Essex County Council election, 1981

7 May 1981

	First party	Second party	Third party


Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Seats won	51	32	13
Seat change	-	-	-
Swing	-	-	-

Majority party before election

Conservative

Majority party after election

Conservative

Results

Essex County Council election, 1981^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	51					42.5	197573
	Labour	32					34.1	158500
	Liberal	13					19.7	91503
	Social Democratic	0					0.4	2034
	Ecology	0					0.2	1122
	Others	2					3.0	13929
Total		98						464661

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Constable division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hickson	2947	70.2	N/A
	Labour	Kent	1253	29.8	N/A
Majority			1694
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Drury division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lamberth	2988	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	Hunt	1738	29.7	N/A
	Labour	Graves	1128	19.3	N/A
Majority			1250
Turnout				46.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Maypole division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fraser	2167	52.8	N/A
	Conservative	Foster	1027	25.0	N/A
	Liberal	Spyvee	908	22.1	N/A
Majority			1140
Turnout				35.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Mersea and Stanway division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Fairhead	3247	71.0	N/A
	Labour	Taylor	1035	22.6	N/A
	Ecology	Cox	292	6.4	N/A
Majority			2212
Turnout				39.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Old Heath division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Coombes	2707	60.7	N/A
	Conservative	Steggall	1489	33.4	N/A
	Ecology	Baker	267	6.0	N/A
Majority			1218
Turnout				39.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Park division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gawthrop	2196	51.4	N/A
	Labour	Hills	2073	48.6	N/A
Majority			123
Turnout				42.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Parsons Heath division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kent	2238	52.2	N/A
	Conservative	Roots	2046	47.8	N/A
Majority			192
Turnout				41.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Tiptree division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thornton	2077	60.7	N/A
	Labour	Morecroft	1346	39.3	N/A
Majority			731
Turnout				30.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe St Andrew division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bryan	2485	63.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jennings	1439	36.8	N/A
Majority			1046
Turnout				35.4
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ "Elections". Retrieved 2014-02-11.
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(1980 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1981 (→ 1982)

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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