UK) R. Henig 3221 69.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Morris 1401 30.3 1820 39.4 Lancaster Rural Central Conservative Party (UK) W. Brown 2223 56.4 Liberal Party (UK) R. Fenton 1200 30.5 Labour Party (UK) S. Robertson 516 13.1 1023 26.0 Lancaster Rural North Conservative Party (UK) M. Bates 2266 53.5 Liberal Party (UK) P. Wooff 1130 26.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Rye 837 19.8 1136 26.8 Lancaster Rural South Conservative Party (UK) P. Entwistle 2123 40.5 Liberal Party (UK) D. Hardy 1603 30.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Yates 1517 28.9 1136 26.8 Layton & Park Labour Party (UK) S. Wright 2172 49.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Laye 1451 32.8 Liberal Party (UK) B. Morris 697 15.7 National Front (UK) A. Hanson 109 2.5 721 16.3 Longridge Conservative Party (UK) D. Coulston 3080 72.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Roebuck 1154 27.3 1926 45.5 Lytham Residents Association J. Wilding 1941 43.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Caldwell 1771 40.0 Labour Party (UK) N. Horridge 721 16.3 170 3.8 Marine Labour Party (UK) N. Walsh 1974 48.9 Conservative Party (UK) K. Storey 1338 33.2 Independent Social Democrat S. Bate 722 17.9 636 15.8 Morecambe East Conservative Party (UK) G. Robinson 2833 65.5 Labour Party (UK) J. O'Donnell 1492 34.5 1341 31.0 Morecambe West Labour Party (UK) D. Stanley 2139 51.9 Conservative Party (UK) K. Brook 1985 48.1 154 3.7 Nelson Labour Party (UK) J. French 3499 63.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Rigby 1197 21.7 Liberal Party (UK) P. Berry 823 14.9 2302 41.7 Ormskirk Conservative Party (UK) H. Ballance 2578 53.6 Labour Party (UK) A. Williams 2234 46.4 344 7.1 Oswaldtwistle Labour Party (UK) E. Neville 2112 47.4 Conservative Party (UK) T. Renshaw 1940 43.6 Independent politician I. Marsden 401 9.0 172 3.9 Pendle East Liberal Party (UK) W. Sargeant 2004 47.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Blackham 1452 34.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Dobney 809 19.0 552 12.9 Pendle South Labour Party (UK) N. Taylor 3034 51.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. White 1568 26.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Kemp 1314 22.2 1466 24.8 Pendle West Conservative Party (UK) K. Sumner-Clough 2407 49.7 Labour Party (UK) K. Shore 1675 34.6 Liberal Party (UK) D. Hewitt 759 15.7 732 15.1 Poulton-Le-Fylde Conservative Party (UK) V. Scrine 2763 58.6 Labour Party (UK) M. Wheatley 1242 26.4 Independent Conservative F. Lofthouse 707 15.0 1521 32.3 Preston Central East Labour Party (UK) D. Nelson 3374 72.0 Conservative Party (UK) G. Wilkins 1311 28.0 2063 44.0 Preston Central West Labour Party (UK) I. Short 2081 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. McGrath 2063 43.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Hanney 585 12.4 18 0.4 Preston East Labour Party (UK) J. Farrington 3558 76.7 Conservative Party (UK) P. Worrall 1079 23.3 2479 53.5 Preston North Conservative Party (UK) M. Horam 2473 62.0 Liberal Party (UK) B. Moore 872 21.9 Labour Party (UK) A. Richardson 643 16.1 1601 40.1 Preston Rural East Conservative Party (UK) T. Croft 3441 75.6 Labour Party (UK) Oldcorn H. 1108 24.4 2333 51.3 Preston Rural West Conservative Party (UK) P. Clegg 2066 48.1 Labour Party (UK) H. Parker 1149 26.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Wright 1078 25.1 917 21.4 Preston South Labour Party (UK) J. Wegg 3216 75.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Bosson 910 21.3 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) V. Stephens 146 3.4 2306 54.0 Preston South West Labour Party (UK) F. McGrath 2948 62.0 Conservative Party (UK) E. Kerr 1016 21.4 Liberal Party (UK) P. Hulse 794 16.7 1932 40.6 Preston West Labour Party (UK) G. Higney 2329 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Scarsbrook 1729 35.7 Liberal Party (UK) A. Carmichael 786 16.2 600 12.4 Queens Park & Shadsworth Labour Party (UK) E. Smith 2439 70.6 Liberal Party (UK) H. Dickinson 531 15.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Salmon 485 14.0 1908 55.2 Ribble Valley North East Conservative Party (UK) J. Watson 3163 74.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Barton 1090 25.6 2073 48.7 Ribble Valley South West Conservative Party (UK) G. Nickson 2413 68.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Alber 589 16.6 Independent politician F. Ellis 546 15.4 1824 51.4 Rishton Clayton Altham Labour Party (UK) S. Mercer 2351 50.1 Conservative Party (UK) P. Galbraith 2341 49.9 10 0.2 Rossendale East Labour Party (UK) P. Coward 2340 54.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. King 1919 45.1 421 9.9 Rossendale West Labour Party (UK) G. Bland 2938 56.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Ingham 2227 43.1 711 13.8 Skelmersdale Central Labour Party (UK) L. Ellman 2556 90.7 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) J. Simons 262 9.3 2294 81.4 Skelmersdale East Labour Party (UK) J. Prunty 2709 59.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Baxter 1761 38.7 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Aldridge 85 1.9 948 20.8 Skelmersdale West Labour Party (UK) C. Cheetham 2690 81.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Huyton 598 18.2 2092 63.6 Skerton Labour Party (UK) E. Jones 3271 68.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Taylor 1531 31.9 1740 36.2 South Ribble Central Labour Party (UK) M. Lyons 1854 54.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Charnley 1568 45.8 286 8.4 South Ribble East Labour Party (UK) T. Sharratt 2029 53.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Welham 1781 46.7 248 6.5 South Ribble North Labour Party (UK) G. Davies 2501 52.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Woods 2232 47.2 269 5.7 South Ribble North West Conservative Party (UK) W. Winn 2987 68.7 Labour Party (UK) D. King 1359 31.3 1628 37.5 South Ribble South Liberal Party (UK) N. Orrell 2438 46.6 Labour Party (UK) L. Day 1467 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Jackson 1263 24.1 Independent politician W. Lamb 66 1.3 971 18.6 South Ribble South Liberal Party (UK) N. Orrell 2438 46.6 Labour Party (UK) L. Day 1467 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Jackson 1263 24.1 Independent politician W. Lamb 66 1.3 971 18.6 South Ribble South West Labour Party (UK) J. Haigh 3448 67.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Smith 891 17.4 Liberal Party (UK) D. Golden 795 15.5 2557 58.9 South Ribble West Conservative Party (UK) J. Jenksinson 2080 59.3 Liberal Party (UK) M. Roper 982 28.0 Labour Party (UK) G. Nicholson 446 12.7 1098 31.3 Squires Gate & Waterloo Conservative Party (UK) D. Hanson 2191 65.6 Labour Party (UK) G. Cotton 1147 34.4 1044 31.3 St Annes North Residents Association J. Lane 2897 58.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Gouldbourn 1565 31.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Calder 333 6.7 Ecology Party G. Dawson 109 2.2 National Front (UK) W. Smith 80 1.6 1332 26.7 St Annes South Conservative Party (UK) T. Carter 2003 44.6 Residents Association J. Parkinson 1982 44.1 Labour Party (UK) B. Cowap 506 11.3 31 0.5 Sudell & Sunnyhurst Liberal Party (UK) P. Browne 1719 44.3 Labour Party (UK) G. Toole 1267 33.4 Conservative Party (UK) R. Wood 808 21.3 452 11.9 West Craven Liberal Party (UK) D. Whipp 2904 42.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Maisey 2137 31.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Macsween 1813 26.5 767 11.2 West Lancashire East Conservative Party (UK) J. Aspinwall 3165 62.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Lennon 1881 37.3 1284 25.4 West Lancashire North Conservative Party (UK) S. Taylor 2899 73.1 Labour Party (UK) P. Wynn 1066 26.9 1833 46.2 West Lancashire South Conservative Party (UK) R. Kirby 2889 77.6 Labour Party (UK) B. Brown 833 22.4 2056 55.2 Whitworth Labour Party (UK) E. Kershaw 2120 51.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Crabtree 1998 48.5 122 3.0 Wyre Side Conservative Party (UK) D. Elletson 2523 56.1 Liberal Party (UK) L. Moat 1574 35.0 Labour Party (UK) H. Brooke 401 8.9 949 21.1 Notes n References The Elections Centre, Lancashire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 (PDF) External links Lancashire Council Lancashire 1981 Category:1980s in Lancashire Category:May 1981 in the United Kingdom